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Adobe Illustrator Users Group LA - together with Los Angeles Flash Professional Group 2
Event posted on Nov 02 by chana Messer

Topic:

Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Flash Professional - Integration
Best Practices: Workflow from Illustrator to Flash

 
Speaker TBA

Topic:

Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Flash Professional - Integration -  Best Practices: Workflow from Illustrator to Flash

6:45 - 7:00 gathering, networking.

7:00 - 8:15 Presentation

8:15 Raffle, and goodies.

8:30-8:40 Hugs!!!

Adobe Touch Apps Workflow - Your studio anywhere 1
Event posted on Aug 22 by chana Messer

Chana Messer, Adobe User Group Manager, ACE/ACI/ACP Adobe Freelance Group and influencer. Artist. Designer.

www.chanamesser.com

Adobe Touch Applications -Demo and Workflow.

Adobe Photoshop Touch Adobe IDEAS Adobe Proto Adobe Collage

Adobe Debut Adobe Kuller.

RSVP: 

http://ailatouchapps.eventbrite.com/

Adobe Illustrator User's Group Los Angeles - First Meeting - June 11 1
Event posted on Apr 17 by chana Messer

David Macy - Adobe Illustrator Product Manager

Video Symphony

Chana Messer - ACE/ACI/UGM

7:30- 8:00 

Mingle, Network, Coffee

8:00 - 8:15

Welcome:

Video Symphony Representative/Adobe

8:15-9:15

All about the group

Adobe Illustrator -CS4 new time saving features

http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/features/?view=toptimesavers

9:15-9:30

Q&A/Raffle

Future meetings.

Adobe Illustrator Users Group LA - Win Adobe Creative Suite CS5.5! 1
Event posted on Apr 11 by chana Messer

Milka Broukhim

Kinematic Typography: how to get your hands dirty with typography and evoke emotions from print to motion.

Milka will showcase a series of very exciting and dynamic hands-on experimentation done with type "out side the box". She will present works by her and her students exploring and discovering innovative design strategies and various methodologies to conceive of new findings. The experimental work evokes gripping emotions which are then revealed through the dynamism of motion to visually tell us its compelling story.

Speaker Bio:

Visual communication designer & educator born in Iran and raised in California. 
M.F.A.: Art Center College of Design 
Thesis: "Kinematic Typography: essence in motion", experimental typography in motion capturing the essence of a film through type & its movement in print, short videos & digital animation pieces. Researched the effect of typography on screen as opposed to typography on the printed page.

B.A.: University California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Fine Arts & Design

AWARDS+PRESENTATIONS:
Honorary winner recipient of the Digital Media Film Festival, the After Effects West Film Festival Award Winning Design For “Kinematic Typography” {work recognized “most amazing work”}, and the International Association of Business Communicators ACE Awards. Work published and showcased: "Your Face Too! More of the Best Interactive Interface Designs", Kellogg University Art Gallery in Pomona, Art Center College of Design Gallery, Metro Gallery in Pasadena. Speaker and panelist: The Dynamic Typography Symposium sponsored by AIGA/Art Center, TypeCon08, Buffalo, NY, TypeCon2010, La, CA.

CLIENTS: 
Art Center College of Design, PUSH Offices, Disney Creative Resources, Ernst & Young, Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics America Inc., AND Communications Inc., Synapse Technologies Inc. (with late Bob Able), Sussman/Prejza Company, UCLA Lab School.

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR:
Art Center College of Design, Otis College of Design, Art Institute of California, California State University of Pomona and Long Beach, and UCLA: Design|Media Art department. Teaching typography & visual communication design and concept.

Specialties

Typography | Concept & Design | Visual Problem Solver | Print, Motion and Web Media | Letterpress | Photography | Experimental Typography and Creative Innovations.

Chana Messer

Artist, Designer, Adobe Community Expert, Software Evangelist.

www.chanamesser.com

The power of smart Objects and Smart Filters

Using 3D Effect in Illustrator and refining it in Adobe photoshop

Using the new Puppet tool and combining it with vector effects.

Creating Vector Mask - in Photoshop

Creating Opacity Mask in Illustrator

Working with Brushes in Adobe Illustrator and refining them in Pghotoshop as a smart Object...and much more!

6:45-7:00  Sign in. 

7:00 - 7:10  Group news, Chana Messer, Andrew Kutchera Adobe Illustrator users Groups Managers.

7:10 - 7:50  Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop - Presentation Speaker: Chana Messer

7:50 - 8:00 Break. Networking.

8:00 -8:45 Presentation Milka Broukhim

8:45:9:00 Q& A 

Raffle, A change to win Adobe Creative Suite CS5.5

Next Meeting in June Adobe Creative Suite CS5.5 Camp - more details to follow!

If h is a chair… The Experimental Typography of Andrew Byrom
Event posted on Jan 09 by andrewkutchera

Designer Bio:

Andrew Byrom is a British-born graphic designer based in Los Angeles.

His current work explores the conventions of typographic design in three dimensions, using unfamiliar applications, materials and processes to define new forms. Although his work adheres closely to typographic principles (uniformed x-height, structure etc.), it also addresses more architectural considerations including physical strength and structural integrity.
This development has led to a natural foray into the field of environmental graphic design, where he has begun collaborating on projects for the built environment.
Byrom’s clients have included The New York Times Magazine, Penguin Books, Sagmeister Inc., AIGA Los Angeles, A+D Museum, and UCLA Extension. His work has been exhibited in design venues across the United States, Europe and Asia, and has been honored by The Type Directors Club and the AIGA.

Andrew Byrom is also a tenured Professor, teaching typography and graphic design history, at California State University Long Beach.
www.andrewbyrom.com

Please RSVP at the eventbrite page:http://ailajanuary.eventbrite.com

Free parking in the garage below building.

If h is a chair… The Experimental Typography of Andrew Byrom
Event posted on Jan 08 by andrewkutchera

Designer Bio:

Andrew Byrom is a British-born graphic designer based in Los Angeles.

His current work explores the conventions of typographic design in three dimensions, using unfamiliar applications, materials and processes to define new forms. Although his work adheres closely to typographic principles (uniformed x-height, structure etc.), it also addresses more architectural considerations including physical strength and structural integrity.
This development has led to a natural foray into the field of environmental graphic design, where he has begun collaborating on projects for the built environment.
Byrom’s clients have included The New York Times Magazine, Penguin Books, Sagmeister Inc., AIGA Los Angeles, A+D Museum, and UCLA Extension. His work has been exhibited in design venues across the United States, Europe and Asia, and has been honored by The Type Directors Club and the AIGA.

Andrew Byrom is also a tenured Professor, teaching typography and graphic design history, at California State University Long Beach.
www.andrewbyrom.com

Please RSVP at the eventbrite page:http://ailajanuary.eventbrite.com

Free parking in the garage below building.

Adobe Illustrator User's Group: Social Media and the movie 'Helvetica'
Event posted on Jun 11 by andrewkutchera

You are invited to join us on Thursday, July 14th for a summer social. Our host Border Stylo will present their first product, Glass, which is a browser add-on for Firefox, Chrome and Safari that creates a virtual canvas over the entire internet. With this canvas – or virtual glass – you can literally place notes on top of any website and share them with whom you choose. This is just the beginning, as soon, you'll be able to place photos, video files, or anything else your heart desires, on top of the websites of your choosing – everything is in context.Visit http://borderstylo.com or writeonglass.com for more information. 

Additionally, we will show the documentary 'Helvetica' about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture, followed by a discussion. As always, there will be opportunities to mingle with Adobe and creative communities. Enjoy free food provided partially by G.F.C. / Good Food Catering of Santa Monica. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/GFC-Good-Food-Catering/221021750482?v=wall.

Please RSVP on the Adobe Illustrator / LA Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adobe-Illustrator-Users-Group-Los-Angeles/151229849377?ref=ts

Day+Time: Thursday, July 14 from 7 to 9:30pm

Location: BORDER STYLO // 729 Seward Street Los Angeles, California 90027 (Near Melrose and Highland) 

There is plenty of free street parking!

A One Evening Special Event brought to you by the LA Web Professionals Group...Two Shots of Photoshop with Jack Davis and Jane Conner-ziser!
Event posted on Jun 05 by andrewkutchera

Take two Photoshop legends, stir in photographic artistry, heavy splashes of Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw, and pour on top of rock solid, time-saving techniques, and you have a evening that will spin your mind and rocket your work to the next level!

In just one evening you'll learn invaluable tips and techniques for everything from Image Compositing for web design to Portrait Retouching to Passionate Painting to Expressive Enhancing—using all versions of Photoshop and Lightroom—but especially with the incredible life-savers available throughout CS5 and Lightroom 3. From the retouching miracles of Content-Aware Fill and Puppet Warp, to the life-changing photo optimizing and enhancing speed of the new Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom, to the profitable painting possibilities of the new Mixer Brush—this double-shot, topic-packed seminar by Jack & Jane will have you up to speed, slashing deadlines, and adding to your bottom line in no time!

This evening seminar is focused on both the principles and practices of making your photographic images visually and technically more beautiful, more memorable, and more motivating, from capture to print. Jack & Jane will walk you step-by-step through incredible new technologies made possible with Adobe's CS5. Attendees will get the best of both worlds, from Jack's streamlined Quality, Flexibility, and Speed workflow automation techniques to Jane's fine art photography theory and practical retouching processes for making incredible images that go way beyond pixel deep. Attendees will see how great photography happens using the best equipment, products, and processes in the industry. From capture to print, exposure to color management, and all of the magic in between, you can make art happen whenever and wherever you desire.

The goal is to leave inspired, and the ability to quickly make images that are unmistakably crafted by a professional photographer and digital artist. This seminar is designed for you to make money easier with images that start selling themselves from first glance, with the understanding that you need a streamlined workflow of real-world, studio-tested image optimizing, enhancing, retouching, and processing techniques, distilled down to their most potent and practical essentials. So name your poison (tequila, espresso, or wheatgrass!)—this intense and insightful "Two Shots of Photoshop" seminar with two of the world's leading experts will have you equipped, amped, and ready to dramatically improve how you DO Photoshop!

Here are just some of the topics Jack and Jane will cover:

Miraculous Retouching and Enhancing in Photoshop CS5 and it's companion program Adobe Camera RAW:
Instant Four-Step Tango Optimizing
Smart Objects and Smart Filter Recipes
Layer Styles
Hand Tinting and Coloring Effects
Antiquing and Sepia Effects
Cloning, Replacing and Removing
Portrait Optimizing & Enhancing
Dodging & Burning and Masking
Graduated Neutral Density & Color Effects
Lens Correction with Profiles
Sharpening and Noise Reduction
Instant Targeted Tone and Color Correction
Content-Aware Fill Lifesavers
Reposing a Portrait After the Fact with Puppet Warp
Mixer Brush Painting Enhancements
How to Create Instant Ambiance
Retouching and Filling in Hair
Fixing and Whitening Teeth
Shaping Light After the Shoot
And Putting It All Together!
  

Adobe Users Groups Lo Angeles - CS5.5 Launch
Event posted on May 05 by chana Messer

Paul Trani

Paul Trani is a Developer Evangelist for Adobe focusing on the Flash Platform and Creative Suite workflows.

Paul Trani is an widely recognized speaker and 15-year veteran of the interactive design and development scene. Paul currently works as an Adobe Developer Evangelist, traveling the world, seeking out every opportunity to make life easier for designers and developers, using Adobe tools.  Paul focuses on showing designers and developers how to use Flash and HTML5 to be more productive and create internationally award-winning work for Interactive content.

For more information:www.paultrani.com

Aaron Houston:

Adobe Users Group Community Manager.

http://blogs.adobe.com/community/

We will post more information on a specila community page. More details to come.

Free event. Raffle. Free Food. a chance to meet people and network. A chance to meet all the users group managers in Los Angeles and join our community.

Gridiron Software - BORDER STYLO- GLASS
Event posted on Oct 28 by chana Messer

Part 1:

Border STYLO

The creative team of Border STYLO will present:   The Story of Glass.
 Glass is a browser add-on that lets you share experiences instead of just content.
Join the creative team of Border Stylo presenting the story of Glass and revealing the program .
http://borderstylo.com/

Part 2:

Gridiron Software

Dave Gillespie - Gridiron Software

Will be presenting the exiting new Project Operating System delivered through a new iteration of the award winning software Flow.The dynamics of Flow have drastically changed from the core technology all the way to the business and deployment models. All the great features the Creative Community loved in Flow v1 will soon be available in a fully scalable workgroup aware tool that harnesses the power of the internet to enable collaborative workflow.  Come see this exiting demonstration and learn how Flow 2 can help you better understand the complexity of your team's workflow without interfering with the core creative process.
http://www.gridironsoftware.com/

A CHANCE TO WIN ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE CS5

Free Parking. Free Food. Raffle.

Bring a friend and recieve an extra raffle ticket.

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