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March 2008 - Retouch your images in Adobe Lightroom with Craig's Actions!

Craig's Actions Production Assistants can be used as Export Presets in Adobe Lightroom. Lightroom now has an Export feature that allows you to send your images out to Droplets operating in Photoshop! This is a huge feature, as you can now make full use of the benefits of Lightroom's Image Control AND have the 1-Touch workflow production with the newest Craig's Actions!

Full Tutorial and Movie Download!
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  Jan 10th 2008 - Craig's Action - Production Assistants win International Hot One Award !


The new Production Assistant Actions have been awarded PPA's Highest Honor of Achievement, The PPA Hot One Award !



 
     
 
 
2008 Best Camera Processing Software
 
 
         

Dec 3 2007 - "Professional Photographer" - the official publication of the Professional Phoographers of Amercia, reviewed the Production Assistant Actions in their Dec 2007 issue. Describing them as " the sets that add excitement & variety to your photographs and speed to your workflow" ... read more

Dec 2 2007 -
New Xma$ Pricing & Special Features on the site ... Now you can create your own Action WishLists & Gift Certificates, then send them to anyone you want online! - What are these...?

June 22nd 2007 - New Actions Sets Available ! The Production Assistant Actions have been released and are available online - Press Release...

March11th 2007 - Sneak Preview of New Actions Sets Available ! The Production Assistant Actions take the pain out of your processing, and put the fun back into your imaging! - Full Info...

June 9th -
New Tutorials Available ! Multiple Lighting on Location & Image Post - Production Tutorials added to the Craigs Actions Tips Section - Full Info...

April 20th -
RangeFinder Magazine Review May 2006 - PDF 460kb - Click to Download

April 1 -
Naturalizers Actions Released ! The Best PhotoShop Actions for Glamour & Boudoir ! More...

March 30 -
"Creating the Dynamic Image" Workshop & Events updated More...

March 21 -
Location Lighting Workshop booked in for Puerto Plata, DR. April 24-27th! More...

March 17
- New date added to 2006 Tour - New Orleans LA ! More...

March 5th
- Vancouver Digital Workshop announced: July 23-26 2006 More...

Feb 2006
- 2006 Workshop Event Schedule announced: Click Here for Details!

Jan 2006
- Craig Minielly accepts his Master Photographer Award from the Professional Photographers of America

* Nov 2005
- Bill Hurter author of " Best of PhotoShop" says : "... his PhotoShop Actions are widely regarded as some of the best and most creative plug-ins available..."

*Oct 2005 -
Shutterbug Magazine calls Craig's Actions: "...The best set of commercially available PhotoShop Actions I've ever used! "

July 18, 2005
- Featured Speaker at PPA Specialty Week Convention - Las Vegas, NV

May 30th
- This site and the Action Processes are to be featured in an upcoming "Best of Photoshop..." book, as well as a major publication in the fall.

March 30th - Summer Workshop Registration is open. The Vancouver workshops on Digital Production and Shooting Skills will be on July 10-13 for Basic, and July 24-27 for Advanced. Courses are already filling!
For more info see Specials or Click Here

** March 28th - New Gallery added ( number 9 ) which features samples from the new Nikon D2X Camera - check it out, that puppy rocks!

Feb 12th - Volume one has an update, very minor - The © proof Actions in the Production and Web Set have the text changed to show 2005 and generic proof text. You can do that yourself by double -clicking that text step in the Action ( with an image open ), and then typing your own name and the date . Those instructions are also in the instructional documents enclosed with the Sets that you may have read ;-)

I also inserted a step to warn you to look for a logo in the "Logo" Action - again, covered within the documentation that comes with the original files.

Feb 9th - The response is wonderful and I'm still working on hitting the notice boards - Any suggestions are welcomed!

There are a couple of PayPal buttons that may generate a security certificate notice... that is due to a custom invoice template that I was setting up that was to use a custom graphic in addition to the PayPal logo. That has caused some aggravation but DOES NOT compromise the security of the site, and I'm traacking down the butons that cause that notice. The button and page it takes you to all work fine :-)

Feb 7 - too early... Last Gallery added ( of the first series, still more to come...) showcasing wedding imagery.

Feb 3
- Hmm, I am well aware of the irony that exists when the " Whats new" page, is the oldest page on the site... I'll try to be more on top of that :-)

Gallery seven added, eight will come shortly - others to be added as menu system is redesigned. ShadowSoft Set modified to fix problem with curve dialog. PhotoMechanic program, added to specials page.

Feb 1 - We are Open!