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  Rock Rule
  by Elysia Ranking

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  Drumming! Any age is GREAT! Hopes & Dreams talent show photo taken Los Coyotes Middle School - AJ Hedger Drummer 12 years old
  by leih2008

  AJ Hedger played drums to the song “Be my rock ‘n Roll Queen”; his friend Bradley Solomon played electric guitar and sang. They were the finale’ for the talent show the girls went wild. The boys were great!

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  Learning How To Fly
  by metronomad

  skater at the Art Forum, Berlin

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  Learning how to play soccer.
  by Ellen

  I was inspired by the European Soccer games this last june. (not really to be honest :) / Only wished the light was better.

• New Video of Me Painting
  by Samuel Durkin

  I Just edited together some bits of me painting my lasted work . I did this over the weekend I was having irregular heart palpitations, I…

  I Just edited together some bits of me painting my lasted work . I did this over the weekend I was having irregular heart palpitations, I just needed to do something to help me calm down. I’m not sure it helped while I was painting but the picture is now very relaxing to look at. See me demonstrating painting on canvas here oh yeah i also wrote the music. (not very good, but it saves having to steal someone elses)

• TUTORIAL:Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page
  by D R Moore

  There are two different counters in this how to one with just the numbers and one with a little more stats from your visitors / The first …

  There are two different counters in this how to one with just the numbers and one with a little more stats from your visitors / The first one is the Classic number counter / I have one on my Bubble Page I got it from http://www.digits.com / Go to digits.com and create your web counter, They will e-mail you your information it will look similar to below / Please note: all web counters have their own web counter numbers and You must link to their web site. / / The text in the above image in red is what you will use to make the counter / First the image location / http://counter.digits.com/?counter={the counter id numbers}&template=simple / It must be linked to their web site or it will stop working / So it will look like below / !http://counter.digits.com/?counter={the counter id numbers}&template=simple!: http//www.digits.com / Remember no Spaces between the ! & : / Don’t forget to link to their website with one of their images or it will stop working / Make the counter invisible To visitors by adding the color code that matches the theme color that you are using like below / !http://counter.digits.com/?counter={the counter id numbers}&template=simple&foreground=oooooo!:http//www.digits.com / Color codes for black add &forground=000000 / for white add &forground=ffffff / and for grey add &forground=cccccc The second one is by whos.amung.us / it looks like this / / To use this one go to the web site ( whos.amung.us) / Scroll down till you see the yellow code box. / Below this box there are two blue tabs one is “preferred code” / and the other one is “NON JAVASCRIPT” you can use only the NON JAVASCRIPT one on redbubble so be sure to click that tab. / The code will look like this / <a href="http://whos.amung.us/stats/ahztsk8ecglj/"><img src="http://whos.amung.us/widget/ahztsk8ecglj.png" width="81" height="29" border="0" title="Click to see how many people are online" /></a> / The text in bold above is what we will use to post it on redbubble / The image link http://whos.amung.us/widget/ahztsk8ecglj.png / And the web link href="http://whos.amung.us/stats/ahztsk8ecglj / Putting them together for the bubble and we have this / !http://whos.amung.us/widget/ahztsk8ecglj.png!:http://whos.amung.us/stats/ahztsk8ecglj Happy Bubbling / Dan / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission

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  I am learning how to love in return.
  by Daniel Sorine

• Learn How To Sell Art
  by Jo O'Brien

  My primary goal for the next 3 months is to help you sell your art. Selling stuff used to be my profession, but now it is my passion. And…

  My primary goal for the next 3 months is to help you sell your art. Selling stuff used to be my profession, but now it is my passion. And I have plans about how I might help you make more money from your art and designs. But before I spend hours doing research, conducting interviews and writing articles, I’d like to know, what you want to know. I don’t profess to know it all, but I’ll be giving it my all to find out! Do you have a question about marketing or selling your own art? I’d like to hear it

• Redbubble toolbar
  by D R Moore

  The easy way to navigate the bubble / I’ve found that the easiest way to navigate on redbubble was to create my own tool bar with links an…

  The easy way to navigate the bubble / I’ve found that the easiest way to navigate on redbubble was to create my own tool bar with links and shortcuts to the things that I do on the bubble. I’ve added many new options and shortcuts. / It works with Internet Explorer and Firefox / I hope you find this toolbar as useful as I have. / The down arrow next to redbubble logo will open a menu of options notice the “Suggestions by bubblemail” link contact me with any suggestions / Get the Toolbar Here / / / If changes are made the toolbar will automatically update or you can click the “refresh tool bar” in the menu above / The options are pretty much self explanatory the “Toolbar options” will open a new box with many features to make the bar work for you. / / To add and remove buttons from the toolbar uncheck the buttons you do not want to display / / Shortcuts to some software can be found in the / “Usefull components” menu below (I use Note Pad alot) / / To add new work click the ‘Create New’ button / You can upload using the full page / Or the pop up links can be used. / / In the pop ups The product options are pre selected card, canvas, etc for new art / / and all colors available for T-Shirts is pre selected / Once you start an upload you can minimize the box and browse other images or whatever you do on the bubble. The “My Bubble” button includes / a link to “Edit Profile” “Bubblemail” / “Redbubble Forums”and your “Bulk Editor” / use the “Edit this work” link from the / “public preview page to go to the edit page Manage your Bubblesite Gallery The Feeds menu Contains Links to Challenges Your group Challenges, Open for entries, Voting Now and Recently Completed a link to your Favorites and many more The “My Work by Page” gives you access to your work by page assuming you have 10 or less pages New “Send to” button send / any web page to your Blogger, / Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, / Gmail, Google Notebook, / delicious (full save), reddit, / or Tineye The search box includes Searching Rebbubble, Redbubble Groups, Flickr, and Google images and more If you would like the search option but not the toolbar get the / “Quick Search” bookmarklet / which is just a bookmark to use the search feature. / See More about bookmarklet / I hope you like using it, and don’t forget to let me know if you would like to have something included that I may have missed. Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Need More Help? / Chat with me on Skype User Name / envelope150 © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission / Happy Bubbling / Dan

• TUTORIAL:Add a Slide show to your Redbubble Profile/Bubblesite
  by D R Moore

  Adding a slide show to redbubble Ok not really a slide show but it is very close, It’s an animated gif image. / You can see one ”...

  Adding a slide show to redbubble Ok not really a slide show but it is very close, It’s an animated gif image. / You can see one My Bubblesite These images can also be linked / Doing this will require you to have software that can make an animated gif image. / And of coarse I know of a free software program that can be used and this tutorial will explain how to do this using this free software. The free software is called / unfreeze and you can Get it here / Once downloaded and installed on your / computer we are ready to go. The first step is to get the images you want to include in your slide show, I am going to use my redbubble images set in frames for my bubblesite homepage. Sign-in to your redbubble account Click “My Bubble” then “Art” find the image you want to include and click the “show public view” Now click the “buy/preview” button / Select the product format you want to use Card, Laminated print, etc.. Then save the image to your computer. Internet Explorer users “Right Click” the image and select “Save Picture As” / Firefox users “Right Click” and select “Save image as” / And choose a location on your PC where you can find it easily. / You can use as many images as you want, but remember you want them to visit your gallery so keep the number of images to a minimum. / I’m going to use 8 images for now. / You can re size your images if you like the Unfreeze software will resize your images to fit in a 375 pixels(high) X 360 pixels(wide) box but the software will not center the image. For those that want their images centered in the box, Use your photo software to edit the images / The software program (unfreeze) that I recommended above requires the images to be in gif format. Doing this in your photo software may be different than mine. But I will open the image in my photo software “Paint.net” and then click the “Save as” option and change the format (type) to gif ( Graphics Interchange Format).They will be saved in the same folder that I put the ones I downloaded from the bubble. Once the images are in the gif format. We are ready to create the animated gif (slideshow) Open the folder where your gif images are located Start “unfreeze” a small window will appear / Drag your images into the white window Then set the delay on the right, I used 60, Make sure the “Loop animation” box is checked Now click the “Make Animated Gif” button Give it a name and Click “Save” To make the images change slower add more than one of the same file The image that I created here was made using three copies of the same image,delay set to 90 / Example: drag and drop “image1.gif”,then do it again drag and drop “image1.gif “ This one has four of the same images and delay set to 60 Now the image can be uploaded to a web site, since Redbubble does not support this file type. You can use Dropbox which is a free file store, share, sync software Get it Here it allows you to have 2 gig of file storage for free. Plus when I change the slide show gif I just created dropbox will take care of the rest. / So changing my slide show is as easy as making a new one and saving it using the same location and name on my pc as the one I’m using now. / Now Insert the new image on your bubblesite or profile / Use the image location (web address,web url) with a ! before and after the image location / For more on Linking images etc. see this post How to Customize Redbubble / And your done. / You can also include these in your description boxes these have been reduced in size A great way to promote your calendars on your bubblesite remember these images can be linked to the buy page. / Happy Bubbling / Dan / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission

• TUTORIAL:Using a Paypal button on redbubble
  by D R Moore

  If you are selling original art on redbubble and want to use a paypal button / Or selling photo prints from your home / Here is how Firs…

  If you are selling original art on redbubble and want to use a paypal button / Or selling photo prints from your home / Here is how First Create your button in your paypal (seller account) account / Create Button on paypal do not create a button with a Drop down menu it will not work. / Using it on redbubble can be done by using this link as the image / You can copy and Paste the image links from below Image Options Preview Image Link !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_paynow_SM.gif! !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_SM.gif! !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynow_LG.gif! !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_paynow_LG.gif! !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif! !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_paynowCC_LG.gif! to get the custom link that you created click the email tab above the code box / / and you will get something like below ( the numbers at the end is a custom number created by paypal so they will know who & what to pay etc.) If you created a button and can’t find it on Paypal Sign in then click the “profile” link in the selling preferences sections click the “My saved buttons” link https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=000000 add the above link by adding a : after your above link / The link will look like this / !https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif!:https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=000000 Happy Bubbling / Dan / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission

• TUTORIAL:Using tags on Redbubble
  by D R Moore

  There are many reasons for using tags 1. Creating links to make it easier for your visitors to find what they want / 2. K…

  There are many reasons for using tags 1. Creating links to make it easier for your visitors to find what they want / 2. Knowing what images are in what group / 3. Help your visitors find what they want faster. NOTE: It may take 20-30 minutes before you will be able to use your new tags in the search boxes. / For keeping track of what images are in what group, I’ve found that the easiest way to do this is by Tagging the image with the group name. Then making a bookmark for easy access to Group lists, This method will also show new images as long as you add the tag when you enter the image to a group. / To add tags to images Click your “art” button or Here , Then next to the image click “edit”, The tag box is below the Description box. / Tag Example: All images that I’ve submitted to the Group “Animal Kingdom” , I’ve added the following tag “animal kingdom” remember to separate the tags with a comma ( , ) / Search Example:The following will work for all users as long as you put your username, and tag in the places indicated in bold below / http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname / Once you get the results Bookmark it, Now the next time you try to remember what images you have in a group or have I reached the group limit you can click the bookmark and see what images are in that group and how many. / Bonus: Using the links from above to organize your images for visitors, Link an Image or text with the Links you created above. / You can see some of your links using tags by clicking your username in the top right hand side of any redbubble page (this takes you to your public profile page) / then click Art, Calendar, or T-Shirts then on the next page on the left there are text links with the tags that you have added to your work. / ( if your not sure how to do this See this post Creating Links Etc…on redbubble ) EXAMPLES: / Linked text "Birds":http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname / Birds / Linked image / !www.imageishere.jpg!:http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname / You can click the link below, It will open in redbubble it won’t give you any results but then you can then change the username in the address bar click “go” or just hit enter bookmark the result or add it to your “favorites” for future tag making . / http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname BONUS TIP: / Searching your tags using the search box on the 2009 Gift Guide (see image below) will result in a page of Framed Prints, T- Shirts, Calendars or Canvas Print previews of just your images…..but you will need to tag the works you want to appear with your username. / Then you will be able to customize the results a little better to show only your works…. / / Examples: from my profile…Place your mouse pointer over the link but do not click it to see what tags I used to create these links notice that my username(envelope150) is in all of them. / all my images in the framed product version / Just my Flower images in the framed product version / Only my owl images are here / To use these images on your profile or in your descriptions check out this TUTORIAL:Using Small Product Preview II How to tag your journals / writings The above method does not work for my journls or writings / Example:I have a few How-to’s in the How to Redbubble group and I’ve tagged them with”htrb” So if i create a tag like above it would be / http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/art/everything/tags/htrb / unfortunately the results give me a blank page (click the link above if you don’t believe me) / Here is how we can get the results we need (want). / See Here http://www.redbubble.com/search/envelope150%20htrb/journals / If you have a lot of writings it might be a good idea to tag these for many reasons. 1. Keeping track of what groups they are in / 2. Easy reference for other bubble members / 3. sorting by topic / 4. and many more…. I will try and explain the easiest way to do this and hopefully make it as painless as possible. / I will explain how I created the above results for my How to journals / Fist and most important tag all your work with your username / Step 1. Tag the journal I’m using “htrb” / Step2. Make a link to the list of journals with this tag / To do this we will need to use the search box / Enter your username and tag “click Search” I’m going to enter envelope150 htrb / Step 4. When you get to the results page copy the address from the address bar or bookmark it. / If your tags are fresh give it a little time for redbubble servers to catch up(up to 10-min) / Now you can use the address to make links to your journals for easy reference or group tracking. / I high lighted my username and tag below in bold, When copying the results you will have the %20 where the space is suppose to be. http://www.redbubble.com/search/envelope150%20htrb/ Click Here to see the results if you like Using the method above to create links for your images adds the ability to use more than one tag / Example: If I want to make a link to my osprey(bird) images I would use the search box and enter envelope150 bird osprey click “search” and I get this / http://www.redbubble.com/search/envelope150%20birds%20osprey only my images that include the 3 tags will show up / This method would be good for the Flower Lovers to separate their Flowers images not only by type of flower but color as well. Using tags like username flowers roses red and then searching those tags to make a link to their “My Red Roses Collection”. / Hope this tutorial helps in getting you started in fully customizing or just organizing your bubble profile. Bonus Tip To make a text box appear when someone hovers over a link add text in (these) like below "Landscapes(View my Landscape Collection)":http://www.redbubble.com/people/yourusername/art/everything/tags/tagname / See how it works below just place your mouse pointer on the link but do not click it / Landscapes / Happy Bubbling / Dan / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission

• TUTORIALS:Bling Bling for bubbling
  by D R Moore

  Here is the Table of Contents for my How-to’s on Customizing your redbubble profile and bubblesite. / redbubble does not allow you to post…

  Here is the Table of Contents for my How-to’s on Customizing your redbubble profile and bubblesite. / redbubble does not allow you to post “HTML” (webcode) but here are ways to add things and get the custom look to make your profile stand out from the rest… Working with text [Formatting] / The basics of formatting text creating Bold Itallics and more… More…... redbubble Formatting [Text wrapping images] / Learn how to use tables to text wrap your images, align text / and more… Creating Links Etc…on redbubble / The basics of creating clickable text and images post them on your profile, in forums or on your bubblesite Adding Calendars to your bubblesite / Here is a way to add a calendar to your bubblesite with a link to the buy page Using Small Product Previews / Here is how to use small framed,laminated,cards,etc.. in your descriptions or profile page to create a great looking gallery and inspire some clicks to the buy page. Using Small Product Preview II / Here is an easier way to use small previews but only for Framed Prints, T- Shirts, Calendars and Canvas Prints Quick (Redbubble) Search Bookmarklet / Just a simple search for redbubble helpful when looking for a group or wanting to search the forums for some help or advice… Repeat post Time Saver / This one will show firefox users how to create shortcuts to the toolbar for notepad files that are located on their PC for quick access. Framed image on Bubblesite home page / Add a framed image to your bubblesite main page and keep it out of view from visitors to your regular bubblesite. feedjit Live Traffic Feed / Get to know your visitors with a Live Traffic Feed widget Edit your Slideshow widget / How to change your Slideshow widget to display your T-Shirts and more.. Edit your Sales Widget… / How to change your Sales widget to display your T-Shirts and more.. Using promotional image Banner / How to customize the banner provided under the “promote” tab..change the background color the number of images and more… Using tags on Redbubble / Use tagging to create subject links to allow your visitors quick acess to what they are looking for. Using a Paypal button on redbubble / If you are selling original art on redbubble and want to use a paypal button or selling photo prints from your home see how to add that paypal button to your descriptions or journals. Add a Slide show to your Redbubble Profile/Bubblesite / Ok not really a slide show but it is very close, It’s an animated gif image. Visitor counter on your bubblesite or profile page / There are two different counters in this how to one with just the numbers and one with a little more stats from your visitors. Mapco visitor counter on your profile/bubblesite / This is a How-to for using maploco on your profile, To show where visitors to your page are coming from on a map. Tutorial: Embed YouTube Video / A closer .look at how to embed video Redbubble toolbar / I’ve found that the easiest way to navigate on redbubble was to create my own tool bar with links and shortcuts to the things that I do on the bubble. / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info / Host or Co-Host Tutorials Featuring the easy way / If you are tired of rummaging through countless pages trying to feature a group member or an image that won a challenge try this Tutorial. Need more Help? / Chat with me on Skype User Name / envelope150 Happy Bubbling (with Bling Bling) / Dan / Please don’t Copy and paste my written works as that would really hurt my feelings :) / you can copy the code below and paste it if you would like to share this Journal with others on Redbubble / "TUTORIALS:Bling Bling for bubbling(by D R Moore)":http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2120386-tutorials-bling-bling-for-bubbling / or on the web / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2120386-tutorials-bling-bling-for-bubbling" title="by D R Moore">TUTORIALS:Bling Bling for bubbling</a> /

• TUTORIAL:Adding Calendars to your bubblesite
  by D R Moore

  To add a calendar to your bubblesite is not in the bubble site set-up or the mange gallery as of yet. I look forward to when this will be…

  To add a calendar to your bubblesite is not in the bubble site set-up or the mange gallery as of yet. I look forward to when this will be incorporated into the Manage Gallery section for our bubblesites. / So the only way to advertise our Calendars is to give them a link to the right direction to view our calendars. / There are many ways to do this on redbubble / You may simply add the calendar covers to your bubblesite home page Here is one from my collection to get the image url it is the same process as used before. / If you missed it before Click Here for How-to Click “My Bubble” then “Calendars” or Click Here / Next Right click the cover image and copy the image url / Then just place the image in you description with a link to the buy/previw page To get the link without the comments etc. Right click the Buy/preview button then select (In FireFox) “copy the link location” with Internet Explorer select “Copy Shortcut” paste it right after your image location / Example for the image above I used the below / !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/calendars/page:0/product:calendar/size:small/view:preview/1709263-5-d-r-moore.jpg!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/5781572 / Pages: To select a different page change the number in bold above / Like this /page:1/ will display the first page of your calendar and so on. / Sizes: Change the size by changing size:small to size:medium Another option would be to make a slide show using your calendar images I’ve created three different sizes For my tutorial on Adding a slide show to redbubble See Here Happy Bubbling / Dan / Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission

• TUTORIAL:Creating Links Etc...on redbubble
  by D R Moore

  Creating Text Links / To make your text clickable or link to a web address / Put quotation symbols ” ” on each side of the word/sentence …

  Creating Text Links / To make your text clickable or link to a web address / Put quotation symbols ” ” on each side of the word/sentence you want to make Clickable and then a Colon : (no spaces), Now put the url (web address) of where you want the clicker to go. / EXAMPLE: "View My Gallery":http//example.redbubble.com / Will give you this View My Gallery / You can also make a Text box appear when hovering over the link by adding text in brackets / Like this "View My Gallery(Go to My Gallery)":http//example.redbubble.com / The text above in ( ) will appear in a box if someone hovers over the link / Like this ( put your mouse over the link but do not click it ) / View My Gallery / To use formatting with your text link. Add a space between the formatting symbols and the “ / EXAMPLE: "Space*View My Gallery*space":http//example.redbubble.com / will give you this / View My Gallery Using images in your descriptions ,profile page,etc / First you must know where the image is located (web address) / Example: http://www.mypicture is here.jpg / To use a framed, laminated print, card etc.. image from redbubble click the “show public view” in your “Art” section / / then click the “Buy/Preview” Button / / Set the image as you wish to use it, Card, Framed print etc…once you are done follow the instructions below to get the web address If using firefox simply right click the image and select “copy image location” Using Internet explorer right click the image then select “Properties” A Properties box will appear copy the Address(URL) High lighted in blue / “right click” the Highlighted text then choose “copy” / or once it is highlighted hold the “control(CTRL)” key and press “C” You can now paste the image location in the location where you want to use it (right click and select “paste” or hold the Control key and press “V” on your key board) Now put a ! before an after the image location like this !http://www.mypicture is here.jpg! / To make it clickable or linked add the colon : and web address after the ! / like this :http://www.your going here.com / The final entry Will look like below / !http://www.mypicture is here.jpg!:http://www.your going here.com / The text box mentioned above can be used here as well by adding your text in ( ) / Like This !http://www.mypicture is here.jpg(Have a Look)!:http://www.your going here.com / Will give you this ( Put your mouse over image but do not click to see ) / Using Just the Image / To use only the image go to you art section by clicking “My Bubble” then “art” / on you art page find the image you want to use and get the image address or URL as described above / EXAMPLE http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/cropped/size:xsmall/view:main/2903258-2-magnolia.jpg = !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/cropped/size:xsmall/view:main/2903258-2-magnolia.jpg! To change the size of the image replace the size:xsmall to one of the values shown on the right. / (Click the links for a preview of the size cropped version ) / xsmall = 60px × 60px / small = 135px × 135px / xmedium = 200px × 200px / medium = 300px × 300px / large = 550px × 550px / xlarge = 663px × 663px watermarked to use this one you need to remove the /cropped from the image URL Cropped Version / / Not Cropped / You can also remove cropped/ from the image address to maintain the shape of your image. / Note the sizes may vary depending on your image shape. / Here is a good example why you may want to remove the cropped/ from the image / Notice the cropped version cuts off the cards in his hands but doing this has changed the thumbnail size. To create a Larger preview link use some text or an image and link it to the xlarge view. / Here is an Image Example be sure to remove the /cropped from the xlarge view How it works The text I used !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/cropped/size:xsmall/view:main/2412521-3-pink-rose.jpg(View Larger image)!:http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/size:xlarge/view:main/2412521-3-pink-rose.jpg To create a large product preview add /pixelsize:875×440 as shown below / Click here to see BEFORE and AFTER EXAMPLE (laminated print) URL: http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/backgroundcolor:d1d1d1/border:whitewithdetail/pixelsize:875×440/product:laminated-print/size:large/view:preview/2099882-6-resting.jpg / Click Here to preview larger size / Use youtube video on your profile just use the simple code below / youtube:video url or web address of the video / For more on how to do this see Here Create a contact link or e-mail me link / Example: "contact me":mailto:myname@myemailaddress.com / Your bubblesite has a contact option, to turn it on / Go to your profile edit page Click here / then scroll down to the e-mail section / and click the box next to / Allow people to contact me via email / Allows visitors to contact you with a form on your BubbleSite. Your email address will not be displayed After you click it you can go to your bubblesite and on the top where the links are you will see these links / Home Gallery About Contact / Clicking the Contact link will open a new window with the Contact form / If you want to use it on redbubble then use the code below. / but change the username to yours / "Contact me by E-Mail":http://username.redbubble.com/contact / Contact me by E-Mail Leave me a comment if you still need some Help or Chat with me on Skype My User Name / envelope150 To use a Skype live status link copy and paste this text and change the username in bold / Leave two blank lines before and after the code |Chat with me on Skype| / |!http://mystatus.skype.com/balloon/username.png!|My User Name / username| Once you get the hang of creating links and posting images give my other tutorial a try. More…… redbubble Formatting [Text wrapping images] Beware this one will frustrate you Happy Bubbling / Dan Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more Toolbar info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Please don’t Copy and paste my written works as that would really hurt my feelings :) / you can copy the code below and paste it if you would like to share this Journal with others on Redbubble / "TUTORIAL:Creating Links Etc…on redbubble(by D R Moore)":http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2145517-tutorial-creating-links-etc-on-redbubble / or on the web / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2145517-tutorial-creating-links-etc-on-redbubble" title="by D R Moore">TUTORIAL:Creating Links Etc...on redbubble</a> /

• TUTORIAL: More...... redbubble Formatting [Text wrapping images]
  by D R Moore

  This how-to will briefly explain a method of using tables on redbubble to Create sets, Text aligning, Text wrapping in Descriptions,Journ…

  This how-to will briefly explain a method of using tables on redbubble to Create sets, Text aligning, Text wrapping in Descriptions,Journals and profiles. There must be 2 blank lines between the table and other text (Press Enter two times before and after the table) To make a table insert a “|” (vertical bar) between the items to be contained in the cells. / The Examples provided below in BOLD can be copied and pasted. Then just replace the text with your links, images, text or whatever you wish. / For the basic text wrapped image use. / |text|image| / To put the title above the image use below / In order to keep a blank cell I will use &#32; Text wrap an image |&#32;|Title w/ link| / |Description|Image w/ link| Preview Click Image to Preview it on my Bubblesite The Cattle Egrets is a popular bird with cattle ranchers for its perceived role as a bio control of cattle parasites such as ticks and flies. A study in Australia found that Cattle Egrets reduced the number of flies that bothered cattle by pecking them directly off the skin. It was the benefit to stock that prompted ranchers and the Hawaiian Board of Agriculture and Forestry to release the species in Hawaii Profile set w/ title or tag link / This also can be used in a Journal entry / For titles above the image use the table below / Note I used 6 size:xsmall images/ use size:small to match the ones already on your profile |”View my Set title or tag link”| |Title1 w/link|Title2 w/link|Title3 w/link|Title4 w/link|Title5 w/link|Title6 w/link| / |image1 w/link|image2 w/link|image3 w/link|image4 w/link|image5 w/link|image6 w/link| It will look like below or you can change the two lines and have the titles on the bottom. |image1 w/link|image2 w/link|image3 w/link|image4 w/link|image5 w/link|image6 w/link| / |Title1 w/link|Title2 w/link|Title3 w/link|Title4 w/link|Title5 w/link|Title6 w/link| View all images in My Bird Collection Screech Owl Missed a Spot Osprey II White Pelican My Girl Preening Flamingo Notice that several of my images have long titles that extend past the Xsmall image / One fix for this would be to press enter after the first word Example: |Title1 w/link|Preening / Flamingo| / |image1 w/link|image2 w/link| Preview My Girl Preening / Flamingo or Put the second word at the bottom / In order to keep a blank cell I will use &#32; Example: \ |Title1 w/link|Preening| / |image1 w/link|image2 w/link| / |&#32;|Flamingo| Preview My Girl Preening Flamingo Looks great on your profile |image1 w/link|image2 w/link|image3 w/link| / |Title1 w/link|Title2 w/link|Title3 w/link| / Preview Jupiter Lighthouse Free Poker Lessons Missed a Spot No go forth and create that great description that really stands out more than the rest See this description on my Profile , Bubblesite This is a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird / Which is in the bird family Trochilidae, and are endemic to the Americas. They can fly backwards, and are the only group of birds able to do so. Their English name derives from the characteristic hum made by their wings.Which they can do up to 53 times a second. The extremely short legs of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird prevent it from walking or hopping. The best it can do is shuffle along a perch. To scratch its head and neck it raises its foot up and over its wing. Happy Bubbling / Dan See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info Chat with me on Skype User Name / envelope150 © D R Moore This written work cannot be reproduced or posted on the web without my written permission /

• TUTORIAL:Using Small Product Preview
  by D R Moore

  Welcome to my longest tutorial so far. / This Tutorial has a lot of information in it That makes it seem harder than it is be patient but …

  Welcome to my longest tutorial so far. / This Tutorial has a lot of information in it That makes it seem harder than it is be patient but I know you can do it. / Using small pictures of mounted prints, posters, matted prints, canvas prints, shirts or cards. / To do this you will need the Picture Number / To get this go to your “art” section and find the image you want to use right click it to get the web address(URL) / It will look similar to this / http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/cropped/size:xsmall/view:main/2472080-2-lavendar-rose.jpg / The number in BOLD in the example above is the picture number, use it in the below examples where it says PICTURENUMBER NOTE: The codes used in this journal can not be copied and pasted it will not work To get the small previews to work you must right click these images to get the Web address or URL (see how below), Or once you create your small previews you can right click those. If using firefox simply right click the image / and select “copy image location” Using Internet explorer right click the image / then select “Properties” A Properties box will appear copy the Address(URL) / High lighted in blue Select the text and then “right click” the Highlighted text then choose “copy” / or once it is highlighted hold the “control(CTRL)” key and press “C” To paste the web address press “ctrl+V” or right click where you want it to go and select “paste” I’ve also included the HTML code for using these on the web. / You can copy and paste these / Then just paste the web address you got above where is says / paste image location here and Change the PICTURENUMBER / The options can be changed at anytime. All of the examples I provided will go to your profile page. / If you want them linked to your bubblesite you will need to know the set number / of where the images are. / To get the set numbers go to your bubblesite “gallery” and right click a set (folder) / select “properties” in the box that appears you will see the web address (URL) for the set (folder) / EXAMPLE: http://USERNAME.redbubble.com/sets/7279/works / The number in Bold above is the set number. Below are examples of where to put the link. / Note:The USERNAME, SETNUMBER and PICTURE NUMBER needs to be changed to your information / To use on the web (linked to bubblesite) <a href="http://USERNAME.redbubble.com/sets/SETNUMBER/works/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Here is the version for RB (linked to bubblesite) !paste image location here!http://USERNAME.redbubble.com/sets/SETNUMBER/works/PICTURENUMBER / BONUS TIP Make a super small preview by using /pixelsize:60×60 / http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/backgroundcolor:f7f7f7/backingcolor:white/pixelsize:60×60/product:greeting-card/view:preview/2472080.jpg / CARDS grey background black background white background Here is an Example of a card image location with a black background http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/backgroundcolor:000000/backingcolor:white/pixelsize:170×180/product:greeting-card/view:preview/2389415.jpg To use it on redbubble / !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Don’t forget to use your picture number Options / To change the background change the backgroundcolor: / !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/backgroundcolor:f7f7f7/backingcolor:white/pixelsize:170×180/product:greeting-card/view:preview/PICTURENUMBER.jpg! Colors for Grey use backgroundcolor:f7f7f7f7 / for Black use backgroundcolor:000000 / for White use backgroundcolor:ffffff To change the background of the card for those cards that don’t fit the layout of the RB card change the backingcolor:white or backingcolor:black EXTRA Adding the backgroundcolor: examples from above to the large card preview will also change the background. / Example!http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/backgroundcolor:000000/backingcolor:white/product:greeting-card/view:preview/2333688-5-great-blue-heron-ii.jpg! / Will give you this / Mounted Prints no border border / white w/details / large image border / black w/details / small image Here is an Example of a mounted print image address with a white border with details http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/pixelsize:170×180/border:whitewithdetail/product:mounted-print/size:large/view:preview/2324884.jpg To use it on redbubble (No border) !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web (No border) <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Options / Change the border:noborder / for White border with details border:whitewithdetail / for Black border with details border:blackwithdetail / You can also change the size of the two images that have a border / by changing the size:small / to size:medium or size:large Framed image Cherry/Black / Large Cherry/white / Medium Cherry/Off White / Small Here is an Example of a framed image address with a white background, cherry frame, black matte and a large image. http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/backgroundcolor:white/framecolor:cherry/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/pixelsize:170×180/product:framed-print/size:large/view:preview/2001857.jpg To use it on redbubble !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> OPTIONS / Change the frame color by changing framecolor: Frame Colors framecolor:cherry / framecolor:black / framecolor:charcoal / framecolor:mocha / framecolor:walnut Change the matte color by changing mattecolor: Matte Colors mattecolor:off%20white / mattecolor:bright%20white / mattecolor:black Change the size of the print image by changing size: Image Sizes size:small / size:medium / size:large The background can also be changed by changing the backgroundcolor:white Colors for Grey use backgroundcolor:f7f7f7f7 / for Black use backgroundcolor:000000 / for White use backgroundcolor:ffffff Laminated Image Black / w/Details / Small White / w/Details / Medium Black / w/Details / Large Here is an Example image address of a Laminated print with a small image and a black border with details http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art//pixelsize:170×180/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-print/size:small/view:preview/2294839.jpg To use it on redbubble !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Options / Change the border: / for White border with details border:whitewithdetail / for Black border with details border:blackwithdetail / You can also change the size of the two images that have a border / by changing the size:small / to size:medium or size:large Matted Prints Black White Off White Here is an Example matte print with a black matte http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/mattecolor:black/pixelsize:170×180/product:matted-print/size:medium/view:preview/2472080.jpg To use it on redbubble !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Options Change the matte color by changing mattecolor: Matte Colors mattecolor:off%20white / mattecolor:bright%20white / mattecolor:black T-Shirts / Clothing Here is an Example image address of a white men’s T-shirt with a black background. http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/clothing/backgroundcolor:000000/pixelsize:170×180/bodycolor:white/product:tshirt/size:large/style:mens/view:preview/2478267.jpg To use it on redbubble !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Options / The background can be changed by changing the backgroundcolor: Background Colors for Grey use backgroundcolor:f7f7f7f7 / for Black use backgroundcolor:000000 / for White use backgroundcolor:ffffff The Preview Style can be channged by changing the style: Style long sleeve style:longsleeve / short sleeve style:mens / V-neck style:vneck / Girly Fitted Short Sleeve style:womens The Preview Color Can be changed by changing bodycolor: / Note each T-shirt style may have Different color options Body Colors style:womens / style:mens Colors bodycolor:white / bodycolor:creme / bodycolor:silver / bodycolor:lemon / bodycolor:aqua / bodycolor:babyblue / bodycolor:lightpink / bodycolor:heathergrey / bodycolor:gold / bodycolor:grassgreen / bodycolor:teal / bodycolor:red / bodycolor:kellygreen / bodycolor:raspberry bodycolor:asphalt / bodycolor:army / bodycolor:cranberry / bodycolor:brown / bodycolor:forest / bodycolor:navy / bodycolor:black style:longesleeve Colors bodycolor:white / bodycolor:pink / bodycolor:heathergrey / bodycolor:asphalt / bodycolor:brown / bodycolor:navy / bodycolor:black style:vneck Colors bodycolor:white / bodycolor:lightpink / bodycolor:heathergrey / bodycolor:asphalt / bodycolor:cranberry / bodycolor:brown / bodycolor:navy / bodycolor:black EXTRA using the backgroundcolor: on the large view will change those as well / EXAMPLE http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/clothing/backgroundcolor:000000/bodycolor:white/product:tshirt/size:large/style:mens/view:preview/2478267.jpg / Canvas no options To use it on redbubble (linked) / !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web (linked) / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> Posters no options To use it on redbubble (linked) / !paste image location here!:http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER To use it on the web (linked) / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/PICTURENUMBER"><img src="paste image location here" alt="" /></a> BONUS TIP You can create a large preview by changing the pixel size / from pixelsize:170×180 to pixelsize:875×440 Click here to see an Example / Thanks for reading my longest Tutorial so far. / Hope you find it useful / Happy Bubbling / Dan / NEW Tutorial Using Small Product Preview II / Here is an easier way to use small previews but only for Framed Prints, T- Shirts, Calendars and Canvas Prints Need More Help? / Chat with me on Skype User Name / envelope150 Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Please don’t Copy and paste this written work as that would really hurt my feelings :) / you can copy the link below and paste it if you would like to share with others on Redbubble / "Using Small Product Previews":http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2502507-tutorial-using-small-product-previews / or on the web / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2502507-tutorial-using-small-product-previews">Using Small Product Previews</a> / /

• (Host Tutorial) Featuring the easy way
  by D R Moore

  If you are tired of rummaging through countless pages trying to feature a group member or an image that won a challenge and have so many …

  If you are tired of rummaging through countless pages trying to feature a group member or an image that won a challenge and have so many more pages to go and your mouse hand is cramped. Try this method. NOTE: This only works for groups that you Host / Co-Host / Also be careful in doing this as it will have the reverse effect on a featured image. / It will remove it from the featured section if it is already featured. / Be sure to visit the groups “overview” page to make sure your handy work has included all the images you wanted to feature. To feature Challenge Images / 1.On your groups “overview” page there is a link to your “featured work” section right click the link and select (with Firefox)”copy link location” (with internet explorer “copy shortcut”) / Now you are ready to feature some images the easy way / 2.Go to the challenge page that shows the awesome challenge winners that are about to be featured and while holding the control (CTRL) key left click the lucky images doing this will open them in new tabs in your web browser / 3.Now the fun part Clicking one of the new tabs that were opened will take you to the image page drop a comment if you like while you are there. To feature it in the address bar highlight the web address all the way to the word “art” then press and hold the control (CTRL) key press “V” to paste the address you copied in step 1 / or you can right click the Highlighted text and select ‘paste’ from the pop up menu. / Here is an example / Original address (the part in bold will be replaced) / http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/art/2934496-2-egret-dock / Now the new address to feature this image would be / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/groupnamehere/featured_works/2934496-2-egret-dock / 4. Now just press enter (or click GO). / 5. Click the “feature” button on the confirmation page and your done. / You can close the tab and move on to the next one. / This also works for T-shirts / Example address (the part in bold will be replaced) / http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/t-shirts/2478267-4-original-mobil-phone Feature a Group Member / To feature a group member go to their public profile page and click the “send bubblemail” link and in the address bar there is a number that you will need to feature the group member. / Example: The number below in bold is my number / http://www.redbubble.com/mybubble/conversations/new?recipient_id=14964058&return_to=%2Fpeople%2FEnvelope150 / Highlight and copy the members number / Go to the featured members link on the groups page / EXAMPLE: http://www.redbubble.com/groups/groupname/featured_users / and add the copied number at the end of the address in the address bar / Like this / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/groupname/featured_users/14964058 / Press enter and presto a featured member. Featuring Writings and Journals / also works by going to the members writing or journal page and clicking the work to feature and pasting the address like we did above. / Examples:replace the part in bold / Writing / http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/writing/3092254-feature-me / Journal / http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/3092254-feature-me Happy Bubbling (Happy Featuring) / Dan Need More Help? / Chat with me on Skype User Name / envelope150 Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See all my How-to’s Here Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Please don’t Copy and paste this written work as that would really hurt my feelings :) / you can copy the code below and paste it if you would like to share with others on Redbubble "Featuring the easy way(Host Tutorial)":http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2948588-host-tutorial-featuring-the-easy-way / or to share on the web / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/2948588-host-tutorial-featuring-the-easy-way" title="Host Tutorial">Featuring the easy way</a> / or / /

• Have you ever wondered how?
  by Mel Brackstone

  A group with lots of info for everything you could possibly want How to Redbubble / ...

  A group with lots of info for everything you could possibly want How to Redbubble And a link to a few others…. Help for Redbubble members And then there’s some music to soothe the soul Being musically challenged I haven’t checked the above link. Please feel free to give feedback to Kevin!!!

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  learning how to find love everywhere
  by faithie

  Cannes, France /

• Lighting The Head Shot
  by John Hooton

  “If God had intended photographers to use more than one key light, he would have made more suns.” Just about every single shot includi…

  “If God had intended photographers to use more than one key light, he would have made more suns.” Just about every single shot including the food and still life shots in my portfolio was made with one light. One light in the right place. You won’t need any more except possibly to light a background. In this case make sure that they light the background, and do not spill back on to the subject. Use barn doors or large black sheets of card if necessary. Very early in my career I learnt that light bounces around all over the place in a white studio. This is unwanted light. When I worked for top food photographers and fashion photographers like Barry Lategan, we actually blacked out the studio with drapes or black screens. Great for glassware too. I ordered funeral drapes to cover an entire studio when I was asked to light a “Finish” (the dishwasher stuff) TV commercial in Milan. The essential shot was of a glass. How do you get a glass to look sparkling clean? Answer, outline it in black, make it totally transparent and have one clean reflection of light on it. How do you do that? Black out the studio; this creates the black edges which are the walls reflecting in the edges of the glass. Use one ‘window’ type light. In this instance I used a 6×4 sheet of opaque white Perspex and stuck some halogen floods behind it. Result – one clean reflection of soft light, no glass to be seen, just the black outline of one. It looks as clean as a whistle because the glass is invisible! The actor doing the demo in the commercial looked good too, with a similar lighting quality to that in my stills. The cameramen were two old hacks from Rome who scoffed in bemused wonderment at this 22 year old kid who had made the studio look set for a funeral. The drapes were all that the three funeral companies could provide. However, the results were crystal, the client was thrilled, I was a hero for a day, and I got more work from the production company who shot the ad. This lighting style was often copied after that, and is still the basis of many British commercials today. So where were we? Yes one light. One light in the right place. At John Cowan’s studio, I persuaded John to have the entire walls of the studio painted black to which he agreed. Why black? So that the light does not bounce all over the room filling in shadows where you want shadows. To start with black and then paint with light gives you much more control over your lighting. It makes you the master of it. It gives you the contrast you want without having to print on grade 4 paper, thus allowing more detail in mid tones. I painted my studio in Milan black, and would do the same today. It gives you a quality that is sharp and precise. OK so where does the One Light go? More or less above your own head and slightly above the subject. This will slim the face by putting the cheekbones in shadow if the model is facing you head on. Take a look at the head shots in my portfolio and look where the shadows are. Then figure out where the light is. Above the camera, maybe slightly to one side. This should be the side the model faces if the shot is three quarters on or the shoulders are three quarters on. When you have set up, always use a tripod to establish your camera position and then adjust the light until it is exactly where you want it. Don’t run around the model with your camera in hand. It may look good in the movies, but it will look crap in your contacts, with no consistent lighting whatsoever. Just one more thing, what sort of light you may ask? The light should be intense but soft, so a single umbrella is fine, a soft box is fine, and a bowl light is excellent. This is where the flash head is reflected into a shallow bowl and the head is shielded. If the bowl is then opaqued by a thin sheet of plastic, you will get the same quality as some of the Vogue photographers. It is a very flattering light. You can tell when it has been used by top photographers. You will see the circular highlight with a black center reflected in the model’s eyes. OK folks so that’s how I light head shots (and many of the top guys I have assisted). Give it a whirl and see if you can take some shots that stun you, the girl you are shooting, and the horse I rode in on. ‘til next time – John

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  Learn How To Fly
  by awdigitaldreams

  Canon SX1-IS / Model: Ann Wright / GIMPed composite I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly ….. Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson

• Photography Campus tutorial: How to use layer blend modes in Photoshop
  by Melinda Kerr

  Hi Guys. / Some of you may know I’ve recently started writing for DESKTOP magazine about all things photography and photography post produ…

  Hi Guys. / Some of you may know I’ve recently started writing for DESKTOP magazine about all things photography and photography post production. I am ‘soon’ going to launch an on line learning portal (subscription based) called the Photography Campus which will have video tutorials about photography & videography by real live working professionals. Anyway, I promised a few people that I’d put the articles up here once they’d gone to print. So here’s the November issues article: How to use layer blend modes in Photoshop. As creative folk, we have a wonderful knack of ignoring things when they get too technical. / For most of us, our left brain left years ago, tired of the lack of love and relentless mocking from its hyperactive sibling, the right brain. / It’s little wonder then, so many software functions are overlooked due to their, eeky – geeky – speakiness. / Take the layer blending modes in Photoshop. They promise so much with fancy names like multiply, hard light, dissolve and luminosity. Yet a quick look in many Photoshop help files reveal evil words like algorithms, percentages and the arch rival of all creatives..Maths. Urgh. / In fact the layer blend modes are little rippers when it comes to fixing images and creating interesting effects. They’re non destructive, versatile and quite frankly everywhere. (Seriously they breed like rabbits in Photoshop). / And here’s the thing. You don’t actually have to understand all of them to use them. / By in large understanding the theory of only a handful will have you speaking fluent blending modes and impressing your arty-farty-party friends in no time. Now for some maths you’ll really like. Sure there’s 25 layer blend modes listed in the drop down menu of PS CS4, but in reality they fit into 6 sections and truth be told there’s only 3 you really need to understand. Check out this diagram. The three sections you’ll use the most are the darken section, lighten section and the contrast section. In these groups if you understand one mode, you pretty much understand them all. Here’s how do they work. In short blending modes effect the way the top layer blends with the layer below it. Depending on which blend mode you choose, you can make images look lighter, darker, more contrasty, a different colour or a handful of other styles. / The first group in our layer blends diagram we’ve called ‘whatever’ because it’s not really all that interesting. / Normal is well, normal – as in default, as in 100% opaque, as in nothing exciting to see here…move on. / Dissolve is kind of like the annoying guy at the party. He has one trick (reproduces pixels randomly so things look a little pointilized) and pretty much that’s it. It’s probably not something you’ll use much if ever unless you are that annoying guy, in which case, go away. / The ‘dark’ section modes you will use a lot. They ignore white but blend the dark and black pixels, thereby making an image look darker. The Lighten modes ignore black but blend the lighter colours thus the making an image lighter. The contrast modes ignore mid grey but still blend the light and dark pixels and as such / create contrast. / To see it work in practice, here’s an experiment you can do yourself. 1. Create a Photoshop file. / Make sure it has 2 layers. The top layer has a 100% black object, a 50% grey object and a 100% white object. / The bottom layer is green. Your layers should look like this: 2. Choose the top layer and go to the layer blend mode. Choose Multiply…but wait before you do, ask yourself…if multiply comes from the ‘dark’ layer group what will the result be? Yup you guessed it, it will ignore white pixels, so as you see the white object disappears, the 100% black remains the same because you can’t get darker than that and the 50% grey object makes / the pixels below it darker. Therefore the entire image becomes darker. It will look like this: 3. Now choose Lighten. It ignores black so the 100% black disappears, the 100% white remains because you can’t get lighter than that and the everything below the 50% grey goes lighter. As such the entire image gets lighter. The image should look like this: 4. Finally, choose overlay. It ignores 50% grey, so the grey object disappears and the white and black objects remain. Thus the image will show greater contrast. See: By understanding these three modes you effectively have a good idea of how others in their sections work (give or take a few discrepancies…) If you include normal and annoying dissolve that’s 19 out of 25 sorted before you’ve even ordered your second chai latte. / As for the other blends, rather than us explain them, here’s a way to see their effect with a nifty little keyboard shortcut. / Choose your move tool (V). Make sure the top layer is chosen in the layers box. Hold down the shift key and press the – and + tools. This will scroll through every layer blend style and give you an instant preview of what happens with each one. / So now you know the theory how can you use it in practice? / The most obvious use is to fix exposure. / Here we have Jessie the wonder dog posing in an overexposed shot. Because she’s black and white she provides a good test case. / Firstly we create a new layer above our background layer. We can either just press cmd or ctrl j to duplicate the original layer, or if you wish to keep file size down, you can just choose a Levels adjustment layer and leave it untouched. It will ‘inherit’ the information on the bottom layer and allow you to work the blend modes just as effectively. / We want to blend the darker pixels whilst leaving the whites alone. So we activate the top layer and choose multiply. Shazam instant gratification. You can also try out the other modes in the Darken section to see the variations you can achieve. Here’s the before and after: Jess before multiply: Jess after multiply: Ok let’s try an underexposed shot. And this time we’ll use the Linear Dodge mode form out ‘Lighten’ section. Jess before Linear Dodge: After: Finally in the following shot Jess is exposed OK but looks awfully flat. She needs contrast and that means a mode from the contrast section. Try Overlay. Much better. Before Overlay: After Overlay: Once you’ve used a blend mode you can use it immediately again to ‘multiply’ the effect of it. You can also use the most well known blend mode of all – the opacity slider. Say I wanted to lighten the underexposed shot even more, I could go blend > lighten. Then create duplicate layer of that new layer and choose blend > lighten again. If two blends were too much, I could simply dull down the second blend my decreasing its opacity, effectively creating a ‘blend and a half’. / As an example of using multiple blend modes in the same file check out the following shot. The shot on the left (of a hot rock pool at Yellowstone National Park) is the original shot straight out of the camera. The shot on the right was achieved by combining a mix of layer blends just from the 3 main sections we’ve talked / about; darken, lighten and contrast along with the opacity slider. Some blends were used more than once. / In fifteen minutes we had the shot on the right. It could do with more work but it does show you what’s possible in a short period of time. BEFORE (straight out of the camera): AFTER: I did use a couple of quick layer masks in there as well to determine which part of the image the blend mode affected. What are layer masks you ask? Well, that’s for the December issue of DESKTOP. / In the meantime happy shooting and remember, with any program fear not the names of the processes, just experiment with them until you find what works for you. Then gloat. Some keyboard shortcuts relevant to this article: Use the corresponding number on your keyboard to set the opacity level, eg want 80% opacity? Press 8. / 50% press 5 etc. You get the picture (and yes you can have that pun for free). / To duplicate a layer press CTRL + J (WIN) CMD + J (Mac) / To cycle through blend modes: Press the move tool (V). Holding down the shift key and pressing the plus or minus key lets you toggle through the blend modes. If you’ve made it this far congrats! They key is just muck around and have fun :) / Follow my photo tips & news on Twitter @photocampus

• Tutorial: Embed YouTube Video
  by D R Moore

  |Want to post a video / in a Journal entry or / writing or even in the / forums but not sure how…|!http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e…

  Want to post a video / in a Journal entry or / writing or even in the / forums but not sure how… To do this is fairly simple if you know how to copy and paste text, if you want more info on how to copy and paste see HERE Now to the nitty gritty the easiest way to do this, would be to open a new tab in your browser press and hold the control key or ‘CTRL’ on most keyboards and press ‘T’ or you can click ‘File’ on the menu that is on the top of the browser and select ‘New Tab’. / Once the new tab is open find the video you want to post. / On the page that the video is on there is a box on the right of the video (see image below). / Click the text box that is shown below (the URL box). / click the image to see it larger / / This will highlight the text that is needed in the next step. / If the page you are on does not have the URL box on the right side of the video click the share link under the video shown below in Yellow / Then the URL box will show below that, indicated in red / click the image to see it larger / / Now click the tab where you are going to post the video….. / enter the text shown below / youtube: / now paste the URL after the : / Like this / youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xed0buBLe / Save your entry and the video will be posted. Happy Bubbling / Dan Get the Firefox and Internet Explorer Tool bar for Redbubble Here / See more info See more How-to’s by D R Moore Includes “Framed image on Bubblesite home page”, “Adding Calendars to your bubblesite”, “feedjit Live Traffic Feed”, “Using tags on Redbubble”, “Add a visitor counter to your bubblesite or profile page” and More Please don’t Copy and paste this written work as that would really hurt my feelings :) / you can copy the link below and paste it if you would like to share with others on Redbubble / "Tutorial: Embed YouTube Video":http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/4203394-tutorial-embed-youtube-video / or on the web / <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/envelope150/journal/4203394-tutorial-embed-youtube-video">Tutorial: Embed YouTube Video</a> / / Click Images below to visit my Gallery /