LAdobe :: Los Angeles Adobe User Group

September 23rd: HTML5 and the Future of Web Design

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Join LAdobe on Thursday night, August 26th at 7pm at Border Stylo at 729 Seward St. in Hollywood. Parking is available on the street for free after 6pm and the agency also has a private lot they may open for members to park as well. Remember, all LAdobe events and meetings are always free to attend with no RSVP required.

For our September meeting we are excited to offer a special night focusing on the future of Web Design. Mainly around HTML5 which is slowly becoming a web standard. With all the changes going on in web design from new standard to designing for devices, all web designers and developers need to keep up.

With that in mind, we have two presenters who have new ideas that will change the way you design for the web. We’ll start out with James Lee of Stiqr, which is a new way to update your web design straight from a browser using AJAX-based Drag and Drop tools. Even CMS sites created in WordPress can be updated on the fly, on the road, with this new app.

Finally, we’re pleased to bring along Amit Patel of Amit Patel Designs and Studio 314 in Hollywood. Amit will explain HTML5 and it’s new tags in detail. Amit has spoken at Adobe MAX and other major conferences on the future of web design and we’re pleased to have him share his viewpoints on this special night.

We’ll have a number of HTML5 related books to give away from all our major publishing sponsors as well Photoshop plugins from Alien Skin Software. We’ll also have free beverages from Function as well as Groundwork Coffee provided by Border Stylo. So we hope to see you in Hollywood at Border Stylo on the 23rd!

LAdobe now on Facebook

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Had to happen eventually but not LAdobe has it’s own Facebook Fan Page! Come check it out, Like it and then learn even more about our events, speakers and participate in polls, questions and a lot more. We don’t plan to make this page stagnant but intend to provide even more ways for the local Adobe creative and technical community to connect. While it certainly won’t replace our main website, it will provide another way for us all to virtually connect. Come join us and like us today!

Adobe announces Web Fonts via Typekit

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blog Adobe announces Web Fonts via TypekitGreat news for web designers who are font freaks. Adobe just announced an alliance with Typekit to provide the ability to incorporate some of Adobe’s most popular typefaces for use in websites without having to create individual JPEG, GIF or PNG graphics. Popular fonts like Myriad, Minion, Bickham Script, Hypatia Sans and Chapparal have been added as part of the 16 typefaces incorporated in the initial release.

For more information and to view the entire list, go to Adobe’s Web Fonts page or Typekit’s Adobe foundry list.

Adobe MAXtopia: Design a Tee, Win CS5

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102header Adobe MAXtopia: Design a Tee, Win CS5Want to win a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 5 and create one funky t-shirt as well? Now you can! Between now and August 29th, Threadless Tees is doing a contest promotion with Adobe called Threadless MAXtopia. The challenge of MAXtopia is to design an awesome tee inspired by MAXtopia: the celebration of nature + technology! If your shirt design is chosen, you’ll walk away with a copy of CS5 Design Premium Bundle, the ability to have opportunity to create a design variation for a limited print run at the Adobe MAX conference, a $500 Threadless Gift Certificate (which can also be redeemed for $200 cash and $2,000 in cash from Threadless! Go here to learn more about the contest and let’s see if one of LA’s most fashion forward designers can create the best T-Shirt at MAX!

August 26: Video Night with After Effects and Soundbooth

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Join LAdobe on Thursday night, August 26th at 7pm at Key Code Media at 1004 Santa Monica Blvd. in Santa Monica. Parking is available on the street for free after 6pm. Remember, all LAdobe events and meetings are always free to attend with no RSVP required.

For our August meeting we are excited to offer our first video night in a long time! Actually, you’ll first learn a bit about audio production as our User Group Manager, dataTV’s Adam Bell, will show you a hidden gem in Creative Suite’s Production Bundle, Soundbooth. Adobe Soundbooth is a way to professionally edit audio like most of the leading producers use. In this session, Adam will show you how to create a ringtone from an audio track, edit it down, add some filters to improve the sound and much more. It’s our first Soundbooth session and it will provide a point of entry for anyone looking to get into audio production. Adam will also review the previous week’s FITC/SF and all of Adobe’s announcements from the keynotes to the floor.

JF Wacom Mug 250 August 26: Video Night with After Effects and SoundboothFor our main presentation, we are pleased to offer book author and head of Ojai’s Pixel Painter, Jeff Foster. Jeff will do a major deep dive into the new features of After Effects CS5 which produces most of the motion graphics seen in film and TV. If you’ve ever been interested in broadcast design and animation, this is going to be a special night for you to learn how incredible this application is. If you were at our meeting in May, no better authority than Photoshop Cafe’s Colin Smith gave Jeff high marks for his knowledge and presentation skills. So it will be a very memorable meeting.

We’ll have a number of After Effects and other video related books to give away from all our major publishing sponsors as well as After Effects plugins from Digital Anarchy and Photoshop plugins from Alien Skin Software. We’ll also have free beverages from Function. So we hope to see you in Santa Monica at Key Code Media on the 26th!

Illustrator CS5 training hits LA

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For those interested in learning more about the facets of Adobe Illustrator CS5, LA Illustrator’s Chana Messer now offers training through Accelerated Computer Training down in Long Beach. These two day courses will take place each and every month and will provide a thorough understanding of the powerful capabilities of the tool. Learn more about the classes and signup here.

Adobe MAX hits downtown LA: October 23-27

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index marquee thumb 500x162 3248 Adobe MAX hits downtown LA: October 23 27Once again, Adobe is bringing its’ biggest event of the year, the annual Adobe MAX conference, to downtown Los Angeles at the Conventino Center. For almost an entire week, the greatest minds in the creative and technical worlds will converge to learn and share their knowledge of anything and everything in Adobe related products to the masses.  And you, the LAdobe members will get to benefit! You’ll see some of the best speakers, teachers and presenters showcase the latest Adobe products and how to integrate the new features of Creative Suite 5 into your design and website programming toolbox. Not to mention the nighttime Birds of a Feather sessions and the amazing party like last year at Nokia Pleza at LA Live. It promises to be one amazing event and we hope you can join us at LAdobe while you’re there. Passes start at $200 for the 3 day Exhibit Floor passes, to one day passes and of course, the entire she-bang. Group discounts are also available.

When you do sign up, we hope you’ll show LAdobe some love as during the signup process on Page 2, they will ask for the User Group you support. Suggest LAdobe as the group and Adam Bell as your Group Leader. Why is this important? Because Adobe wants to see representation of active User Group Communities in each city and this will prove LA has a viable community and that they’ll renew their lease with the Los Angeles Convention Center and MAX will return on a regular basis. Who needs Vegas or San Francisco when we can have the event here and Adobe can  bring more business to a city and region that desperately needs it. A little extra typing will make a big difference.

And if you’ve already signed for MAX and feel like it’s now to late to share that love, don’t worry. You still can! Just go to your MAX profile and update your information to include LAdobe as your Useer Group. Then resave your profile. Simple as that.

We look forward once again to meet and greet the best in the Adobe stratosphere at MAX in late October. And keep checking out our site for update on MiniMAX X on October 27th. It’s LAdobe’s way of giving back to the local Adobe community.