Michael Starbow, in Benicia CA, was asked to design some stained-glass windows to replace the large clear panes in the entranceway of a church. Using a digital camera, he took shots of the interior and exterior, then downloaded them to PhotoShop on his Power Mac. Inspired in part by certain angles in the building, he developed a design. Then, using the ability of the program to create transparent overlays, he pasted it exactly into the inside and outside views of the window frames. He printed out the two views on a color inkjet printer, and showed them to the clients, who were duly impressed by what looked like photographs of the windows already in place.
Several artists make slide labels and print out slide lists and price lists.
The best programs are those that allow the user to store the data and print lists of selected works from it. Public relations . Some respondents regularly write and send press releases about their upcoming shows, open studios, and other events. One keeps word processing templates of hers, along with thank-you notes, so that she can just plug in new information when it's time to act. The day job and other non-artmaking pursuits .