Orlando InDesign User GroupMeeting Notes Archive
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Happy First Birthday, Orlando InDesign User Group!
Over 80 members joined us at the Orlando Sentinel for an action-packed evening, which officially began with a Q&A session. Robyn Watson, a local Adobe Certified Expert from Element, conducted the session.
Graham Cohen of Digital Juice (“a leader in royalty-free professional animations, stock footage, music, layered graphics, clip art and templates”) presented an overview of their products and specifically focused on Juice Drops (layered graphics for Photoshop). A special thanks to Digital Juice for giving everyone in attendance their Halloween Juice Drop, “Halloween Haunts.” We also learned tips for creating professional, effective titles for video when using Digital Juice Jump Backs and Animations. (Visit their website at www.digitaljuice.com.)
Next, Robyn Watson presented a quick overview of the powerful TableStyles and CellStyles plug-in from Teacup Software. Robyn showed us how this plug-in can fully format a table or a cell with a simple click. After the initial formatting, any changes made to the style are updated on the table automatically. The plug-in has the ability to import styles from other documents and create default styles, making it easy to standardize the look and feel for tables across an entire organization. If tables are a staple of your InDesign diet, this plug-in is a must-have. Following Robyn’s presentation, one lucky attendee took home a copy of TableStyles and CellStyles Pro. Visit their website at www.teacupsoftware.com.
During our break, we celebrated the Orlando InDesign User Group’s first birthday, complete with birthday cake.
Our main speaker for the evening was Gabriel Powell, Senior Training Director for Metafusion Training, an Adobe Authorized Training Center in Portland, Oregon. Gabriel introduced us to the world of Version Cue, an innovative file manager that is part of the Standard and Premium editions of Adobe Creative Suite 2. It allows you to track files, manage changes, and preserve various iterations of a file all from within the familiar Adobe environment. Say goodbye to complex file-naming conventions, endless searches for a particular file or version of a file, and having your work overwritten by someone else in your workgroup. Additionally, it lets you initiate and manage Adobe PDF-based reviews easily. He packed side lessons into his presentation as well (such as working Adobe Bridge and using snippets).
Version Cue CS2
A workflow guided tour
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Gabriel welcomes questions. Email him at gabriel@metafusiontraining.com, or visit Metafusion at www.metafusiontraining.com.
Here’s what some people had to say about Gabriel’s presentation:
“Learned great tips, excellent, Informative. Version Cue is very interesting.”
– Dan
“Great meeting tonight, great Information! I’m really looking forward to next month’s!”
– Aaron
“This was my first meeting and I thoroughly enjoyed all the information and presentations given this evening. I’m glad I can find additional information on the website and look forward to continued involvement. The level of presenters was especially impressive. Thank You.”
– Dorothy
“Gabriel and Version Cue were very interesting... I had not known of Version Cue.”
– Judy
“Very Good. I finally found out what Cue is for.”
– Al
“It would be awesome to have another session on version cue because it’s such a deep application.”
– Chip
Wish there was more time... too bad my co-workers were not able to attend.”
– Klaus
“I will be attending many more meetings.'
– Peggy
“All three topics were great!”
– Kristine
“Absolutely excellent speaker. I never knew how useful Version Cue could be. Can’t wait for XML next month!”
– Dennis
Prizes
As in every InDesign User Group meeting, the giveaways were plentiful. Angela Plagmann, our prize diva, would like to remind all winners to please write your reviews to publishers and for all to support our generous sponsors. The review-writing requirement by our sponsors and publishers is a small price for us to pay in order to continue receiving a generous offering of future books and software applications.
From Adobe:
Adobe InDesign CS2 Application software
From O’Reilly:
Photoshop Fine Arts Cookbook, by John Beardsworth
Adobe InDesign CS2 One-On-One, by Deke McClelland (2 copies)
InDesign Production Cookbook, by Dabbs & McMahon
iMovie & iDVD: The Missing Manual, by David Pogue
Photoshop Workflow Setups, by Eddie Tapp
Assembling Panoramic Photos: A Designers Notebook, translated by William Rodarmor
From Peachpit Press:
Adobe InDesign Personal Seminar/Book & DVD, by Terry White
Adobe InDesign CS2 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques, by Cruise & Anton
Adobe InDesign CS2 Official JavaScript Reference, by Antony Bolante
After Effects 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide, by Adobe Systems, Inc.
From Teacup Software:
TableStyles and CellStyles Pro InDesign plug-in
Thanks to our prize sponsors Adobe, O’Reilly, Peachpit Press, and Teacup Software.
Edward Feldman
Chapter Representative - Orlando Adobe InDesign User Group
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