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Google+ Photographer’s Conference: Optimizing Your Images for G+

RC Concepcion — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:08:04 +0000

Photoshop Guru RC Concepcion shows you how to edit, sharpen and prepare your photos for posting on Google+ so they look their absolute best. You’ll learn everything from dealing with color profiles and sharpening strategies to which plug-ins you’ve got to have to make your images jump off the page.

Find out more about the Google + Photographer’s Conference by clicking here.

Google+ Photographer’s Conference: Opening Keynote

RC Concepcion — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:34:57 +0000

This is your chance to hear from Bradley Horowitz, Vice President of Product Management at Google+. It’s the perfect way to kick off a G+ learning love fest, so you’ll absolutely want to check it out!

Find out more about the Google + Photographer’s Conference by clicking here.

Google+ Photographer’s Conference: How to Host a Successful Hangout

RC Concepcion — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:03:16 +0000

There are a few simple things you can do to make your hangouts more interesting, have a better flow, be more useful and more fun. In this session, we’ll look at a few simple things to consider when planning and hosting your hangouts that will make them must-attend events.

Find out more about the Google + Photographer’s Conference by clicking here.

Google+ Photographer’s Conference: Build Your Brand on G+

RC Concepcion — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:03:11 +0000

Best-selling business book author, CEO of Alltop and author of the just released book about Google+, “What the Plus?”, the one and only Guy Kawasaki shares his techniques for building your brand on G+ and offers some key insight into how he became one of the circled people on Google+.

Find out more about the Google + Photographer’s Conference by clicking here.

Google+ Conference Write-Up in USA Today

Aaron Westgate — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:59:39 +0000

Scott Kelby and the other Photoshop Guys are out in San Fransisco this week for the first-ever Google Plus for Photographers conference. Scott was interviewed by USA Today about the conference. Follow this link to read the article at USAToday’s TechnologyLive section.

Google+ Photographers Conference Gets Better & Better

RC Concepcion — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:12:58 +0000

This just in…every registered conference attendee for the Google+ Photographers Conference is getting a complimentary copy of onOne Software’s Perfect Effects 3 as a bonus gift ($99.95 value). Perfect Effects 3 includes a complete library of over 300 professional quality photographic effects that can be stacked, blended, and previewed with ease. Sweet!

Plus, a new conference promo saves you $50 off registration and gives you two free months of online training from KelbyTraining.com! Use promo code: GPLUSCOMM when signing up online.

If you’re a student, you can attend the conference for as little as $99. Use promo code: GPLUSSTUD when signing up online. (You will need to have student ID available when you pick up your conference badge atcheck in.)

Scott Kelby Discusses the Adobe Creative Cloud

RC Concepcion — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:22:30 +0000

On his blog today, Scott Kelby offers a Q&A about the new Adobe Creative Cloud. He answers questions about pricing options and offers suggestions to users out there who are not sure if the Creative Cloud is right for them.

Read Scott’s blog post here.

Adobe Launches Creative Suite 6 and the Creative Cloud!

RC Concepcion — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:46:13 +0000

It’s here! It’s here! Tonight Adobe has launched the next versions of their Creative Suite – CS6. On top of this, Adobe has made an _awesome_ addition to this by augmenting their Creative Cloud offering. In short, for a monthy price, you can get *ALL* of the Adobe Apps, installed on your desktop whenever you want. Comparing the price of the subscription version versus getting all of the boxed copies of Master Collection is going to make it a wonderful time for people to jump in the Creative Suite game. Totally excited!

Tomorrow at 10am Pacific (1PM Eastern) Adobe will have a live streaming event showing all of this off. Click here to register: http://adobe.ly/HUScFz

NAPP will also be hosting a series of Webinars all this week on Photoshop CS6. To see them go to the Photoshop CS6 Learning Center!

Google+ Photographer’s Conference Announced

Aaron Westgate — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:31:40 +0000

This first-of-its-kind conference will teach photographers how take full advantage of what’s happening now and what’s to come on Google+, all taught by the best Google photographers, top photography instructors and social media geniuses.

The conference will consist of two jam-packed days of live photo shoots, one-on-one portfolio reviews, panel discussions and photography workshops. The workshops include, How to Host a Successful Hangout with Trey Ratcliff, Building Your Brand on Google+ with Guy Kawasaki, The Art of the Headshot with Peter Hurley and Crush the Composition with Scott Kelby. The complete conference schedule can be found here.

The conference also offers the opportunity for you to take part in one of 10 photo walks being held around San Francisco, led by conference photographers and instructors.

Don’t miss your chance to save $50 on your registration by signing up no later than April 30. With your registration you’ll receive a FREE copy of Guy Kawasaki’s E-book What the Plus!Google+ for the Rest of Us. But you’ll need to act fast because space is limited! Register NOW!

Photoshop CS6 Beta Is Here!

RC Concepcion — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:46:19 +0000

You’ve probably seen some sneak peaks over the last few months, but now it’s official. Photoshop CS6 Beta was just announced. Adobe’s been releasing public betas for a few versions of Photoshop now. It gives people the chance to test it out before it’s ready for prime time. There’s definitely some fantastic new features in the new version and all of us here at the NAPP have put together a launch center to get you up-to-speed on all everything that’s new. Come check out what the Photoshop Guys have been up to with all these exciting new features. Then go download the beta yourself and try them out. Here’s the link to the launch center. It’s got plenty of video tutorials, tips, FAQs, and even an interview with the Photoshop Product Manager. Also, the CS6 Beta is free to download and you can grab it from the Adobe Labs website. Enjoy and leave a comment to let us know what you think.