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DAM Digital Asset Management Peter Krogh Amazon @ photographygadgets.com photo gadgetsQuickly – how many photographs do you manage? One thousand? One hundred thousand? Even more? And how well are they organized? Or could your digital photo management use some improvement?

The first edition of Peter Krogh’s DAM (Digital Asset Management) book was not only a great read, but I adopted (and modified slightly) many of his ideas to improve my own image management practices. But the book was published in 2005 and was based on Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Bridge. Not only has Photoshop evolved, but image management / organizer software such as Lightroom and Aperture have been released since. Thus, Peter Krogh updated the entire content of the book and released a second edition which is now available in book stores.

In addition, Peter also updates the companion website to the DAM book which features resources and a very active forum where you can discuss his ideas and the way you intend to implement them.

We rated the first edition as “Highly Recommended” and just placed our own order for the second edition of the book. We can’t wait to get our hands on it.

Price: $49.95, Amazon: Amazon: $31.49

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Ship your prints safely

April 8, 2009

in Book, Prints

Air Safe Airsafe Clearbags print shipping @ photographygadgets.com photo gadgetsIt’s a common problem – how do you safely ship your prints to your customers?

Enter AirSafe Art Box, ClearBag’s newest line of inexpensive shipping boxes. The AirSafe Art Box is designed for easy assembly, features a two inch thick barrier to protect the print or stack of prints inside and meets both FedEx and UPS insurability requirements. It is manufactured from corrugated cardboard with a 200-pound test strength.

Interior sizes are (depth is 5.5 inches):
* 8 x 10 inches
* 8.5 x 11 inches
* 11 x 14 inches
* 11 x 17 inches
* 16 x 20 inches
* 20 x 24 inches

Price: starting at $30 for a 10-pack of 8×10 inch boxes

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Photoshop CS4 Channels Masks book Deke McClelland Tim Grey @ photographygadgets.com photo gadgetsPhotoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-on-One is a new book that provides step-by-step lessons on masking and the alpha channel. Authors Deke McClelland provides 12 self-paced tutorials, engaging real-world projects, text lessons, 5 hours of DVD-video demonstrations, and real-world projects that will help you master masking through the alpha channel, which is one of the least understood feature in Photoshop’s enormous arsenal.

At the end of each chapter, you can test your knowledge with multiple-choice quizzes. Add it all up and you’ll learn to use Photoshop faster, more creatively, and more efficiently.

Price: $49.99, Amazon: $31.49

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