Workflow problems?

Discover how these time-saving tools for Photoshop will get you out of the office sooner.

AutoLoader: Work through your images with a single keystroke Proofmaker: Prepare your images for printing, proofing or the web Sloppy Borders: Create old-school artistic borders for your images
How did I live before AutoLoader?
 

Who is MikeD?

A photo of MikeD, your intrepid programmer

I own a photography business called Photos for Life, specializing in weddings. Most of the tools you see here were created by me to solve problems I ran into in the course of running my own photography business, and I thought they could help you, too. Judging by the fan mail, I think I was right!

 
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Check out my YouTube channel

All of my video tutorials can be viewed on my YouTube channel, too.

 
 
Save 108 minutes...easy!

Photographic workflow can be a bear. There's no need to fear the monster however...my time-saving photoshop scripts will save you a lot more than 108 minutes!

 
 

Mice Review 2: Trackball

January 26th, 2010

I’ve had a trackball even longer than I’ve had a tablet. My first one was a gigantic thing with a ball the size of a billiard ball (in fact I used an 8-ball as the main ball in it for years). They actually still sell it too :)

I’ve had a one in one form or another since then, as I love them for FPS gaming…the old version of the marble was such that you could fling the marble really fast…too fast for the driver to handle. So it would interpret a huge fling forward as a quick back step, then a run forward…or a step left, then quick right. Killer :) Now I just use it for aiming. Awesome in Bioshock. But I digress.

More after the jump.
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Mice Review 1: Ordinary People

January 23rd, 2010

The first two mice on the block are the most boring: the Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer and the Logitech generic mouse I got as a kit with a wireless keyboard. Both are pretty basic mice, and so I’ll deal with them together in the same post.
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Mice Review

January 20th, 2010

I’m a bit of a workflow junkie. I spend a lot of time exploring the options each image presents, and I don’t like the tools to get in the way.

This is why I wrote AutoLoader and the other productivity tools on this site: too much time was being wasted doing things better left to computers. Luckily, when I run into such situations, I can just write my own solution.

But I also don’t like to change the workflow methods I have in place mid-season…there’s just too much going on during the busy shooting season to be messing around with new stuff. So I save it for this time of year.

Keep reading for a taste of things to come.

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Installing Proofmaker in Photoshop CS4 & CS5

December 31st, 2009

Thanks to the Extension Manager that comes as a part of Photoshop CS4 and CS5, installation will be a breeze! But just in case you are more visually oriented, here is a quick installation How-To video to help you along.

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Installing Proofmaker into Photoshop CS3

December 20th, 2009

If you are using Photoshop CS3, installing a script can be tricky. Your manual details the steps, but this How-To video should help you if you get stuck. This is primarily for CS3 users, but you CS4 users can use the same steps to install into CS4 if the Extension Manager method doesn’t work for you.

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Installing Sloppy Borders into Photoshop CS4 & CS5

December 16th, 2009

If you are using Photoshop CS4, then this installation How-To video is for you. Feel free to follow along in your manual, but it’s so easy you probably won’t have to. Enjoy!

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