I work in Illustrator a lot when making logos (vector scaling rules!) and making business cards (again, vector scaling rules!). But I was always flustered when having to set guides for centering objects.
I figured out that you don’t have to! Just go up to your “Window” menu and select “Align”. Then on your “Align” flyout, check “Align to Artboard” and align as you please!
We get lots of catalogs at the house. Lots. Probably 10+ a day. And I hate it.
Despite being annoying, it’s a waste of paper. But I’ve found a solution. And it’s cheap.
It’s called Greendimes, and for $3 a month they get you off junk mail lists, plant a tree for you and more.
My guess is most of you feel the same way, so if you are going to signup, use this link (I don’t get a kick-back or anything, it just tracks how many people are helping me help the planet).
Sphere: Related ContentThe Optimus Upravlator keyboard looks really cool. Would anyone buy one of these? Or is it more cool than practical?
For $49.99 plus a free $10 gift card, I purchased a Buffalo WHR-G54s at Best Buy. I curse Best Buy, but this was one of those few times that actually amounted to something.
I took it home, plugged it in, used tftp to transfer the DD-WRT firmware to it and now I’ve got a really versatile Wireless Bridge/Access Point for $39.99. Just check out the feature list.
My favorite bit, is the ability to change the antenna strength and connect via WDS to my other access point.
Sphere: Related ContentI saw Madeleine Peyroux in concert at the Michigan Theater last Monday. She’s oh so talented, and really wonderful in concert.
I’ve got her first two (major) albums: Careless Love and Half the Perfect World. If you like Jazz just a little bit you’ll probably love Madeleine.
Sphere: Related ContentThe other day, I promised you my aritcle on GTD and Photoshop – so here it is.
I started RYNO Digital, with friend and (really amazing) photographer Ryan Michael Kelly. I have since sold the company to Ryan and moved back to Detroit, to be near my friends and family and work towards my MBA.
While I was running RYNO I created a system to handle our incoming images, based on David Allen’s GTD method.
GTD (for those that don’t know) stands for Getting Things Done.
An image is just like anything else that you might use the GTD method with. It has tasks to be accomplished and it has contexts, or areas, that those tasks need to be applied to. David calls these actions and contexts.
I created this chart (available in PDF) to aid in workflow. 
So, let me explain. On the left, are a list of actions and on the right are all the contexts of an image to apply these to. On the top is a spot to write in the image name.
Using the chart is easy, apply the actions to any applicable contexts:
Some screencasts are coming soon.
Sphere: Related ContentI recently spent close to two years in the New York city. During this time I dove into the world of fashion photography and subsequently retouching.
I spent a large amount of time assisting other photographers. It was this connection that allowed me to start a retouching house with a fellow photographer (Ryno Digital, LLC). After opening up shop, it took but a few months for us to call Condé Nast and Emap Publications clients.
The amount of work coming in was pretty hefty. Working aside someone else really made life easy and at the same time extremely tough. How do you know who did what to an image? How do you know if all the necessary steps have been completed on an image?
It was at the same time I was pondering these questions, that I was reading Getting Things Done by David Allen.
Lucky me.
And. Lucky you.
This week I’m going to divulge my process for working with large amounts of photos and how I used the GTD paradigm to help me, no pun intended, get things done. Keep an eye out for a few articles on the subject (and my top-secret PDF).
Sphere: Related ContentContrary to popular belief, you can train goldfish. Thanks for enlightening us Mark. Digg users… Ha.
