{"id":772,"date":"2011-05-22T12:21:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T16:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/cuttingedgemarketingsales\/?p=772"},"modified":"2011-05-22T12:21:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T16:21:29","slug":"its-manufactured-housing-photo-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/cuttingedgemarketingsales\/its-manufactured-housing-photo-time\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Manufactured Housing photo time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/howdoidothatvideos.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/cuttingedgemarketingsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tv-193-150x150.png\" alt=\"HowDoIDoThatVideos.com logo\" title=\"HowDoIDoThatVideos.com logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/cuttingedgemarketingsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tv-193-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/cuttingedgemarketingsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tv-193-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/cuttingedgemarketingsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tv-193.png 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Manufactured Home and Land Lease Community operators and owners, and retailers take note: if you&#8217;ve been waiting for the right time to photograph those installations, properties and communities, now would be the time.<\/p>\n<p>In many parts of the country, you&#8217;ll need to wait out the rain to get a clear day to photograph those homes and communities, but it will be worth the wait.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to get plenty of photos when the sun shines so you&#8217;ll have a lot to choose from when you post them to your website or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/orangecatdotcom\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook fan page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You may need to re-size or enhance your photos before uploading them to your website. There are a few tools that I&#8217;ve used to do this that will cost you absolutely nothing to use.<\/p>\n<p>If you have Mac, your computer came with iPhoto. iPhoto makes the job of adjusting, enhancing and resizing your photos a snap.<\/p>\n<p>But if you&#8217;re using a Windows or Linux powered machine, there are a couple of tools here that can help you get the job done in style.<\/p>\n<p>First, there&#8217;s the Open Source application <strong>the GIMP<\/strong>, that runs on Linux, Mac or Windows. the GIMP can do pretty much anything that Photoshop can do &ndash; but saves you the $700 that Photoshop costs. There are installers for each. The Mac version requires that the X11 X-Window system be installed. It is installed on OS X 10.5 Leopard and newer by default. the GIMP for Linux and Windows can be <a href=\"http:\/\/thegimp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">downloaded at GIMP.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video showing how the get started with the GIMP:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 575px; margin: 20px auto;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7sfJYzLaBjo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s free, the GIMP has a learning curve like any other sophisticated software. The video above is from a 23 video tutorial set that can get you using the GIMP like a professional in just a few hours and provides ongoing support for as long as you need it.<\/p>\n<p>The video tutorial set is called <a href=\"http:\/\/howdoidothatvideos.com\/products-page\/video-sets\/create-stunning-graphics-using-the-gimp\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Create Stunning Graphics Using the GIMP<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and is <a href=\"http:\/\/howdoidothatvideos.com\/products-page\/video-sets\/create-stunning-graphics-using-the-gimp\/\" target=\"_blank\">available at HowDoIDoThatVideos.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If all you need to do is resize images, PixResizer for Windows will do the trick. You can download it from <a href=\"http:\/\/bluefive.pair.com\/pixresizer.htm\" target=\"_blank\">bluefive.pair.com\/pixresizer.htm<\/a> Here&#8217;s a short video on how to use it:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 575px; margin: 20px auto;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"575\" height=\"461\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hb2dyLDxJsw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The long and short of this is get out there now through June to get the best images you&#8217;re going to get. So go get them, then use one of these tools to enhance them or resize them and put them to work for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manufactured Home and Land Lease Community operators and owners, and retailers take note: if you&#8217;ve been waiting for the right time to photograph those installations, properties and communities, now would be the time. 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