Dayton Adobe User Group

DAUG is seeking a new Coordinator

2012-01-03T20:56:00.000-05:00

Dayton Adobe User Group is seeking a new coordinator, please contact me if you are interested: doug.wade@creativesyndicate.org

Dayton Adobe User Group - Meeting In June

2011-04-25T19:32:00.007-04:00

Our June meeting will feature a demo by Doug Wade of some new features in Photoshop CS5. Doug is an Adobe CS instructor at Greene County Career Center, Warren County Career Center, and Sinclair. He has extensive experience with Photoshop. Please join us on this coming Wednesday June 1st, starting at 6:00 PM at the school of advertising art. Doug's demo will be followed by a brief Q+A.

The School Of Advertising Art, is located at 1725 E. David Rd, Kettering, OH 44540

Join us on Wednesday, June 1st at 6:00 pm

Details

Wednesday, June 1st, from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
school of advertising art (1725 East David Road)
Free admission
Ample free parking
Light snacks provided
RSVP on Facebook

CANCELLED December meeting: Doug Wade demos Photoshop CS5

2010-12-10T16:40:00.002-05:00

We regret that this meeting has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. Our speaker, Doug Wade, is feeling under the weather today. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. We'll reschedule this meeting to sometime in the coming months. We hope to see you at our next meeting!

Our December meeting will feature a demo by Doug Wade of some new features in Photoshop CS5. Doug is an Adobe CS instructor at Greene County Career Center and has extensive experience with Photoshop. Please join us on this coming Wednesday December 15, starting at 6:30PM at the school of advertising art. Doug's demo will be followed by a brief Q+A.

Simply showing up at the meeting will enter you into a raffle for two great books on Photoshop as well, courtesy of our sponsors.

Details

Wednesday, December 15, 6:30 - 8:00
school of advertising art (1725 East David Road)
Free admission
Ample free parking
Light snacks provided
RSVP on Facebook

Adobe UG Holiday Happy Hour

2010-11-30T15:38:00.000-05:00

All three of the Adobe user groups in Dayton invite you to our happy hour at The Pub on Thursday December 2. There won't be any presentations or speakers, just a bunch of your fellow Adobe geeks and some awesome door prize giveaways.

In case you don't know, Dayton's 3 Adobe User Groups are:

Details

Thursday, December 2, 6-8pm
The Pub Beavercreek (at The Greene)
Free door prize raffles
RSVP on Facebook, and feel free to invite your FB friends

November meeting: Freelance Dayton

2010-11-10T18:58:00.001-05:00

Andy Baker and Casey Telger from Freelance Dayton will join DAUG's November 17 meeting to offer insights into the world of freelance design. They'll discuss their personal perspectives on the art and business of freelancing, as well as discussing how their organization can help freelancers.

The meeting is free to attend and there will be a free raffle for prizes, including two books, courtesy of our sponsor, Focal Press.

DETAILS

Wednesday, November 17, starting at 6:30PM
school of advertising art (1725 E David Rd)
Free admission
Ample free parking
Light snacks provided
RSVP on Facebook

Adobe's Trip Gotelli to present CS5 and After Effects

2010-10-13T10:00:00.005-04:00

Our buddies at MCA-I Ohio Valley are hosting an event featuring Trip Gotelli, Senior Business Manager and Pro Video / Imaging Rep. at Adobe. He’ll give a presentation on Adobe Creative Suite 5 and After Effects. MCA-I invites members of other groups like the DAUG and DCS to attend, so it should be a great networking opportunity.

Be sure to double check the MCA-I website for up-to-date info about this event.

Details

Tuesday, October 26th
Free for MCA-I members
$10 for non-members
Social hour (with food) starts at 5:30
Trip starts at 6:30
School of Advertising Art (1725 E David Rd)

Southwest Ohio GiveCamp seeks web designers and developers

2010-09-22T10:09:00.000-04:00

Southwest Ohio GiveCamp asked us to put out a call for volunteers. It seems like a great opportunity to use your talents to give back to the community. Here's what they sent us...

Southwest Ohio GiveCamp needs your support. For one weekend in October, we’ll take on the technology wish lists of 10 non-profit organizations, and we’re looking for about 60 volunteers, both technical and non-technical, to help us do it.

We need:

Developers (any language)
Web and User Experience Designers
Data Base Administrators
Project Managers
Anyone who wants to help!

You will:

Create custom software for non-profit organizations
Donate your time
Work as part of a team and meet new colleagues
Share your skills and learn new ones
Walk away knowing that the world is a better place

When and where:
From 5pm on Friday, October 22 to 5pm on Sunday, October 24, 2010 at
Miami University's Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester,
Ohio.

Are you a non-developer?
There are many ways that non-developers can help.

Before the event Business Analysts can help review the Charities requirements to help them organize their ideas and get them ready for the developers.
On the day of the event, volunteers are needed to help set out food, stocking the refrigerator, blogging, podcasting and generally just checking up on the teams to see how they’re doing.
The bottom line is – if you want to participate in a GiveCamp event, we’ll find a way for you to do it!

Sign up
If you're interested, check out southwestohiogivecamp.org. If you're really interested, go directly to the sign-up form.

September meeting: Rusty Shackles, comic illustrator

2010-08-29T20:34:00.000-04:00

"M.O.D.O.K. Muffin" by Rusty Shackles

Rusty Shackles is a local comic illustrator with an impressive (and often bizarre) body of work and an all-digital workflow. He will join DAUG's September 15 meeting to provide a look inside his creative process. He'll also demonstrate some of his digital illustration techniques.

The meeting is free to attend and there will be a free raffle for prizes, including two great books on digital illustration, courtesy of our sponsor, Focal Press.

Details

Wednesday, September 15, starting at 6:30PM
school of advertising art (1725 E David Rd)
Free admission
Ample free parking
Light snacks provided
RSVP on Facebook

Speaking about DAUG at Film Connections

2010-08-28T11:33:00.000-04:00

I (Brian Ward) will be attending and speaking at FilmDayton's September Film Connections meeting. I'll give an overview of the Dayton Adobe User Group and answer any questions people might have.

If you've ever attended a DAUG meeting, you may already have the low-down on what we do. However, you may consider attending Film Connections anyway because there will be some other cool talks.

Colin Gerker, a recent UD History and Communications double major grad with a focus on Electronic Media will show and tell how you can use social media to develop a stronger presence for your video projects and give insight into how you may tap into rapid video communication in large organizations.

Additionally, Jay Tieber will make an announcement regarding the Ohio Liberty Film Festival’s sneak peek presentation of ROCKIN’ THE WALL (2010), produced by Dayton’s own Larry Schweikart and Steve Lopez.

Details

Tuesday, August 31, starting at 7:00PM
ThinkTV (110 S Jefferson St)
Free admission
There should be ample free street parking, but you can also check EasyPark
RSVP on Facebook

BFusion & BFlex conference at Indiana University

2010-08-27T10:50:00.000-04:00

Want to learn more about ColdFusion and Adobe Flex? Whether you are a curious beginner or an advanced developer, BFusion and BFlex have something for you. Featuring hands-on training from the experts in ColdFusion, Adobe Flex, AIR, Catalyst and other technologies, these events will be held on September 11 and 12 on the Indiana University campus in beautiful and eclectic Bloomington, Indiana.

BFusion

BFusion, on Saturday, September 11, is a full day of hands-on ColdFusion training. The day-long sessions feature a track for pure beginners, a beginners’ track for developers new to ColdFusion, and two intermediate tracks: “Hands-on OOP with Mach II” and “CFFree: Building and Deploying CFML Applications on a Free Software Stack”. There will also be a number of 90-minute hands-on sessions for intermediate and advanced developers.

BFlex

BFlex, on Sunday, September 12, is a full day of hands-on Flash Platform development with Flex, AIR, Catalyst and Flash Builder. The day-long sessions feature a track for pure beginners, a beginners’ track for developers new to Flex and a track on Flash Catalyst. A number of engaging hands-on sessions are also available for intermediate and advanced developers.

Perhaps the most impressive thing about these events is their low cost: only $30 for one day or $45 for both days of training. The price includes lunch. You just need to show up with a laptop, a water bottle, and good night’s sleep. (OK, that last one has proven to be optional by those who arrive the night before to enjoy the Bloomington nightlife. We just ask that you be awake and ready to learn.)

For more information about the sessions, speakers, and registration, please see:
http://bflex.indiana.edu/

This is the third year for BFusion and the fourth for BFlex, events that have drawn the enthusiastic participation from highly regarded instructors from around the country. Come see why!

Recap: CSS Headers and Navigation

2010-08-06T00:16:00.000-04:00

At our August 4 meeting, Geoff Stump continued his series of HTML and CSS demos with a lesson on building headers and navigation.

Some topics he covered were:

using the "sliding door" or "sprite" technique to create rollover buttons that load quickly
replacing the title of a website with a logo image, but retaining the text for SEO
some more advanced layout techniques, including the "float" property

Reference materials:

Download Geoff's demo files (3.84MB)
Visit Geoff's CSS reference website

Thanks, as always, to everyone who came out to the meeting and to SAA for being a great host.