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Upcoming Meeting Schedule

February 16th: UNLV Paradise Campus, Room 512, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

March 15th: UNLV Paradise Campus, Room 511, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

April 19th: UNLV Paradise Campus, Room 511, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

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March 15th Meeting, Room 511 7pm-9pm2
Event posted Feb 22 by John J Olson in Event Calendar public
Title:
March 15th Meeting, Room 511 7pm-9pm
Date and Time:
March 15, 2010 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Address:
851 East tropicana ave las vegas, nv 89119
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Call-in Details:
Can't make it in person? Join us live via Adobe Connect at: http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/r36404688/
Speakers:
RobotLegs on Top of Gaia, by Jesse Warden (http://jessewarden.com & http://www.viddler.com/explore/JesterXL/videos/)

Learn how to integrate the RobotLegs MVCS framework on top of the Gaia Flash Framework.

What is RobotLegs?

RobotLegs is a MVCS framework for Flex & pure AS3 applications. You can use with Flash as well. I call it PureMVC done right. She’s still not at version 1, but is really close (docs in progress).

What is Gaia?

The Gaia Flash Framework is the Ruby on Rails for building Flash websites. You can code generate your entire Flash website in seconds. It has modules, SEO, page navigation, and deep-linking all built-in, amongst other things.

Why?

Gaia is great for building websites, but it’s just a platform for you to build on, a bunch of helpful scaffolding; it doesn’t prescribe a way to build your applications. Specifically, you have to write your own code for Business logic and Application/Domain logic. You still have to write code to hit back-end services, parse the returning XML/JSON/AMF, and act on that data.

This is where an application framework like RobotLegs comes in. You’re domain model goes in the Model classes, your Business logic goes in the Service classes, and your Domain/Application logic goes in your Commands & Mediators. You setup your shiz in your Context class(es), like PureMVC’s ApplicationFacade

Gaia builds your site, and RobotLegs makes it work with dynamic data.

Jesse Warden is a Flex & Flash Consultant. He’s worked on a variety of Flash & Flex projects, from small to Enterprise. He specializes in Agile processes, video, architecture, and disaster recovery. His art and agency background has given him an appreciation for design and a pragmatic viewpoint on development. Client list includes HBO, Disney, Ford, AOL, Boeing, Adobe, Bloomberg, MapQuest, and many others.

Agenda:
Important: All attendees will receive one month free to Total Trainings Online Adobe Library. http://www.totaltraining.com/prod/adobe/

Keywords:
RobotLegs, Gaia, Jesse Warden

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March 15th Meeting -> Shaping up to be HUGE
Entry posted Mar 05 by John J Olson in Blog public

If you haven't already, you definitely want to mark down March 15th for the next Las Vegas Adobe User Group meeting.

Just coming to watch Jesse Warden present on Gaia and Robot Legs should be reason enough. We also have Robert Reinhardt coming to present on his new video encoding service. And if THAT wasn't enough, I'm expecting a few other Flash gurus to be present (hopefully). The amount of talent at this user meeting will be mind boggling!

We've lucked out this year because a lot of these gurus are coming to town for Microsoft's MIX conference to check out the competition. So technically, we can thank Microsoft for this opportunity. :)

And don't forget, everyone who shows up will get 30 days free access to Total Trainings online Adobe Library. Check it out at www.totaltraining.com
ActiveTuts: Getting a Grip on Alpha Channel Video in Flash
Entry posted Mar 03 by John J Olson in Blog public
5 Part video series by Tom Green on preparing video with alpha channel for use in Flash.

The creative uses for alpha channel video aren’t limited to your local weatherman. In this Basix installment I’m going to show you how to pull a key in After Effects CS4, how to create an alpha channel video in the Adobe Media encoder, how to use that video in Flash and then we’ll wind up the lesson looking at ways to creatively use alpha channel video in Flash.

Watch the videos at: http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/screencasts/getting-to-grips-with-alpha-channel-video/
ActiveTuts: How to Use the Document Class in Flash CS4
Entry posted Mar 02 by John J Olson in Blog public

Why Use Class Files?

I'll admit it - sometimes, coding entirely on the timeline is useful. It's a quick way to test out an effect, and the easiest way to sync actions to specific frames of an animation.

But for any project that relies more on code than on animation, there are serious disadvantages. All your ActionScript is trapped inside the FLA file; you can't split the programming between different developers, you have to copy and paste code if you want to re-use it, and you're forced to use Flash's Actions Panel.

Using class files sets your code free. And it's really no harder than coding on the timeline; it just involves a little more setup. I'll walk you through creating a Flash project that uses classes, then break down a class file in detail.

(Part of the reason we're switching to classes is to make it easier for AS3 developers that don't use Flash itself to follow our tutorials. If you're one of them, I expect you're used to dealing with classes already, but you can always read this Quick Tip as a refresher - just ignore the bits about Flash!)

Learn more about Document Class at : http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/actionscript/quick-tip-how-to-use-a-document-class-in-flash/
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Tonight (March 1st) - 7pm, UNLV Paradise Campus, Room 511

http://groups.adobe.com/posts/e4871b6b66

CSS Sprites

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Meet Synthia. She turns any photograph into music.
Entry posted Feb 23 by John J Olson in Blog public
http://music.almerblank.com/

Synthia is the first musical instrument to be released from Project Ludi at Almer/Blank Labs.

Project Ludi is a long-term endeavor based around the challenge of successful execution of cross-modal metaphors — translating from English into Russian has a certain set of challenges; translating English into a color, or a musical score, or a weather pattern has entirely another set of concerns. And that’s what Ludi is about.

As a part of Ludi, Synthia is an instrument that composes infinite musical canons by using software to translate pictures into a score, which is played back in real time with the mixing of pre-rendered audio files.

There are three important facts about Synthia:
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