Jul 1, 2010

Lightroom 3 and Booksmart - Integrating Technology


Adobe Lightroom 3 and Blurb Booksmart 2.8


It’s a blog called Blurberati – you can translate it with a new advanced technology sense.
Image left – a Mac screen with LR3 image being developed.  Image right – a Blurb hard cover book with images produced by LR3.

In between – a video which covers
1.    Getting Started w Booksmart
2.    Book Creation Guide
3.    Design Tips and Techniques

That’s about an hour of free video training.  I have not watched the video yet. 
But, since video training is the big trend with CS5, LR3, and Booksmart, I expect it to be another step up on my ladder of photographic learning.

The Result
Simpler, more direct connection between companies who are hooking different software packages together to allow users to simplify workflow.  My first pass at Booksmart was 3 years ago.  I got LR2 2 years ago.  I just loaded LR3 yesterday.
Seems destiny and demand are pointing to solutions which allow intelligent users to simplify, simplify, simplify – rather than charge headlong into a piece of software which has not quite reached minimum maturity.  I’m 3 computers beyond that initial Blurb experience and don’t have present access to those ‘ancient’ files stored on an inactive 2tb backup device.

Here’s the link

Photography Book Now
It’s all part of promoting Photography Book Now – a contest which closes July 15.  Two jurors, Fahey and Smith, exalt their favorite photography books.  On 22 June, Bluberaqti posted 10 advanced tricks for using Blurb to create your own award-winning book…

You can get Booksmart here...

Enjoy…

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