Best Image Photo Contest October 2008

It’s that time of year again! We know many of you just completed your busy senior portrait season, so let’s show off that gorgeous work and have a chance at winning a FABULOUS prize! We realize that everyone does not specialize in seniors, so we are opening it up for older teen portraits, too.

Our category for October is…..

People: Teens/Seniors

Deadline to enter: October 22, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. EST

Click here to enter: October Best Image Photo Contest

I am so excited to announce our prize for this contest! The just-released……

QuickMats 4 by John Hartman PLUS Bonus Disk ($339 value)

QuickMats 4 is the fifth-generation version of John Hartman’s digital matting software.

Designed for use in John’s own studio, QuickMats helps you to easily create new image products that your customers will be thrilled to own and for which they will gladly pay a premium price. QuickMats 4 mats are so realistic you’ll have to run your fingers over them to know they’re not real!

With QuickMats 4, you can select from one of 465 pre designed mat templates, sized to fit your image perfectly. These mats range in size from 5″ to 40″ and larger, and come in both single- and multiple openings designed in one of eleven different aspect ratios from square to panoramic format. All you do is open the mat of your choice and drag your photo into it. With a couple of mouse clicks you can color and texture both the outside and inside mats. You can also change the mat core color and/or use one of the over 100 included image overlays and metallic or marble nameplates to add even more distinction to your mat design.

And if you don’t find the exact mat you’re looking for in the Prebuilts folder, you can build your own custom mat in any size, with up to 40 openings in a single mat. The mats you build yourself can be saved as templates for you to use on future projects. Click a single Photoshop action and your mat template is built, ready for you to customize.

QuickMats 4 Features:

465 prebuilt mat templates in single and multiple-opening configurations
Prebuilt mat sizes range from 4×5 to 30×40 and larger
Eleven different mat aspect ratio openings (length x width), ranging from 1:1 square to 4:1 super-panoramic
Nearly 100 different multiple opening mats that John has designed for his studio and sold to his clients
Mat openings come in rectangle, oval, square, circle and other interesting shapes
Over 100 custom textures add interest to your mats with a single mouse click
Over 100 image and pattern overlays add extra depth and dimension that just isn’t available in traditional mat products
Crop tool to help you quickly determine the best aspect ratio opening to crop your image
Over 600 Build Your Own mat openings allow you create custom mats to your exact specifications with from 1 to 40 openings
Completely compatible with any version of Photoshop (6.0 and later), Mac or PC
52 professionally recorded and edited video tutorials get you up and running quickly