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ADOBE SPECIAL EVENT - THE FUTURE OF FLASH
Event posted on Mar 20 by walkingpen_seattle

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 Directory 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.
http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/

Lee Brimelow is a developer evangelist at Adobe who is currently focusing on Flash gaming. He has worked in the past for companies like AOL, Netscape, frog design, and eBay. Lee runs the highly popular video tutorial site at gotoandlearn.com and writes a blog dedicated to Flash at theflashblog.com.

Join us for an evening with Mike Chambers & Lee Brimlow from Adobe. This will be a good opportunity to speak directly with Adobe, ask questions, and discuss recent changes around the Flash Player.

The Future of Flash – Mike Chambers
In this session, Mike will lead a discussion around recent changes and announcements around the Flash Platform. He will then spend some time laying out the roadmap for the Flash Player, and discuss the direction in which the player will evolve, including the general focus of the player and the ActionScript language and AVM (ActionScript Virtual Machine). In addition to discussing the Flash roadmap, we will be showing off the latest Flash and Adobe AIR content, give some sneak peeks on upcoming releases, and setting aside plenty of time for open discussions and Q&A.

Adobe Gaming Technology – Lee Brimlow
In this session Gaming Evangelist Lee Brimelow will reveal the latest technologies being worked on by Adobe for game developers. They will show how these technologies allow developers to create casual 2D games in addition to AAA 3D games. Current best practices will also be discussed.

Smashing Ideas' Antonio Holguin Presents Using Flash for Mobile
Event posted on Mar 18 by walkingpen_seattle

Antonio Holguin is a Designer in the Mobile and Devices Group at Smashing Ideas and an Adobe Community Professional. Antonio has contributed to InsideRIA.com, and runs his popular blog at swfhead.com. Antonio has also spoken at360|Flex DC, 360|Flex 2011, and D2WC.

Having worked on the team that created popular mobile apps likeRobot Unicorn Attack and Buck and the Coin of Destiny, Adobe Community Professional, Antonio Holguin is just the guy to show you how to turn your mobile app ideas into reality. Join us for the April meeting when Antonio will discuss designing and publishing with Flash Pro directly to mobile.    

Join his blog at: swfhead.com 

View Smashing Ideas' work at: smashingideas.com/

Adobe Edge 5 Preview
Event posted on Mar 13 by walkingpen_seattle

Diane Pobol

Developers are from Mars, Designers are from Venus
Event posted on Jan 17 by walkingpen_seattle

Cassandra St Louis is an Interactive (Creative) Design Director at Metia, a digital design agency. She oversees all phases of creative development; planning and executing projects to generate creative solutions for clients and customers that are visually appealing, motivating with meaningful user experiences. Prior to Metia, Cassandra worked at Microsoft as a Senior UX Designer on both Xbox and Windows Phone, developing extensive game experiences and playful mobile experiences. With over 15 years creating UX/UI design for video games, web, and mobile, Cassandra is a geek, passionate about design, games and creating simple delightful designs. She continuously works with teams in bringing synergy between development and design to help bridge better hand-offs, efficiencies and ultimately create great user experiences and innovative ideas. Outside her busy day, she serves on the Seattle AIGA Experience Chair, and an active member of Women in Games International (WIGI) and an avid cyclist. Check out the work at: http://www.metia.com/

Developers are from Mars, Designers are from Venus How do developers and designers find synergy to create great UX without killing each other.
Great interactive work is the result of great collaboration between developers and designers. Cassandra St Louis, Interactive Design Director at Metia, a digital design agency, will delve into that ever challenging relationship and discuss the methods the best teams use to create outstanding work.v

Architecting, Designing and Developing Frameworks for Flash - Rescheduled
Event posted on Jan 17 by walkingpen_seattle

Cole Peterson is a Technical Director at Zaaz.com working on projects for companies such as Converse, Tazo, The Morgans Hotel Group, Tom’s of Maine, BECU, Pella Windows, and Microsoft.

He is responsible for architecting, designing and developing frameworks for Flash, Silverlight, JavaScript and iOS applications as well as scoping work, maintaining code libraries, hiring and managing other developers.

Prior to joining the team at Zaaz, Cole worked at Neptune where he was responsible for software design and directing the Neptune team of developers. He holds a degree in communications from the Seattle University.

Check out the work at:

http://www.rcolepeterson.com

http://www.zaaz.com
@rcolepeterson

Cole Peterson, Technical Director at the Zaaz Agency, will be discussing issues related to building frameworks for applications and managing workflow for large scale projects.

Zaaz is a marketing agency that creates stylish and technically sophisticated ad campaigns, web sites and applicationsCole for their clients across the digital spectrum. They have won many creative and industry awards including The One Show and the Web Awards.

Nate Beck Talks Mobile Development at December Meeting
Event posted on Nov 10 by walkingpen_seattle

Nate Beck, Principal Architect, Founder at ZaaLabs, Ltd. and developer extraordinaire will kick off our 2001-2012 season with a presentation about Developing for Mobile Platforms. In the meantime, check out ZaaTV for great developer tips and resources.

ActionScript-Based Animation
Event posted on Jun 03 by walkingpen_seattle

This month Jack Nicolai will be discussing creating animation through ActionScript. Jack has been a Flash developer since 2000. Hw was also a Macromedia Certified Instructor for many years.

Here is an outline of his presentation:

1. To Code or Not to Code? 2. Animation Packages - Adobe's Tween Class - Greensock's TweenMax/TweenLite - Tweener - Additional packages worth checking out - Desuade Motion Package - Tweaser - Aeon - Actuate 3. Animation Basics and Beyond - Basic animation of Display Object properties - Animating Effects and Filters - Animating Flash 3D - Using physics 4. Practical Applications - Real World Examples - Combining timeline and code based animations - Animating UI elements 5. Resources - Books - Web resources and the like.

Jack is open to adding additional topics so if there is anything in particular you would like to know about ActionScript-based animation, contact either Jack or me at least a week before the meeting.

He will have a presentation deck along with example code available.

Creating Character Animation With Flash
Event posted on Apr 04 by walkingpen_seattle

Jason Fruchter
Lead Director of Animation and Illustration

Jason is a partner at A and J Studios. He is currently creating character animation and other game assets for Smashing Ideas.  He began using Flash at its inception in 1996. While working at NickJr.com he developed game assets including character animation, props, and backgrounds. At Animagic he was Flash Animation Supervisor for the “Speed Racer” pilot. At Nickelodeon Creative Resources he provided animation for Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go, Backyardigans, Ni hao, Kai-lan, Blues Clues, Fairly Odd Parents, and Jimmy Neutron. In addition to his animation work he also illustrates children’s books for several Nickelodeon properties including Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go, The Backyardigans, Ni hao, Kai-lan, and Team Umizoomi.

He holds a BFA Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Designv

Spend an evening with the talented Jason Fruchter. He will be talking about Creating Character Animation in Flash. He will demonstrate a variety of Flash related techniques including: using symbols to create Flash style “puppet” animation, creating key frames to plan out the action sequence, making the character talk using “lip sync”, and how to create emotions using facial expressions. In addition, traditional “hand drawn” animation techniques will be demonstrated which do not use automatically generated “tweens” in Flash, just the mind of an animator! Several examples of character animation will be shown. They represent projects geared toward entertainment, education, and gaming.

2011 Career Trends for Interactive Designers and Devs
Event posted on Mar 14 by walkingpen_seattle

Molly Bennett, Interactive Design, Front End Development, User Experience, Aquent Staffing

Anne Garber, Interactive Design, User Experience, Interactive Project Management, Aquent Staffing 

What software and skill sets are hot? What are the latest salary trends for designers and devs? Who’s hiring design and dev talent and what are they looking for? What's the best portfolio strategy? What’s the future of Flash? Get answers to your burning career questions from 2 experts who know what they are talking about. Molly Bennett and Anne Garber, west coast interactive staffing agents at Aquent , will be the presenters at our March meeting. The format will be Q&A. Come and join us.

Flash East Side Users Group
Event posted on Dec 02 by walkingpen_seattle

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