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May 10 at 2:05pm | 0 comments
Adobe Developer WeekMay 10-14, 2010
 
During Developer Week, learn about the Adobe® Flash® Platform, including Adobe® Flex®, Adobe® Flash® Builder™, Adobe® AIR®, Adobe® Flash® Player, and how it integrates with Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 technologies. This weeklong event features free, live webinars presented by Adobe technology experts. See live demos and have your questions answered by the experts during interactive Q&A sessions.
 
Register and attend whichever sessions suit your needs and you will be eligible to win a copy of Flash Builder 4 Premium Edition or Creative Suite 5 Web Premium. One person per session will be selected to receive Adobe® Flash® Builder™ 4 (total of twenty for the week). Three winners will be selected from overall attendance to each receive one license to Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium™.
 
Details and Signup here.

May 10 at 10:20am | 0 comments
Fireworks on the BayWhat is "Flash Catalyst CS5” and why do I care?
Tuesday May 18th, 6:30 PM San Francisco

Flash Catalyst CS5 allows you to add rich interactivity and animation to your FW/PS, or AI designs without writing code. Flash Catalyst developer Adam Cath will show you how to turn a static mockup into a living, breathing user experience which can flow directly into production – no slicing or rebuilding necessary.
Adam has been working on Flash Catalyst since the project began in 2007, after working on the Flex SDK and AIR. On the side, he is an amateur graphic designer and runs a university course shopping website (mochacourses.com). He also plays the trumpet in SF salsa band Conjunto Picante (myspace.com/conjuntopicante).
 
Since we have an Adobe Speaker, we will be giving away a copy of Adobe CS5 Web Premium as well as 2 copies of VMware Fusion 3! Also many other prizes available but you must be present to win!
 
For online attendee's this meeting will be broadcasted live via connect here- http://bit.ly/fotbfc
 
To RSVP (attend in person) and details click here.

May 10 | 0 comments
Photoshop WebcastsJoin Scott Kelby and RC Concepcion on Wednesday, May 12 at 10am (US/Pacific) for a special hour as they show you the new key Photoshop CS5 features, along with lots of little tweaks, fixes, and enhancements that not only speed your work, but make your time in Photoshop faster and more fun. They'll also cover everything from how to leverage the 64-bit power of Photoshop CS5 and how to configure for the best results. Plus, the experts from Dell, NVIDIA, and Adobe will be availalbe to answer your hardware and Photoshop-specific questions. Register here.

Then on Friday, May 14 at 3:00pm (EDT/EST) Dave Cross and Matt Kloskowski will be teaching an Exclusive NAPP Member Live Webcast showing you the best of Photoshop CS4 and CS5 techniques. Please mark your calendar and check back for the link to the Webcast. If you forget, no problem, we'll be sending out more details in the May Newswire to you.

Apr 12 | 6 comments
Adobe Fireworks CS5Aside from the major performance, stability, install and memory enhancements here is my little list of most liked Adobe Fireworks CS5 items (new or updated).
  1. FXG 2.0 Specification Update: It may be an update, but imagine for a moment every Adobe application offerring full round-tripping capability (like Illustrator CS5 offers) with this graphic format. Sure could eliminate the Import/Export file format juggling! Fireworks CS5 FXG  export fidelity does a great job better and faster than in previous years of export to .psd or .eps.
  2. New Templates Workflow: Simplify document preset management according to the specification standard that best depicts your workflow. Use the pre-fab available templates or add to the list with your own, it's sure to speed up design implementation.
  3. Property Inspector Workflow Enhancements: This one actually contains a handful of useful additions (enhancements) into one group - found under the Property Inspector 'hood' workflow. Items like Lock Constraint Proportions, direct Stroke Options accessibility, the new Compound Shapes tools workflow and more. 
  4. Text Engine Updates: Tons of little enhancements give the Fireworks CS5 Text Engine a spark of power over previous versions. Be sure to check out the list below. 
  5. Layers, Pages, States Panel Improvements: Another group of enhancements I 'bulked' into a category mainly because they are tied into the Layers, Pages and States workflow. The best one here for me would be the Export Options Page/State (Selected, All, Current) available options.
Click here for details.
 

Apr 11 | 0 comments
Fireworks Diamond Patterns
10 trendy seamless (tiled) 'diamond' textures for Adobe® Fireworks®.
 
Add style to document/prototype backgrounds, web elements or incorporate them with image blends.

Click here to download.
 
 
 



Apr 09 at 1:45am | 0 comments
Monday May 3rd to Thursday May 6th
 
2010 Creative Suite Developer SummitJust when the Adobe CS5 buzz cools down Creative Suite Developers can get in on additional CS5 coolness.
 
A four day conference focusing specifically on tools and SDK’s for Creative Suite - space is limited to 200 in-person attendees, so if your planning on attending in person, be sure to register here. (Attending via Connect does not require registration)
 
For Summit schedule details click here.
 
 

Apr 09 | 0 comments
NAPP Learning CenterTune in this Monday (April 12th), after the global launch/announcement of Adobe CS5 (sign up for it here), for exclusive NAPP CS5 Learning Center material.
 
It promises to be jam packed with tutorials, interviews and NAPP member only 'Crash Course'.
 
Be sure to check the NAPP website after the CS5 buzz for details.
 
If your not a NAPP member and want a chance at a free 1 year membership opportunity, Elizabeth Gast has a membership giveaway happening right now. Head on over to her site for contest details.
 
 

Apr 06 at 11:35am | 0 comments
A simple step and repeat process for an endless array of custom shapes.
 
Step and Repeat Transformation
  • Start with a Custom Shape (Preset) Outline
  • Ctrl + Alt + T (Mac: Command + Option + T) to transform
  • Rotate, Scale or Adjust the center Reference Anchor and commit transformation
  • Ctrl + Shift + Alt + T (Mac: Command + Shift + Option + T) repeatedly for an array of repetitious overlays.
The normal use case for this step and repeat transformation is for creating symetrical or evenly spaced elements within the same vector object (or bitmaps) as demoed here at Planet Photoshop. But when duplicated and positioned you can create some pretty exotic shapes. See exaples below.
 
Exotic examples:
 
 
Give the process a go and have fun!

Apr 06 | 0 comments
On Tuesday April 20th (6:30 pm) Bruce Bowman, Firework's PM will be presenting Fireworks CS5 expect new features and improvements all around!

Also this will be Fire On The Bay's First meeting in Adobe Town Hall ! So please tell all your friends to come see the first user group presentation of Fireworks CS5.

Due to meeting in Town Hall it may not be broadcast via connect, stay tune for an update on that! Also since it is in the Town Hall the attendance cap has been removed, so if your a Fireworks fan you don't want to miss this night as we celebrate CS5 and thank the Fireworks team for all their hard work!

A copy of Creative Suite will be raffled away, as well as books, T-Shirts and other prizes.
 

Apr 05 at 9:00pm | 0 comments
Photoshop Pattern Pack 2A free set of Adobe® Photoshop® seamless (tiled) Patterns, free to use as you please.
 
Add style to document/prototype backgrounds, web elements or incorporate them with image blends.
 
Click here to download.
Click here for a quick guide to loading Photoshop pattern (.pat) files.
 
 
 
 
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