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LA Web Professionals Group June 2010 meeting - Illustrator CS5 Deep Dive featuring Chana Messer
Event posted on May 13 by Daniel Kramer

June 3, 2010 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

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Speaker Bio - Chana Messer:

Bio:
Teaching at the university level for over 20 years in the fields of fine art, life drawing, oil and acrylic on canvas, and papermaking, at Parsons College in NYC and at UCLA,  Chana turned her attention to advanced computer graphics and digital imaging, for which she has now been teaching some 15 years at UCLA, Otis College of Art & Design, California State University, and Santa Monica College.
Chana is the lead instructor for the UCLA Visual Arts Department, conducting specialized seminars on top of ongoing courses.  Similarly, she is the lead instructor for Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Consumer Products and Walt Disney Animation
Chana is an Adobe Certified Expert, and provides specialized training in Adobe Photoshop & Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe Elements, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat, as well as Corel Painter, Microsoft Power Point, and Apple Keynote.
Chana is part of the Adobe Professional Freelance Team,  Adobe Partners, Adobe Community Professional and an Adobe User Group Manager.  
As such she has been invited to present at Adobe events at Mac World and AIGA and other events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Tel Aviv, and others.
Chana is the owner of a small design company Mac in Art- from concept to Design, specializing in creating corporate identity, branding, movie poster and much more.
Chana is part owner of a small catering company G.F.C. in Santa Monica, and her food sponsors events like Adobe Groups meeting.
www.chanamesser.com

Teaching at the university level for over 20 years in the fields of fine art, life drawing, oil and acrylic on canvas, and papermaking, at Parsons College in NYC and at UCLA,  Chana turned her attention to advanced computer graphics and digital imaging, for which she has now been teaching some 15 years at UCLA, Otis College of Art & Design, California State University, and Santa Monica College.Chana is the lead instructor for the UCLA Visual Arts Department, conducting specialized seminars on top of ongoing courses.  Similarly, she is the lead instructor for Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Consumer Products and Walt Disney AnimationChana is an Adobe Certified Expert, and provides specialized training in Adobe Photoshop & Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe Elements, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat, as well as Corel Painter, Microsoft Power Point, and Apple Keynote.Chana is part of the Adobe Professional Freelance Team,  Adobe Partners, Adobe Community Professional and an Adobe User Group Manager.  As such she has been invited to present at Adobe events at Mac World and AIGA and other events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Tel Aviv, and others.
Chana is the owner of a small design company Mac in Art- from concept to Design, specializing in creating corporate identity, branding, movie poster and much more.Chana is part owner of a small catering company G.F.C. in Santa Monica, and her food sponsors events like Adobe Groups meeting.www.chanamesser.com




LA Web Professionals Group May 2011 - Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Launch Meeting featuring Rick Miller
Event posted on Apr 15 by Daniel Kramer

May 11, 2011 06:30 PM - 09:00 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

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Rick Miller is a Senior Solutions Engineer for Education at Adobe Systems where he helps Adobe’s education customers find the solutions they need to enhance the pedagogical experiences of their students. 
Before working at Adobe Systems, Rick taught Photoshop/Digital Imaging at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and Digital Design at Cal Poly Pomona University, so he's cognizant of the unique challenges that face educators. Rick is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop, Lightroom, and Acrobat Connect. 
Additionally, Rick is an expert in color management. Moreover, Rick is a professional photographer who is certified on the Leaf and Phase One digital backs, and trains users on the Hasselblad digital back. Rick continues to consult with Law Enforcement agencies in the Forensic application of Photoshop.
Rick Miller is a Senior Solutions Engineer for Education at Adobe Systems where he helps Adobe’s education customers find the solutions they need to enhance the pedagogical experiences of their students. 
Before working at Adobe Systems, Rick taught Photoshop/Digital Imaging at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and Digital Design at Cal Poly Pomona University, so he's cognizant of the unique challenges that face educators. Rick is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop, Lightroom, and Acrobat Connect. 
Additionally, Rick is an expert in color management. Moreover, Rick is a professional photographer who is certified on the Leaf and Phase One digital backs, and trains users on the Hasselblad digital back. Rick continues to consult with Law Enforcement agencies in the Forensic application of Photoshop.




LA Web Professionals Group July 2010 meeting - Photoshop CS5 From Concept to Creation by Stephen Burns
Event posted on Jun 08 by Daniel Kramer

July 1, 2010 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

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Stephen Burns:
Stephen Burns (www.chromeallusion.com) is the president Of The San Diego
Photoshop Users Group (www.sdphotoshopusers.com) and most recent instructor
to the Light Photo Workshops (www.lightworkshops.com).
He has written the following books:
Author of "Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX" (Soon to be released) Author of "The
Art Of Poser 8  Pro & Photoshop CS5" (Soon to be released) Author of "The
Art Of Poser & Photoshop" 
Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & FX"
Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX" 
Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trickery & FX" 
Author of "Photoshop CS Trickery & FX" 
He has discovered the same passion for the digital medium as he has for
photography as an art form. His background began as a photographer 28 year
ago and in time, progressed toward the digital medium. His artistic
influences include the great Abstractionists & the Surrealists including
Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko,
Mark Tobey, and Lenore Fini, to name a few.
Stephen Burns has been a corporate instructor and lecturer in the
application of digital art and design for the past 12 years. He has been
exhibiting digital fine art internationally at galleries such as Durban Art
Museum in South Africa, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama, Japan, and CECUT
Museum Of Mexico to name a few. Part of his exhibiting won him 1st place in
the prestigious Seybold International digital arts contest.
He teaches Digital Manipulation Workshops in the San Diego and is an
instructor on http://training.xtrain.com/faculty/show/Stephen+Burns  .  
You will often see him as an instructor at Siggraph 2010 (www.Siggraph.org)
in Los Angeles.

About Stephen Burns:
Stephen Burns (www.chromeallusion.com) is the president Of The San DiegoPhotoshop Users Group (www.sdphotoshopusers.com) and most recent instructorto the Light Photo Workshops (www.lightworkshops.com).
He has written the following books:
Author of "Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX" (Soon to be released) Author of "TheArt Of Poser 8  Pro & Photoshop CS5" (Soon to be released) Author of "TheArt Of Poser & Photoshop" Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & FX"Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX" Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trickery & FX" Author of "Photoshop CS Trickery & FX" 
He has discovered the same passion for the digital medium as he has forphotography as an art form. His background began as a photographer 28 yearago and in time, progressed toward the digital medium. His artisticinfluences include the great Abstractionists & the Surrealists includingJackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko,Mark Tobey, and Lenore Fini, to name a few.
Stephen Burns has been a corporate instructor and lecturer in theapplication of digital art and design for the past 12 years. He has beenexhibiting digital fine art internationally at galleries such as Durban ArtMuseum in South Africa, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama, Japan, and CECUTMuseum Of Mexico to name a few. Part of his exhibiting won him 1st place inthe prestigious Seybold International digital arts contest.
He teaches Digital Manipulation Workshops in the San Diego and is aninstructor on http://training.xtrain.com/faculty/show/Stephen+Burns  .  
You will often see him as an instructor at Siggraph 2010 (www.Siggraph.org)in Los Angeles.




LA Web Professionals Group together with the Illustrator User Group Los Angeles October Meeting - Creating Engaging Websites with Dreamweaver CS5 & CSS featuring Chris Converse
Event posted on Sep 14 by Daniel Kramer

October 27, 2010 06:15 PM - 09:15 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

Chris Converse is a graphic designer and multimedia developer specializing in web design and development, interactive media, print, motion graphics, and CD-ROMs. Converse is co-founder of Codify Design Studio (codifydesign.com), which specializes in both graphic design and the technologies that make the design happen across media. Codify standardizes on many Adobe technologies, from developing rich-media PDF files that leverage dynamic Flash applications, to Ajax-based web solutions built on Adobe's Spry framework.




LA Web Professionals Group - Social Gathering Mixer Tuesday Sept 7, 2010 at Sheddy's Beer & Wine Bar
Event posted on Aug 23 by Daniel Kramer

September 7, 2010 07:00 PM - 10:00 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

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LA Web Professionals Group August 2010 meeting - Flexible Web Design with Dreamweaver CS5 & RAW Image Processing with Lightroom 3
Event posted on Jul 14 by Daniel Kramer

August 12, 2010 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

Deb Shadovitz - http://www.shadovitz.com

Michael Pliskin




A One Evening Special Event brought to you by the LA Web Professionals Group - Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Tour Featuring Adobe’s Top CS Evangelists
Event posted on Jul 29 by Daniel Kramer

August 31, 2011 06:00 PM - 10:00 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

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Greg Rewis
Greg Rewis is the Principal Evangelist for Adobe Systems, focusing on Adobe's open web products and technologies such as HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. With over 20 years of computer industry experience, Greg spends in excess of 200 days of the year on the road, talking with customers, giving product demonstrations at seminars, and speaking at industry conferences.
Greg has been passionate about the web since putting his first "home page" online in 1994. His career has taken him around the world, from the early days of desktop publishing, to a start-up in Hamburg, Germany, the glory days of the web at Macromedia and finally his current role at Adobe.
The original GoLive Cyberstudio Product Manager and former Dreamweaver Technical Product Manager, Greg is the co-author of "Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3" and "Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS4" published by New Riders, as well as a regular contributor to industry publications.
Follow Greg on Twitter @garazi.
Jason Levine
Jason Levine
Jason Levine, Principal Worldwide Creative Suite Evangelist, Video & Audio Tools, travels the globe educating and promoting Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium. Levine has conducted training/workflow sessions for some of the top broadcast corporations in Europe and Asia including BBC, RTL and SVT.
Prior to Adobe, Jason was a full-time recording engineer working in studios coast-to-coast, engineering hundreds of recordings in a multitude of genres, prompting the formation of BoodahJooMusic Publishing.
Since 2005, Jason has presented to more than 100,000 people, from San Francisco to Sydney and everywhere in between.
Follow Jason on Twitter at @beatlejase.
Paul Trani
Paul Trani
Paul Trani is a 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 of course. Paul focuses on showing designers and developers how to use Flash and HTML5 to be more productive and produce award-winning interactive content across dekstop, browser and mobile devices.
In addition to his work as an evangelist, Paul has been an Adobe Certified Instructor for over a decade and has developed courseware since the "Macromedia" days. A prolific trainer, Paul has earned "top author" status atLynda.com with seven best-selling titles, and has created a constant stream of content for AdobeTV as well as for his own show, "Flash CS5: Training with Trani." When he's not creating video content for others you can find tutorials on his own site www.designupdate.com.
Follow Paul on twitter @paultrani.
Rufus Deuchler
Rufus Deuchler
Senior worldwide design evangelist at Adobe Systems with an affinity for creative technology, Rufus Deuchler has established himself as a leader in a very specialized area. With a background in corporate and editorial design, he brings more than 15 years of hands-on experience using Adobe Creative Suite software to the creative table. In addition, Rufus delivers comprehensive training programs to audiences large and small across the globe and teaches graphic design. He is an expert in creative workflows based on Adobe solutions. Based in Italy, Rufus enjoys traveling the world to further his mission as a software evangelist.
Follow Rufus on twitter @rufusd

Greg Rewis

Greg Rewis is the Principal Evangelist for Adobe Systems, focusing on Adobe's open web products and technologies such as HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. With over 20 years of computer industry experience, Greg spends in excess of 200 days of the year on the road, talking with customers, giving product demonstrations at seminars, and speaking at industry conferences.Greg has been passionate about the web since putting his first "home page" online in 1994. His career has taken him around the world, from the early days of desktop publishing, to a start-up in Hamburg, Germany, the glory days of the web at Macromedia and finally his current role at Adobe.The original GoLive Cyberstudio Product Manager and former Dreamweaver Technical Product Manager, Greg is the co-author of "Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3" and "Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS4" published by New Riders, as well as a regular contributor to industry publications.Follow Greg on Twitter @garazi.

Jason Levine

Jason Levine, Principal Worldwide Creative Suite Evangelist, Video & Audio Tools, travels the globe educating and promoting Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium. Levine has conducted training/workflow sessions for some of the top broadcast corporations in Europe and Asia including BBC, RTL and SVT.Prior to Adobe, Jason was a full-time recording engineer working in studios coast-to-coast, engineering hundreds of recordings in a multitude of genres, prompting the formation of BoodahJooMusic Publishing.Since 2005, Jason has presented to more than 100,000 people, from San Francisco to Sydney and everywhere in between.Follow Jason on Twitter at @beatlejase.

Paul Trani
Paul Trani is a 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 of course. Paul focuses on showing designers and developers how to use Flash and HTML5 to be more productive and produce award-winning interactive content across dekstop, browser and mobile devices.In addition to his work as an evangelist, Paul has been an Adobe Certified Instructor for over a decade and has developed courseware since the "Macromedia" days. A prolific trainer, Paul has earned "top author" status atLynda.com with seven best-selling titles, and has created a constant stream of content for AdobeTV as well as for his own show, "Flash CS5: Training with Trani." When he's not creating video content for others you can find tutorials on his own site www.designupdate.com.Follow Paul on twitter @paultrani.Rufus Deuchler

Rufus Deuchler

Senior worldwide design evangelist at Adobe Systems with an affinity for creative technology, Rufus Deuchler has established himself as a leader in a very specialized area. With a background in corporate and editorial design, he brings more than 15 years of hands-on experience using Adobe Creative Suite software to the creative table. In addition, Rufus delivers comprehensive training programs to audiences large and small across the globe and teaches graphic design. He is an expert in creative workflows based on Adobe solutions. Based in Italy, Rufus enjoys traveling the world to further his mission as a software evangelist.Follow Rufus on twitter @rufusd




LA Web Professionals Group March 2011 Meeting - Dive into CSS layout using Dreamweaver with Brian Wood
Event posted on Feb 21 by Daniel Kramer

March 10, 2011 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

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Brian Wood:  A seasoned web technology trainer, Brian is an Adobe Creative Instructor and the author of books and training videos on Acrobat, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and InDesign.  In addition to his regular training programs, Brian speaks regularly at national conferences such as Adobe MAX, The InDesign Conference, as well as at events hosted by AIGA and other industry organizations. He also has a free video tips blog at: www.brianwoodtips.com, and a video learning site at: www.askbrianwood.com, and a Dreamweaver CS5 book that takes you through building a website using CSS: http://www.askbrianwood.com/book-purchase/




LA Web Professionals Group November Meeting - Creating 3D with the Power of Repousse in Photoshop CS5 by Stephen Burns
Event posted on Oct 29 by Daniel Kramer

November 11, 2010 06:30 PM to October 11, 2010 09:30 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

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About Stephen Burns:
Stephen Burns (www.chromeallusion.com) is the president Of The San DiegoPhotoshop Users Group (www.sdphotoshopusers.com) and most recentinstructor to the Light Photo Workshops (www.lightworkshops.com).

He has written the following books:

Author of ³Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX² (Soon to be released) Author of"The Art Of Poser 8 Pro & Photoshop CS5" (Soon to be released) Author of"The Art Of Poser & Photoshop"
Author of ³Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & FX²
Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX"
Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trickery & FX"
Author of "Photoshop CS Trickery & FX"


He has discovered the same passion for the digital medium as he has for photography as an art form. His background began as a photographer 28 year ago and in time, progressed toward the digital medium. His artistic influences include the great Abstractionists & the Surrealists including Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Mark Tobey, and Lenore Fini, to name a few.

Stephen Burns has been a corporate instructor and lecturer in theapplication of digital art and design for the past 12 years. He has been exhibiting digital fine art internationally at galleries such as Durban Art Museum in South Africa, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama, Japan, and CECUT Museum Of Mexico to name a few.

He teaches Digital Manipulation Workshops in the San Diego and is an instructor online athttp://training.xtrain.com/faculty/show/Stephen+Burns .




LA Web Professionals Group April 2011 Meeting - SEO, How to Increase Website Traffic for Small Businesses
Event posted on Mar 18 by Daniel Kramer

April 5, 2011 06:45 PM - 09:30 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

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Jason Wilson is the Director of Search at BlueSEO, a boutique Los Angeles SEO agency. He manages national SEO campaign development which includes planning and executing website promotion and internet marketing strategies for clients in various verticals.  Jason has a strong technical background which includes five years of experience in organic search engine optimization.  He has demonstrated success helping clients achieve top rankings, increased search engine traffic and ROI through various online marketing channels.
 
Jason’s experience in on-page SEO includes implementing search strategies on various web programming languages and content management systems.  Jason’s off-page proficiencies include vertical market/keyword research, advanced link building, online media buys, content syndication, article creation/distribution, press release creation/distribution, Web 2.0 promotion, social bookmarking, social widgets and blog promotion.  

Jason Wilson is the Director of Search at BlueSEO, a boutique Los Angeles SEO agency. He manages national SEO campaign development which includes planning and executing website promotion and internet marketing strategies for clients in various verticals.  Jason has a strong technical background which includes five years of experience in organic search engine optimization.  He has demonstrated success helping clients achieve top rankings, increased search engine traffic and ROI through various online marketing channels. 

Jason’s experience in on-page SEO includes implementing search strategies on various web programming languages and content management systems.  Jason’s off-page proficiencies include vertical market/keyword research, advanced link building, online media buys, content syndication, article creation/distribution, press release creation/distribution, Web 2.0 promotion, social bookmarking, social widgets and blog promotion.  




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