| July 2009 |
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Local News
Adobe Flash makeover for Computicket |
International News
Adobe Flash Player 10 for Smartphones |
Product Feature
Adobe BrowserLab |
Featured Book
After Effects for Flash | Flash for After Effects |
Designer and Developer Feature
More is better: Address multiple learning styles
Building a Drupal site in 10 steps
Online Seminars
Training Partners
Designer and Developer Resources
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Local News
Adobe Flash makeover for Computicket- Click for more |
After many years of Computicket.com being in everybody's 'sites they love to hate' list, the site has been given a ground up makeover by the team at Prezence. Resisting the temptation to rebuild completely in Adobe Flash (as per SterKinekor.com), Prezence created a very lightweight but highly intuitive interface enabling users to quickly find and book for their favourite shows.
Built on top of Computicket's existing physical ticketing platform, the new site delivers a wealth of new features and search functionality.Adobe Flash played a vital part in the development of the new site by providing the direct replacement for the old Java applet seating plan enabling far more control over the booking experience and saving over 100kb downloaded to the user (as well as some nice at a glance mini seating plan features). Also, the new 'Event Planner' tool enables festival goers to plan their days watching multiple shows without clashes and then be able to bulk buy their tickets in once transaction. All Flash was published as version 6 for maximum compatibility across South African internet users.
This new launch is phase 1 of a long line of developments and user enhancements planned by the Computicket.com team. Visit Computicket |
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International News
Adobe Flash Player 10 for Smartphones- Click for more |
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Adobe are bringing Flash Player 10 to smartphone class devices to enable the latest web browsing experience. Multiple partners have already received an early version of this release and Adobe expects to release a beta version for developers at the Max conference in October. Google’s Android, Nokia’s Symbian OS, Windows Mobile and the new Palm Web OS will be the first devices to support web browsing with the new Flash player. The beta version of the Flash 10 player will, of course, enable these devices to have a much richer mobile Internet browsing experience and will include the ability to play back some embedded video on Web pages. |
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Product Feature
Adobe BrowserLab - Click for more |
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Adobe BrowserLab provides web designers exact renderings of their web pages in multiple browsers and operating systems, on demand. BrowserLab is a powerful solution for cross-browser compatibility testing, featuring multiple viewing and comparison tools, as well as customizable preferences. Since BrowserLab is an online service, it can be accessed from virtually any computer connected to the web. Also, Adobe Dreamweaver® CS4 software users have access to additional functionality such as testing local and active content. BrowserLab also powerful functionality such as the ability to test local content and different states of interactive pages. |
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Featured Book
After Effects for Flash | Flash for After Effects - Click for more |
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Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 brings together two powerful animation tools, each of which has its own specialized features and workflow. Learning to integrate Adobe After Effects and Adobe Flash Professional gives you more options for your animations and effects and the power to integrate video and motion graphics into a richer user experience. In this book, authors Richard Harrington and Marcus Geduld lead both types of users, those who are more familiar with either Flash or with After Effects, on using the programs together for maximum efficiency and creativity. |
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| Designer & Developer Feature |
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More is better: Address multiple learning styles - Click for more
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Leave no learner behind. Luanne showcases a website that does an amazing job of addressing different learning styles. "While doing some research on social bookmarking several months ago, I visited the del.icio.us website. As I scanned the list of popular websites, an entry called “Ian's Shoelace Site - Shoelace Knots - How To Tie Your Shoes” caught my eye. I was curious—who would make a website about tying shoes? There are zillions of hobby sites on the web, so what made me stay on Ian’s site? What made me click on the different links and explore? In a word—illustrations are what held me there." |
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Building a Drupal site in 10 steps - Click for more
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Content management systems (CMSs) are nothing new on the web. These systems are supposed to help users create, structure, and automate publishing content. Today, every company is looking to save costs and seems to be shifting attention back to the web (and hopefully to customers). The web is seeing another call to arms on all fronts from basic users to designers and developers. This time people are looking for good, flexible, free content management systems to run their web site. One of the most popular content management systems available today is Drupal. |
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| Online Seminars |
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Adobe ColdFusion 8 eSeminar Series
July 08, 2009 - August 19, 2009
CS4: Shortcut to Brilliant eSeminar Series for Designers
July 14, 2009 - August 11, 2009
CS4: Shortcut to Brilliant eSeminar Series for Web Professionals
July 22, 2009 - August 12, 2009
CS4: Shortcut to Brilliant eSeminar Series for Professional Photographers
July 23, 2009 - August 20, 2009
CS4: Shortcut to Brilliant eSeminar Series for Video Professionals
July 23, 2009 - August 27, 2009 |
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| Training Partners |
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Digicape - Cape Town
Contact Angie
084 029 9950
www.digicape.co.za
Concept Interactive - Cape Town
Contact Elethea
elethea@conceptinteractive.net
www.conceptinteractive.net
Friends of Design - Cape Town
Web Design, DTP (Desktop Publishing), and Motion graphics courses
www.friendsofdesign.net
Multimedia Centre - Cape Town
InDesign, Captivate, Photoshop, Illustrator, Robohelp, After Effects, Flash
Neil Stromin
021 790 3684
nstromin@multimediacentre.co.za
www.multimediacentre.co.za
The TrainingRoom at Apple Centre Project 3 - Cape Town
Workshops and courses offering a wide range of creative pro applications, from print design to mobile authoring These are held every Thursday evening and Saturday morning.
www.thetrainingroom.co.za
Terasys Solutions - JHB
Design, Web, Film, Photo.
082 885 2712
www.terasys.co.za
Morning Star Design - JHB
Adobe Authorised Training Center
Rehana Rajah
011 782 4297
msd@netactive.co.za
www.imsd.co.za
Billy Einkamerer's Adobe courses (not official Adobe courses) - JHB
Adobe products used include Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3 and Photoshop CS3.
billy@assemble.co.za
www.assemble.co.za
WalkerDigital
Adobe Authorised Training Centre
Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Captivate Dreamweaver, Flash, After Effects, Premier.
Stephen Walker
stephen@walkerdigital.co.za
http://www.walkerdigital.co.za |
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| Designer & Developer Resources and useful links |
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Dax Data's home page
Adobe's home page
Designer and Developer Resources
Adobe Design Centre
Adobe Developer Resources
Adobe Labs
Adobe TV
Adobe Exchange - easy-to-install extensions, time-saving functions, code and more.
Safari Books Online - e-reference library for designers and developers
Online Forums and Third Party Blogs
Adobe Online Forums
Design Center editor community blogs
Community site for all things MX
ColdFusion Developers Journal
SimplicIT Lab - South African Flash Resource |
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