Adobe User Group SA

Digital Lamb hosts the Adobe User Group South Australia AUGSA each month. Members meet to discuss Adobe products and help each other troubleshoot problems. Each night has a different theme with members and guest speakers presenting. The evening start off with networking opportunities and discussion over some light refreshments. Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month.

New members always welcome. Enter your details below to be added to the mailing list.

New Schedule for 2011

5:30 - start with light nibbles and refreshments
5:45 - welcome and introductions
5:50 - main presentation
6:20 - close

Win Adobe Software

Between now and July, you can earn points that go towards winning an Adobe software package of your choice (up to $2000). Each point gives you a chance to win. Earning points is as simple as attending each Adobe User Group Meeting. For every meeting you RSVP for and attend, you will earn points. There is the opportunity to earn bonus points if you bring other people. More points = more chances to win. So come along and bring some friends. Full terms and conditions will be available soon.  Click here for more details.

Regular Meeting Location:

Digital Lamb
Level 1
193 Wakefield Street
Adelaide SA 5000
08 8232 1400
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Next Meeting:

Monday - September 12, 2011
How to set up PDFs for commercial printers - Colin Flashman

This month, the good people at Hyde Park Press have invited the Adobe User Group out to their printing factory. Colin will share with the group some valuable tips for setting up PDF files for commercial printers.

What you wanted to know but were afraid to ask, this presentation focuses on preparing PDFs correctly from Adobe InDesign, specifically:

• PDF export options
• Preflight Panel
• Dos and Don'ts within InDesign files

After the presentation and questions, members are welcome to light refreshments and a guided tour of the factory.

Hyde Park Press
4 Deacon Avenue
Richmond SA 5033
Ph. (08) 8234 2044
Fax. (08) 8234 1887
www.hydeparkpress.com.au

Past Meetings:

Monday, August 8, 2011
Slideshow effects using jQuery - Melissa Bagnara
With many devices and tablets available in the market today, Adobe users are faced with the challenge of designing and developing for multiple platforms and devices. Next Monday, Melissa Bagnara from Modish Media would like to present a basic demo on how to replace your Flash rotating graphics with a solution using jQuery for compatibility with iPad and iPhone.

Monday, July 11, 2011
Automating InDesign: Speeding Up Repetitive Tasks - Chris Drabsch
Chris Drabsch from Daydream Graphics will be speaking on the topic of methods and processes that can speed up repetitive tasks, layout and presentation in Adobe InDesign CS5. Specifically, Chris will demonstrate how to set up and use InDesign's Data Merge feature to quickly insert and manage large quantities of images, headings, descriptions and other content into a catalog layout; and how to automate the appearance of these items using text, paragraph and object styles. He will then discuss other tips and tricks that can help speed up the InDesign workflow.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Monday, May 9, 2011
Steve Ready - Making Money from Flash Games
This month we will be looking at the various ways of monetising Flash games with the considerations and advantages of each model. It will be a discussion based evening and participation from the audience is encouraged, especially from people who have personal experience. Our case study will use Professor Lambo’s Magnificent Maze which is currently in public beta release on Facebook. You can check out Lambo’s Maze before the evening by going to
http://apps.facebook.com/lambosmaze/

- Upcoming Event -
The June AUGSA meeting will be the Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Roadshow which will be in Adelaide on Thursday the 16th of June. Head to the Adobe site to view more details and to register for the event
http://www.adobe.com/ap/special/cs55roadshow/index.html
Feel free to spead the word and repost this link on your Twitter, Facebook page or blog.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Monday, April 11, 2011
Matt Thomson on 3D in Flash
This Monday we have Matt Thomson demonstrating some of the 3D capabilities of Flash. He will discuss the native 3D available in the current Flash Player using AS3 as well as a look at the new Molehill API which is currently in beta. The new API offers real GPU performance and is going to revolutionise online gaming when it is released. Matt will show some examples of basic code along with some demonstrations of his work and what other developers are producing.

Adobe User Group South Australia - TUESDAY, March 15, 2011
Flash Animation and Bind Tool
(Monday 14 is Adelaide Cup day)
This month we will showcase a series of 5 short Flash animations developed for Hospitality Group Training. The animations use a mixture of older Flash techniques as well as the use of the bind tool and other CS5 features. We will look briefly at the sort of situations when the bind tool is best used.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Monday, February 14, 2011
Amy from Gamelearn on After Effects
Amy will demonstrate recent After Effects projects she has worked on and discuss some of the effects that can be achieved by using particle effects and camera movement.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Monday November 8, 2010
End of Year Celebration and Adobe Prize Draw
The Adobe User Group will be wrapping up for the year on Monday 8th of November. The final event for the year will be an informal, social evening. Come along to network and chat about Adobe products and services. We will be watching the newly released video about the 3D capabilities of Molehill (5 min) and of course the customary Adobe package giveaway for people who have attended over the last few months.
There will be some changes to the Adobe User Group next year so stay tuned for details.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Monday September 13, 2010
An Introduction to AIR for Android - Jassa Amir-Lang
With Google's Android OS now natively supporting AIR applications, Flash developers can leverage their existing skill-set to start developing Android apps. In this session we'll be looking at publishing content for Android with Flash CS5. We'll test some content using the desktop Android emulator/debugger, as well as on an Android device. We'll also take a look at the new AIR 2.0/Flash 10.1 gesture API, as well as some of the APIs that are now available.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Monday August 9, 2010
The Juba System - Joshua Kernich
Joshua Kernich from Gamelearn will discuss the design and development of Juba, "a child‑driven and teacher‑guided application that nurtures kids' natural desires to explore, create and learn by immersing them in a digital world of multi‑sensory discovery and story‑telling." User's of this application include one of America's largest child care centres.

Josh will talk about some of the technical issues associated with the Flash development as well as the considerations involved in designing an interface for preschool children. The discussion will also cover how a product designed for use in an educational environment can achieve its learning objectives while remaining fun and engaging for users.

Adobe User Group South Australia - July 12, 2010
Adobe Subscription Model
This month Peter King from King Web Design and Computer Services will be explaining the subscription model that Adobe have for software including benefits for small business. Come and hear Peter explain how the system works and the reasons why he chose it for his business.

Adobe User Group South Australia - June 20, 2010
20 Free Products used by Gamelearn
This month, Richard Huntley will be showing a range of 20 different free tools that they use in house at Gamelearn to assist in their multimedia development.

Meeting - Online CS5 Unveiling Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 1:30pm
Yes that’s right, the eagerly anticipated unveiling of Adobe CS5 will happen on Tuesday with lots of demonstrations of the great new features, programs, tips and tricks. The event will happen at 1:30pm Adelaide time.

Adobe User Group South Australia - March 12, 2010
This month we will be hearing from Richard Huntly of Gamelearn who will show us a range of open source solutions that can be used in conjunction with Adobe Dreamweaver.

Adobe User Group South Australia - November 9, 2009
Adobe AIR app in 30 min
This month we have the super guru Jassa coming in to see how you can develop a cross-platform desktop application in Adobe AIR. He’ll be using Photoshop, Catalyst (beta) and FlashBuilder (beta) to show us how powerful the combination of tools can be. Watch Jassa design and deploy the app in 30 minutes.

Adobe User Group South Australia - October 12, 2009
Adobe Buys Business Catalyst
Business Catalyst offers hosted web solutions for just about everything you could ever want a website to do including CMS, eCommerce, newsletters, email marketing, tracking, blogs, forums and I think I read somewhere that it even does your dishes for you (not really but it wouldn’t surprise me).

Why would Adobe buy a hosted CMS? Come along to hear our guest speakers reveal why Business Catalyst is worthy of the Adobe name.

Adobe User Group South Australia - September 14, 2009
Favourite Photoshop Tricks Collaboration

This month we’ll be showcasing members’ favourite Photoshop tricks. Do you remember learning that great trick that saves you so much time? You can hardly remember how you ever worked without it.

Email your favourite Photoshop tip, trick or tool through and we will showcase the best ones on the night. You can show it off yourself or it can be presented for you. There will be a laptop with Photoshop CS4. Bring any demonstration files you need. Steven Ready from Digital Lamb will be kicking off the evening. 

Adobe User Group South Australia - August 10, 2009
Streamlining Your Web Design Business
Are you sick of those client phone calls that you "have to take" but don't make you any profit? Do you know which projects/clients are making you money and which ones you are better off without? Do you have an efficient workflow process? Do you know what your clients really want? What type of work do you enjoy the most and what is your marketing strategy to become the expert in that niche?

Adobe User Group South Australia - 20th of July 2009
The magical power of CSS, Javascript and PHP Frameworks: triple your productivity, half your frustration, quadruple your profits
If you aren't using CSS, Javascript and PHP frameworks in your web design and internet programming work you are literally shooting yourself in the foot with a 3 metre bazooka! In just 20 minutes I will show you the benefits of these amazing FREE, open source, time + stress saving tools. Why bother? Because with these tools, programming and web design is many times faster, easier, more fun and more profitable.

Adobe User Group South Australia - 15th of June 2009
We are in for a treat this month with Sonia and Dan show casing some of their fantastic 3D work. Dan will be sharing on implementing 3D into Flash using Papervision3D and Sonia will share some techniques for using Photoshop to create textures on real-time models.
Sonia and Dan are the creative geniuses behind Extra Artists.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Monday 20th of April 2009
A special treat for the Adobe User Group this month, we have writer/illustrator/director John Willanski presenting his short film Dusk Day. Come and hear John discuss the production process and the use of Flash and After Effects to animate his unique Ink Rain illustrations. “Dusk Day is a modern-day version of a Gothic fairytale.”

Adobe User Group South Australia - Monday 16th of February 2009
Jassa will be demonstrating how to create a Flash portfolio site using Flickr and Flex.  That makes it a Flash, Flex, Flickr Folio.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Tuesday 17th of February 2009
This month we will hear a short report from Peter King about Adobe Refresh in Melbourne. Then we will look at how to create photo galleries using the automation tools inside Photoshop CS4 and Adobe Bridge CS4.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Tuesday 18th of November 2008
Yes, that’s right it’s the night you’ve all been waiting for . . . November’s AUGSA meeting is when we’ll be giving away your choice of an Adobe software package up to the value of $US2000.00

On the night, Richard Huntly from Gamelearn will demonstrate how to build a prize draw program in Flash and using XML.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Tuesday 21st of October 2008
The October AUGSA meeting is this Tuesday night (21st) and we’ll be doing a hands on tutorial with the new Flash CS4. The tutorial will be at a basic level but it will give everyone a chance to have a play with the new layout.

Please note the change of meeting location:
MAD Academy, 19 Young Street, Adelaide SA 5000 Ph: 08 8221 5814

Adobe User Group South Australia - Tuesday 23rd of September 2008
This month’s AUGSA meeting will be held on Tuesday the 23rd of September so that we can make a very special announcement from Adobe. There will be extra giveaways and lots of new stuff to see on the night.
For those that missed September's meeting, the announcement is CS4 is being released. Check out www.adobe.com.au for more details.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Tuesday 19th of August 2008
What Makes a Good Website?
Round table discussion about the importation factors in a good website.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Tuesday 15th of July 2008
After Effects
This month Mark Ready will be presenting an overview of Adobe After Effects. Mark is a Video Producer for SmartMedia at the Tea Tree Gully campus of TAFE SA and has been working in the video production field for over a decade. Mark will share some of his insight, tips and techniques for using After Effects in an educational setting.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Tuesday 17th of June 2008
Networking and Conference Highlights
Steven Ready will be bringing some highlights from the recent AGIdeas conference in Melbourne as well as the recent CeBIT expo in Sydney. The night will have a shorter presentation and more of an emphasis on networking (that's business networking not computer networking).

No AUGSA meeting May 2008

Adobe User Group South Australia - Tuesday 15th of April 2008
Introducing AS3 - Final Session
Richard Huntley from Gamelearn will conclude his series on AS3 this month.

Visitors and new members are always welcome, RSVP is essential.  
Starts at 5:45 with Pizza at the Digital Lamb studios: Level 2, 54 Currie Street, Adelaide SA 5000.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Tuesday 18th of March 2008
Introducing AS3 - Continued
Richard Huntley from Gamelearn will continue his series on AS3 this month.

Visitors and new members are always welcome, RSVP is essential.  
Starts at 5:45 with Pizza at the Digital Lamb studios: Level 2, 54 Currie Street, Adelaide SA 5000.

Adobe User Group South Australia - Tuesday 19th of February 2008
Introducing AS3
Following on from Steven Ready's "Absolute Basic Flash" last year, we will be starting 2008 off with a new series called "Introducing AS3" presented by Flash Action Script programmer Richard Huntley of Gamelearn.