[Ralph Hajik]

Hi Peter,

I know that’s a over kill, but I just gave jrnofs some options. Sometimes you might have to preplan your business and maybe they would want something a little better. Myself, I was going to go with the Epson 300, but I decided to go with the Epson R1800. It was a little more money, but it prints larger prints when I need to do so. Your right Peter, for starting out, probably the Epson 300 is a good printer.

Ralph Hajik
Westmont, IL

[Ralph Hajik]

Hello jrnofs,

Your from Michigan and I’m your neighbor from Illinois. I’m also starting in the business, part time. The printers that print onto CD/DVD are Epson 200, 300, 800 and the one I have is the R1800. I’m very happy with the quality that prints onto CD/DVD and so are my clients. The print cartridges are a little pricey at $15.00 each from Fry’s Electronics. You just charge the clients a little more. Now your taking about burning and printing to CD/DVD. Try Primera BravoII and the Bravo Pro.
I saw this unit at the NAB Show in Vegas, pretty nice. Go to http://www.primera19.com for more information. It’s a lot of money but maybe worth it if you make a lot of copies. I’ll stick with my Epson R1800 for now.

Good Luck Neighbor!

Ralph Hajik
Westmont, IL

[Ralph Hajik]

Hi Dave,

I did my search and PPA (Professional Photographers of America) and WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International). There’s no need to respond, Thanks.

Ralph

[Ralph Hajik]

Hi David,

I was reading this post and I’m now glad that I didn’t spend my money joining WEVA. I went to NAB and enjoyed it very much, but you only stay for the first 3 days and leave. You have mentioned PPA, WPPI & WEVA. I know what WEVA stands for, bit not the others. What do they stand for and after I post this, I’ll do a search and see if I can find out myself. Thanks all of you for the information on WEVA. I know now that I won’t miss much.

Ralph Hajik
Westmont, IL

[Ralph Hajik]

Hi Vegas users,

I have to throw in my two cents on this topic. I have always used Jpeg images in Vegas 4, 5 & now 6. They worked perfectly with no crashes. I brought them down to size such as 720 x 480. I heard that you can go up to 1440 x 1080 in Jpeg which I never tried. One of these days I’ll try PNG and see how the images look. I know PNG is preferred over Jpeg, but it takes a lot of time to convert over.
Thanks for your attention.

Ralph Hajik
Westmont, IL

[Ralph Hajik]

Yes Gary,

The video Editing world is waiting for your answer.

Ralph

[Ralph Hajik]

Hi Margie,

How’s it going? I couldn’t write back until now. I tried last night, but whenever I pressed anykey, the hour glass came up not allowing me to type. Anyway, I started in PS CS2 with a white background(you can use any color you wish, next I scaned a CD or DVD and brought it into PS CS2. Then, click and drag it onto the layer. Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool and make a circl to outline the CD/DVD. Take your black paint tool or whatever you need to do the job & outline the outside of the CD/DVD and do the same for the inside circle. Use the Eraser tool to erase the white and only leave the outside and inside circles you just made. You have two layers, right? It takes a little time to erase the white background. Now you can bring in your individual text and separate layers, take out the Bride and place her image on another layer, then the groom onto another layer, etc, etc,. You get the picture now. You can warp your text and even change the color to the colors of the Bridal Party with a black stroke. You can now turn on or off any layer to your liking. In PS CS2 you can group all that together a file and give it a name. The last step is I save it as a Psd file and a Jpeg file. The Jpeg file I save to an external hard drive. In the Epson CD Print software, I open the Picture box, go to file and select the Jpeg image that I made. This works for me. There probably is a better way to do this, but using PS CS2 gives me all the extra tools I need to use to let my imagination run wild. There’s a lot to read, but it really is fast for me to do.

Best of Luck!
Ralph Hajik
Westmont, IL

[Ralph Hajik]

Hi Margie,

Once again, great videographers/editors think a like. I have made a CD/DVD Template in Photoshop CS2(what a great program). I bring in images from a wedding, etc, take the bride & groom right out of the images & place them onto the templete. I place their arched names accordingly with dates and hide the templete by turning it off, save as jpeg into another folder and bring it into the Epson CD creator program. I then make my print a little darker and WOW! Thanks what I like! Perfection!
Have a nice weekend.
Moooooooooo!

Ralph Hajik
Westmont, IL

[Ralph Hajik]

Hi Margie,

What a coincidence. I have a HP952C hooked up for e-mails and general printing. I have also bought my Verbatim printable CD-R’s (100 spool)from Sams Club. When I print onto CD’s or DVD’s, I’ll use my Epson R1800. It’s nice to know that great minds think alike. Everyone buys the Epson 200 or 300, they’re cheap and if something goes wrong with it, you just toss into the trash.
Enjoy your Epson.

Ralph

[Ralph Hajik]

Hi Margie,

Just wondering which printer you decided to go with? I printed a bride & groom onto the cd I recordered with their nemaes & date on it. It came out great. I showed some friends what it looks like on a white label and then I showed them what it looks like on a printable CD and they loved it. I’m using the Epson R1800. Check it out.
Have a great weekend.

Ralph Hajik
Westmont, IL