We have an extra special guest this meeting! We also have a copy of Adobe Creative Suite to give away — so come along with your best shortcut, tip, or trick to go into the draw.
If there is something you would like us to present, or question/s answered, please email us prior to the meeting.
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Date, time, and location
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Media Design School
Level 10
242 Queen Street
Auckland, Central 1010
*Sign in on level 10 then proceed to 12.
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Agenda
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6:00 – Doors open to mix and mingle
6:30 – Introduction
6:40 – Automatication’s Multi Find/Change for CS4 and CS5
7:10 – Using Object Styles in CS4 and CS5 with Marcus
7:40 – Something new, very cool and awesome in InDesign CS5 with Heather
8:10 – Shortcuts, Tips and Tricks — best one gets the prize
8:30 – Mix and mingle plus draw for prize
9:00 – Doors Close
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Please register to attend
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Layers magazine has a nice article on the art of type. It goes into quite a level of detail about type spacing, x-heights and more. A good read if you are interested in the dark art of typography.
One of the cool features in Adobe Photoshop CS5 (and actually, Illustrator to some extent) is the bristle brush which gives the same effect as painting with a real brush (especially using your Wacom). Have a look at this video from Photoshop Cafe which gives a simple introduction.
With Adobe CS5 site upgrades in full swing, here is a little tip for those who need to exchange documents with others on InDesign CS4.
In the past you used the InDesign Interchange format (.INX) to save down from one InDesign version to another. With Adobe InDesign CS5 – this is not an option! Instead, Adobe have provided the InDesign Markup Language (IDML) as a format for moving a document to another version.
So, in InDesign CS5, you go to Export in the File Menu and choose InDesign Markup.
Then drag/drop the IDML file onto the InDesign CS4 icon and it will reconstruct the document. If you need to take it back to InDesign CS3 – you must save the .INX file from InDesign CS4.
During our presentations of CS5, we pointed out the fact that CS5 has new ways of working and for you to think about your worflow. And as workflow is our middle name – we will be there to help you migrate and take advantage of the hundreds of improvements Adobe CS5 has.
But another topic in the presentation was efficiency, so here are a set of reports which show the benchmarks of Adobe CS5 in not just speed – but the time it takes to do tasks against previous methods. It is very interesting reading!
We put Adobe CS5 in front of hundreds of you during the launch week – if anyone missed out – we are happy to run more! Register your interest with John Hutchinson or Neil McGowan on (09) 477 0396.
Following on from the Adobe CS5 presentations by Digital Arena – we learned today that Adobe Flash CS5′s packager for iPhone will not be developed further by Adobe. They have turned their focus (and asked Flash developers also) toward the Android OS.
So while we were not sure during the launch presentations – here is the final word.
If you want to develop ideas for the iPhone, get in touch with a local iPhone development company – or learn Xcode yourself!
Digital Arena have been demonstrating Adobe CS5 to groups since its release on Tuesday 13th April. Our Friday 16th April session (10.30am) has a few spots left for those curious about what Adobe CS5 can bring (clue: A lot!)
The groups have left the sessions with stunned looks as our resident Adobe InDesign Chapter Representative for NZ shows the highlights of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash and Flash Catalyst. (Along with ePUB to iPad/Kindle and Documents Online and more). Adobe CS5 has an incredible array of new features which translate into huge time savings and the ability to go to more delivery media.
If you want to be in on the action and see these products demonstrated by an expert in this field this Friday, contact Neil McGowan or John Hutchinson on (09) 477 0396.
