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I just purchased pixel creator pro for album production. Ive watched all the videos that kevin puts out. Program looks pretty cool and i think it will be a time saver for me( once i get a flow down) plus allow me to get some better looks than what i am currently doing.
I have been using the album companies ROES programs and the templates allow you to drop in photos, change backdrops,and im off to the races. They work well but we wanted a more custom look. But ive never used bridge in photoshop. My basic work flow is that i shoot RAW and everthing goes into LR, additional editing in CS5, i export files from LR to my drive as jpegs and drop a folder into the roes pograms. So now i need to create a flow that i do on my system.
So here are the questions
1. I was going to create a Album folder and add to it for each client that i make an album for.
2 Once i create the page in pixel creator, this is where im getting a little confused and breaking down. Do i "save as" first as a psd ? The Psds should go into the clients folder.
3 Then i was going to reimport those psd's into my clients lightroom catalog as a jpeg and keep them with all the raw files in the same folder.
I Just dont have a good process from after i create the file in Cs5 and thats where i need the help.
Right now i have to create a folder on the drive from LR for the Images to be used in the album on my drive. Lets say 60 Jpeg files. I go into bridge to get the images for the program, then after i create, i drop the psd's into the client folder. Then i reimport in LR and keep those album templates as a jpeg on the LR raw folder.
Seems like im chasing my tail. Is there a better way. better yet, someone have a good tutorial. Would be cool if i could go straight from LR to CS5 w/o creating all these folders. I dont know if this is possible with how these programs interact and at my current skill level.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you could make.
