November 17, 2008
This week the U.S. Congress will be going into a “lame duck” session where several major issues facing the U.S. will be taken up. It is also a good time to push through Orphan Works with back room deals and secret manoeuvres, the only way it has managed to survive so far.
Nonetheless, imminent passage of Orphan Works is hanging by a thread. If it passes the House in any of the back room deals, Orphan Works 2008 will become law.
Please fax this document: US_Orphan_fax.doc
to the following four offices, who are receptive to voices outside the U.S., to register your concern:
Ambassador Susan C. Schwab
Office of the United States Trade Representative
600 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20508
United States of America
FAX: +1 (202) 395-4549
Jon W. Dudas
Director
United States Patent & Trademark Office
P.O. 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
United States of America
FAX: +1 (571) 273-8300
Marybeth Peters
Register of Copyrights
U.S. Copyright Office
101 Independence Ave.S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20559-6000
United States of America
FAX: +1 (202) 707-8366
Reuben Jeffrey III
Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
United States of America
FAX: +1 (202) 647-9763
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November 3, 2008
From now through Dec. 1, the Stock Artists Alliance is offering a one-year introductory membership for just $125 (40% off the usual cost to join)Â http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/intro-membership-info
press release: “If you’re serious about stock, you know we face serious challenges in today’s business environment. Even the most experienced pros feel the heat. It’s now more important than ever to be connected, up to date and in the know about this rapidly evolving business.
SAA is the only trade association dedicated to supporting your stock photography business.
As an SAA member, you’ll get broad, anytime access to information resources about the stock industry. You’ll receive SAA’s widely praised [Key]Words member publication, our frequent eNews reports on industry developments, access to the SAA Forum, our members-only discussion group, a member legal plan, valuable discounts and more. Members can count on SAA to serve as a dedicated advocate.”
Learn more about SAA member benefits:
http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/info/membership/reasons.htm
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October 14, 2008
Catch the latest kit and techniques at a day-long expo organised by the SUN Awards, featuring…
• NIKON - with plenty of new releases there will be a lot to see and hear about
• EPSON - demonstrating their latest professional printers
• EIZO - see the industry-standard monitors first hand
• DROBO - giving a presentation about optimising photo storage
• APERTURE - presenting the latest iteration of this well known workflow tool
There will be seminars and demonstrations throughout the day, from 11.00 - 3.30
Tickets £10 per person in advance (£15 on the door) - click here to download the leaflet
Refreshments available all day
click here: Buy ticket online
Venue: Matt&Phreds jazz club, 64 Tib Street, Manchester, M4 1LW
In association with GBM digital
Terms & Refunds:
Prior to 1st Nov refund less £2 handling; 1st Nov and after no refund.
Event subject to change or cancellation without notice.
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September 25, 2008
With the current announcement of CS4 there’s a healthy discussion of the latest improvements Photoshop’s processing abilities as well as its new capabilities, over on the Prodig email List.
Well we thought you might like to read this insight that Russell Williams, one of the Adobe team, gave in response to a recent question…
Q. Will it handle GigaPixel files?And will it make good use of 8GB ram/ 8 processor computers with 4 raid discs?
A. The quick answer is that Photoshop CS4 is somewhat faster at opening big files in most configurations, but the big win for GigaPixel files will be running the 64 bit version of Photoshop under Vista 64. In that case, Photoshop can take direct advantage of as much RAM as the computer will handle (we’ve tested with up to 32GB), and the performance advantages are huge for huge files. We’ve seen performance improvements of well over 10X in the case of files that required, say, 16GB of RAM.
We’ve made various improvements in handling big files, but the biggest issue is the same as it’s always been: does your entire image fit in RAM. With CS4’s 64 bit version, that’s now possible for images that need more than 3.5GB of RAM. RAID always helps, but if your entire image now fits in RAM, RAID for your scratch volumes becomes less important than it was before just because you’ll be waiting on the scratch disk much less. Read the rest of this entry »
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