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On the exhibit floor at Photoshop World in Washington D.C., Evan Brooks, VP of Business Development for Circle Graphics explains the benefits of CG Pro Prints, their line of gallery wrap canvas print products that let professional photographers offer a quality product at affordable prices. Evan discusses their attention to detail, the durability of their process and puts his foot down to prove the point.

At Photoshop World in Washington D.C., Dustin Bess of SmugMug talks about what the photo sharing service offers to professional photographers as well as the consumer. Boasting support for full size high resolution images, unlimited storage space and a variety of presentations, SmugMug also offers the option to sell your photos right from within their service. Dustin also talks about their iOS Camera app, Camera Awesome , that has quickly risen to the top of the iTunes charts.

Adam Engst and host Chuck Joiner made a virtual visit to the Diablo Valley Mac User Group to talk about the new iPad, Apple's announcement of a stock dividend and buy-back program, and to take a wide range of questions from the audience.

Gordon Straub might have been the youngest person demonstrating software at Macworld | iWorld 2012, manning shifts in the Boinx Software booth to show off iStopMotion for iPad. Gordon talks about his beginnings with stop motion videography, iStopMotion for Mac, and how it lead to being asked to a video for a local community service.

The MacJury convenes to provide some balanced perspective on Apple's announcement of a stock dividend and buy back plan…and fails. The discussion started there, then migrated to who gets credit for Apple's recent successes, Apple's offshore cash horde, the Apple TV, the entertainment industry, and more. Providing the less-than fair and balanced commentary are Peter Cohen, Steve Sande, and host Chuck Joiner.

Members of The MacJury convened in a late-night session to review their first weekend's experiences with the third generation iPad. Entered into evidence are opinions on the new Retina display, the upgraded camera, the battery life, and much more. Buying experiences, the demand for the new iPad, and whether it is time for you to upgrade are all discussed by the panel of Jeff Carlson, Jeff Gamet, Chuck La Tournous and host Chuck Joiner.

Adam Engst and Joe Kissell of TidBITS and Take Control Books joined host Chuck Joiner for a live remote presentation to the new Apple iClub, a new sub-group of The Villages Mac Users Group that focuses on Apple's iDevices.

Graphics guy Erik Bernskiold is back to talk about the newest version of Adobe Lightroom and help us understand the Adobe Creative Cloud. Lightroom offers the digital photographer a powerful tool, but how does it stack up against Apple's Aperture? Is it a viable upgrade from iPhoto for the casual user? Erik discusses the feature set, what the new version brings to the table, and why you should consider it if you're even a little serious about your photos. Adobe Creative Cloud might be the most confusing thing going for many of us, especially given the controversy over the seemingly constant upgrade policy changes for Adobe Creative Suite owners. Erik helps us understand what programs and features are available in each option, what the new service offers and how it all works.

Mac expert and author Maria Langer has been busy since we last checked in with her, producing two new books. The first, iBooks Author: Publishing Your First Ebook, will help you do just that, with Apple's new authoring tool. Maria discusses how the book was created, why she chose to do it outside iBooks Author, at least for the initial versions, and her experience with the rich environment it delivers. Maria talks about the transformation iBooks Author brings to the medium, why it doesn't feel like a 1.0 product, her pricing decisions and what it can mean to the publishing industry. Her second book, Sorting Excel Data: The Basics & Beyond, is more of a niche title; she talks about what it covers and why there is a need for a book on a topic as specific as data sorting.

Now that the dust has settled from Macworld | iWorld 2012, The MacJury convened to discuss the successful and not-so-successful exhibitor presences at the show, to give exhibitors at future trade shows some examples of what to do and not to do. From pre-show communications to booth design to business card design, perspective is provided, recommendations offered, and judgement rendered by the panel of Jean Macdonald, Jeff Gamet, Mark Fuccio and host Chuck Joiner.

In this brief MacVoices Group Update, Chuck delivers more thank-you's related to Macworld | iWorld 2012, asks for your help in taking a survey about the MacVoices Group coverage of the show and announces the new MacVoicesTV YouTube channel.

What was once a one-time conference has now grown into a whole series of events across the United States. Neil Ticktin outlines how the MacTech Conference has expanded in a big way, with MacTech Boot Camp, and MacTech InDepth. With more dates and locations than ever before, The MacTech events are for IT professionals, enterprise users and developers. Neil talks about the international flavor of the attendees, and the credentials of the presenters. Not just about the sessions, the events are also networking opportunities for all who attend. A discussion of some of the upcoming topics, how they are selected and more are included.

Chuck Joiner finishes off the MacVoicesTV coverage of Macworld | iWorld 2012 with a summary, some thank-you's and an outtake or two.

As the show floor of Macworld | iWorld 2012 closed, we caught Bryan Chaffin and Jeff Gamet of The Mac Observer. The two deliver their opinions and judgements on the new direction and events of this year's show.

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, a distinguished panel of tech-oriented parents host Chuck Joiner to discuss the challenges of parenting brought on by the ever-changing world of technology. Not long ago, the problem was addressed by limiting time on the family computer. With the arrival of the iDevices, and access to the web in the palm of your child's hand, the game has changed. Get some tips and tricks from the folks who deal with tech for a living, Macworld Senior Editor Christopher Breen, Tonya Engst of TidBITS and Take Control Books, Chuck La Tournous of The Mac Observer and RandomMaccess and Omaha Sternberg of iGameRadio.