On again. Off again. ON AGAIN. Yep, after some fits and starts, the photo contest is back. In our March-April contest, the theme will be Spring. Go out and shoot a new photo that represents Spring (the season) and then post it to the onOne Flickr Group.
When you post your photo, be sure to follow our Photo Contest Rules and then tag your photo “onOne-2010-04″.
The prize for this month’s photo contest has been kindly donated by Syl Arena. The winner of the contest will get a signed copy of Syl’s popular book LIDLIPS which stands for Lessons I Didn’t Learn In Photo School.
What a great event we had down in Las Vegas last week for the 2010 WPPI Conference and Expo. Between the expo itself and all of the craziness that surrounds a show in Vegas, I’m just recovering now from the show. We also went out for a shoot in Red Rocks after the show and I’ll be posting some of my pictures later after I get a chance to sit down and sort through them.
In the meantime, I wanted to thank everybody who stopped by our booth to say hello. The best part about a show like this is getting to meet the people who are using our products. I always love to hear how people are using the products because often times, it is in a way that is different than what we might have originally thought – which then gives us better feedback and more ideas on how to improve something. At WPPI this year, Patrick Smith, our Customer Service and Sales Manager was with us and he brought along a Flip Mino HD video recorder. As people came up to us at the show, Patrick asked if he could take a short video of them and to tell him about what they thought of onOne Software.
As you’ll see from the video, people had a lot of great things to say and all I can tell you is that it has energized our entire office to serve you better from all areas. Whether it is in customer service, tech support, sales, marketing or development, all of us at onOne are humbled by the kind words and are more determined than ever to continue to provide you with the product, service and support you have come to expect from us at onOne.
Shot using a Flip Mino HD on the floor of WPPI 2010 in Las Vegas. These are all real users who stopped by to tell us what they thought about onOne.
In just a couple of days, we’ll be heading off for Las Vegas for the 2010 WPPI Conference and Expo. We’re especially excited this year because we have several great guest speakers who will be presenting in our booth. Here’s a quick list of who you can see in our booth and when. We’ll be in booth 1607 in the MGM Grand Marquee Ballroom so be sure to stop by and say hello!
Monday – March 8, 2010
1:00 to 1:45pm – Kersti Malvre – PhotoFrame demonstration
3:00 to 3:45pm – Andy Marcus – FocalPoint and PhotoTools demonstration
Tuesday – March 9, 2010
11:00 to 11:45am – Andy Marcus – FocalPoint and PhotoTools demonstration
1:00 to 1:45pm – Kersti Malvre – PhotoFrame demonstration
Wednesday – March 10, 2010
10:00 to 10:45am – Dave Cross – onOne Plug-ins and your workflow
11:00 to 11:45am – Kersti Malvre – PhotoFrame demonstration
Of course, Dan Harlacher, Brian Kraft, Peter Kinnan and myself will all be there demonstrating as well, but it’s really cool when you can see some great photographers up close in a booth instead of in a 500 seat classroom. Also, several speakers will be featuring onOne products in their presentations and they will have a few copies of software to give away at their classes so if you are attending WPPI next week, be sure to look for the following classes and be sure to sit in on them.
Monday – March 8, 2010
Class (202) – 11:30am to 1:30pm – Eddie Tapp
Tuesday – March 9, 2010
Class (318) – 8:00 to 10:00am – Jim DiVitale (Photoshop)
Class (Studio B) – 8:00 to 10:00am – Vicki Taufer (Portrait)
Class (202) – 3:30 to 5:30pm – Frank Salas (Photoshop)
Class (318) – 3:30 to 5:30pm – Brian Marcus (Lighting/Posing)
Class (318) – 6:30 to 8:30pm – Neil Clipper (Business/Marketing)
For those of you with Plug-In Suite 5 or onOne Essentials 3, there is a free update available that revs the products up to version 5.0.1 and 3.0.1 respectively. The 5.0.1 and 3.0.1 updates include several fixes that you definitely want to get. For a quick summary of what is included in the Plug-In Suite 5.0.1 update and in the onOne Essentials 3.0.1, please see the list below.
If you are in the New York City area, you might be interested in an event that onOne Software will be doing at the B&H Photo Superstore. Our very own Brian Kraft will be there to demonstrate all of the new features that are included in our latest Plug-In Suite 5. He’ll show you how you can use Mask Pro, Genuine Fractals, PhotoTools Professional Edition, PhotoFrame Professional Edition, PhotoTune and FocalPoint to get in and out of Photoshop as fast as possible.
Before Brian’s presentation, New York based photographer Jack Reznicki will present a slideshow of examples where the onOne plug-ins have helped him create better results while saving valuable time in his studio. If you’re not already familiar with Jack, he is a commercial people and children photographer based in New York City. His creative problem solving has helped promote products and services for many companies such as Tylenol, The Wall Street Journal, Hyatt, Toys “R” Us, Kodak, Reader’s Digest, Crest, AT&T, Playtex, and several Time Magazine covers.
