APAdigital

A technical discussion group for advertising photography, covering the following topics:

• Digital capture (small and medium format)
• Film scanners (for those scanning both old and new work)
• Digital workflow (including required specialized software for digital capture)
• Delivery standards
• Billing issues

Membership
APAdigital membership is FREE and open to advertising photographers, assistants, and students, both APA members and non-members. On occasion APAdigital will invite certain guests to participate in our discussions, including vendors and others in the industry interested in making the digital transition.

How to join
APAdigital uses Yahoo!groups, who requires everyone to obtain a Yahoo ID in order to use their free service. The ID allows members to search our archive of messages and change the setup of their own accounts, including message delivery. If you already have a Yahoo ID skip to step #2 below.

A.  Read the forum rules. By maintaining your subscription and/or posting message/s to either APAnet or APAdigital, you indicate your acceptance and agreement to abide by the forum rules.  If you have any questions, complaints, or suggestions for the improvement of either forum, contact the APAnet Moderators off-line, via email to the appropriate address:

APAnet-owner@yahoogroups.com
APAdigital-owner@yahoogroups.com

1. STAY ON TOPIC by limiting your messages to the business of advertising photography. More
2. SIGN YOUR POSTS with your real name.  More
3. MAINTAIN YOUR YAHOO PROFILE with required background information  More
4. FORMAT YOUR POSTS CORRECTLY (especially replies) for readability. More
5. TRIM YOUR REPLIES. Summarize, avoid excessive quoting, delete all text below your message. More
6. DO NOT POST TO CLOSED THREADS.  Ever. More
7. USE AN APPROPRIATE AND DESCRIPTIVE SUBJECT LINE. More
8. AVOID THREAD DRIFT by starting a new thread when the subject changes. More
9. NO PERSONAL ATTACKS.  Stick to the issues. More
10. PRACTICE SELF-MODERATION and show respect for moderators. More
11. TAKE PERSONAL CONFLICTS AND COMPLAINTS OFFLINE. More
12. NEVER DISTRIBUTE OR QUOTE APAnet messages off-line without permission.  Ever. More
13. DO NOT CROSS-POST messages to or from other discussion groups. More
14. ASK A MODERATOR before announcing events, programs, services, or products. More
15. NO ADVERTISEMENTS, SOLICITATIONS, OR ANNOUNCEMENTS in messages, footers, or signatures. More
16. TREAT OUR GUEST MEMBERS WITH RESPECT.  More
17. MODERATORS ARE EMPOWERED to enforce these rules. More
18. DIRECT YOUR COMPLAINTS ABOUT MODERATION to the moderators OFF LINE, via email. More

B. Get a Yahoo ID.  Under "Sign In" choose "Click here to register". If you already have a Yahoo ID move to step #2. Be sure to remember both your ID and password as you will need them.

C.  Edit your profile. We're open to working photographers, assistants and photography students and we need to see it in your Yahoo ID. To edit your profile click on "edit" next to your Yahoo ID. On the next screen select "Edit Profile Information". The following minimal information is required:

• your First and Last name (both are required)
• your City/State
• a one-sentence description of who you are (professionally), in the field
  labeled "Latest News". If you are an APA member, also indicate the chapter.

Indicate your website if you have one. And don't forget to "Save Changes" at the bottom.

D.  Join APAdigital. This screen may ask you to enter your Yahoo ID and password information before allowing you to proceed. You should see a description of our group, and information for setting up your APAnet membership. Make sure your profile is selected, and click the [join] button at the bottom of the screen, which sends your request to us. We review all applications and approvals are made on a daily basis. If there is a problem with your application a message will be sent with instructions.

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