Fun! Nicely done. stan
On Nov 17, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > Chris and Karin Mitchell, Bob W., and I would like to share a project we > worked on as a thank you gift for Mike Wilson and his family for their > wonderful hospitality while in Northumbria this past summer. The book is > completed and the Wilsons have received it--with enthusiasm I might add! > > Our collaborative process was as follows: > > 1) The Mitchells and Bob W. set up Google Doc pages, posted their photos at > full size, then sent me the link. > 2) I downloaded all photos and imported the photos into Lightroom > 3) In Lightroom using the book module, I began the layout of the book--and > saved the project. Don't forget to do that if working on a Lightroom book > project. Very important. > 4) I wanted to show the Mitchells and Bob a draft, so I took screen shots of > each page, saved the screen shots as jpegs, created a web gallery in > Lightroom, then sent the link to the Brits for feedback. They commented on > layout, cover ideas, typos et al. > 5) At the same time, I ordered a proof copy of the book, which helped a lot > because I found even more typos after looking at the hardcopy. My only > complaint at this point is blurb should offer a discounted proof copy. But > anyway . . . > 6) After looking at the first draft, which had no cover yet, Chris Mitchell > suggested superimposing the cover with our text in the highway sign. That > work was done in Photoshop Elements 10, which I purchased for the project, > but I needed to get the application anyway with my switch from PC to Mac. > 5) So, then I revised, uploaded to blurb, and I purchased the book. > 6) I signed the book, shipped it off to the Mitchells so they could sign it, > then Chris met up with Bob W. and he signed it. Then it was shipped to the > Wilsons, and I'm happy to announce it's safely in their hands. > > The entire process was easy as punch. I was nervous because this was my first > book, but Lightroom 4 makes the process so easy--really I was amazed at how > easy it was. The only real hard part is finding the time to actually do such > projects. I have lots of ideas now for gifts and my own work, but finding > time will be the number one challenge. > > As the preview shows, we chose an image wrap cover, pro pearlline paper, and > some elegant end papers. At first I wasn't keen on the image wrap cover, but > to do the cover the way I wanted to and as quickly as I wanted to, the image > wrap ended up the best choice, and surprisingly, I liked the result. I had a > prejudice against image wrap, but I'm over that now. > > So, everyone's agreed to share our work, not to sell copies since this is a > personal project, but rather just to share the result of our collaboration, > which we are all quite proud of. > > Hope you enjoy! Cheers, Christine, Chris and Karin Mitchell, Bob W., and The > Wilsons! > > Thanks again Mike! We had such a great time! We're all very grateful! > > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3569088 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
