Importing Photos. Canon Studio Solution

Tutorial: Running a Shoot

 Take Picture: Selecting Take Picture allows you to operate the shutter on the camera. A status indicator for the Auto Focus (AF-ON) will turn on when it is enabled.

Importing Photos

If your camera isn’t connected to the software and you need to manually import photos, follow these steps:

 Get the photos from your camera into a location this computer can reach, whether it’s a network location, a file on this computer, or a media card attached to the computer via a card reader.

 Return to the booking in the Photo Workshop.

 Select Photos from the top of the Photo Workshop workspace.

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 Select Import.

 Navigate to the location of your photos and select Import All.

All of your photos will be automatically added into the Photo Workshop.

Retouching Photos

Now that you have captured or imported all of the photos, it’s the ideal time to quickly retouch and edit them in the Photo Workshop. We will assume that the customer you just took photos of is going to hang around for a little bit to preview and proof the photos you took, so right now we’ll just worry about minor adjustments.

If you are not familiar with the retouching tools, click here for the Photo Workshop tools

and here for the Retouch Workshop tools.

 Select the Enhance tab to make quick adjustments, such as centering the subject, scaling the photos, or fixing orientation.

 Select the Correct tab to lighten, darken or add contrast.

 Select the Color Balance tab to set the white balance.

 Save all changes to each photo.

If the customer is not waiting on you, feel free to take your time and make major adjustments and edits.

Presenting Photos

Once you have finished fixing any technical problems with photos, it’s time to present the photos to the customer. For this we’ll switch to Presentation Mode for a cleaner and friendlier look, free of distractions.

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If you left the Photo Workshop, you need to reopen the booking in the Photo Library or the Photo Workshop.

 Select the Manage Studio tab from the bottom of the software and select the Customers tab from the top of the studio. Select the customer name and ensure that the booking was properly saved.

The booking should appear under Current Bookings or Previous Bookings with a time and link to view photos.

 Select [View Photos] to open the photos in the Photo Library.

Make sure this is the correct photo group and catalog. If so, let’s assume the customer is here and ready to preview their photos. It’s time to switch over to Presentation Mode.

 Select Client Presentation from the bottom of the software.

Presentation Mode will open. If you need to select a different catalog or photo group, select choose another catalog from the bottom of the workspace.

At any time you can open a selected photo and catalog in a presentation-friendly version of the Photo Workshop to enhance a photo at the customer’s request. Select enhance selected photo from the bottom of the workspace.

Select View from the top of the software to view a specific number of photos, or press – and + as hotkeys for viewing less and more photos.

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Double-click a photo to preview that photo fullscreen. Once in fullscreen, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to switch photos.

Click here for more details on how to present photos to your customers.

Creating an Order

After previewing their photos, your customer has chosen a number of favorites and is ready to place an order with you. This order can be placed in the Photo Library, Photo

Workshop, or in Presentation Mode.

Since we have been presenting and previewing photos in the customer-friendly

Presentation Mode, we will make the order here.

Select Show Cart from the top right of the workspace to show the shopping cart.

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