Jeff and Colin, you both rock.
Laurie K.
Vancouver Film School
Event DetailsWe had a great meeting on Tuesday July 6th as we welcomed Seattle resident Colin Fleming of Adobe up to Vancouver. Colin treated us to the great new features in InDesign CS5 and how to use them in an everyday user setting.
Colin is an Application Engineer at Adobe Systems Incorporated. He has taught advanced classes on applications and production techniques for print and Web design since 1999. His specialties include InDesign production workflows and custom training for Adobe customers who are moving to InDesign and Creative Suite workflows. Colin is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, and Acrobat, and an Adobe Creative Suite Master Instructor. He was also hired by Adobe to help create and review many of the actual Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exams. Colin has been a member of the Seattle InDesign User Group since its original meeting in 2000 and was the chapter representative from 2002-2004.
See more of Colin on Adobe TV at http://bit.ly/d4AOa3 as he shows us how to use InDesign to create ebooks.
After Colin completed his presentation, Jeff Kew reviewed all the prizes we were giving away including showing off the websites and the software that was being awarded as doorprizes.
We concluded by drawing evaluation forms for prizes.
Many thanks to our sponsors for donating the following products and services for this meeting. (Best prices for books are usually found at Amazon.ca, and don't forget that there are often discount member benefits for book purchases; check these out in the Member Benefits area on the IDUG website. If you don't see any, ask your chapter rep.)
**Adobe CS5 Design Premium software ($1799 value) - That's right, it's the full bundle, not just a single title.
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/design/
**Books and DVDs on various topics:
http://www.focalpress.com/
http://oreilly.com/
http://www.peachpit.com/index.aspx
http://www.lynda.com/
**Online Mags and subscriptions:
InDesign Magazine
http://www.indesignmag.com/
Layers Magazine
http://layersmagazine.com/
Kelby Training
http://www.kelbytraining.com/
Creative Edge
http://www.creativeedge.com/
**InDesign and Photoshop services and plug-ins from the following companies:
Strata 3D - Strata Design 3D CX
http://strata3d.com/
Medialab - SiteGrinder 3
http://www.medialab.com/sitegrinder3/featuretour.php#
Auto FX - Mystical bundles
http://www.autofx.com/
Stocklayouts - Online stock layouts subscription
http://www.stocklayouts.com/Default.aspx
Gridiron - Flow
http://www.gridironsoftware.com/products/flow.html
Powerretouche - Retouching plugins
http://powerretouche.com/
Aextra Software - InDesign plugins
http://aextra.de/
Zevrix - LinkOptimizer, BatchOutput, InPreflight
http://www.zevrix.com/index.php
Printing Gift Certificate:
TPH - Biz Card Printing: 250 Digitally printed cards
http://www.tph.ca/locations/default.aspx?
(1177 W. Hastings St.)
**The meeting refreshments were sponsored by Inque Designs. Thank you Matt!
http://inquedesign.com/
Many thanks to Adobe for their ongoing and generous support. Without them, we wouldn't be having these meetings.
Facilities for the meeting supplied by the Vancouver Film School, http://www.vfs.com.
A special thank-you to Colin Fleming for going the extra miles to be with us (nearly 8hrs of driving over two days). Let's not forget our amazing volunteers who put these meetings together; Jeff Kew, Regina Leung, Miles Harrison, Thorsten Gohl, Aldo Rivera and Anna Mae Abia (our photographer). Last but not least, thanks to everyone who came out for this event and gave us their generous feedback.
http://www.mogo-media.com/conferences/the-indesign-conference/
The InDesign Conference comes to Chicago from Nov 2nd, 2010 to Nov 4th, 2010
IDUG members receive early registration discounts. Contact your Chapter rep.
http://max.adobe.com/
Adobe MAX 2010
October 23-27, Los Angeles, CA
MAX is a unique opportunity to connect with thousands of designers, developers, and business leaders as we shape the future of digital media together.
Discover how to realize the full potential of your content and applications. Find new opportunities presented by rich experiences across screens. Explore new methods for monetizing content. Learn about innovative technologies that enable designers and developers to work together more effectively.
http://max.adobe.com/cyb/
Convince your boss
Great detail with real-world objects - Barry M.
Amazing presentation as usual - Matt K.
My first experience with the user group and I'm very happy - Sebastian A.
Very exciting information, excellent speaker - Lisa E.
I'm hooked, will be back next time - Mary M.
Thank you for organizing this event - Betty B.
Colin Fleming is a great, very clearly understandable speaker - Nancy W.
Fantastic presentation, I'm glad I joined the user group - Henriette B.
Very well done. Hopefully can extend on other CS5 ie: Illustrator - Neil B.
You're a star Jeff - Susan T.
Venue great, Colin great - George K.
Colin is a great presenter - Kathy Chelew
Colin knew his stuff - Brian D.
Thank you Jeff for all your hard work - Marilou S.
Great tips and tricks, CS5 looks awesome - Ruth J.
Colin was great! Relaxed and informative - Luis I.
Great to see new features beyond the marketing featured ones - Jan D.
Best refreshments ever - Wilson N.
Excellent presentation, I have CS5 envy - Leigh M.
Really appreciate all the efforts Jeff and team did for this and all the other IDUG meetings - Angela C.
Please bring Colin back in the future - Christiana W.
Excellent presenter, made things look easy - Randy E.
Excellent tips and great refreshments - Scott B.
I was very pleased with the entire evening - Sid P.
Eggsellent - Kirsten S
For the next meeting I am working on bringing local talent to the floor! Tentatively we have:
Adobe Camera Raw - Ins and outs. Steve Pinter - http//:www.photoshopguy.com
Nested InDesign files - skip illustrator. Jeff Kew - http://www.fireboycreative.com/
plus more... (topics may change)
We are working on a September date. TBA.
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