Canon PowerShot A640

So I started a new project today in which I will be using layers from photoshop to create a flash animation of how some new plastic fasteners will work on our lanyards. Lanyards with these fasteners will be great for hospitals, children, and chemical plants because they are not sharp or metallic in any way. I began by taking some macro (really close setting) pictures of all the fasteners with my Canon PowerShot A640 that I got about 8 months ago. I am extremely impressed with the quality images I got out of the camera! One can see the threads in the lanyard and the bumps on the plastic. I have always used this camera for outdoor shots, but I think I will be using it more for stock photography now! I always knew it took macro pictures, but I think I underestimated how it would handle in a studio type environment. I highly recommend this camera to anyone considering buying it for any purpose other then low lighting scenarios. Just to make things clear I wanted to let everyone know I did use Photoshop CS3′s Quick Mask tools to get the pictures as white as I could, although the Canon did good enough with it’s high shutter speed!

The World of Tech

 For a first post I thought a good place to start would be explaining how being a tech guy doesn’t necessarily mean sitting at a computer all day. I being in a general tech position requires one to learn all the angles of every machine he works with and what it’s function is or what it is suppose to produce. In my case here at Lonestar, it means working with lots of computer hardware and software, engraving machines, laser machines, sublimation machines, heat presses, printers, servers, and phones all for the purpose of delivering custom imprinted lanyards, name badges, and vinyl badge holders with quality service to our customers. Throughout these posts I will try and relate the problems I’ve had with different machines, the resulting products or services, and the solutions to my difficulties. Hopefully, it can be an assist to others having trouble with the hardware I’ve listed. I will also be including some resources for software such as Alti-Gen, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Flash CS3, Final Cut Express, Adobe Premier, CorelDraw, and Xenetech.