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  • February 20, 2012

    Steakhouse Spring Menu Update

    It’s another exciting day here at 805 because we just finished up the new version of the Jake’s Restaurant menu!  Every so often Jake’s likes to update their menu with some new dishes and specials.  So after another morning photo session, some layout changes and a new round of printing, the Spring menu is finally here.

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    The cover photo had previously been used on billboards all around the Wooster, OH area, so we figured it would be fitting for the cover of the new menu.  Inside the menu, you’ll find a clean layout that flows from one section to the next – so it’s easy to find the type of dish you’re looking for.  Pictures accentuate some of Jake’s signature dishes.

    You can flip through the full menu on our portfolio page.

    If you’re in the Ashland, Mount Vernon or Wooster, Ohio areas be sure to stop on for a beer and burger!

    Filed under: News — Ryan @ 3:51 pm

    December 20, 2011

    Portfolio Update – Water Treatment Company Website

    We’re proud to announce the launch of Clearion Water’s company website.  Clearion Water is a manufacturer of commercial and residential water treatment systems and falls under the Chandler Systems Inc. umbrella.  You may recognize CSI from last week’s post about the launch of their website.

    The folks at Clearion Water wanted a website that was easily navigable for water treatment dealers, as well as the homeowner who uses one of their systems.  The Products Section of the website splits their products into a few different categories based on their purpose.  In addition, the Water Problems section of the website allows homeowners to easily connect their specific water problem to a Clearion product that will fix it!

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    To learn more about Clearion Water, visit their website.

    Filed under: News,Web — Tags: , , , — Ryan @ 9:00 am

    December 16, 2011

    Portfolio Update – Company Overview Website

    We’re back again with a recently launched corporate website.  Chandler Systems Inc. (CSI), is the “umbrella” or “parent” company to a few other companies in the commercial and residential water treatment industry.  The folks at CSI wanted to have a corporate website to explain a little bit about who they are, as well as act as a digital launchpad to the companies they preside over.

    We gave CSI the opportunity to post available job openings at each of their companies.  By simply logging into the administration panel of the website, they are able to update the “Careers” section with a new job title, description, location, pay rate and more.

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    CSI also wanted to include some nice photos of their facility, including their brand new training room and testing lab.  We spent a day with them planning out some key shots that would go nicely on a variety of pages of their website.

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    For more information about Chandler Systems Inc., visit their website!

    Filed under: News,Web — Tags: , , — Ryan @ 12:12 pm

    October 29, 2011

    Lightroom Splat Delete

    Anyone who works with Adobe Lightroom knows that it can be pretty frustrating at times. While it’s a great image editor, there are some things that just don’t make much sense to me. One of those things is deleting files.

    Deleting a file, Removing Rejected photos, removing from catalog—all of these things simply remove the photo from Lightroom’s library but leave the large files on your hard drive, eating away valuable space.

    The easiest way to remedy this situation is to do what some people call splat delete. Highlight the photo(s) you want to permanently send into oblivion and press:

    Common + Option + Shift +Delete (Mac)
    Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Backspace (PC)

    Though this mostly solves the issue, there is still one more hiccup. Say you want to splat delete a dozen photos. You have them selected and yet when you try to splat delete, it only gets rid of one at a time. Make sure you’re in Grid view, not viewing one photo at a time.

    Problem solved!

    Filed under: News — Tags: , , , , , , — Jeffrey @ 5:56 pm

    September 28, 2011

    Portfolio Update – Greater Cincinnati Area Shopping Center Website

    We’re proud to announce the launch of another website!  It was only a few weeks ago when we met up with the nice folks at Crestview Hills Town Center in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.  Their shopping center is located just about 20 minutes across the Ohio River in what is still considered the “Greater Cincinnati” area.

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    Crestview Hills Town Center already uses some great shades of blue and black for the corporate branding.  We maintained those colors and added in some large images of the property front and center.  The homepage is a great place to display information about upcoming events and important news – and of course, the all important street address and contact info.

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    This project presented a perfect opportunity for a solid Content Management System (CMS) to power the list of all the Merchants, Events, Special Offers and Job Openings.  When the project calls for it, we give our clients a drop-dead-simple way to manage the content on their website.  For Crestview Hills, they can easily add a new merchant if one moves in (or remove one if they jump ship), list special events or offers to attract more patrons and even list available job openings at their shops!  Below is a quick snap shot of how the information on the “backend” of the website gets reflected on the “frontend” for all the visitors to see.

    Click the thumbnails to enlarge.

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    This was a great project to be apart of and we appreciate the kind folks at Crestivew Hills Town Center for working with us on this.  For more info about Crestview Hills Town Center, visit their excellent website: www.shopcrestviewhillstowncenter.com

    September 15, 2011

    Canon PowerShot S100 :: Canon’s new “pro” point and shoot

     Canon PowerShot S100 :: Canons new pro point and shoot

    Courtesy of Canon USA

    We’re a few days shy of Fall, so it’s no surprise that Canon is launching a few new cameras. Among them is the PowerShot S100, the replacement for the S95.

    There are some reasons to get excited. If you’ve never shot with an S90 or S95, you’re probably unaware of the power and flexibility Canon crammed into a point and shoot. While yes, it’s still just a point and shoot, the image sensor is bigger, the construction is tougher, the options are more plentiful and the thing shoots in RAW.

    I have an S95, why upgrade? The S100 looks like it offers a few good reasons to upgrade.

    • 12mp CMOS sensor, instead of the old 10mp CCD. This theoretically will give cleaner images (and obviously more resolution)
    • New Digic 5 processor means better low-light performance and most likely cleaner imagery
    • A new, wider 24mm zoom (35mm equivalent), 5x compared to 3.8x
    • A slightly thinner body yet Canon put thought into better grips on the front and back, so it should be easier to hold
    • 1080p 24 video
    • GPS built right in for geotagging
    While this certainly doesn’t compare to an SLR in image quality, this is probably one of the world’s best pocketable, go-anywhere point and shoot cameras. Preorder it now on Amazon.
    Filed under: Helpful Info,News,Photography,Video — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , — Jeffrey @ 9:41 am

    August 3, 2011

    Custom Apple Mail Icon

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    Apple’s Mail icon has been around for quite time with no (noticeable) changes. Does the tired, old eagle stamp bother anyone else? We wanted something new and different and couldn’t find any icons that we liked, so we just made one. As you can see from the screenshot above, it plays nicely with the unread badge. Look below at the detail…

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    Click below to download. Enjoy!

    Download (740kb)

    Filed under: Graphics — Tags: , , , — Jeffrey @ 4:54 pm

    Custom Adobe Creative Suite Icons

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    Adobe has had a wide variety of icons for their Creative Suite applications. Some versions have been prettier than others for sure. While the current CS5 set is pretty decent, we thought the icons could use some slight adjustments. I’m not a big fan of the “book” theme—is that what they were going for?

    805 Creative CS Icon Examples Custom Adobe Creative Suite Icons

    So here is our replacement set. Nice, clean, and more modern than Adobe’s current design. The set is free for personal use and includes the following:

    • After Effects
    • Bridge
    • Contribute
    • Dreamweaver
    • Encore
    • Fireworks
    • Flash Builder
    • Flash Catalyst
    • Flash
    • Illustrator
    • InDesign
    • Lightroom
    • OnLocation
    • Photoshop
    • Premiere
    • Soundbooth

    Click below to download. Enjoy!

    Download (12.6mb)

    July 8, 2011

    Portfolio Update – Motion Graphics Video – The Pathway

    A couple of weeks ago we announced the MissioChurch Overview video. This time, we’re back with another video for the folks at MissioChurch.  Introducing, the MissioChurch Pathway video.

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    In this video we got to delve a little deeper into the workings of MissioChurch.  Their unique Pathway process was developed to guide candidates through the church planting process.  This video posed the challenge of explaining a very detailed process in a concise and interesting way – in about 2 minutes.  After solidifying the elements of the script, we began brainstorming ideas for the storyboard.  Once we had the idea for the visuals, its time to start illustrating.  Wait a minute, we actually have to draw all those things we just talked about?  Next, illustrated elements get animated and timed to the voiceover and well, the rest is below….

    Filed under: Graphics,News,Video — Tags: , , , — Ryan @ 2:38 pm

    July 1, 2011

    Video Microphone Test – Sony – Audio Technica – Shure

    To create a high-quality video, you can’t forget to include high-quality sound. It can be a subtle thing, as most viewers don’t knowingly get turned off by bad sound, but it can really make or break a production. People notice, even if they don’t know they do icon wink Video Microphone Test   Sony   Audio Technica   Shure .

    This is a demonstration of the Sony HXR-NX5U internal microphone, the Sony ECM-XM1 shotgun microphone, the Audio Technica AT-897 shotgun microphone and the Shure SM93 lapel microphone.

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