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Update: TTG Highslide Gallery Pro 2.0.7

August 29, 2010

TTG Highslide Gallery Pro and TTG Highslide Gallery have been updated to version 2.0.7. Changes are relatively minor and focused only on very specific features, and the update is primarily focused on the Pro version; non-Pro users should be fine skipping this update, and any Pro users not utilizing those items in the changelog also [...]

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Interviewed: Ria Mishaal Cooke poses questions; I provide answers

August 28, 2010

UK-based photographer Ria Mishaal Cooke recently interviewed me for her blog, covering topics personal and professional, relating to photography, The Turning Gate and more. I really enjoyed the questions she asked, and so I hope you will enjoy reading my responses. Read the interview, then spend some time poking around her blog and TTG-made photography [...]

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Tutorial: Google Web Fonts + TTG

August 24, 2010

Compared to the world of print design, web-designers have always had the short end of the typographic stick. While seemingly infinite possibilities exist for typography in print, web-designers have always been restricted in that specified fonts will only display in the end-user’s browser if that font is installed on their machine. And so web pages [...]

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Update: TTG Highslide Gallery (Pro) 2.0.6

August 21, 2010
Web Engine

TTG Highslide Gallery Pro and TTG Highslide Gallery have been updated to version 2.0.6.
This update includes the latest version Highslide JS 4.1.9, featuring several improvements to Highslide functionality. Of note, version 4.1.9 provides a fix for a bug in AdBlock for Chrome and the new Safari 5 that prevented some users being able to launch [...]

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New TTG Support Forum

August 15, 2010

For my own sanity and the greater good of The Turning Gate, it has become necessary that I begin to defer support requests away from post comments and my personal inbox. Fact of the matter is simply that the increasing popularity of The Turning Gate and TTG web engines has resulted in a correlative increase [...]

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News Montage: Fotomoto Art Prints, LR Presets and Me

July 25, 2010

FINE ART PRINTS HAVE COME TO FOTOMOTO. Fotomoto says, “FINE ART PRINTS ARE FINALLY HERE! After several months of trying different print labs and services, we finally feel we are ready to offer you a great quality giclée prints using the best Epson printers on 5 different high quality paper types (see the complete list [...]

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On the Road, Heading West

July 15, 2010

Contrary to popular belief, my recent absence was not a vacation; it was reconnaissance. Exhausting reconnaissance. As a result, however, I’m confirmed to begin work at a new studio in West Hollywood as soon as I can get there, I have a splendid, newly remodeled apartment ready to move into, a POD arriving tomorrow, and [...]

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Out of the Office, July 8-13

July 8, 2010

I’m heading out of town for several days. May have email access at times, but will be keeping pretty busy and likely will not be responding to messages. Ergo, should you email me, please do not expect a reply before next week.
Have a nice weekend!

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UPDATE: TTG Highslide Gallery Pro 2.0.5, now with password protection

July 8, 2010
Web Engine

TTG Highslide Gallery and TTG Highslide Gallery Pro 2.0.5 are now available. This update features several bug fixes to the previous release, and introduces a new password protection feature to the Pro version of the gallery. Special thanks go to Pao-Lung Tsai for helping to implement the new password protection. Here’s how it works:
In the [...]

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No WiFi, No Problem: An iPhone to the Rescue

July 4, 2010
Photo Transfer App

Photography is a complicated beast, only partially about the things you’d expect: image making, cameras, lights, computers, etc. As important as those things are, I continually find that a larger part of the business is what happens off set, involving personal interaction with the client, problem solving and adaptability. And so I’m stepping away from [...]

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