March 2010 |
In This Issue |
Local News
On April 12, see everything differently with CS5 |
International News
COLDFUSION BUILDER AND FLASH BUILDER 4 |
Product Feature
Business Catalyst |
Featured Book
Adobe Master Class: Photoshop Compositing with John Lund |
Designer and Developer Feature
Things Your Mother Should Have Told You About Photoshop
What's new in Flash Builder 4
Seminars
Training Partners
Designer and Developer Resources |
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Local News
On April 12, see everything differently with CS5 |
In a world without creative limits, everything becomes both raw material and inspiration. A tree is still timber, but suddenly in a whole new way. Old ideas germinate again, and new ideas erupt from the landscape around you. Welcome to Adobe Creative Suite 5. Join us for the exclusive Global Online Launch Event, Monday April 12, 2010.  |
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International News
COLDFUSION BUILDER AND FLASH BUILDER 4 - Click for more |
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Building, deploying and maintaining Adobe ColdFusion software applications just got a lot easier. Using Adobe ColdFusion Builder, a new Eclipse based IDE, you can rapidly develop expressive web applications. In addition, Adobe released Adobe Flash Builder 4 software. Flash Builder 4 is the newest version of the tool previously called Adobe Flex Builder - and Adobe renamed it to reflect the expanded role it plays in developing applications for the Adobe Flash Platform. Flash Builder 4 provides deep integration with ColdFusion Builder and makes it easy to quickly add rich, interactive decision-support capabilities to ColdFusion applications. |
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Product Feature
Business Catalyst - Click for more |
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BC is a hosted application for building and managing online businesses. Using a unified platform and without back-end coding, you can build everything from amazing websites to powerful online stores, beautiful brochure-ware sites to lead generation mini-sites. BC is the first platform built for Online Businesses. By replacing 5+ essential business tools with one integrated platform, you can build exactly what your clients need - without programming and faster than ever. BC makes you feel like a ninja, without needing to train for decades. Say goodbye to manually integrating multiple systems or installing tens of plug-ins to suit a single client. |
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Featured Book
Adobe Master Class: Photoshop Compositing with John Lund - Click for more |
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Many of acclaimed photographer John Lund's images are instantly recognizable. What's not instantly recognizable are the elements that make up these composite images or the Photoshop techniques behind them--to unravel those mysteries, you need this beautiful, full-color volume. In these pages, Lund and co-author Pamela Pfiffner show you not just how to reproduce his results but the creative process that generates them. The emphasis here is on simplicity: how to create extremely complex images using a few, fairly simple Photoshop techniques that even beginners can grasp. |
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Designer & Developer Feature |
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Things Your Mother Should Have Told You About Photoshop - Click for more
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Several years ago, we ran a longitudinal study of home users and Photoshop. We gave them a box of the product and then visited them every few weeks to see how they were progressing. Based on that study and our continued visits with home users, here are the top ten things that can help you get more of the power, flexibility and efficiency out of Photoshop for your personal photography. (BTW, this advice has been updated to Photoshop CS4, so if you don't know what we are referring to, it may be a feature not found in your current version!). |
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What's new in Flash Builder 4 - Click for more |
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Heidi Williams, Flash Builder Engineering Manager, shows off a bunch of new features from Flash Builder 4, the next version of Adobe�s developer IDE. She covers designer/developer workflows, easy ways to connect your app to data, and new integrated testing tools.
Flash Camp Boston was a free one-night event hosted by Adobe on March 19, 2010 covering everything you need to know about getting started with building and designing RIAs with the newly released versions of Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4. |
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Seminars |
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Adobe ask the experts webinar
March - April, 2010
Virtual Tours of Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro
March 09, 2010 - May 11, 2010
Debate the Topic eSeminar Series: The Importance of Social Media for Technical Communications
April 13- 20, 2010
Luminary Webinar Series: Marketing and eLearning
April - May, 2010
Acrobat 9 Webinar Series
April - May, 2010 |
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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
Learn2 - Cape Town & JHB
Adobe Video courses focussing After Effects & Premiere Pro
Call Mary now for more information on Adobe Training in Cape Town Tel: 021 421 5501
Call Rudi for information on Adobe Training in Johannesburg Tel: 011 886 8572
www.learn2.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
Keyline - Durban
Adobe Authorised Training Centre
Contact Skye
031 312 860
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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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