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MacPhun Luminar May Creativity and Mega preset Pack offer extended until June 6th!

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Luminar + Creativity Mega Preset Pack, Essential Pro Secrets for Unleashing your Creativity eBook, Ultimate Posing Card Collection, Overlays Variety Pack and first 3,000 customers will also receive a collection of Light and Bokeh Overlays for $69 ($49 with coupon for MacPhun users, $59 with coupon for new users!). Total value of $250.

 To get this offer – use Coupon Code SGANS_DISC at checkout!

OFFER ENDS Tuesday June 6th

You Get:

  • Luminar, The Supercharged photo editor for Mac that adapts to your skill level.

  • Creativity Mega Preset Pack – 26 beautiful presets from Presetpro to create stunning looks in Luminar

  • Essential Pro Secrets for Unleashing your Creativity ebook by Ian Plant – Creative lessons and techniques for how to make your photos match the depth of your passion

  • Ultimate Posing Card Collection – Hundreds of ideas for boudoir, family, indoor, newborn, wedding photography and more

  • Overlays Variety Pack – Sky, snow, rainbow, leaf, and fireworks overlays to create a unique look in your images

  • ADDITIONAL BONUS FOR FIRST 3,000 CUSTOMERS – 145 Fireworks Overlays

MacPhun Aurora HDR and Plotagraph Offer EXTENDED!

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Firstly – I need you all to know – MacPhun has their apps for Windows machine in BETA – you will soon be able to get all these cool features I’ve been touting on Windows!

But, I’m really writing to let you know that the Aurora HDR and Plotagraph Offer has been extended until Sunday – June 4th!

Plotagraph Pro allows you to animate PART of an image and create video or animated gifs to use. Check out my first attempts at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_7zXumUEow
https://youtu.be/V4suaTH-noo

This offer is available for as low as $89 (a $186 value) if you use coupon code SGANS_DISC at checkout.

Click here to see the deal!

Aurora HDR 2017 PAIRED with Plotagraph Pro!!!

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Starting today, MacPhun is offering

Aurora HDR 2017($99) and a 3 month Plotagraph Pro+ Membership ($87 value) for as low as $89 when they use Coupon Code SGANS_DISC.

If you haven’t heard of Plotagraph before, it is SaaS-based solution that allows you to bring your photos to life. From a single JPEG, Plotoagraph Pro can create MP4, animated GIFs and more; with endless skies, flowing streams, crashing waves and of course far more abstract artwork than that. For a quick overview about the software, watch this quick video, or this longer video, and to see some incredible animated images created with it check out the gallery here.

Aurora HDR 2017 and Plotagraph Pro

Plotagraph Pro pairs well with the depth and contrast that you develop in Aurora HDR 2017, so you can create your own truly living photo.

You Get:
Aurora HDR 2017, The world’s most powerful HDR image editor for the Mac.
Plotagraph Pro+ Membership (3 months) – Bring your photos to life, animate from a single JPEG.

Remember to use Coupon Code SGANS_DISC to get the discounted price of $89. Without the coupon, the cost is $99.

MacPhun Luminar Launches Presets Page!

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Since Luminar launched, they’ve been building a special page that features several custom preset collections which are compatible with Luminar. Today, there are 9 completely free sets, plus 3 premium collections that start at only $4.99! We are adding new sets all the time.

These are a beautiful addition to all the original presets, and a great starting point from which to jump off, creatively, into your work!

Check out their info HERE

 

 

 

 

 

MacPhun Luminar May Creativity Offer!

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Luminar + Creativity Mega Preset Pack, Essential Pro Secrets for Unleashing your Creativity eBook, Ultimate Posing Card Collection, Overlays Variety Pack and first 3,000 customers will also receive a collection of Light and Bokeh Overlays for $69. Total value of $250.

You Get:

  • Luminar, The Supercharged photo editor for Mac that adapts to your skill level.
  • Creativity Mega Preset Pack – 26 beautiful presets from Presetpro to create stunning looks in Luminar
  • Essential Pro Secrets for Unleashing your Creativity ebook by Ian Plant – Creative lessons and techniques for how to make your photos match the depth of your passion
  • Ultimate Posing Card Collection – Hundreds of ideas for boudoir, family, indoor, newborn, wedding photography and more
  • Overlays Variety Pack – Sky, snow, rainbow, leaf, and fireworks overlays to create a unique look in your images
  • ADDITTIONAL BONUS FOR FIRST 3,000 CUSTOMERS – Light and Bokeh Overlays

Pricing as low as s $49 for Macphun users when they use coupon code MCUP-SP-40
or
$59 for non Macphun users that use coupon code MCUP-SP-40.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Useful Clarification of the Term “Image Resolution” in Digital Images

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In so many of my classes, particularly Photoshop, Digital Photography and the Video applications, we discuss image resolution – or DPI – dots per inch (or PPI – pixels per inch). For the most part, my students seem to grasp the concepts from when I teach in (as I describe it) “Stephanese“. But here’s another discussion on the subject – this time in “CreativeBloqese“.

Check out this article from CreativeBloq.com for further clarification on the subject of pixel resolution (height/width/depth) of an image for print and for screen viewing:
http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/what-is-dpi-image-resolution-71515673/2

MacPhun Luminar – Winner of TIPA Award for Best Imaging Software of 2017 – Deal for 2 days!

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Best Imaging Software of 2017
Luminar has won dozens of awards since it’s launch only 5 months ago, but what’s more important: it has won the hearts of people who love photography.
Whether you shoot for fun, or photography is your full-time business; whether you want basic tools or need more comprehensive editing power, Luminar has it all.

Special Offer Ends in 2 days!

Luminar

Included:
Luminar for Mac +Kelby One Bonuses Bundle – $59
The most powerful all-in-one photo editor for Mac.
Plus, signature presets from Scott Kelby and 1-month KelbyOne membership.

Requires Mac OS 10.10.5 or above

Premiere Pro Multi-Camera Editing Idea – WITHOUT Synced Cameras

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For my Premiere students…

In our Advanced classes, we learn to edit a Multicamera sequence, when several cameras have been used, simultaneously.

Today, Rocketstock’s blog has a very interesting article  for an alternative use of Multicamera editing – when using a variety of clips from various shoots. I think you may find it inspiring for a new and efficient workflow. Take a look!
https://www.rocketstock.com/blog/edit-videos-with-multi-cam-sequence/?utm_source=RocketStock+Updates&utm_campaign=11a2cf663f-RS_Blog_Updates_04212017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_74052b2af9-11a2cf663f-429325757

On1 Photo RAW 2017.1 Update Released

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Check out what’s new in 2017 – and Download a Demo or Purchase with a SIGNIFICANT Discount, from my prior post!

What’s New in 2017.1

This is the third maintenance release for ON1 Photo 2017. The performance, stability and polish are much improved. It is recommended for all users.  Here are some of the biggest improvements and fixes:

  • NEW Color Film presets — These accurately reproduce the look of over 30 current and classic color slide and negative films
  • Additional Skies — We’ve added a bunch of new skies to the backgrounds and textures libraries for replacing skies or simulating multiple-exposures.
  • New Workspaces & Starting-Point Presets — For Develop, we have added two new categories of presets to help you configure the correct panes for different genres of photos.
  • Faster, more accurate retouching and refine results — When you use the Perfect Eraser, Retouch Brush or Refine Brush we store and replay the results in a much faster way. This makes exporting faster, reloading faster and makes the previews in Browse consistent.
  • Windows High-DPI support — We have added support for greater than 100% display scaling. ON1 Photo now looks much better on Windows tablets and 4K displays.
  • Tell Which Photos Have Been Edited — Now photos that have been edited are identified with a badge in Browse. Also the reset items in the Settings menu are context-sensitive so you can see what kind of edits you have added to a photo.
  • Reduced VRAM usage — We have dramatically reduced the amount of VRAM needed. This means older video cards will work better and you can open larger panorama photos now.
  • Faster Browse — We have made a ton of improvements to performance in Browse. Scrolling is now smoother, Detail and Filmstrip view are faster, rolling down sub-folders is faster and we made improvements to performance for slow drives like NAS devices.
  • NEW cameras — We have added support for: Canon PowerShot G9X Mark II, Fuji X-A3, Fuji X-T20, Fuji X100F, Panasonic DMC FZ80, Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ82, Panasonic LUMIX DMC GH5, Panasonic LUMIX DMC LC1, Panasonic Lumix GX850, Pentax K-P, FujiFilm GFX 50S, Sony A99 MKII, Nikon B700 (preliminary), Autel Cameras.
  • Added support for HDR and Panorama DNG.
  • Lots of additional bug fixes and performance improvements