Auckland InDesign User Group – Cutting Edge with Adobe CC

The next meeting of the Auckland InDesign User Group is scheduled for June 18th.

Marcus will be full of news from his trip to the States. Hopefully we’ll be able to show you what’s new in Adobe Creative Cloud (it’s all very exciting), more tips and tricks, and more DPS. So make sure you come along to this meeting and that you’re registered to be eligible for more jolly good prizes that we have to give away.

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Date, time, and location
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Tuesday, June 18 2013
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Media Design School
Level 5, 92 Albert Street
Auckland, CBD

***NOTE NEW VENUE LOCATION***

We’re still at Media Design School but we now going to be in the awesome auditorium on level 5. So watch out for the signs!

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6:00pm – Doors open – some time to relax, get comfy and chat
6.30pm – Adobe Creative Cloud – what’s new
6.45pm – Tips and Tricks with Heather
7.15pm – Creating Adobe Edge Content for InDesign DPS with Marcus
8.00pm – Giveaways and Sponsor Messages
8.15pm – Time for pizza, drinks, networking

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Sponsors
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The Auckland InDesign User Group would like to thank the generous support of our major sponsors: Adobe, Digital Arena, Font Talent, InDesign Magazine and Media Design School.

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Please register to attend
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Auckland InDesign User Group – First meeting of 2013

The first meeting of the Auckland InDesign User Group for 2013 has been scheduled for Tuesday, 26th of March.

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Date, time, and location
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 6:00 PM

Media Design School
Level 16
92 Albert Street
Auckland, CBD 1010

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6:00pm – Doors open – some time to relax, get comfy and chat
6.30pm – Adobe Creative Cloud update
6.45pm – InDesign, PSDs and AIs
7.15pm – Adobe DPS: Using states like a boss!
8.00pm – Giveaways and Sponsor Messages
8.15pm – Time for pizza, drinks, networking

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Sponsors
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The Auckland InDesign User Group would like to thank the generous support of our major sponsors: Adobe, Digital Arena, Firebrand Talent, InDesign Magazine and Media Design School, and the unflailing support of Wendy and the team at IDUG.

As always we will have some jolly good prizes to give away. Make sure you are registered, check that your details are up-to-date to be eligible to be in with chance to win something really cool!

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Auckland InDesign User Group – Swan Song for 2012

The next meeting of the Auckland InDesign User Group is scheduled for November 13th.

And you don’t want to miss this meeting! No, really you don’t. Truly, you’d be mad to miss one of these meetings! So get along for one last time in 2012 to learn some more really exciting stuff in other Adobe programs. Check it out below …

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Date, time, and location
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Tuesday, November 13 2012
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Media Design School
Level 16
92 Albert Street
Auckland, CBD 1010

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6:00pm – Doors open and a bit of time to network
6.30pm – Welcome & Sponsors
6.40pm – Photoshop 3D by Paul Cracknell
7.10pm – Guides Guru by Marcus Radich
7.40pm – What’s new in Acrobat XI by Heather Rennie
8.00pm – Windup and Prizes
8.15pm – Time for pizza, drinks and networking and farewells for 2012

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Sponsors
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The Auckland InDesign User Group would like to thank all our sponsors Adobe, Digital Arena, Firebrand Talent, Media Design School and InDesign Magazine, plus our many supporters.

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Don’t Forget …
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It is free to join and attend our meetings. To win a prize you must be a current registered member of our chapter and attend the meeting at which the prize is drawn.

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Auckland InDesign User Group – Adobe Digital Publishing Suite

The next meeting of the Auckland InDesign User Group is scheduled for August 28th.

Well, you asked for it so that’s exactly what you are going to get: an in-depth look at the future of digital publishing with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite in CS6. What is it and who is it for? It is a complete solution for individual designers, traditional media publishers, ad agencies, and companies of all sizes that want to create, distribute, monetize, and optimize engaging content and publications for tablet devices.

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Date, time, and location
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Tuesday, August 28 2012
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Media Design School
Level 16
92 Albert Street
Auckland, CBD 1010

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Agenda
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6:00pm – Doors open and a bit of time to network
6.30pm – Welcome & Sponsors
6.40pm – Adobe DPS Part 1 with Marcus
7.15pm – Tips & tricks with Heather
7.35pm – Adobe DPS Part 2 with Marcus
8.10pm – Windup and Prizes
8.15pm – Time for pizza, drinks and networking

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Sponsors
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The Auckland InDesign User Group would like to thank all our sponsors Adobe, Digital Arena, Firebrand Talent, Media Design School and InDesign Magazine, plus our many supporters.

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Don’t Forget …
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It is free to join and attend our meetings. To win a prize you must be a current registered member of our chapter and attend the meeting at which the prize is drawn.

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Please register to attend
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Adobe Creative Suite 6 Roadshow for New Zealand and Australia

The Adobe Creative Suite 6 Roadshow has been announced for New Zealand and Australia. This is a great opportunity to experience what is new in Creative Suite 6. The roadshow will feature top speakers from Adobe including Paul Burnett, Michael Stoddart and Karl Soule. There will even be a chance to win CS6 software.

Event Highlights

• Interactive media – create adaptive layouts, animations and interactions using the latest HTML5/CSS3 standards and frameworks across all platforms

• See how the new features of Adobe Dreamweaver® CS6, Adobe Fireworks® CS6 and Adobe Flash® Professional CS6 will streamline and enhance your workflow

• Digital video – Adobe’s vision for broadcast and video post-production

• In-depth view of the new Adobe Premiere Pro® covering performance and editing enhancements

• Adobe® Photoshop® CS6 tips and tricks

More info here.

Event Details

Auckland
Date: 17th July
Time: 9.00am – 4.30pm (Registration from 8.30am)
Venue:Viaduct Events Center
181 Halsey Street, Auckland 1141

Register here.

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Digital Arena’s Adobe Certified Experts

Congratulations to Craig and Marcus for successfully gaining their Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) certification for Adobe InDesign CS5. Craig and Marcus have demonstrated a professional level of proficiency with InDesign CS5. Both are now eagerly awaiting for the InDesign CS6 re-certification exam to become available.

This is a huge achievement, well done guys.

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InDesign CS6 and Adobe Digital Publishing Suite

Watch this video to see what is new in InDesign CS6 and the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. This includes a great demonstration of liquid layouts, a very powerful tool in InDesign CS6 to create alternate layouts automatically.

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Documents created with InDesign CS 6 and down-saving for earlier versions

Here’s a popular tip for those about to move to InDesign CS6.

InDesign Documents (.indd) created in InDesign CS6 can’t be opened with earlier versions of InDesign, there is however an easy solution. With InDesign CS6 simply select “Save As…” then from the Format pull-down menu select “InDesign CS4 or later (IDML)”, click “Save” and your new IDML file can be opened with InDesign CS4 or later.

In the past if you needed to exchange files with people using an earlier version if InDesign you had to select “Export” from the “File” menu to export your InDesign Document to an InDesign Markup file (.idml).

If you are still on an earlier version of InDesign and try to open an InDesign CS6 Document you will get the following error:

‘Cannot open “filename.indd”. Please upgrade your plug-ins to their latest versions, or upgrade to the latest version of Adobe InDesign.’.

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Digital Arena presents Adobe Creative Suite 6 & Adobe DPS

Over the next week we are running a series of Adobe Creative Suite 6 preview presentations to demonstrate and discuss what’s new in CS6 and Adobe DPS.

Marcus Radich will be presenting a feature tour covering Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign as well as some of the services available with the Creative Cloud. We are running these presentations in a series of small groups to invite discussion and spark imaginations for what we can create with Adobe’s latest Creative Suite and Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. Marcus will also  be covering Adobe DPS workflow and how InDesign can be used for Digital Publishing.

If you’ve attended one of our presentations we would love to hear what you found valuable and what has caught your attention. Please add a comment to this blog post below.

Adobe, Creative Suite, CS6, Digital Publishing, DPS, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop

What’s new in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign CS6

Adobe evangelists provide an overview of what’s new in Illustrator CS6, Photoshop CS6 and InDesign CS6.

Adobe, Creative Suite, CS6, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop