Flex 3.1 Released
Adobe has just announced updates to both Flex 3 SDK and Flex Builder. Flex SDK has been bumped to v3.1 and Flex Builder has been upgraded to v3.0.1. Numerous bug fixes on both. Read more about it from Matt Chotin' piece at the Adobe Developer Center.
August 28th, 7pm: Photoshop Tips N Tricks
Join LAdobe on Thursday night, August 28th at 7pm at the Art Institute of California-Hollywood on 3440 Wilshire Blvd as we restart the group where we left off. With our special presentations on Dreamweaver, Fireworks and for the first time in our group's two year history, InDesign.
We'll have our User Group Manager, Adam Bell of dataTV, provide us a comprehensive look under the hood at the new public betas of Dreamweaver and Fireworks CS4. These new betas are available on Adobe Labs right now and work until the official release of Creative Suite 4 later this year. Both programs sport a controversial new interface as well as some exciting new features to make your website design flow a much smoother ride. We'll also have Art Institute instructor Patrick Minassian who will provide a series of intermediate and advanced tips and tricks in Photoshop CS3 for the Power User.
Besides the usual prizes, we'll also have drinks from Function Beverages and new book giveaways from our newest book sponsor: Focal Press. They will be giving away two books a month to our meetings and one will be our choice. So if you have any suggestions on books you'd like us to give away from their catalog, go to Focal Press' site and email me your suggestions. I look forward to seeing you all at our new home on August 28th.
We'll have our User Group Manager, Adam Bell of dataTV, provide us a comprehensive look under the hood at the new public betas of Dreamweaver and Fireworks CS4. These new betas are available on Adobe Labs right now and work until the official release of Creative Suite 4 later this year. Both programs sport a controversial new interface as well as some exciting new features to make your website design flow a much smoother ride. We'll also have Art Institute instructor Patrick Minassian who will provide a series of intermediate and advanced tips and tricks in Photoshop CS3 for the Power User.Besides the usual prizes, we'll also have drinks from Function Beverages and new book giveaways from our newest book sponsor: Focal Press. They will be giving away two books a month to our meetings and one will be our choice. So if you have any suggestions on books you'd like us to give away from their catalog, go to Focal Press' site and email me your suggestions. I look forward to seeing you all at our new home on August 28th.
Sept. 25: Stephen Burns is back at your request
One of our most popular sessions last year involved San Diego's leading Photoshop expert, Stephen Burns who spent over two hours instructing our members on all sorts of Photoshop tips and tricks. Now Stephen is back and will come to the Art Institute California-Hollywood on Thursday night, September 25th at 7pm. This is a must see event and Stephen wants to hear what you would like him to show off! You can email Stephen directly with your suggestions and he'll answer them in person that night. We'll have copies of his book, Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX for you to buy and have him sign and also some books from his publisher, Course Technology PTR, to give away along with a number of other great Photoshop related prizes. This is going to be one of our biggest events of the year, so get the Art Institute early!Special Announcement: LAdobe has a new home
As some of you know, LAdobe hasn't had a actual meeting since our event in May. We were supposed to have one in June only to arrive at what is now our previous home at Moviola only to find the doors locked.
What transpired was that there had been a change in management at Moviola and as a result, the new management was never properly informed that our user group even existed. Our May meeting almost didn't happen if it wasn't for some last minute calls to the new management to set up a room ASAP. Fortunately, our May meeting happened and we were able to award Andrew Kavanagh. However, numerous attempts to contact Moviola after that were futile and thus the debacle that occured in June.
At that point, many user groups would have folded their tents in frustration and given up. Not us! Immediately both myself and many LAdobe members went ahead to try to find a new permanent location immediately. Special appreciation goes to all members who assisted in suggesting or making contact with potential facilities for our group. Finally, we narrowed the search to two location near Moviola in Hollywood and finally decided upon the Art Institute of California-Hollywood (the former California Design College) and thanks to Garick Chan, we now have a new home! The facility will offer all members free WiFi, great seating, projectors and pretty much everything else we need to keep our meetings going for a long time to come. Parking will be available on the street and also possibly in their parking garage (more info to come). The meetings and membership, as usual, will continue to be free. The only difference will be that from now on, you will likely have ti RSVP in advance for the meetings as the school does have a security guard on site and he will have to let you in. Thus, we'll have to have a guest list. We'll have complete RSVP info in the next email blast in about a week or two.
I thank all of you for being patient and for understanding the situation. Fortunately, thanks to our friends at one of our new sponsors, NATPE, many of our best LAdobe members were able to attend the annual LATV Festival compliments of NATPE and Adobe. We are planning more collaborations with NATPE in the future as well as with other organizations in the LA area. More information in regards to this will be presented in the future.
As you'll find out, we've been busy setting up new meetings, bringing back great speakers and attracting new sponsors with killer prizes. I think you'll be delighted about what is coming next from LAdobe.
What transpired was that there had been a change in management at Moviola and as a result, the new management was never properly informed that our user group even existed. Our May meeting almost didn't happen if it wasn't for some last minute calls to the new management to set up a room ASAP. Fortunately, our May meeting happened and we were able to award Andrew Kavanagh. However, numerous attempts to contact Moviola after that were futile and thus the debacle that occured in June.
At that point, many user groups would have folded their tents in frustration and given up. Not us! Immediately both myself and many LAdobe members went ahead to try to find a new permanent location immediately. Special appreciation goes to all members who assisted in suggesting or making contact with potential facilities for our group. Finally, we narrowed the search to two location near Moviola in Hollywood and finally decided upon the Art Institute of California-Hollywood (the former California Design College) and thanks to Garick Chan, we now have a new home! The facility will offer all members free WiFi, great seating, projectors and pretty much everything else we need to keep our meetings going for a long time to come. Parking will be available on the street and also possibly in their parking garage (more info to come). The meetings and membership, as usual, will continue to be free. The only difference will be that from now on, you will likely have ti RSVP in advance for the meetings as the school does have a security guard on site and he will have to let you in. Thus, we'll have to have a guest list. We'll have complete RSVP info in the next email blast in about a week or two.
I thank all of you for being patient and for understanding the situation. Fortunately, thanks to our friends at one of our new sponsors, NATPE, many of our best LAdobe members were able to attend the annual LATV Festival compliments of NATPE and Adobe. We are planning more collaborations with NATPE in the future as well as with other organizations in the LA area. More information in regards to this will be presented in the future.
As you'll find out, we've been busy setting up new meetings, bringing back great speakers and attracting new sponsors with killer prizes. I think you'll be delighted about what is coming next from LAdobe.
Peachpit's new Design Magazine
Peachpit/New Riders has just announced a new design magazine called reFresh: The Interactive Magazine for Creatives and they are placing the first issue of the magazine online for you to download at your leisure.
The goal with this new magazine is to "refresh" you creatively by helping you think about design and technology in a new way. We aim not only to instruct, but also to inspire. reFresh delivers an experience that goes beyond words and images—it's a digital magazine where you'll find video and audio clips that both show and tell you about the featured tools, techniques, and people.
They plan to offer 12 issues of reFresh per year for only $99 and they invite you and your members to download the PDF (162 MB) for free and tell us what you think by completing the survey and those who do by July 31, 2008 will receive a free copy of Nash Editions: Photography and the Art of Digital Printing: a $50 value!
The goal with this new magazine is to "refresh" you creatively by helping you think about design and technology in a new way. We aim not only to instruct, but also to inspire. reFresh delivers an experience that goes beyond words and images—it's a digital magazine where you'll find video and audio clips that both show and tell you about the featured tools, techniques, and people.
They plan to offer 12 issues of reFresh per year for only $99 and they invite you and your members to download the PDF (162 MB) for free and tell us what you think by completing the survey and those who do by July 31, 2008 will receive a free copy of Nash Editions: Photography and the Art of Digital Printing: a $50 value!
