Adobe User Group of Atlanta - InDesign User Group

February Meeting Recap

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:12:00 -0400

The February meeting of the Adobe User Group of Atlanta turned out great. I think that everyone found some really cool ideas on how they could use some of the features of Acrobat 9.

Quote of the evening: "15% of most corporate IT departments budgets goes to paper supplies." Holy crap. Can you imagine how many jobs could be saved in our crazy economy if corporations reduced their paper use (not to mention trees)? Adobe just released a white paper on Enterprise Sustainability (and Acrobat) that is an interesting read (and could be useful to some of our clients). You can find this white paper here.

Adobe's presenters Phil Lee and Ann Fracas would have continued to show the really cool PDF example files for hours if I had let them.They wanted to show as many of the new features possible (as well as some of the more useful yet overlooked older features of Acrobat).
We are scheduling a "Flash Inside PDF" meeting for the Adobe Flash Platform User Group of Atlanta later this year. It's really powerful to see a Acrobat form use Javascript to talk to a Flex-based charting application all inside a Acrobat 9 PDF file. I think this use of Acrobat combined with Flex/Flash is really cool and has a totally untapped potential.

There are two meetings at Roundbox Global next week:

Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 7PM
Adobe Flash Platform User Group of Atlanta
Kenny Bunch presenting Building Media and Video Apps
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
CHI Atlanta
CNN presenting Election 2008
($15 Charge for Non-members)
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And don't forget the InDesign User Group:

Monday, March 2, 2009
Atlanta InDesign User Group
InDesign and Flash - The Digital Transition
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September 2007 Adobe Events for Atlanta

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:05:00 -0400

We love getting everyone modivated for the Fall. Here's what is on tap for you in September and October! We're not saying that you have to go to all of these events. We just want you to know what is coming up so you can plan to attend an event or two and reconnect with your community after a long, hot Summer.

Adobe MAX 2007
October 1 -3, 2007
Chicago
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They have turned the asylum over to the crazy people! Or, as the speaker list suggests, the Adobe MAX 2007 conference has been turned over to the designers and developers. This year's MAX is shaping up to be a must attend event. Mark October 1 - 3 on your calendar and get your ticket soon! And if you use Ted Patrick's magic $400 discount code, BFF755, you can save some bucks! Register now before the discount ends on September 10. Don't forget to list your favorite user group manager when you register — Michael Hagel, John Mason, Paul Olmeda, Teddy Payne or Leif Wells!

Adobe Flash Platform User Group of Atlanta
Tueday, September 11, 2007 - 7:00 PM
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Ever wish you were in the Rich Media advertising game? Ever think it might be easy to get there? The folks at EyeWonder have arranged for Toolbox No. 9's Jason Rhoades to show us how Rich Media Advertising with Flash CS3— ads containing animation and video — are in the reach of Flash designers and developers everywhere.

Adobe eXperience Design User Group of Atlanta
Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 7:00 PM
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Design Patterns! Designers have heard about them and read about them. See what Roundbox Global's Brian Hochhalter says about what you can do with them.

Atlanta Flash and Flex User Group
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 6:30 PM
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Ever build an application that needed to be rapidly developed and wish there were ways to test builds just as rapidly? John Mason is going to show us the way by using Unit Testing and Test Driven Development (TDD) for Flex & ActionScript 3.0.

Adobe User Group of Atlanta
Thursday, September 27 - 7:00 PM
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We've felt guilty about not providing proper Illustrator meetings for quite some time. This month we make up for it by having Dee Sadler present the New Features of Illustrator CS3. Want to see what you are missing since CS2? Want to see the new features working? Want to see new work flows? Here's your chance!

Also Upcoming:

Atlanta ColdFusion User Group
Wednesday, October 3 - 6:30 PM
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Atlanta ColdFusion User Group
no meeting currently scheduled
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Atlanta April and May Upcoming Events

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:39:00 -0400

There are a lot of great events coming up in Atlanta for the months of April and May! Here's the rundown:

April 10

Adobe Flash Platform User Group April 2007 Meeting

Kenny Bunch presents Time Shifting Entertainment

Atlanta InDesign User Group

InDesign CS3

April 12

Atlanta Adobe Experience Design (XD) User Group April 2007 Meeting

Ness Higson

April 18

Atlanta Flash & Flex User Group

Migrating Existing (simple) Applications from HTML to Flex

April 19 - 20

Atlanta Java User Group Special Event

The Practice of Java in Atlanta - an Open Space Event

$75.00 for this two-day event

April 26

Adobe User Group of Atlanta April 2007 Meeting

Greg Rewis and Stephanie Sullivan present CS3 Web Workflow and CSS with Dreamweaver CS3

(this is a special event, so please send an RSVP)

May 17

Atlanta ColdFusion User Group Special Meeting

Ben Forta/Scorpio Tour (this is a special event, so pay attention to the instructions)

InDesign User Group Meeting August 31

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:59:00 -0400

The Atlanta InDesign Users Group is meeting this week!

As a continuing effort to wow and amaze us, Chris Converse will demonstrate and impress us with Creating Interactivity with InDesign. First there will be a demonstration of the interactive capabilities of InDesign, including the hyperlink palette, and button tool. Chris will demonstrate how to create an interactive PDF document right inside of InDesign. See an example of the final product in his Acrobat Design Guide 2006.

Take a look at the user group's website.