How many people here offer the option of photos at their parties? I do and I got the idea from another face painter here in the town I'm in. Well, I just replaced my photo printer (with an easier to use and more portable one - a Canon Selphy ES30 - I can't recommend it enough since it's only one cartridge and there's no paper or anything to mess with - it's all in one 50 print cartridge). In an attempt to get back to the basics I'd considered getting rid of this service, but I decided they're enough of a hit with the people who do get them... which is a small portion.
Well, last night I was thinking "I'm getting these kids taking something home that's showing off my artwork but it has no indication of who I am". So, thinking through creative workflows, I decided I needed a way to watermark these prints - and still have the whole thing take no more than 20 seconds of my time, TOPS per picture. Previously I have been using PictBridge with my camera hooked to the printer to make direct prints. Here's my new workflow I'm hoping to try out this weekend, yes it does involve a laptop. I use a Canon EOS Rebel XT and a MacBook with Adobe Photoshop CS3. You'll have to adjust for your software: 0. Setup - connect camera to computer, printer to computer, create a watermark overlay the same size as your pictures with a transparent background, copy it to the clipboard, have EOS Utility, it's save folder, and Photoshop open, set EOS Utility to "remote shooting" mode. All this is done before you start and only takes a couple minutes to setup if the overlay is already created. 1. Shoot the picture - it will show up in the folder on your computer immediately if remote shooting is set properly. 2. Open the picture in Photoshop (I have it set to use Camera RAW so I can make a quick brightness adjustment if needed) 3. Cmd-V to paste the overlay 4. Hit print 5. Start painting the next kid while that one waits for their picture Total time on your part - roughly 15-20 seconds per picture. Almost identical to PictBridge direct printing. Value - who knows yet, but I'm hoping they're a good marketing tool. If they prove successful, I'm going to bring down the price of on-site instant photos to increase their popularity (since they're helping me now...). Happy painting, Mark U. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Face Painting and Body Art Association." This is a PG-13 forum dedicated to the discussion of Face Painting and Body Art. This group is provided for the benefit of all and as such is not moderated. Our goal is to promote open and unrestricted communication between people interested in face painting and body art. We hope that you will be courteous to others and try to stay on topic. You are free to offer products or services related to face painting as well. Please address concerns with the original poster before contacting the management. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fpba-assn -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
