| November & December 2009 |
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Local News
Adobe Eagle Awards |
International News
Adobe to Simplify Delivery of Rich Content and Applications for BlackBerry |
Product Feature
Social Beta |
Featured Book
Adobe Flash CS4 How Tos: 100 Essential Techniques |
Designer and Developer Feature
Get inspired by LiveCycle ES2e
Augmented reality using a webcam and Flash
Online Seminars
Training Partners
Designer and Developer Resources
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Local News
Adobe Eagle Awards |
The local Adobe Eagle Awards recently took place in Johannesburg and Dax Data would like to congratulate the following winners:
- Best Adobe Education Reseller 2009 - Learning Curve
- Best Adobe Acrobat Reseller 2009 - Dimension Data
- Best Adobe Creative Reseller 2009 – Digicape
- Adobe Ambassador 2009 – Christopher Belford from Interfile
- Market Maker 2009 - Julie Govender from Learning Curve
- Best Acrobat Sales 2009 –Kerry Hope from First technologies
- Best Creative Sales 2009 - Stacey Pearson from Touchvision
- Best Enterprise Sales 2009 – Neil Herbert from SAP
- Best Distributor Sales 2009 - Lydia Webber from Dax Data
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International News
Adobe to Simplify Delivery of Rich Content and Applications for BlackBerry - Click for more |
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Adobe announced that creative professionals and application developers will be able to use the Adobe Flash Platform technology and Adobe Creative Suite content development and authoring tools to easily create rich content and application experiences for BlackBerry smartphones. Future versions of Adobe Creative Suite starting with Adobe Creative Suite 5 will provide the ability for designers to create optimised graphic assets, such as image and video content, from tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects, for the BlackBerry platform. These graphics assets can then be easily imported into BlackBerry application development tools, including the BlackBerry Java Plug-in for Eclipse. |
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Product Feature
Social Beta - Click for more |
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The Social service enables you to write applications that integrate leading social networks such as Facebook and MySpace into your apps. The service, implemented through an easy to use API, provides an abstraction layer that connects with different networks. This removes the complexity and repetitive work of having to implement multiple APIs in order to integrate social features from multiple social networks into your application. The service also insulates developers against underlying social network changes, as the underlying APIs at the supported social networks change, the service adapts to those changes so you don’t have to rush updated versions of your app to market. |
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Featured Book
Adobe Flash CS4 How Tos: 100 Essential Techniques - Click for more |
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Users new to the software as well as veteran users unfamiliar with added features need quick access to key features and fundamental techniques. Adobe Flash CS4 Professional: 100 Essential Techniques provides users with what they need to know to start working in Flash. Each technique is presented in a self-contained unit of one or two pages so users can dive in and start working right away, unencumbered by lengthy descriptions or technical detail. For example, if readers want to know how to use Flash's QuickTime export feature, they can turn directly to that page, quickly grasp the technique, as well as pick up a few tips along the way. |
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| Designer & Developer Feature |
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Get inspired by LiveCycle ES2 - Click for more
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Join the era of reinvention in enterprise software. Sit back, listen and get inspired as you learn how Adobe LiveCycle ES2 can change the way you develop user centric applications.Find the tools and know-how to begin your development transformation. Get access to software, samples and tutorials to quickly get started delivering user-centric applications that power enterprise RIAs. Engage and connect with others who share the reinvention vision. Become part of the LiveCycle community to share, leverage and learn.
Get Inspired - Get Started - Get Involved - Click here
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Augmented reality using a webcam and Flash - Click for more
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Augmented reality (AR) is a field of computer science that involves combining the physical world and an interactive, three-dimensional virtual world. This article takes a look at augmented reality, its current uses, and its future potential. Then you'll dig in and see how to apply this exciting technology using Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Adobe Flash Player 10, and a webcam. From a consumer standpoint, it seems that AR advances have come out of nowhere to surpass VR advances. The acceleration in AR technology is due to two major factors: Firstly, users are still experiencing reality, so believability is easier to achieve. Secondly, this more subtle use of computer graphics is less expensive with today's technology, making it more feasible than VR. |
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| Online Seminars |
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Acrobat 9 eSeminars
December
CS4: Shortcut to Brilliant eSeminar Series for Designers
December
CS4: Shortcut to Brilliant eSeminar Series for Web Professionals
December
Media, Entertainment and Advertising eSeminar Series
December
CS4: Shortcut to Brilliant eSeminar Series for Video Professionals
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| Training Partners |
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Aesir (Pty) Ltd - JHB
Adobe Authorised Training Center
Adobe Solutions Partner Custom Development & Integration covering all business verticals (government, finance, manufacturing, education)
Jackie Jacobs
011 702 9000
info@aesir.co.za
www.aesir.co.za
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
www.keyline.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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