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Flash Professional CC - Reborn!
Event posted on May 23 by johnbarrett

Joseph Labrecque is senior interactive software engineer for the University of Denver specializing in the creation of expressive desktop, web, and mobile solutions. His work incorporates a strong focus on the Adobe Flash Platform alongside more general web standards initiatives involving the use of HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and related technologies. He is also the proprietor of Fractured Vision Media, LLC; a digital media production company, technical consultancy, and distribution vehicle for a variety of creative works. Joseph is author of a number of written and recorded publications for organizations which include Lynda.com, Peachpit, Packt, O'Reilly, and video2brain. He speaks regularly at conferences such as Adobe MAX, 360|Stack, and a variety of community user groups while serving as an Adobe Education Leader and Adobe Community Professional.

Boasting a totally new 64-bit architecture and dark user interface, Flash Professional CC rises to become a new foundation for Flash platform tooling and beyond. Adobe has rebuild Flash Professional to be the best asset creation and expressive animationa nd interaction tool available. In this session, Joseph Labrecque will present a brief history of the project, a rundown of the new features in this release, and examine integration with the Creative Cloud.

Features we will cover:
 - Raw HD Video Export
 - Targeting HTML Canvas and Google DART 
 - New Code Editor
 - Drawing, User Interface, and Timeline Enhancements
 - Custom Metadata APIs
 - Adobe Scout Integration

Stage3D and AGAL
Event posted on May 13 by johnbarrett

Daniel Freeman:

Daniel is a British software developer currently living in Asia. He started programming computers at the age of 14 with a special interest in graphics and games programming. By the time he was 18, he had published programs and utilities in British computer magazines.  

Daniel's experience of mobile telephony goes back to his early career when he was involved in the creation of the first GSM Mobile standard. He is the inventor of a significant patent for Voice Activity Detection. This algorithm, and its derivatives, have been implemented into billions of devices. Through his cutting-edge work at British Telecom Research Laboratories, Daniel became the youngest ever recipient of BT’s “IPU4+” award for patented inventions.  

A well-regarded Flash Platform expert, Adobe Community Professional, consultant, and trainer. He is the author of numerous technical papers, an avid blogger, and contributor to Flash Platform community discussions and tutorials. Within the Flash Platform community, he is best well known for the development of the popular MadComponents, and MC3D Open Source frameworks.  

http://www.danielfreeman.asia

Gary Paluk:

I'm a senior software developer working for eeGeo. I'm currently working on http://www.recce.at . I'm also working on a personal project, a 3D engine called Zest3D http://www.youtube.com/zest3d . I have been working with flash for about 12 years and specialized in the development of tooling, framework architecture, structure and patterns. Zest3D was a project aimed at me learning 3D math and concepts to industry standards. 

This month the Hawaii Flash User Group will feature Daniel Freeman, and Gary Paluk. The meeting will be live on-line through. You can see the event at the flowing URL: 
http://experts.adobeconnect.com/hawaiiflash/

Daniel Freeman's talk:

This presentation is intended to provide a beginners insight to using Stage3D directly, without the use of a 2D or 3D framework. We start by introducing fundamental principles of 3D graphics. 

1. Principles 3D graphics: 
* Vertices, Triangles, Meshes 
* Winding, Backface culling 
* Depth Buffering 
* Transformations 
* Perspective Transforms 

2. Introduction to AGAL 
* GPU Programmable Pipeline 
* Vertex Shaders and Fragment Shaders 
* Interpolation Registers 
* Other AGAL Registers 
* AGAL Instructions 

3. Writing AGAL Shaders 
* Solid Colour Fill 
* Gradient Fill 
* Rotation Transformation 
* Gradient Cube 
* Texture Cube 
* Simple Light Source 
* Phong Shader 

4. Extrude and Lathe 
* Procedurally generated corridors and rooms

Gary Paluk Talk:

"Build your own 3D Engine". It could be broken down into: 

- Vector and matrix primer 
- Tips to learning 3D math 

= BEGIN LIVE CODING = 
- Vectors and matrices 
- Vector displacement and space 
- Geometry representation and meta data 
- Programmable vertex and fragment shaders 
- Control systems and modern device interfaces 
= END LIVE CODING = 

- AAA engine features and scalable design 

Mimi Camp, part #1
Event posted on Apr 10 by johnbarrett

Michael Plank - Insights into the development process of Starforce Delta

Joseph Labrecque - Flash and AIR in Education

Tonight's meeting is a breif introduction to the Flash Camp Hawaii. We will have all the speakers give a brief talk about thier flash camp topic. This way you get a feeling what the camp will be about, and to see the speakers in action.

Joseph Labrecque talk - Flash and AIR in Education

Flash has always been an important enabler for education and with the current emphasis on gaming in both the Flash Platform and in educational gamification -  it's a good idea to keep up with what the platform now offers in terms of gaming frameworks for both teaching and learning. After this session, you will come away with a clearer perspective of these new frameworks and workflow options.

This session is an overview/preview of the upcoming session "Using Adobe Gaming Tools for Education" which will cover the following:

 •  Flash Gaming focus rundown

.•  Adobe Game Developer Tools overview

 • Setting up a Starling view within our project.

 •  Implementing Feathers UI components and layout structures.

 •  Optimizing and profiling gaming content across devices with Adobe Scout.

 •  Targeting a variety of output options, screens, and devices.

Michael Plank talk - Insights into the development process of Starforce Delta

Michael will show us the insights into the development process of Starforce Delta, an epic cross platform Flash 3D action game

Description: 

Michael and his team are now working for over two years on Starforce Delta, an epic Flash 3D action space game for the browser and mobile devices. Michael will share his experience and learnings not only from a technical side, but also from the business side, since he and his two co-founders have founded the startup company Pro 3 Games to kick this project off.

 
In his talk, Michael will cover workflows between 3D artists and developers, important tools and techniques as well as their cross platform development process.

Play the game - https://www.starforcedelta.com

Create 3D in Illustrator
Event posted on Mar 13 by johnbarrett

Rafiq Elmansy is a Graphic Designer and Runs his own design agency Pixel Consultations, an Adobe Community Professional, Certified Expert and Adobe User Group Manager. He has written many articles for Adobe, Adobe Edge Magazine, and Community MX. He Owns graphic mania, as well and writes Graphic Design & Photoshop Articles for this site, ad is the Author of Photoshop 3D For Animators as well as IllustratorFoundations.

3d Illustrator:
Agenda:
In this session, we will cover the 3D features in Adobe Illustrator CS6, which allows you to build 3D objects on the artboard using the 3D Perspective guides and convert 2D objects into 3D and modify it. We will cover the following topics:
- the 3D Perspective tool in Adobe Illustrator
- The Extrude effect
- Turn 2D pathes to 3D objects using Revolve effect

Apache Flex 4.9 and The Flash Gaming Landscape
Event posted on Mar 12 by johnbarrett

Jun Heide,Joseph Labrecque

This meeting is being brought to you by the Rocy Mountain Adobe User Group

------------------ March Presentation Details (wrinten by RMAUG) ----------------------

Intro to Apache Flex 4.9 with Jun Heider

This session will give an introduction on Apache Flex 4.9. Learn about the state of Apache Flex. Discover what's new in Apache Flex 4.9. See how to get started developing with Apache Flex 4.9.

Adobe and the Flash Gaming Landscape with Joseph Labrecque

There have been a lot of changes with the Flash Platform over the past year or two – a lot of changes in the general web landscape in general. The role of Flash is shifting and Adobe is adapting to this shift by focusing engineering efforts, tooling, and community library support to the two areas in which Flash really excels: gaming and premium video experiences. In this session, we’ll have a look at the momentum behind Flash Gaming and see how Flash Builder 4.7, Flash Professional CS6, and Adobe Scout contribute to this momentum while taking advantage of the new Adobe Gaming SDK and the support of Stage3D libraries like Starling, Away3D, and Feathers. Interested in how to get started in game development with the Flash Platform? Don’t miss this session!

** Can't make it in person? No problem! Join this meeting via Adobe Connect! Here's How:

1 - Visit: http://realeyes.adobeconnect.com/rmaug

2 - 3:50 p.m. (Hawaiian Time): Sign in as a guest a few minutes before the meeting is set to start

3 - 4:00 p.m. (Hawaiian Time): Meeting Starts, enjoy!

About Us:

RMAUG is the Rocky Mountain Adobe Users Group located in the Denver Metropolitan area. Whether you are a seasoned developer, designer, or just starting out, you'll strengthen your community network, see the latest innovations, and learn the techniques to advance your digital discipline.

Stay in Touch:

Please follow @RMAUG & @CO_AUG on Twitter for up-to-date meeting announcements and other useful information about Adobe products!

Cross-platform 3D to the Max!
Event posted on Mar 11 by johnbarrett

3d Illustrator:
Agenda:
In this session, we will cover the 3D features in Adobe Illustrator CS6, which allows you to build 3D objects on the artboard using the 3D Perspective guides and convert 2D objects into 3D and modify it. We will cover the following topics:
- the 3D Perspective tool in Adobe Illustrator
- The Extrude effect
- Turn 2D pathes to 3D objects using Revolve effect

Cross-platform 3D to the Max!
With so many of today's digital platforms having built in 3D capabilities as standard, there has never been a better time to create 3D games for the casual user. But striking a good balance between performance and quality is something that requires a little more knowledge of the underlying systems to get right. From best practice design to neat coding tricks, this session explores the techniques at our disposal for wringing the best results out of any GPU accelerated system, using the popular open source framework Away3D to provide illustrative examples.

Becoming Adobe Certified Expert
Event posted on Dec 27 by johnbarrett

Rafiq Elmansy

In this session we will learn about how to prepare ourselves for the next Adobe certification exam presented by Rafiq Elmansy, Adobe certified expert and Adobe certification practice exam writer. This session will cover the basic skills that help you to plan and study for the exam and then move forward to the exam regsitration process. Also, we will learn the differen types of questions and how to practice them.

Agenda:

- How to study for the exam?

- Where to regsiter for the Adobe certification exam?

- What type of questions that are in the exam?

- What's next?

Starling Tips and Tricks
Event posted on Oct 28 by johnbarrett

Starling Tips & Tricks With Dave Gámez

Starling is a free Open Source Game Engine built on top of Adobe's Flash technology developed by Gamua the creators of the Sparrow Game Framework for iOS, it runs not only in the browser, but on all major mobile platforms out there, including iOS and Android. 

I've been using Starling in my last projects and learned a few tips & tricks that I want to share with You in the course of this meeting. 

Although Starling can be used for Desktop & Browser projects I'll be focusing on Starling for Mobile more specifically for the iOS platform, I will show You how to develop a simple game that runs on iPhone/iPad both in SD and HD resolutions using a single code base. 

Things we'll see on the meeting:

• How to set up your Starling project in FDT IDE. 
• Create and prepare your Textures using Texture Packer
• Set up your main class file so your game runs both on iPhone/iPad SD and Retina displays.
• Set up your Assets class so it grabs the proper texture based on the device your game is running. 
• Create and implement Bitmap Fonts for your game texts using Glyph Designer
• Test Debug and Profile your application both on the simulator and on physical devices. 
• Set up and export your final iOS application

See You there! 

http://experts.adobeconnect.com/hawaiiflash/

Dave's Slides - http://www.slideshare.net/swfgeek/starling-tips-and-tricks-talk-15323338

Meeting Recording - https://experts.adobeconnect.com/_a204547676/p2hpxzy967v/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal

After Effects and Flash 2
Event posted on Sep 23 by johnbarrett

Rafiq Elmansy

The time zone is in Hawaiian Time(HST)

In this session we will discuss the integration between Adobe Flash and After Effects and learn how to apply the After Effects animation presets and FX to the animation we create in Flash. This session will help you to extend your Flash animation capabilities and improve it with the great effects from After Effects.

You will learn:
1- Create animation in Flash
2- Export Flash animation to After Effects
3- Apply animation effects from After Effects
4- Export the final animation

My Intro Slides -

The recording is here -http://experts.adobeconnect.com/p2xo73q7lme/

Getting Familiar with Adobe Edge Animate 2
Event posted on Aug 29 by johnbarrett

Joseph Labrecque

With the rising popularity of using HTML & Friends for motion and basic activity on the web – wouldn’t it be great if there was a tool with familiar controls and workflow concepts that could be leveraged toward the creation of such content? 

Edge Animate is a new tool from Adobe which targets HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript to create the kind of compelling web experiences people have gotten used to (through use of the Adobe Flash Player); but with the ability to target the native browser environment across desktops and devices regardless of plugin support. 

This session aims to provide a solid overview of Edge Animate as a tool – and also place useful comparisons to similar applications such as Flash Professional, InDesign, and After Effects, when appropriate.

View this meeting on-line here:

http://experts.adobeconnect.com/hawaiiflash/

If you missed tonight's meeting, watch the recording:

http://experts.adobeconnect.com/p28uwsgh5uj/

My Intro Slides - http://hawaiiflash.org/meetings/edge.pdf

Joseph's Slides - http://hawaiiflash.org/meetings/edgeanimate_october.pdf

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