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Flash is alive and well, living in a game near you!
Event posted on Apr 10 by Richard Humphreys

Speaker:

Andy Saia

Multimedia Artist
Advanced Research and Development Department
WMS Gaming

Speaker Bio:

Artist, Dreamer, Programmer: Andy Saia is a man as cunning as he is mysterious. He’s the main contributor to the open source ActionScript game engine StarlingPunk, which he uses to power his indie game experiments.

Currently he resides in Chicago where he works at WMS Gaming in their research and development department prototyping Slot Machine Games of the future.

When he’s not making games he’s usually experimenting with and ripping apart the latest technological gadgetry he can get his hands on.

AUG Chicago April Meeting

Monday, April 15th, 2013

Flash is alive and well, living in a game near you!

(probably in your pocket)

The last couple of years have marked a drastic shift in the ways Flash games are made and delivered. Developers can now communicate directly to the GPU, allowing access to powerful new techniques, graphics effects, and performance increases. This talk will show you how to harness the power of Stage3D to create cross-platform hardware-accelerated 2D games.

We’ll go over some of the challenges faced when transitioning to stage3D game development and show how you can take full advantage of the latest tools and frameworks such as Starling, StarlingPunk, Adobe Scout, tile set editors, and Texture Packer.

RSVP : http://augapr2013.eventbrite.com/

Check out our new Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/augchicago

As usual we are meeting at Ascend Training
410 S. Michigan Ave.,
Suite 433,
Chicago, IL 60605

Doors open at 6:00pm Presentation begins at 6:30pm

Building websites with Muse and Business Catalyst
Event posted on Feb 04 by Richard Humphreys

Building Websites Without Code
Using Adobe Muse and Adobe Business Catalyst

This February we invite you to see two of Adobe's "designer friendly" web production tools. James Speers, from BaseZero Productions, shows us how Adobe Muse lets you design reponsive, dynamic websites without code, while Adobe Business Catalyst lets you connect to back end data, metrics and features like e-commerce without code.

Curious about how this works? Come join us. Don't leave your friends and office mates in the dark. Tell them about our facebook page.

Speaker: James Speers (www.bzprod.com)

RSVP : http://augfeb2013.eventbrite.com/

As usual we are meeting at Ascend Training
410 S. Michigan Ave., 
Suite 433, 
Chicago, IL 60605
Doors open at 6:00pm Presentation begins at 6:30pm

Wow, I didn't know my browser could do that!
Event posted on Nov 07 by Richard Humphreys

AUG Chicago November Meeting
Monday, November 19th, 2012

"Wow, I didn't know my browser could do that!"

This November we take a good look our browsers and the power they contain. Steve Sobel, formerly with 15letters shows us under the hood in Chrome, and treat it as an IDE in creating custom extensions and applications. Steve shows us there's a lot more to browsers than just web pages.

Speaker: Steve Sobel

RSVP at eventbrite.. http://augnov2012.eventbrite.com/

Check out our new Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/augchicago

As usual we are meeting at Ascend Training
410 S. Michigan Ave.,
Suite 433,
Chicago, IL 60605

Doors open at 6:00pm Presentation begins at 6:30pm

Special Effects in Photoshop CS6 AND JavaScript Developers Survival Guide
Event posted on Sep 04 by Richard Humphreys

AUG Chicago September Meeting
Monday, September 17th, 2012

Photoshop Special Effects!

This 1 hour Photoshop presentation will explore ways to create amazing special effects in Photoshop! Learn to use Layer Styles to develop amazing text treatments, turn images into art with HDR (High Dynamic Range) for surreal effects, manipulating gradients to create beautiful backgrounds, using Blending Modes with Smart Filters and more. See how Photoshop is more than just a resource for correcting images and saving them for the web!

Speaker: Jori Curry - Photoshop Guru and owner of Ascend Training (our gracious host)

Javascript Developer's Survival Guide Part I

Are you mystified by JavaScript?

Whether you are new to programming or an expert in another language, JavaScript can seem a little strange. This month we are starting our JavaScript journey with a presenation by Internet Consultant, instructor, Php and JavaScript expert, Chris Langtiw.

Speaker: Chris Langtiw

RSVP at eventbrite.. http://augsept2012.eventbrite.com/

Check out our new Facebook pagehttp://www.facebook.com/augchicago

As usual we are meeting at Ascend Training
410 S. Michigan Ave., 
Suite 433, 
Chicago, IL 60605

Doors open at 6:00pm Presentation begins at 6:30pm

AUG Chicago. Now in 3D!
Event posted on Aug 09 by Richard Humphreys

Feeling a little flat?
AUG is now coming to you in 3D!

This month we are proud to present Mike Callaway of Bending Light Inc. to lead us through the basics of working in digital 3D.

Michael will start by showing what they do at Bending Light, with examples of recent work, and then in Maya demonstrate basic 3D techniques of modeling, texture map creation in Photoshop, lighting and rendering, and discuss options for importing and exporting.

RSVP here or through eventbrite http://augaug2012.eventbrite.com

Also "like" us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/augchicago

Cross Platform Mobile frontier with HTML5 and Javascript
Event posted on Jul 03 by Richard Humphreys

AUG Chicago July Meeting
Monday, July 16th, 2012

RSVP here or at eventbrite... http://augjuly2012.eventbrite.com/

Cross Platform Mobile frontier with HTML5 and Javascript

Mobile is a hot item right now as everyone wants their products and servies to be accessible constantly. We will look at some example applications and then create our own application for iOS and Android using Sencha and PhoneGap talking over the pros and cons of using web technologies along the way.

For the designers in the group we will talk about the power, and limitations, of CSS and building within the expecations of the mobile ecosystem. Developers don't worry though there will be enough code to get you excited as we will look at the MVC framework of Sencha and the developers workflow. We will also jump into the foundamentals of javascript and look at why this messy language is so fun to code in.

If your up for following along and creating your own app bring your laptop and be ready to type away as we dive head first into mobile applications and the future of cross platform development. 

Speaker: Ross Gerbasi

Ross is a Senior Design Engineer at 15 letters in Chicago and the work they do sits at the crossroads of design and technology development. They help brands, businesses, and cultural institutions tell interesting stories using web technologies, mobile apps, games and interactive installations.http://15letters.com/

As usual we are meeting at Ascend Training
410 S. Michigan Ave., 
Suite 433, 
Chicago, IL 60605

Doors open at 6:00pm Presentation begins at 6:30pm

June Meeting: How to Become a Successful Game Developer with Adobe Flash
Event posted on Jun 05 by Richard Humphreys

AUG Chicago June Meeting
Monday, June 18th, 2012

How to Become a Successful Game Developer with Adobe Flash

The Future of Flash
Event posted on May 01 by Richard Humphreys

AUG Chicago May Meeting
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

The Future of Flash

Join the Chicago Adobe Users Group in welcoming Adobe evangelists Mike Chambers and Lee Brimelow to talk about the future of Adobe Flash.

Mike Chambers discusses the Flash Platform Roadmap, which details the short and long term changes in the Flash player, desktop and mobile AIR.

Lee Brimelow, Adobe Gaming Evangelist, shows us the future of Flash gaming in the browser and on mobile devices. Lee shows us that iOs really does love Flash.

Mike Chambers

Mike Chambers has spent the last decade building applications that target the web and the Flash runtime. During that time, he has worked with numerous technologies including Flash, Generator, .NET, Central, Flex, Objective-C, Cocoa, JavaScript and HTML5. He is currently the Director of Developer Advocacy for web platforms at Adobe. He has written and spoken extensively on Flash and Rich Internet Application development and is coauthor of the Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide,Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocketguide, Flash Enabled: Flash Design and Development for Devices as well as Generator and Flash Demystified.

Lee Brimelow

Lee Brimelow, Gaming Evangelist for Adobe, has a background working for companies like AOL, Netscape, eBay and more recently Frog Design, but is most famous in the Flash community for his spectacular video tutorial site gotoandlearn.com and his informative blog at leebrimelow.com

NOTICE TO AUG MEMBERS:

This is being held in a different location and please bring photo id with you to the event.

Find out what Adobe has in store for the future of the Flash platform. Learn about the advances in Flash that make it even more attractive for game developers and interactive graphics in HTML5.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Since this is a special event, it is not on our usual day, time or location. This month we will be meeting at the offices of Leo Burnett @
35 W Wacker Dr
Chicago, IL 60601
21st floor

DO NOT RSVP THROUGH FACEBOOK. RSVP through Eventbrite only. and you MUST RSVP http://flashtourchicago2012.eventbrite.com/ and bring a photo ID.

There will be beer and pizza.
We look forward to seeing you there.

Game development with the power of Unity3D
Event posted on Apr 10 by Richard Humphreys

Game development with the power of Unity3D

Unity Game Engine is a growing force in game develelopment for the web and mobile devices. (Now with the ability to export using Flash Stage3D)

This month the Chicago Adobe Users Group is proud to bring you Andy Saia, Game Developer at Kaplan Higher Education to talk about this exciting technology. 

An introduction of the Unity3D game engine, as well as an in-depth overview of some of the most exciting features introduced in Unity 3.5 including pathfinding, flash runtime export, chrome native extension support, new particle system, light baking and much more.

Throughout the presentation Andy will be sharing workflow tips and tricks as well as demoing some of Unity’s built in collaboration features allowing you to easily incorporate Unity into your next project.

If games are the future of Flash, and Flash is now part of Unity3D, this is a must see.

Check it out at http://unity3d.com/

Andy's web site http://andysaia.com/

RSVP through eventbrite http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3335116423

OR

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/203882576382180/

Rapid Prototyping for Mobile Devices
Event posted on Mar 07 by Richard Humphreys

Brian Busche
UI Developer at Energy BBDO

About Brian:

Graduate of Startup Leadership Program, Chicago Chapter (http://www.startupleadership. com) 
Developed BankBadger, an online banking site intended to increase financial literacy for children.  The BankBadger site responds to mobile devices by detecting the type of device and serving up JQuery Mobile optimized content

Want to be a mobile app master? Learn how to quickly move from an idea for a mobile application to a working prototype. This month we have Brian Busche, UI Developer at Energy BBDO, to show us how it's done using jQuery Mobile and PhoneGap.

RSVP through Facebook or Eventbritehttp://augmar2012.eventbrite.com/

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