Intrigue Graphics – Design and Print (and Cool Apple Mac Stuff)

Photoshop Productivity Tip – Action Scripts!

When you talk about scripting and/or programming, the average person looks at you with the “deer in the headlights” look. Unless you are a programmer yourself, there is something about this topic that makes most computer users cringe and recoil in horror.

These are people who are very happy to use their Mac or Windows PC as-is to get things done. Even though I’m not a programmer myself, I’ve had enough experience to realize that there are MANY tasks that people do that can be either enhanced, done quicker or done more efficiently through the use of automated scripts.

HDR Photography

Have you heard about HDR photography? It’s a concept that’s been intriguing photographers and digital graphics artists in recent years. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range.

According to Wikipedia, HDR imaging was originally developed back in the 30s and 40s by Charles Wyckoff. The techniques have been refined over the years by other individuals. In a nutshell, the basic idea is to take a set of photographs with a range of exposures and combine them into one. After that is accomplished, the image can be “tone mapped”, which allows a digital artist to create an image that would ordinarily be impossible to achieve with a single photograph alone.

Pro Presentation on a shoestring budget

Today, Intrigue is giving a big business presentation. We have a meeting with a potential client that we would really like to work with on an ongoing basis. Actually, we’ve already done a few small projects for this client before, but we’re interested in diversifying and increasing the work we do for them.

The basic premise of the presentation is to show the client what we at Intrigue do, and more importantly, CAN DO. Sometimes, even when a person knows you, it can be very beneficial to prepare a small presentation to package your services and talents. Our client allowed us the opportunity to come in and “show our stuff”. It was a very welcome moment as it would be wonderful to be working with this account on a regular basis.

However, the problem was that we had less than a week to prepare the presentation and a budget of ZERO. Well, ok then! We’re a creative group – this should be straightforward. All we needed was a plan. So the idea was to create a slideshow with some of our best work.

Printing Problems

This is a topic that is a periodic thorn in my side – solving printing issues. At Intrigue, we do a lot of color laser proofs in-house so we can check our layouts. Seeing it onscreen and seeing it on paper are very different experiences. Whether verifying the color or graphics, there’s always something about seeing the design on paper that is more appealing than viewing it onscreen. And it makes proofreading a bit easier as well.

However, if you print as much or as often as we do, inevitably problems will occur. It’s just the nature of printing – something will get out of whack over time. It’s just a matter of what the problem is and how serious it is to fix.

Hello world!

Intrigue is a full service Design, Photography and Print Service company. Welcome to our first blog – Intrigue Graphics – Design and Print. This is a new venture that we are exploring. Our primary goal is to spread the news regarding our services and expand our reach. As technology evolves, what worked well yesterday, doesn’t [...]