We told War Story 1 (about the guy whipping out a flash drive and challenging Danny to replicate his Photoshop layout) to a gentleman, who... whipped out his own flash drive and challenged Danny to do the same! He signed up too - thank you sir.
Think of PJ Remix this way - as a tool for laying out PSD files. Really fast.
Unlike most programs we saw at Focus, Remix doesn't compromise your Photoshop experience, it supercharges it.
Cheers, Ian
Feb 28, 2008
Thanks to our Brit friends
Show's over, we had a blast. Sold out but postponed the dreaded moment by pinching CDs back from our friends. We have more people to thank...
The people who've been with Retro from Day One.
Boyd, Mars and others who've been our phone friends for ages (nice to put faces to names - Christine says hi).
Talking programming shop with Paul W - nice to meet his wife, who puts up with his beta testing.
Louise M for sharing our vision of the future.
And everyone who shares our confidence and subscribed.
Off to get jet-lagged again - Cheers, Ian and Danny.
PS - Paul, I hope this post is up to your standards!
The people who've been with Retro from Day One.
Boyd, Mars and others who've been our phone friends for ages (nice to put faces to names - Christine says hi).
Talking programming shop with Paul W - nice to meet his wife, who puts up with his beta testing.
Louise M for sharing our vision of the future.
And everyone who shares our confidence and subscribed.
Off to get jet-lagged again - Cheers, Ian and Danny.
PS - Paul, I hope this post is up to your standards!
Feb 27, 2008
Sold out
We must take a lot more media kits to WPPI, as we're out of stock at FOCUS. Folk who take our special offer on the last day will have to download or wait for a CD by courier.
Danny is a laugh - I've never seen an uber-geek so hyped! We're getting a great response, had some very helpful feedback from beta testers (hi Evagoras) and only a couple of bugs to report.
Cheers, Ian
Danny is a laugh - I've never seen an uber-geek so hyped! We're getting a great response, had some very helpful feedback from beta testers (hi Evagoras) and only a couple of bugs to report.
Cheers, Ian
Feb 26, 2008
Busy Stand
Hi All
Ian and I have been working at our stand at the Focus On Imaging trade show. Longish days with 8 hours on the stand and not a hope of a lunch break, but we're not complaining and PJ Remix is being well received. We're almost out of all the media kits we brought with us and our fliers and order forms are disappearing at a rapid rate.
We have some great stories that clients shared with us and we'll write about some of those in time. ;-)
Cheers, Danny
p.s. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and took the time to give their feedback and chat!
Ian and I have been working at our stand at the Focus On Imaging trade show. Longish days with 8 hours on the stand and not a hope of a lunch break, but we're not complaining and PJ Remix is being well received. We're almost out of all the media kits we brought with us and our fliers and order forms are disappearing at a rapid rate.
We have some great stories that clients shared with us and we'll write about some of those in time. ;-)
Cheers, Danny
p.s. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and took the time to give their feedback and chat!
War Story 1
At our FOCUS booth a guy walked up to Danny and asked him how long it would take to replicate a design he'd done in Photoshop. It took a slightly anxious Danny 3-4 minutes, and when he was done the guy whipped out his credit card and signed up.
Now, we know it's a lot faster to copy an existing design than it is to dream it up in the first place, but the point of the story is to confirm that you'll save heaps of time if you design your PHOTOSHOP page layouts in PHOTOJUNCTION.
Now, we know it's a lot faster to copy an existing design than it is to dream it up in the first place, but the point of the story is to confirm that you'll save heaps of time if you design your PHOTOSHOP page layouts in PHOTOJUNCTION.
Album design keyboard shortcuts
Demonstrating today reminded me of something I've been intending to mention for a while...
If you've been thinking that the keyboard shortcuts for the edit menu (Copy, Paste, Duplicate, Undo etc) are a little flakey, bear in mind that for them to work the Album Layout window must be active. In other words, if you've got the cursor over the Events window or the tools, the Edit Menu shortcuts will not be active. Shift the cursor over the album design and you'll be fine.
HTH, Ian
If you've been thinking that the keyboard shortcuts for the edit menu (Copy, Paste, Duplicate, Undo etc) are a little flakey, bear in mind that for them to work the Album Layout window must be active. In other words, if you've got the cursor over the Events window or the tools, the Edit Menu shortcuts will not be active. Shift the cursor over the album design and you'll be fine.
HTH, Ian
Feb 22, 2008
Walk on up
If you're coming to Focus (Birmingham UK) or WPPI (Las Vegas in March), please come and see us.
Order and pay at our booth you'll get the lowest subscription price available anywhere - just US$150 - AND you'll be able to use both Retro and Remix Beta (switch when you're ready). Don't miss out!
Danny and I are looking forward to some great debates!
Feeling frustrated? - or did you give Remix 10/10 in our survey? (30% of people did - however you feel, we're there to listen).
Do you still prefer RETRO? (Good grief! But tell us why - we're meeting Pavan in London and he'll be pleased.)
Designing albums with Photoshop? Or Brand X? (Surely not! But tell us anyway.)
You won't find a software company more ready to listen and learn. See you there?
Order and pay at our booth you'll get the lowest subscription price available anywhere - just US$150 - AND you'll be able to use both Retro and Remix Beta (switch when you're ready). Don't miss out!
Danny and I are looking forward to some great debates!
Feeling frustrated? - or did you give Remix 10/10 in our survey? (30% of people did - however you feel, we're there to listen).
Do you still prefer RETRO? (Good grief! But tell us why - we're meeting Pavan in London and he'll be pleased.)
Designing albums with Photoshop? Or Brand X? (Surely not! But tell us anyway.)
You won't find a software company more ready to listen and learn. See you there?
Feb 15, 2008
Great feedback from the survey
Hi everyone
It's been a strange couple of weeks. On the one hand vendors are doing more business than we expected via Remix, we've squished hundreds of bugs, and the feedback we're getting is generally very positive. On the other hand a few users are still having problems. We expected v1.05 to be a big step forward, but for some people the opposite was true. Thank goodness 1.06 is out today (be sure to read Danny's "bug finder" post).
Anyway that's why we surveyed you to see where we stand. If you've registered PJ Remix as a demo or subscription you should have heard from us, and after 24 hours we've already had a lot of very useful responses.
It feels good at this stage of the game that one in eight subscribers use their software every day, and one in three (so far) say they would be VERY likely to recommend Remix to friends or colleagues.
But we need to focus on the people who're still having grief. The survey has been so useful because people went to so much trouble in their responses. It will take us a while to process them but we're on the case. We've also got lots of insights about where to focus regarding work flow issues, education and support.
Thank you again - Ian
It's been a strange couple of weeks. On the one hand vendors are doing more business than we expected via Remix, we've squished hundreds of bugs, and the feedback we're getting is generally very positive. On the other hand a few users are still having problems. We expected v1.05 to be a big step forward, but for some people the opposite was true. Thank goodness 1.06 is out today (be sure to read Danny's "bug finder" post).
Anyway that's why we surveyed you to see where we stand. If you've registered PJ Remix as a demo or subscription you should have heard from us, and after 24 hours we've already had a lot of very useful responses.
It feels good at this stage of the game that one in eight subscribers use their software every day, and one in three (so far) say they would be VERY likely to recommend Remix to friends or colleagues.
But we need to focus on the people who're still having grief. The survey has been so useful because people went to so much trouble in their responses. It will take us a while to process them but we're on the case. We've also got lots of insights about where to focus regarding work flow issues, education and support.
Thank you again - Ian
Bug Finder
Hi Everyone
Long time, I know... but we have a good excuse! Today we've released v1.06.
There are many tweaks and fixes in this (like all releases) but one that needs special mention is our new 'bug finder'.
In future, if Remix runs into trouble and crashes, it will know where in the 'code' the problem occurred. This should help in a big way with those tough-to-replicate problems some people have been experiencing.
BUT after a crash you need to send us a Bug Report from INSIDE PJ Remix. The report will now include the 'bug finder' information. Reporting crashes on the forum won't help solve the problem. You should also report immediately - before starting work again. Just reboot Remix and file a Bug Report.
Maybe we should've done this sooner...
Enjoy, Danny
Long time, I know... but we have a good excuse! Today we've released v1.06.
There are many tweaks and fixes in this (like all releases) but one that needs special mention is our new 'bug finder'.
In future, if Remix runs into trouble and crashes, it will know where in the 'code' the problem occurred. This should help in a big way with those tough-to-replicate problems some people have been experiencing.
BUT after a crash you need to send us a Bug Report from INSIDE PJ Remix. The report will now include the 'bug finder' information. Reporting crashes on the forum won't help solve the problem. You should also report immediately - before starting work again. Just reboot Remix and file a Bug Report.
Maybe we should've done this sooner...
Enjoy, Danny
Feb 2, 2008
Thank You, Merci, Danke, Gracias...
In case you don't get the point yet, we're very thankful for the support you've given us! PJ Remix is taking shape fast because of you, and nothing says thank you like putting our money where our mouth is.
We're running another 48-HOUR HALF PRICE SPECIAL and we definitely don't want you to feel like you suffered through seven weeks of v1.0b bug fixes for nothing!
So email info@photojunction.com with your PJ Remix Unlock Code and we’ll extend your subscription as though it started today.
If you haven't bought already, click here NOW for more details - trust us, we can't afford any more half price offers :-|
Cheers - Danny
We're running another 48-HOUR HALF PRICE SPECIAL and we definitely don't want you to feel like you suffered through seven weeks of v1.0b bug fixes for nothing!
So email info@photojunction.com with your PJ Remix Unlock Code and we’ll extend your subscription as though it started today.
If you haven't bought already, click here NOW for more details - trust us, we can't afford any more half price offers :-|
Cheers - Danny
Feb 1, 2008
You'll get mail
It's Friday, we're feeling good and we're grateful for your patience and feedback. What could we do to say thank you?
Keep an eye on your email (nudge nudge, wink wink)
- Danny
Keep an eye on your email (nudge nudge, wink wink)
- Danny
What a View...
• Have you wished to see the whole album design in one re-sizable window?
• Have you wished to create an instant slide show of your album design?
• Have you wished you could reorder the album layouts?
• Have you wished for an easier way to navigate through your layouts?
Wish no more - just check out the Preview window. Open an album, and click the Preview palette in the Tools window.
Preview can be separated from the Tools window by simply dragging it out or clicking on the arrow next to the Preview tab. Once separated it can be resized from the corner. If you close the Preview window it returns to a palette in the Tools window.
You can navigate to any layout in the Album Layout window by double clicking on it in Preview.
Right-click on Preview and you get the option to create an instant slide show for the album.
Drag a layout to a new position in the Preview to change the order of the layouts in your album.
Preview updates live (ie immediately after you make a change in the Layout window). You could work on one monitor and maximize Preview on another monitor so your clients can admire what you're doing (that's really cool).
If you have other ways of using Preview we'd love to hear them. Visit The Junction and leave us a comment.
Enjoy – Cheers, Chetan
• Have you wished to create an instant slide show of your album design?
• Have you wished you could reorder the album layouts?
• Have you wished for an easier way to navigate through your layouts?
Wish no more - just check out the Preview window. Open an album, and click the Preview palette in the Tools window.
Preview can be separated from the Tools window by simply dragging it out or clicking on the arrow next to the Preview tab. Once separated it can be resized from the corner. If you close the Preview window it returns to a palette in the Tools window.
You can navigate to any layout in the Album Layout window by double clicking on it in Preview.
Right-click on Preview and you get the option to create an instant slide show for the album.
Drag a layout to a new position in the Preview to change the order of the layouts in your album.
Preview updates live (ie immediately after you make a change in the Layout window). You could work on one monitor and maximize Preview on another monitor so your clients can admire what you're doing (that's really cool).
If you have other ways of using Preview we'd love to hear them. Visit The Junction and leave us a comment.
Enjoy – Cheers, Chetan
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