PRweb April 23, 2012   GraphicDesign.com, a leading source of news and information devoted entirely to the graphic design industry, has unveiled its brand new website. GraphicDesign.com has been completely overhauled thanks to the input of Advisory Board members and will deliver cutting-edge graphic design news, blog posts, job openings, tutorials, and more.
 
One of the highlights of the new GraphicDesign.com is its Job Board, where employers can post openings at no charge. Current openings from recruitment agencies like Aquent, VitaminT, and The Creative Group span the gamut of the graphic design industry and include visual designers, website designers, HTML designers, proofreaders, and Flash developers. Job seekers can peruse requirements and application instructions by visiting GraphicDesign.com.
 
A Graphic Design Firm Directory has also been added, where agencies, freelancers, and consultants alike are welcome to post. The Type Studio and G Squared Studios are just a few of the companies in the all-new Firm Directory. Each listing includes a description of the business as well as its primary services and specialties.
 
The Advisory Board at GraphicDesign.com has been instrumental in directing the re-launch. VitaminT’s Susie Hall sits on GraphicDesign.com’s Advisory Board. So does Co-Founder of Marketing-Mentor.com Ilise Benun, with HOW Magazine, of the Creative Freelancer Conference, who is the author of such books as “The Designer’s Guide to Marketing and Pricing” and “The Creative Professional’s Guide to Money: How to Think About It, How to Talk About It, and How to Manage It.”
 
Debbie Millman and Von Glitschka can also be found on the GraphicDesign.com Advisory Board. The former is the President of the Design Division of Sterling Brands and has been with the company for nearly 20 years, redesigning over 200 brands during her tenure. Glitschka is a principal at Glitschka Studios (vonglitschka.com), which works with ad agencies and corporate art departments.
 
GraphicDesign.com’s writing team is second-to-none and brings a wide variety of personal and professional experience to the table. Fine art photographer and mixed media fine artist Nat Coalson has written content for GraphicDesign.com focusing on topics like Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4, digital photography, and histograms.
 
Neil Tortorella (neiltortorella.com), who has over 30 years of relevant experience, is a member of the site’s writing staff and has scribed about common rifts between web designers and graphic designers as well as proper website development. GraphicDesign.com also recently welcomed Dave Bricker, a Professor of Graphic Design in Miami, as a Featured Contributor.
 
GraphicDesign.com will flourish with its stable of experts, and the site is always looking for new writers. Prospective writers with unique backgrounds are urged to visit GraphicDesign.com and click on “Write for Us” in the upper right. There is still a long way to go and with a dedicated team of writers and advisory board members we are certain that there is going to be continual progress
 
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Join us for a summer photo workshop in Montana http://bit.ly/big-timber My only workshop in the US this year.

New abstract image from Woodhouse Eaves, England.

I’ve produced many new works lately… more online soon!

My new book on Lightroom 4 is available on Amazon http://amzn.to/lightroom-4-book

My next photo workshop is at a working cattle ranch near Big Timber, Montana July 22-28.

Details at http://www.BigTimberPhotoAdventures.com/

Today on the Design Milk blog I came across this amazingly beautiful system for designing lighting installations. As an artist and designer, I find this truly inspiring!

The Bocci web site is here

Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk is one of my favorite fine art photo papers of all time. Now Ilford is offering a 20% rebate on this and other Galerie papers through Dec 31. Details are here

Importing photos is one of the most crucial steps for working with your photos in Lightroom. And for too many photographers it’s also one of the most confusing and frustrating aspects of using Lightroom. Whether you are new to Lightroom or are a more advanced user, mastering your Import workflows is essential.

I’ve put together a two-part miniseries that describes the most important points of the Import process and how Lightroom helps you manage your files through the catalog. Click the links below to read the articles, published on Photofocus:

Part 1 – About Lightroom Catalogs

Part 2 – Importing and Organizing Your Photos

There’s lots more about Importing photos (and all other Lightroom topics) in my Lightroom 3 book.

For the past several years I’ve used Adobe’s DNG file format to store the raw image data captured by my digital cameras. I convert my Canon CR2 raw files to DNG early in my workflow and don’t keep the original raw captures. I’ve had great success with a DNG workflow and since DNG files contains the original raw image data, I’ve seen no need to retain the native files.

In every class and workshop I teach, the subject of DNG inevitably comes up. There’s a lot of confusion and uncertainty about DNG. So when researching subject matter for my next book, I thought I’d polish up my knowledge of this essential image file format.

In doing so, I reached out to one of today’s leading imaging software developers, Eric Chan, Senior Computer Scientist at Adobe. Following is a [very minimally edited] transcript of our email conversation. Read more…

Focus blending refers to the practice of bracketing images with different points of focus and then blending them to achieve super-depth-of-field. A few weeks ago I wrote an article for Photofocus introducing the concept. It’s had great response so I thought I would also post the link here on my blog. You can read the article here.

This holiday season, B&H Photo is offering special sale pricing on a range of photo, video and computer gear. I buy from B&H all the time and they have never let me down! Click here to shop.

The Adobe online store is currently offering great deals on purchases of Lightroom, Photoshop and Photoshop Elements (and more!) through November 29. Visit the Adobe web site for details and to purchase.

While exploring Warsaw last spring, I came upon this lovely old woman knitting on the sidewalk. She has the most amazing face! (click for larger image)

Buy a brand new calendar for 2012 featuring beautiful photography from around the world!

Choose from three themes: Italy, Desert Southwest and World of Water. All photography by professional photographer Nat Coalson.

Calendars are professionally printed and shipped by CafePress. Available now for only $34.99 plus shipping (and tax if applicable)

Click here for full product details and to place your order.

My next Lightroom class is Level 2: Intermediate, in Denver on Saturday, October 15. Details at www.LightroomClasses.com