Reviews, Views, Opinions… Call it what you want… Roz gets to have her say!

While the reason why I found Easy Thumbnails from Fookes Software was not a happy one, using it is making my life a joy and turning over 1400 of my cloudy thumbnails crisp, clear and sparking.

IMPORTANT NOTE — Did I say it was COMPLETELY FREE!  NO nags, NO advertisements, NOTHING but an excellent little program jammed packed with an enormous amount of thumbnail creation features and much, much more.  It comes with its own viewer so it is the ONLY program needed for the job, UNLESS you need to make changes or enhancements to the images themselves.

NEGATIVE — It does not accommodate PSD (Photoshop native format)

In my case the images were already in JPG format and I needed to create thumbnails with a certain naming format.  Easy Thumbnails provided features to do this all in “one-step?”

The software is great for the novice as well as the seasoned professional and does not have much of a learning curve. All the features are named with self-explanatory names, however, you might want to either make some tests for yourself or have a quick look at the PDF manual that can be downloaded at the link below.  I looked at a set of instructions and the manual AFTER the fact!

— Quoted From Their Website —

Easy Thumbnails is a popular free utility for creating accurate
thumbnail images and scaled-down/up copies from a wide range of
popular picture formats. An elegant interface makes it a snap to
find your images and select them for processing individually, in
groups, or in whole folders, using a simple file selector and
built-in image viewer. You can use slider controls to rotate
images and adjust their contrast, brightness, sharpness and
quality, and check out the results with the built-in viewer.

Key Features:

• Scale images up or down in batches
• Eleven resampling filters, including Lanczos3
• Sharpen soft images from digital cameras
• Real-time preview of target image
• Supports the new JPEG 2000 image format
• Preserves EXIF data in JPEG images
• Supports lossless JPEG rotation
• Free software producing quality results 

— End Quote from their site —

Go here….

• for a more comprehensive look at Easy Thumbnails
• download your FREE copy
• download the PDF manual

Posted by Roz Fruchtman / BlogViewsByRoz.com

Eric Lofholm is a Master Sales Trainer who has trained tens of thousands of sales professionals nationwide. He is President and CEO of Eric Lofholm International, Inc., an organization he founded to serve the needs of sales professionals worldwide.

I am privileged to be a member of Eric’s Sales Protege Group.  We meet via phone each Thursday evening. 

The calls are taped and those who were not able to attend live were able to either listen on a replay line or download the mp3s from the website.  The replay line took a few days and the mp3 took a bit longer.

Eric always trys to provide quality as well as quantity and about a month ago changed over to creating the calls into Podcasts.  NOW… the calls are delivered/downloaded to our desktop within 24 hours.  Last nights call arrived in my iTunes folder “less than” 6 hours later.  I was amazed and had to write about it.  Maybe others will take a lesson from Eric!

Eric… you are the greatest!

Posted by Roz Fruchtman / BlogViewsByRoz.com

NAPP, The National Association of Photoshop Professionals is having a Tour in NYC on October 4, 2006.  Bert Monroy will be presenting.  I saw him last time he was here, he was phenomenal.  Don’t miss it.  Please read on… 

Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tours presents:
Photoshop CS2 Creativity Tour with Bert Monroy
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Jacob Javits Convention Center, NY
Room: 1A 6-14
$99 USD ($79 NAPP members)

REGISTER NOW:
https://www.photoshopuser.com/seminar/psregister.php?page=seminar/psregister

At long last, you can spend a day with the photo realist genius of our times, Bert Monroy. While you may not be able to draw like Bert does, in this seminar you’ll be able to learn the techniques he’s developed over the years

to create realistic images that boggle the imagination.At long last, you can spend a day with the photo realist genius of our times, Bert Monroy. While you may not be able to draw like Bert does, in this seminar you’ll be able to learn the techniques he’s developed over the yearsto create realistic images that boggle the imagination.It’s the perfect seminar for Photoshop users, photographers and illustrators alike! Different from any seminar offered before, Bert will show you features that are underused and even overlooked by most people, yet powerful enough to make any imagined effect a reality.

At long last, you can spend a day with the photo realist genius of our times, Bert Monroy. While you may not be able to draw like Bert does, in this seminar you’ll be able to learn the techniques he’s developed over the yearsto create realistic images that boggle the imagination.It’s the perfect seminar for Photoshop users, photographers and illustrators alike! Different from any seminar offered before, Bert will show you features that are underused and even overlooked by most people, yet powerful enough to make any imagined effect a reality.

Posted by Roz Fruchtman / BlogViewsByRoz.com

PERSONAL TESTIMONIAL:  A couple a months ago I was privileged to be on a teleseminar with eMail Specialist Mari Smith.   Being “eMail Marketing Challenged” myself, because of a personal experience years ago, I was more than a little impressed with Mari’s presentation.  Shortly after I purchased her eBook… “eMails That Sizzle.”

With the amount of SPAM each of us receives daily it is even more imperative to learn how to get your email opened, much less read!  You owe it to yourself to attend Mari’s upcoming FREE teleseminar this coming Tuesday, September 19, 2006. 

Don’t believe me… Hear Mari Smith for yourself… IF you send eMail you can’t afford not to!

NOTE:  It’s not all about money either.  There are many reasons why one sends email.  The point is THE RECIPIENT OPENS IT!

——- FROM MARI ——-

Hi Roz,

Are you happy with your email profits? Your list size and conversion? Your passive affiliate $$?

If not, I have something *super* special for you.

This Tuesday, September 19 at 10:00am Pacific, Graham White, of Effective Ethical Marketing, will interview me all about how to make your emails more sizzling and more profitable!

I’ll reveal tons of insider tricks, tools and tips. When you implement even one or two of these secrets, it could make a HUGE difference to your revenue stream.

Join us and bring all your email marketing questions with you!

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Mark your calendar NOW:

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2006
10:00AM Pacific Time (1:00pm Eastern)
Dial-in Number: 563-843-5600
Passcode: 797713#

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Graham says ‘Mari’s e-book is simply THE BEST product per dollar that I’ve ever purchased. Plus, Mari is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to creating solid, profitable relationships via email and the internet.’

If you have not yet participated in one of my live Teleseminars, here’s your chance!

I hope to hear you on Tuesday morning, Roz!

Enthusiastically,

Mari
Mari Smith ~ eMarketing Specialist
Author, EMAIL THAT SIZZLES
http://www.emailthatsizzles.com
858-488-8242
mailto:mari@marismith.com

Posted by Roz Fruchtman / BlogViewsByRoz.com

Say It With Ecards, the On-line Judaic eCard Club run by New York City Digital Artist Roz Fruchtman is offering over 100 unique and tastefully designed Rosh Hashanah eCards to welcome in the Jewish New Year 5767.

The eCards are offered in a variety of flavors.

• Rosh Hashanah eCards / General
• Rosh Hashanah eCards / Hebrew
• Rosh Hashanah eCards / in Memory of 911
• Rosh Hashanah eCards / Patriotic

NOTE:  Say It With eCards is the former Graphics Schmaphics Exclusive Judaic Greetings Club.  The site was upgraded and updated to include the high tech member benefits Graphics Schmaphics did not have.  The new name is easier to remember and spell.  Another convenience to members and prospective members when visiting the site.

Posted by Roz Fruchtman / BlogViewsByRoz.com / The Greeting Card Maven