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Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Our first meeting was a huge success. We had over 60 persons in attendance. The energy was right, the room was comfortable. The screen was clear, and everyone could hear and be heard. Here’s an example of presenters and topics covered.

Karla Elgin, of Future Media Concepts, introduced Katie Houghton, an Adobe Certified Instructor. Katie exposed us to useful new features of InDesign® CS2. She showed how well-integrated InDesign is with both Photoshop® and Illustrator®. Attendees are still talking about how they are putting into practice what they learned. Future Media Concepts, the nation's premier digital media training company, has offices in Orlando, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Boston. They provide a complete range of manufacturer-authorized training in all areas of digital media.

Visit Future Media Concepts on the web at www.fmctraining.com

Mark Poulalion, Senior Art Director of Sport Diver magazine, demonstrated the Adobe Bridge, explained how to rate images, touched on style sheets and how to make PDFs properly, gave an overview of the demise of encapsulated postscript (.eps), and touched on nested and object, style sheets. Sport Diver is a publication of World Publications. Mark knows first-hand the challenges of converting from Quark 6.5 to InDesign CS2. World Publications is now in the process of converting all 22 of their magazines from QuarkXPress to InDesign.

Visit Sport Diver magazine on the web at www.sportdiver.com

David Brotherton, Art Director, Create Magazine, talked about his publication's InDesign conversion process. He showed us the last Quark issue of Create and the first InDesign issue. He gave us an overview of his company; they have six people responsible for putting out the magazine. David discussed a poll taken, within the industry, of shops that had switched to InDesign. He explained the use of InCopy®, which enables changes to text files to automatically be reflected in the InDesign files. The Create website offers a “Resource” link that gives professionals a high-end medium for sharing information that facilitates strategic partnerships and career growth.

Visit Create Magazine on the web at www.createmagazine.com

The remarkable support by Adobe put the meeting over the top.

Scott, of Baker Barrios Architects, got to take home the full Adobe CS2 Professional package. Gary won a copy of the Illustrator CS WOW book. Judy, of Strang Communications, won an Illustrator CS book. Sean, also of Strang Communications, won an Adobe Acrobat Tips and Tricks book. There were various other prizes including an Apple T-shirt from the newly opened Florida Mall Apple Store. Everyone got copies of Create and Layers magazines, as well as fully working 30-day evaluation discs of Adobe CS2 professional.

The meeting continued in the coffee shop and gallery with user members sharing ideas, exchanging cards, and having danish, veggies, and chips.

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