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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

The 57 members who attended didn’t go home empty-handed. The Tuesday, April 25 meeting of the Adobe InDesign® user group started with an “outtroduction” by Paul Schiemer, the group’s faithful master of ceremony since its inception. Paul announced this was his last meeting (he has moved to Georgia) and passed the MC’s microphone over to Mark Poulalion, Senior Art Director of Sport Diver magazine. Mark not only performed MC duties, but also showed the group how to find stock photos using Adobe Bridge and Adobe Stock Photos. He then demonstrated how to import those images into InDesign.

Our featured presenter was the savvy and spirited Lesa Snider King, founder of the free creative tutorial website GraphicReporter.com and chief evangelist for iStockphoto.com. Lesa gave a presentation focusing first on iStockphoto.com, a royalty-free, high-quality, low-cost stock photo warehouse. Lesa followed up by sharing her efficient InDesign workflow secrets used in the production of O’Reilly’s Missing Manuals. Lesa also demonstrated keyboard shortcuts for InDesign® and innovative Photoshop tips and tricks featured on the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) website and her website. See and listen to her podcast each Wednesday night at www.yourmaclife.com.

Learn more about Lesa at www.graphicreporter.com.

Comments From the Survey Sheets

“Delightful guest speaker. Good info for everyone.”
— Jeff

“It was great! I don’t have a lot of experience, but it was very relevant to me. Everyone was really nice. Speaker was knowledgable and fun.”
— Crystel

“As always, top-quality speakers, content, and overall presentation. Thank you for offering such a premium experience filled with useful content.”
— Terry

“Really great, start to finish!!!”
— Beth

“Lesa was awesome! Fun, interesting, fast-paced.”
— Judy

“Excellent! What a team! Man, this is the Mac Daddy of all Mac groups! Lesa was awesome!! Thanks!”
— Bill

Raffle: Winning “Tools of the Trade”

From Adobe

Kynton was the lucky winner of the top prize: Adobe InDesign CS2.
Adobe Systems: www.adobe.com
Adobe Press: www.adobe.com/adobebooks

From Total Training

Steve won a training DVD package for InDesign CS2.
Everyone in attendance got handouts and demo disks about Total Training programs.
Total Training: www.totaltraining.com

From iStockphoto.com

iStockphoto.com gave away hats, T-shirts, and a "3-Free Credits" card to everyone. A backpack was won by Bill Johnson of Strang Communications.

iStockphoto.com: www.istockphoto.com

From the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)

Everyone in attendance got a copy of Layers magazine, and Scott Kelby gave one of his books:

InDesign CS/CS2 Killer Tips (Killer Tips)
Scott Kelby, Terry White
ISBN#: 0321330641
NAPP: www.photoshopuser.com

Layers Magazine: www.layersmag.com

From O’Reilly Publishing

Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One
Deke McClelland
ISBN#: 0596006187

Adobe InDesign CS2 One-on-One
Deke McClelland
ISBN#: 0596100973

Flickr Hacks: Tips & Tools for Sharing Photos Online (Hacks)
Paul Bausch, Jim Bumgardner
ISBN#: 0596102453

iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual (Missing Manual)
David Pogue, Derrick Story
ISBN#: 059652725X

iPod and iTunes: The Missing Manual (Missing Manual)
Jude Biersdorfer
ISBN#: 0596008775

Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Ed (Missing Manual)
David Pogue
ISBN#: 0596009410

Head First Design Patterns
Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra
ISBN#: 0596007124

Photoshop CS2 RAW: Using Adobe Camera Raw, Bridge, and Photoshop to Get the Most Out of Your Digital Camera
Mikkel Aaland
ISBN#: 0596008511

Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking
Julieanne Kost
ISBN#: 0596100833

O’Reilly book winners, please remember to write reviews; guidelines are at http://ug.oreilly.com/bookreviews.html. Visit O’Reilly Publishing at www.oreilly.com.

From Peachpit Press

The Adobe InCopy CS2 Book
Adam Pratt, Mike Richman
ISBN#: 0321337050

Adobe InDesign CS/CS2 Breakthroughs
David Blatner, Anne-Marie Concepcion
ISBN#: 0321334132

Real World Adobe InDesign CS2 (Real World)
Olav Martin Kvern, David Blatner
ISBN#: 0321322029

Adobe InDesign CS2 Official JavaScript Reference
Adobe Systems Incorporated
ISBN#: 0321409698

How to Wow with InDesign CS2 (2nd Edition) (How to Wow)
Wayne Rankin, Mike McHugh
ISBN#: 0321357515

InDesign CS2 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide (Visual QuickStart Guides)
Sandee Cohen
ISBN#: 0321322010

Adobe InDesign CS2 Classroom in a Book (Classroom in a Book)
Adobe Creative Team
ISBN#: 0321321855

InDesign Type: Professional Typography with Adobe InDesign CS2
Nigel French
ISBN#: 0321385446

Visit Peachpit Press at www.peachpit.com.

Thanks again for all your support.

Edward Feldman
Chapter Representative, Orlando InDesign User Group

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