November's Print Contest Winners have been posted. See under Photos, ! 11 02
Photo Contest

Chuck Johnson

All winning places for the September Photo are posted under Photos !09 09 Photo
Contest. We get better all the time. Difficult to pick winners. I happen to like
little girls as that's what I raised, so the Full Moon is my favorite. The
Walrus was especially nice too. You all were so good. Keep up the great work.

Chuck Johnson

I live in Camarillo and would like to ride-share with members living in
Camarillo or Ventura.

Park and Ride can be used at Las Posas and the 101 FWY

I did this one using the free Photo Story 3 for Windows (file size 4MB):
http://www.lolwhatever.com/dnn/Pictures/RnRAugust2008/tabid/112/Default.aspx

It creates a WMV file, so you have to have the Windows Media Player plug in for
your browser.

It did the transitions automatically.  You can add text if you like (or just
create some title slides.)

Here's another I did with Photo Story 3 (file size 6MB):
http://www.lolwhatever.com/dnn/Pictures/SaxPackJune272009/tabid/120/Default.aspx

My personal favorite is Proshow Gold (or Proshow Professional) from
http://www.Photodex.com.  It's basic interface gets you going quickly with
additional features that can produce very sophisticated shows. There is also a
very active unofficial "proshowgroup" Yahoo Groups site which can be very
helpful and is full of ideas.

For quick slide shows I use our clubs favorite image viewer, FastStone. Among
its many capabilities is a feature that lets you instantly play a slideshow from
a directory of photos including a variety of options such as transitions and
background music (Right click and choose slide show). Or, you can create a free
standing (.exe) slide show to share with others by chosing "Create/Slide Show
Builder" from the menu bar (or Alt+S).

Creating and sharing slide shows is great fun and the modern day photo album. We
frequently watch family event slide shows on our TV...photos that would have
otherwise languished sight unseen for years in traditional photo albums.

"Hutch"

Paul,

Many PC users like Pro Show Gold for making slide shows. You will find a review
of this program on our Photo Group website at the bottom of the page in the
Articles section. There are many other programs for making slideshows on a PC.

Mac users often like iPhoto or Photo to Movie.

Good luck! - Darrel


--- In TOPCCDPS@yahoogroups.com, "pwarrenphoto" <pwarrenphoto@...> wrote:
>
> Last weekend I took pictures of my daughters dance group at a competition in
Scoottsdale AZ. I've seen some really cool slideshow presentations at the
photoclub meetings.  I'd like to put together a show with trasitions between
images and music in the background.  What software packages are being used to
create these slideshows.  Thanks  Paul
>

Last weekend I took pictures of my daughters dance group at a competition in
Scoottsdale AZ. I've seen some really cool slideshow presentations at the
photoclub meetings.  I'd like to put together a show with trasitions between
images and music in the background.  What software packages are being used to
create these slideshows.  Thanks  Paul

No, its free, and in the lobby of the building so its usually available on the
weekend after the opening.

Darrel


--- In TOPCCDPS@yahoogroups.com, Fern Tucker <lifesabigparty@...> wrote:
>
> Darrel,
>
> Is there a charge for the event?
>  
> Maylaigh
> Love Always,
> Fern
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: darrelpriebe <d.priebe@...>
> To: TOPCCDPS@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, July 6, 2009 10:11:04 AM
> Subject: [TOPCCDPS] PHOTO GROUP MEMBER ART SHOW
>
>
>
>
>
> Terese Schwartz, a member of our Photo Group club, is having her picture in
the Arts Council Show. See her announcement:
>
> My photo mosaic, entitled, Imagine Peace (on Earth) was selected for a special
Arts Council show - featuring pieces that have been winners in the past two
years from member organizations.
>
> If you would like to join me at the opening, I'll be there and I would love to
see you. (If you are not going on the field trip to Santa Monica/Venice which
leaves at 3pm on Saturday.)
>
> I'm sure there will be lots of great art to see!
>
> Art Show - Opening Reception in Thousand Oaks
> See art and meet the artists!
>
> Host:The Arts Council of the Conejo Valley
> Time:4:00PM - 6:PM Saturday, July 11th
> Location:Hillcrest Center for the Arts
> 403 West Hillcrest Drive
> T.O. 91360
>
> This is the old city offices location - above the T.O. Mall.
> East of Lynn Rd.
> Turn on McLoud and take the long driveway up. Lots of free parking.
>

Hi All,

All July Photo Contest winners  that were sent in for critiquing have
been posted. If your winner didn't make it, please submit to me or to
Darrel and we will see that it is posted.

We had some fabulous photos submitted. The judging wasn't easy. Our
photographic skills have certainly racheted up a notch or two. We should
all pat ourselves on the back for how the club has helped us all be
better photographers. It is a community affair and all are to be
commended for the work that has brought this to fruition.

Chuck Johnson

Terese Schwartz, a member of our Photo Group club, is having her picture in the
Arts Council Show. See her announcement:

My photo mosaic, entitled, Imagine Peace (on Earth) was selected for a special
Arts Council show - featuring pieces that have been winners in the past two
years from member organizations.

If you would like to join me at the opening, I'll be there and I would love to
see you.  (If you are not going on the field trip to Santa Monica/Venice which
leaves at 3pm on Saturday.)

I'm sure there will be lots of great art to see!

Art Show - Opening Reception in Thousand Oaks
See art and meet the artists!

Host:The Arts Council of the Conejo Valley
Time:4:00PM - 6:PM Saturday, July 11th
Location:Hillcrest Center for the Arts
403 West Hillcrest Drive
T.O. 91360

This is the old city offices location - above the T.O. Mall.
East of Lynn Rd.
Turn on McLoud and take the long driveway up.  Lots of free parking.

Hi All,

Plans for the 2009 2009 Summer Festival & Picnic are well underway. The SFP will be held on September 12 at the Oak Canyon Community Park in Oak Park.

Featured events include:

• A potluck picnic and barbeque at noon
• A Photo OP with a professional photographer who will assign a subject, give a lecture on how to perform the assignment and assist participants in carrying out the assignment
• A photo contest for photos taken at the Festival held at a subsequent Photo Group meeting
• Games with prizes for the winners. The games are usually a riot and most people seem to enjoy them. If enough children will be attending, we will set up special games for them
• A raffle with some great prizes to give away

The Festival is open to all TOPCC members and their immediate families. Oak Canyon Community Park can be found at 5600 Hollytree Drive, Oak Park, CA 91377 http://www.rsrpd.org/park/oakcanyoncommunitypark/oakcanyoncommunitypark.html

We need volunteers and coordinators for tasks required to make the picnic a success. You will find these tasks on the TOPCCDPS site under Files\2009 Picnic.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/TOPCCDPS/files/2009%20Picnic%20%26%20Festival/

 Anyone wishing to help, please contact Harry Isaman and/or Chuck Johnson, email address below. Under Files\2009 Picnic, you will also find a brief write up on the SFP and sign up sheet for food and other such things that are required to make the picnic a success. We will bring the sign up sheets to the Photo Group and to the TOPCC general membership meetings.

Chuck Johnson treasurer@...

Harry Isaman programs@...

PS: You may have to cut and paste the addresses to go to the sites.

Mike, Anida:

Hutch is right on target here with a great description. Even if you bought
Photoshop Elements recently, it could have been packaged long before the Camera
Raw update for the 50D came out.

Here another way to find the upgrade.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html
Scroll down a little and you will find the links to download Adobe Camera Raw
5.3. The download page has detailed instructions for its installation.

If you still have problems, holler out on this thread.
If there is still room in Darrel's Photoshop workshop, he will be covering how
to use Adobe Camera Raw.

Nancy

--- In TOPCCDPS@yahoogroups.com, "Hutch" <Hutch@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Let's start from the beginning. First, when you said you "downloaded the
software" I assume you meant the Canon software that came with the camera.
That's fine...the Canon software will open and edit RAW files, but has nothing
to do with Elements. I also assume your Camera is the EOS 50D.
>
> If you want to edit RAW CR2 files in Elements, the Camera Raw software must be
a new enough version to support your camera. Version 4.6 added support for the
50D and has since been superceeded by newer versions. If you purchased Elements
7 prior to the release of the 50D, or shortly thereafter, it is quite possible
you will need to download the free update. Go to the Help menu then select
Updates.
>
> I would suggest that you read the section on "Camera raw files" at
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PhotoshopElements/7.0_Win/. It has a very good
tutorial on using RAW files with much more info that I could give you here.
>
> Hope this helps. If you're like most of us, once you start using editing RAW
files you will be hooked and likely never go back. There are so many advantages.
>
> "Hutch"
>

Hi Mike,

Let's start from the beginning. First, when you said you "downloaded the
software" I assume you meant the Canon software that came with the camera.
That's fine...the Canon software will open and edit RAW files, but has nothing
to do with Elements. I also assume your Camera is the EOS 50D.

If you want to edit RAW CR2 files in Elements, the Camera Raw software must be a
new enough version to support your camera. Version 4.6 added support for the 50D
and has since been superceeded by newer versions. If you purchased Elements 7
prior to the release of the 50D, or shortly thereafter, it is quite possible you
will need to download the free update. Go to the Help menu then select Updates.

I would suggest that you read the section on "Camera raw files" at
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PhotoshopElements/7.0_Win/. It has a very good
tutorial on using RAW files with much more info that I could give you here.

Hope this helps. If you're like most of us, once you start using editing RAW
files you will be hooked and likely never go back. There are so many advantages.

"Hutch"

Thank you for the information. But that raises another question. If I cannot access my files in CR2 to edit, then what is the advantage of taking the photos in RAW to begin with? I understand that edits should not be done in jpg because they degrade with each save.

Thanks again, Anida

-----Original Message-----
From: "PTSI.office"
Sent: Jun 4, 2009 9:47 PM
To: TOPCCDPS@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [TOPCCDPS] Elements and RAW file

CR2 - One of Canon's two proprietary RAW image file formats in some camera models (CRW being the other).

You can't save a 16-bit CR2 file in jpeg format. So make sure you've converted to 8-bit in Photoshop, (Image>Mode>8-bit) then select File>Save As, in the File Type drop-down box, JPEG should now be an option. Select it and hit Save. Good luck!

http://photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00KY99

The above link is a good discussion of multiple fixes.

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From: TOPCCDPS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TOPCCDPS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gordon Huff
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 5:07 PM
To: TOPCCDPS@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [TOPCCDPS] Elements and RAW file

There more than one version of CR2 from Canon. You need the Camera RAW update like : ....... http://www.adobe.com/support/downloa...jsp?ftpID=4224 might have to expand this Regards, Gordon --- On Thu, 6/4/09, Mike Margolis <mikenanida@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Mike Margolis <mikenanida@earthlink.net> Subject: [TOPCCDPS] Elements and RAW file To: TOPCCDPS@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 2:29 PM Hi everyone- I need some help. I have a Canon EOS50, and have downloaded the software (upgraded from a EOS40). I have Elements 7.0. I am now shooting in RAW for the first time. When downloaded to my computer, the files came over with a .CR2 extension. Elements cannot open this. What do I do now??? Thanks for your help. Anida Margolis mikenanida@earthlink.net ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TOPCCDPS/ <*> Your email settings:     Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TOPCCDPS/join     (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email:     mailto:TOPCCDPS-digest@yahoogroups.com     mailto:TOPCCDPS-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:     TOPCCDPS-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Hi everyone-
I need some help. I have a Canon EOS50, and have downloaded the software
(upgraded from a EOS40). I have Elements 7.0. I am now shooting in RAW for the
first time. When downloaded to my computer, the files came over with a .CR2
extension. Elements cannot open this. What do I do now???
Thanks for your help.
Anida Margolis
mikenanida@...

Check out these photos. If you look through some of the links you will find Mr.
Thierry Legault with his equipment.

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/05/15/man-captures-images-of-atlantis-pulling\
-hubble-out-of-orbit

http://legault.club.fr/atlantis_hst_transit.html

http://legault.club.fr/iss_atlantis_transit.html

Very cool stuff.

Nancy

Call For Entries!
Deadline May 22, 2009


The ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW 2009 is an international exhibition of photographic
art which will take place August 29 through November 1, 2009 at the elegant
Lyceum Theatre Gallery, located in the historic Gaslamp Quarter of downtown San
Diego, California. The Opening Reception Gala will be on Saturday, August 29th,
and will be a world class event!

WEBSITE: www.artofphotographyshow.com

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
The Prospectus and entry details are available here. The online entry process is
very easy, simply filling out a short registration form and then uploading your
images as JPEG files. Additional details are in the FAQ page here.

JURIED COMPETITION:
Charlotte Cotton is the Judge for the Art of Photography Show 2009. Ms. Cotton
is Curator and Head of the Photography Department at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art (LACMA) She has curated photography exhibitions at museums and
universities around the world and has written numerous books, catalogs, essays
and articles on various aspects of photography. Charlotte Cotton is highly
respected in the global photographic community, so it's a significant honor to
be selected by her.

$10,000 IN AWARDS (Double what we awarded last year!):
          $2,000  1st Place Award
          $1,600  2nd Place Award
          $1,200  3rd Place Award
          $   800  4th Place Award
          $   400  (11) Honorable Mention Awards

          PLUS: liveBooks is providing grants for three custom designed websites,
valued at $1,700 each.

TESTIMONIALS from artists and attendees of our recent shows can be viewed here.

MARKETING & PUBLICITY:
The Art of Photography Show 2009 will be pursuing an intensive marketing and
publicity campaign to bring maximum media attention to the artists who are
juried into the exhibition. Over 25,000 people are expected to view the Show
during the run at the Lyceum Theatre gallery, which is open (free) seven days a
week. So, the artists and their work will receive a tremendous amount of
exposure by the media and the public.

ENTRY FEE:
$25 for the first entry, $10 for each additional entry. The entire registration,
upload, and payment process can be done securely right on the website.

DISCOUNT:
Artists who entered work in any previous Art of Photography Show or Art of
Digital Show will receive a $15 discount on their first entry in the Art of
Photography Show 2009.

SHOW CATALOG:
We are producing a superb Show Catalog, which will feature every image in the
Show and an artist statement about the work. Artists who are in the Show can
obtain as many copies of the Show Catalog as they like for free, which can be
used for promotion and marketing of their work.

SALES:
One of our key aims is to sell the work that is exhibited at The Art of
Photography Show 2009. Our great love of this art form (and being photographic
artists ourselves) prompts us to 'pull out all of the stops' in order to
showcase a truly excellent presentation of photographic art, to elevate and
promote this art form, and to provide substantial benefits to the exhibiting
artists.

QuickTime video clip of The Art of Photography Show 2008:
www.artofphotographyshow.com/trailer.html

For more information please contact the Producer, Steven Churchill:
         Email: steven@...
         Phone: 858-793-0900

Many thanks to our sponsors!

The images at the top of this email are part of prior Art of Photography Show
exhibits, shown here
courtesy of Dick Sanders, John Steck Jr., Chris Jelly, Craig Johnson, John Steck
Jr., Ton Dirven.

May's Photo Contest winners are posted in Album "! May 09 Photo Contest".
There are some really nice shots. We improve all the time. Nice work for all the
contest entries. Judging is not easy with all the nice photo.

Those who didn't place are welcome to post their entries in the album as well.
If you can't figure out how to post, just send to me at treasurer@... and
I will post for you.

We will select the new Topic for the next Photo Contest shortly. The next
contest will be judged on June 30 as July Monday date was not open at the
library.

Chuck Johnson

This message was forwarded by Ken Clunis to our club members:

Dear Friends,

The balloons are coming back to Santa Paula Airport this summer! Set
aside some time July 30 - August 1 for a glowing good time! Bring your
family and friends; this is a great visual feast which appeared here
for the very first time just last year.

For those unable to open the pdf, just click on:

http://www.citrusclassicballoons.com

If you have never had an opportunity to see hot air balloons up close,
once you do, it's an unforgettable experience! Please pass this
message on to anyone else you think might enjoy the event.

See you there!