AIGA Philly Flash CS3 Workshop

Another great event coming to Philly soon via our friends at the Philadelphia Chapter of AIGA:





Event:
The Philadelphia AIGA is hosting Abbas Rizvi for a full day session on Flash CS3.

Topic/Speaker:
Abbas Rizvi is an evangelist and instructor of Adobe's solutions, sharing his expertise and passion for technology with knowledge workers and educators across Canada. Abbas is an expert in Adobe's web development and e-learning solutions such as Flash, Dreamweaver, Contribute, Captivate, and Adobe's real-time conferencing technologies. He is a frequent presenter at Adobe customer events and leading industry conferences in North America, offering demonstrations and tutorials to web developers, IT managers, and professional trainers and coaches. Abbas holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Science from the University of Waterloo.

The morning will consist of basic Flash use and its integration with other Adobe products, while the afternoon will entail Actionscript 3 and video.

Many designers would like to use Flash CS3 but think it's too difficult to get started and don't have the time to learn it. With the new integration features between Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3 and Flash CS3, this workshop will show you just how easy it is venture into the world of animation with Flash. We'll show you the most efficient method for quickly importing your Photoshop and Illustrator files to Flash and then introduce you to some basic Flash techniques to produce dynamic online graphics. Discover how much fun it can be to add the element of movement to your designs. Workshop attendees will learn how to:

• Easily and efficiently import Photoshop and Illustrator content while preserving layers and structure.
• Understand and use each control in the Import dialogue box.
• Edit and modify existing assets in Flash.
• Create dynamic online graphics.
• Leverage the tightly integrated Creative Suite CS3 environment.
• And more...

Goodies:
Adobe will be raffling off a full retail boxed copy of Flash CS3, and there may be other goodies and giveaways courtesy of the Philadelphia Flash Platform Adobe User Group

Date/Time:
February 15, 2008 - Full day session - 9am to approx. 4pm (with a 1 hour lunch break)

Location:
CBS Auditorium
Hamilton Hall
The University of the Arts
320 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Google Maps Link

Admission Fees:
$50 General Admission
$20 AIGA Members
$20 Uarts Students and Faculty
$10 Student AIGA Members

RSVP/Register/Payment:
The Philadelphia AIGA will soon be taking RSVP's/payments along with additional info at: http://philadelphia.aiga.org/events.html Depending on RSVP's and capacity there may be room for walkup registration and payment - check with the AIGA events page for further info.

Posted: 12.20.2007 - 01:24am
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Local Philadelphia Flex User Group - Back in Action

As many of you know, the manager of the Philadelphia Area Flex User Group, Mark Belsterling, passed away unexpectedly in September, leaving a void in our community. We have been working behind the scenes to get things going again as soon as possible to sustain the great momentum that Mark had been able to generate in only a few short months.

So I am pleased to announce that Derek Wischusen has stepped up to take over the management of the group. Many of you may already know Derek from previous meetings, or from his work supporting and contributing to both the Flex and Flash Platform Groups here in Philly, as well as his own personal endeavours, including: Flex on Rails: http://flexonrails.net/ and articles on Adobe's Developer Network about Ruby and Flex: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flex2_rails.html

Derek has re-named the group and started a new site: The Philadelphia Flex User Group - http://phflex.org/ as well as a google groups discussion list. So check out and bookmark the new site, and make sure you subscribe as a member to the new group if you are interested.

Derek already has a great event planned for late January revolving around Flex 3 and AIR - more details will be posted shortly here and on Dereks new site for the group. We are going to try and squeeze in a social/holiday party before the end of the year if at all possible - still working on the details on that - more to come shortly, stay tuned!

Posted: 12.03.2007 - 3:24pm
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Second Annual Philly Creative Guide Mega Social - Benefits Toys for Tots

A reminder that December 6th, this coming Thursday evening at 6pm at the North Bowl Lounge N' Lanes The Philly Creative Guides Second Annual Mega Social will be taking place.

More info here:
http://www.phillycreativeguide.com/news/2007/11_november/event/index.htm

And if you use upcoming.org - the event detail is there as well:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/335308/

Join your compatriots in the Philly creative industry for an evening of socializing, networking and fun at Northern Liberties' hot spot - North Bowl Lounge n' Lanes. The cost? Once again, absolutely free with a donation to the Philadelphia Marine Corps Toys for Tots Campaign. In return you'll enjoy complimentary food, drink specials, camaraderie and prizes. Last year was a blast, so don't miss out on the Second Annual Creative Mega Social!

I wanted to point out that I am going to be there representing The Philadelphia Flash Platform Adobe User Group and Adobe, and will have over $5000 worth of goodies to be raffled away, including full boxed copies of the CS3 Web Suite, and Flex Build 2 with Charting Components, along with all the other raffle items the 7 other local Philadelphia based groups in attendance will be giving away.

So grab a toy or two to donate, come on out and put a smile on a childs face, all while having a great time and having a great chance at winning some cool prizes.

If you do plan on attending, please RSVP here:
http://www.phillycreativeguide.com/rsvp/

Posted: 12.03.2007 - 2:03pm
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