Really enjoyed Jeff's talk that gave a solution to a case study - not just a demo, but a project example.
Mari Chijiiwa
Vancouver Film School
Event DetailsThe Vancouver InDesign User Group held its 2nd meeting of 2009 on Wednesday, June 10th. The evening was a great success with over 70 members attending. The meeting was held at the Vancouver Film School. Sebastian Distefano of Adobe once again wowed the audience with his knowledge of InDesign and demo-god abilities as showed the audience the benefits provided by the data merge features.
Midway through the meeting we stopped for a refreshments break that was kindly sponsored by Simply Computing on Broadway and Pine. http://www.simply.ca
After the break, Jeff Kew started off by reviewing some online resources:
http://www.indesignmag.com/
(PDF based magazine - see member benefits for special sale price for IDUG members)
http://www.stocklayouts.com/Default.aspx
(Well-designed templates for InDesign)
http://www.kelbytraining.com/index.html
(Affordable online video-based training)
After the online resources were shown, Jeff proceeded to demo/discuss the following plug-ins:
InDesign plug-ins from the following companies:
65 Bit - EasyCatalog
http://www.65bit.com/products/products.shtm
CtrlPublishing - CtrlChanges (If you won this product, please email me so I can get you set up for software support)
http://www.ctrl-ps.com/products/ctrlchanges
EM Software - InCatalog, InDate and Xtags
http://www.emsoftware.com/products/
FOLDRite - Template Master ($99 sale on right now)
http://www.foldfactory.com/shop.php
Soft Horizon - Chartbot
http://chartbot.com/
Teacup - Datalinker
http://www.teacupsoftware.com/
And Photoshop plug-ins:
Alien Skin
http://www.alienskin.com/product_index.aspx
Luxology - ImageSynth
http://www.luxology.com/whatismodo/imageSynth/
Medialab - Sitegrinder
http://www.medialab.com/sitegrinder/
Vertustech - Fluid Mask
http://www.vertustech.com/
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 purchase; check these out in the Member Benefits area on the IDUG website.
ALIEN SKIN - BlowUP, Bokeh, Exposure, Eye Candy Set (1 of each)
http://www.alienskin.com/product_index.aspx
65 BIT - EasyCatalog
http://www.65bit.com/products/products.shtm
CTRL PUBLISHING - CtrlChanges (4)
http://www.ctrl-ps.com/products/ctrlchanges
EM SODFTWARE - InCatalog, InDate and Xtags (3 complete sets)
http://www.emsoftware.com/products/
FOCAL PRESS (Computer Training Books)
http://www.focalpress.com/
INDESIGN MAGAZINE - One Year Subscription (2)
http://www.indesignmag.com/
LUXOLOGY - ImageSynth (2)
http://www.luxology.com/whatismodo/imageSynth/
MEDIALAB - Sitegrinder (1)
http://www.medialab.com/sitegrinder/
NAPP - Layers Magazine Subscriptions (2)
http://www.layersmagazine.com/
NAPP - Kelby Training 1 month Access (2)
http://www.kelbytraining.com/index.html
O'REILLY PRESS (Computer Training Books)
http://oreilly.com/pub/topic/printdesign
PEACHPIT PRESS (Computer Training Books)
http://www.peachpit.com/index.aspx
PEARSON (Computer Training Books)
http://www.pearsoned.com/professional/technical.htm
SIMPLY COMPUTING (Refreshments Table)
http://www.simply.ca/
STOCKLAYOUTS - Three month subscription (1)
http://www.stocklayouts.com/Default.aspx
TEACUP - Datalinker (2)
http://www.teacupsoftware.com/
TPH - Biz Card Printing: 250 Digitally printed cards
http://www.tph.ca/locations/default.aspx? (1177 W. Hastings St.)
VERTUSTECH - Fluid Mask (2)
http://www.vertustech.com/
ADOBE GIVEAWAYS (1)
InDesign CS4 Mac
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 Sebastian Distefano for going the extra miles to be with us (over 3000 of them). Also a special thanks to our volunteers who put these meetings together; Jeff Kew, Trish Anderson, Regina Leung, and Miles Harrison. And last but not least, thanks to everyone who came out for this event and gave us their generous feedback.
"Thanks for everything" - Daniella Pilossof
"Really valuable info" - Sarah Clayton
"Jeff is an amazing resource person and great presenter" - Toni Serofin
"Great meeting as usual" - Evgen Chekanov
"Thank you for sharing an amazing breadth of information" - Brad Cole
"Thanks for showing the plug-ins Jeff" - Betty Beck
"Sebastian is always great" - Luis Isidoro
"Thank you for including some Photoshop" - Rosi Peticov
"I loved the plug-ins, especially the one for folding" - Ellen Brock
"Data plug-ins were the most interesting/relevant" - Ken Paul
"Topics - great - expert speakers" - Chloe Perron
"Appreciated the treats" - Pascal Milelli
"It is a very good idea to show us hands-on experience, to give us good advice about what it possible" - Mark Jaworski
"Your presentation style is fantastic, unbiased, insightful and very practical" - Bryce Kiesser
"Can't wait for the next one" - Michelle Hunt
"Data Publishing, very useful" - Ron Tucker
"Great vibration, professional behaviour by participants, great humour. Good interactions with lecturer and audience" - Robert Emery
"Data merge will definitely come in use and save time in ways I never thought of" - Diane Smallwood
"Really liked seeing Jeff's actual jobs and how he chose to solve complex issues" - Frances Tycho
"Great stuff, loved seeing specific examples of actual projects and practical solutions" - Five Seventeen
Our next meeting will likely be sometime in September. We will be discussing PREPRESS - BEST HABITS. We will even show off some new third-party preflighting solutions.
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