publisher of learner's guides?

[Mushkeg Media]

Hello Richard

I agree, the iBook templates in iPhoto can be very frustrating.  
Specially on the first project which is almost always time sensitive.
  I haven't used powerpoint so I can't say how it would integrate  
with  this program. Can you export frames as pdf's or jpeg's?
The Apple iBook program seems to work well with imported JPEG's, so if  
you convert text and other graphics into a jpeg file , they can then  
be imported into the template.
The yellow exclamation mark usually indicate that the image is  of a  
low resolution that won't print well. It might also mean that all the  
text is not showing and you need to use a smaller font or shorten the  
text.
When the ibook is complete on your computer, it is converted into a  
high quality pdf document which is then sent to Apple for printing.
Or you can save it as a pdf document for other uses . It would  
probably import into powerpoint too.
Once a presentation is in pdf form, it can't change anymore so there  
would be fewer surprises when projected as part of a presentation.

Good luck


George

On 18-Oct-10, at 8:54 PM, Richard Zane Smith wrote:

> Kweh George,
> I've played around with it, but I can't manipulate  by enlarging, or  
> shrinking
> no little white glove grabber fist to move things,
> like you can do with pictures and text on powerpoint.
> In comparison It seems confining,(can't move text boxes where i want  
> them.
> but maybe its because I need to start with a completely blank page?
>
> since i finally figured out Powerpoint, (sort of)
> (photoshop drives me nuts with those D@#&M layers!!  till i simply  
> quit!)
> maybe i'll try what you suggested
> import a finished page (from powerpoint?) onto the book....see what  
> happens.
>
> another thing, i'm not sure why i get little yellow exclamation  
> point warning signs
> on just about everything i upload..  whats with that??
>
> I have to add,I spent five full days putting together a PowerPoint
> presentation for ONLA, our Oklahoma Language Conference in Ada Okl.
> only to have it all go haywire when i exported it from
> my iMac onto a memory stick and plugged it in to the PC on the  
> lectern.
> Embedded audios failed (some did, some didn't)
> the ones that did work had no volume...nobody in the auditorium  
> could hear it.
> texts were loosing all their shading and some photos didn't appear  
> at all.
> Then to make it worse the whole slide series was projected too large
> so text was often missing until i scrolled down, at which point
> I'd accidently advance the slide to the next one....auuugh
> and so it was ...a frustrating distracting nuisance to say the least.
>
> people were wonderful and polite and told me "it was good",
> but it really wasn't.
>
> I'm NOT a HIGH techie, and when things go this bad i start losing any
>  momentum i have left.
> So much work to do! and this kind of  stuff drags like a dead weight.
>
>
> Richard Zane Smith
> Wyandotte Oklahoma
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mushkeg Media  
> <languages at mushkeg.ca> wrote:
> We found a simple and very fast way to make a book is by using the  
> ibook function  in Apple's iPhoto application. This may only work if  
> you use a Mac but it is quite amazing.
> The program uses a limited number of templates which you simply fill  
> with text or photos. If you have a complex page you can do it in  
> photoshop or Illustrator and import it into your book projects as a  
> full page. Books can be  printed in a variety of sizes with hard or  
> soft covers.  The last book we made was 26 pages, 6in. x 8in. spiral  
> bound and cost about $12.00 each. There is a discount for over 50  
> books. The best thing about this process is the speedy delivery. You  
> send it off to Apple and it comes back in less than a week looking  
> absolutely beautiful.
>
> George Hargrave
> Producer
> Mushkeg Media Inc.
> 103 rue Villeneuve O.
> Montreal, QC  H2T 2R6
> Tel: 514-279-3507
> hargrave at mushkeg.ca
>

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