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The AV Club: Getting Started with After Effects and Audition 1
Event posted on Jan 11 by amandaJohnson

Dan Warvi will show you all the shortcuts, keyboard commands, and workflow strategies you would've known if you just had the time to read the After Effects manual. He is an accomplished motion graphics artist, and a highly-requested RMAUG speaker.

Scott Scheridan has had the privilege of studying, performing, and recording with several Grammy Award-winning musicians and producers over the last 15 years. From these experiences Scott has developed a passion for working with digital audio, gaining experience in such programs as Sony Soundforge, Ableton Live, Propellerhead Reason, Adobe Soundbooth, and Adobe Audition.

Have you ever needed to add motion graphics or audio to a project and didn't quite know where to begin? Or, would you like to learn some best practices for using Adobe After Effects and Audition? To start the New Year off right, RMAUG can help you achieve your resolution to broaden your digital media horizons with our January AV Club meeting.

Getting Started with Audition
Recording, mixing, editing, and mastering - Adobe Audition is the all-in-one toolset for professional audio production. But, with all those features, it can be a little overwhelming. In his talk, Scott Sheridan will go over the basics of working with sound using Adobe Audition CS5 by explaining some common use case scenarios, and demonstrating how you might incorporate this powerful digital audio workstation into your workflow.

After Effects Charm School
Are you an After Effects artist that learned how to animate with a deadline hovering over your head? Do you curse every time you set up multiple renders because you have to set up the parameters over and over again? Do you have carpal tunnel syndrome from zooming your mouse back and forth over a comp? Do you know that every time you hit RAM preview, you're going to have enough time to get a cup of coffee down the street and check your Facebook page?

miniMAX 2008
Event posted on Nov 11 by amandaJohnson

Did you go to MAX 2008? If so, please email us at rmaug@rmaug.com to present your favorite session in 15 minutes or less. All topics are needed and all members are welcome to participate!

RSVP at http://www.rmaug.com

Not attending MAX this year, or want to re-live the fun? RMAUG's miniMAX is a not-to-be-missed recap of the best conference sessions as presented by our members

The topics have not been set yet, but the night promises to be a diverse set of quick-hit presentations (each around 15 minutes). If you're going to MAX this year and want to present, email us at rmaug@rmaug.com to secure a space in the line up.

And, like the real MAX, the night will be full of festivities, networking opportunities, stickers, and giveaways. We will be giving away a copy of Adobe CS4! You must RSVP and be present to win.

Much more information is coming soon. We hope to see you at RMAUG's miniMAX 2008!

RSVP at http://www.rmaug.com

CS6 File Prep BootCamp and Digital Publishing Show and Tell
Event posted on Aug 27 by catherine.realeyes

Barbara Binder and Erica Gamet

CS6 File Prep Bootcamp with Barbara Binder

Whether you are prepping graphis for a print or web workflow, proper file preparation is the key to a streamlined layout. Join us at September's RMAUG meeting as Barbara Binders shares some of her secrets! Binder's discussion will offer a look at how to properly prepare files in Illustrator and Photoshop - to streamline your layout in InDesign and/or Dreamweaver. Barbara Binder started in the world of publishing in 1986, and has been recognized by Adobe as one of the "Top Five Most Highly-Rated Certified Instructors, Worldwide." For more information on our speaker, visit: http://www.rockymountaintraining.com/instructors.php#b_binder

Digital Publishing Show and Tell with Erica Gamet

Erica Gamet will take us on a journey of the many different types of digital publishing designers are currently creating. She will show examples of ePubs, digital magazines, and multi-gesture interactive books. Gamet will discuss how each of these involve InDesign at their core, while also visiting the pros and cons of each. Come get your feet wet with our "Digital Publishing Show and Tell!" Erica Gamet is a leader in her field, and has been involved in the world of graphics and pre-press for nearly 25-years as a: speaker, writer, trainer, and more! For more information on our speaker, visit: http://www.ericagamet.com

Digital Publishing - From InDesign to iPad
Event posted on Feb 08 by amandaJohnson

Michael Salamon is lead experience architect at EffectiveUI, an award-winning and recognized leader in the design and development of custom desktop, mobile and rich Internet applications. With more than 20 years’ experience, Michael’s work spans print, Web, mobile, interactive, motion, illustration and animation. With a thorough history in the printing industry, Michael made the move to the Web with the rest of the chunky-black-glasses crowd and helped define interaction methods still used today. His clients have ranged from huge multi-national companies to modest one-person shops, including:  Qwest, Quark, Intuit, Cendant (CheapTickets), JCPenney, Home Depot, Cabela’s, Dish Network, Staz, Ci-Ci’s Pizza and Northrop Grumman. He is an adjunct professor for the College of Arts and Media at the University of Colorado Denver.

Erica Gamet is an InDesign and pre-press trainer with over 20 years’ experience in the pre-press trenches. She regularly contributes to InDesign Magazine and Design Tools Monthly, is the author of The InDesigners Workbook series, and tech edited How To Do Everything with Adobe InDesign CS4 from McGraw-Hill Osborne. Erica is co-owner of Digital Dimensions with her husband, Jeff, and she is the leader of the Denver chapter of the Adobe InDesign User Group.

When: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 (back to our "regular" meeting date)
6:30-7:00 | Networking
7:00-9:00 | Presentations

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Getting Started with Digital Publications - Lessons and Inspirations, presented by Michael Salamon
Publishers are chomping at the bit to create digital publications, however, they’re doing so without adapting to the medium. Several publications are trying to cram a printed piece into a digital application, without considering usage habits and functionality. Michael will discuss some specific projects he’s completed using the Adobe Digital Publishing Solution, as well as highlighting examples of some projects his students have completed using the solution based on his assignment. Through this experience, Michael will share some of his learnings as well as pros and cons to the solution, with commentary on best practices in creating a dynamic digital publication.

Delving Into Digital Publications (ePUB), presented by Erica Gamet
You've probably heard a lot about ePUB and how easy it is to create an ePUB file from InDesign. While InDesign is the best tool in your toolbox for creating an ePUB file, there's more to it than opening your print file and exporting to ePUB. In this session, we’ll discuss some of the basics of the ePub format and what you need to know to smoothly and easily convert an InDesign file to an ePub file. We’ll discuss best practices and delve a little into how to handle graphics and text in your InDesign file, especially when re-purposing from a print-destined document.

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FYI: If you're really interested in Digital Publications, check out MOGO Media InDesign to ePub Seminar – coming to Denver March 10th – in an 8-city tour throughout 2011. This full-day in-depth seminar will look at what processes you need to master in InDesign to create an ePUB file and what tools and skills you'll need to turn that file into a well-crafted final product that's ready to share with the world.

Flash for TV
Event posted on Jan 12 by amandaJohnson

Chuck Freedman is the chief channel evangelist at litl, creating an ecosystem for Flash content as channels across litl devices throughout the digital home. Managing his 3rd Flash based platform, Chuck has also launched Flash/Flex SDKs for Yahoo! Maps and Ribbit. A graduate of Boston University's College of Communication, Chuck loves engaging developers and has spoken at several conferences on Flash platform technologies. He has also launched modules for the homepages of eBay, eBay China, and Fidelity. His work reflects precision while remaining ambitious to push the envelope whenever possible. Follow Chuck at @chuckstar or on his blog:

6:30 - networking
7:00 - presentation begins

Many are calling the TV screen the next frontier for app development. However, with your user 10ft away from the screen, there are many different factors including controllers, performance and platforms to consider.

Chuck Freedman, chief channel evangelist from litl, will review all the brands, technologies and opportunities for getting an app on TV. He'll discuss where the Flash platform, as a plug-in, part of other SDKs and through AIR for TV, may have a promising place in this new space. Whether you're interested in porting your app to the bigger screen, or creating a new experience, this will be an informative presentation for you. On TV, apps present new challenges to the developer. Assume nothing is universal and prepare to enter the biggest display space yet!

Check out Chuck's new blog http://www.thezspace.com for the latest news and platform announcements in the new TV app space!

Future of Flash Panel
Event posted on Dec 19 by amandaJohnson

• Kevin Hoyt - Adobe Flash Platform Evangelist
• Joseph Labrecque - Senior Interactive Software Engineer at Unversity of Denver and Adobe Education Leader
• Jun Heider - Senior Architect at RealEyes Media and Adobe Community Expert
• Ryan Bell - UI Developer at Effective UI
• John Wilker - Founder of 360|Flex and Panel Moderator

Adobe's given the Flash Platform community a lot to think about over the past few weeks and we're still digesting all the announcements ourselves:

• Adobe Focuses on HTML5 and Deprecates Mobile Flash Player
• Adobe Plans to Move Flex SDK to Open Source Governance

There has been a lot of response to these announcements, and it's been difficult to determine what's true, what's hype, and what's just out in left field.

Our panel of Flex and HTML5 professionals will help you chew over these topics and give our take on how Adobe's announcements have or will affect our day-to-day development and business strategies. Our goal is to have an interesting, productive conversation with the community about what these announcements mean and what they mean for the digital landscape. What we're not doing is focusing on how the communication about these announcements could have been better/different. There's a lot to talk about without getting mired in PR nuances.

Recording of the first 20 minutes of the panel ... unfortunately, we had audio issues past this point.

Rmaug_12/6/11 by realeyes media

miniMAX
Event posted on Oct 24 by amandaJohnson

Some of the coolest speakers and attendees from MAX will be on hand. Going to MAX? Email us at rmaug@rmaug.com to request a spot on the agenda.

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Want to learn what's new and next from Adobe, but can't make it to MAX? RMAUG's miniMAX meeting brings the best of MAX to Denver in two fast-paced hours. We have MAX speakers and attendees ready to recreate MAX sessions on everything from Flash to Photoshop. And, those big announcements and sneaks? We cover those, too.

While the final agenda can't be set until after the MAX conference at the end of this month, we promise this will be a "can't miss" RMAUG meeting.

Finally, just like the real MAX, we'll have some awesome giveaways! This is the meeting where we give away CS5 via the RMAUG raffle system.And, we'll give away anything else we can snag at the conference.

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Developing for Tablets with Flash
Event posted on Apr 26 by amandaJohnson

Jun Heider and Nils Thingvall

Chances are that your company and/or clients are interested in deploying your Flash applications on tablet computers. This emerging, yet significant, use case represents a growing market need - one that Adobe technology is ready to meet. Join RMAUG to get two viewpoints of deploying Flash applications on tablets using iOS and Blackberry technology.

Developing ActionScript based applications for the iPad
presented by Jun Heider

When it comes to tablet computing, right now the iPad is king.  Although the iPad doesn't support Flash Player or AIR, as a Flash Platform developer you still have an in with the  Packager for iPhone.  Come learn how to get your ActionScript based applications on the iPad.  From development to deployment, you will be show all the steps you need to know to walk away with the knowledge you need to become an ActionScript-based iPad developer.

Developing with AIR for the Blackberry Playbook
presented by Nils Thingvall

You can use your AIR skills to develop apps for the Blackberry Playbook. Well take a look at this new device and how to get started developing for the Blackberry Playbook using Flash Builder, the Blackberry Tablet SDK, and the Playbook Emulator. Well look at how to set up the workspace for easier development, submit your app to Blackberry App World, run through some sample code, and talk about suggested architecture for reusing your application on other devices. You can expand your reach to more platforms and bigger audiences with the skills you already possess.

HTML, JavaScript ... and Flash
Event posted on Jun 24 by amandaJohnson

RJ Owen and Eric Matthys

NOTE: This meeting is on a THURSDAY, not on our usual Tuesday date.

There's a lot in the web-o-sphere about how Flash, HTML, and JavaScript should relate to one another. Truth is, they all should be in your toolbox. Spend a night with RMAUG to relect on the future of the Flash Platform with RJ Owen and learn how Flash developers can make life easier in JavaScript from Eric Matthys. Two awesome presentations - hope to see all you developers there!

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Did Apple & HTML Kill Flash? Presented by: RJ Owen
These days the web is regularly aflame with an endless host of pundits, bloggers, and twitter-junkies decrying the death of Flash at the hands of Apple and HTML5. In this session we'll look at the state of the web, the history of Flex, and the future of the framework and give five solid reasons why it's still one of the best things a web developer can learn. Whether you're new to Flash and Flex or a seasoned developer this session will bring new ideas to the debate over Flex's relevance and show why it is and will continue to be an important part of the web-enabled application universe. The future isn't dark; as always, it's simply different.

Make Life Easier in JavaScript Presented by: Eric Matthys
The web is becoming increasingly reliant on JavaScript to provide a rich experience outside of the Flash runtime. However, JavaScript tends to carry a negative reputation with Flex developers as a language that becomes a nightmare to develop. The flexibility of the language can easily lead to poorly architected code that is difficult to debug and maintain. This session will explore ways to make JavaScript a better experience when building simple websites as well as complex web applications.

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Rocky Mountain Adobe Camp
Event posted on Aug 05 by amandaJohnson

• Barbara Binder, Rocky Mountain Training
• Rufus Deuchler, Adobe
• David Hassoun, RealEyes Media
• Jun Heider, RealEyes Media
• Jason Levine, Adobe
• RJ Owen, EffectiveUI
• Greg Rewis, Adobe
• Michael Salamon, EffectiveUI
• Paul Trani, Adobe
• Dan Warvi, Toolfarm

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