Blurb BookSmart Design Tips and Techniques

Go beyond the basics of BookSmart. This intermediate webinar explores several design ideas you can use in your books. Part inspiration, part instruction, you’ll get some great tips straight from Blurb’s designers. Learn more in my online Bookmaking resources. Learn more in my Fine Art...

A Step-By-Step Guide To Creating Your Book

Learn how to: create your book; work with photos, text, and layouts; upload your book; and more. It’s surprisingly easy to do! Learn more in my online Bookmaking resources. Learn more in my Fine Art Digital Printing Workshops.

Gesture

“There are as many forms of memory as there are ways of perceiving, and every one of them is worth mining for inspiration.” – Twyla Tharp – The Creative Habit   Still images suggest motion, rather than reproducing it as moving pictures do. Images not only...

Eyes Wide Shut

“Seeing with your skin means to use more than just your eyes to observe and listen to others. You can sense with deeper perception and consciousness. Use all of you. The more you can feel, the better you will be at determining how and when...

Defocus

It’s easy to lose sight of the forest for the trees. We’re capable of seeing a lot of detail. Sometimes detail is distracting. Eliminating it can help us see fundamentals more clearly. Here’s a quick way to make sure the foundations of your compositions are...

Reduce Color Noise With Photoshop

It’s challenging to reduce the luminance (light and dark) component of noise without compromising image sharpness; often it requires a careful application of specialized software. However, you can easily reduce the color component of noise using Photoshop. Here’s how. 1    Duplicate the Background layer and...

Epson Pro Profiles

Looking for ICC profiles for Epson’s Signature Series of papers for their Pro level printers? Find them here. Find more digital printing resources here. Learn more in my digital printing workshops.

How to Sequence & Design Your Next Book Like a Pro – Mat Thorne

How to Sequence and Design Your Next Book Like a Pro from Blurb Books on Vimeo. Mat Thorne, pro photographer and design whiz, shares his secrets for great book design. Mat was the Art Director at the prestigious Maine Media Workshops and has designed books...

Compelling Cover Design – Alan Rapp

The cover of your book is your best chance to catch someone’s eye. In this webinar, photography book editor Alan Rapp uses examples from iconic works and Blurb books alike, and shows how the cover draws the viewer in. Learn more in my online Bookmaking...

OnOne Free Plug Ins

Get 20% off OnOne products with this code – PRINT20 ! OnOne offers free Plug-Ins. You can add professional photographic effects, frames and backgrounds in Photoshop with just a few clicks with PhotoTools 2.5 Free Edition and PhotoFrame 4.5 Free Edition from onOne. You can...