Thanks, Bob! Cheers, Christine
On Nov 17, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <christ...@caguila.com> > wrote: >> Thanks, Stan! cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> On Nov 17, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> 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 >>>> 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. >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
