Nice book Christine & company. Now Lynn wants a trip to the UK! Thanks, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Stan! cheers, Christine > > > > On Nov 17, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
