LA SIGGRAPH Field Trip - Digital Sculpture

Special Events - Tuesday, February 9

One computer graphics discipline becoming prevalent and widely used hroughout the creative industry is digital sculpting. The invited rtists will show some of their character and creature design work on major films and games, and quick sculpt and texturing techniques.

Modeling has undergone profound changes since early techniques. The programs utilized by the presenters have changed the way we think of modeling, using traditional concepts such as gesture, form, weight, gravity and design to create the model.

Program:
6:30 - 7:00 Chapter members admitted
6:30 - 7:30 Social Hour
7:00 - 7:30 General admission
7:30 - 9:30 Presentations

If you would like to attend and be part of a carpool, email Bonnie Erdrich at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by Monday 2/08/10. 

Fast & Fabulous Photo Fixing

General Meeting - Tuesday, February 16

The ever-energetic Greg Rostami is returning to present the latest products from Topaz Labs. For the last 21 years Greg Rostami has been involved in the visual effects industry. Both in the field of 3D computer graphics as well as 2D (image processing and compositing).

   

Greg met Dr. Albert Yang from Topaz Labs 5 years ago when he was researching some of the latest innovations in Super Resolution. Ever since then Greg has been representing Topaz Labs' products.

 The products that will be showcased are:

 Topaz Adjust: Ultimate control over image exposure, detail, and color
 Topaz DeNoise: The best photo noise reduction tool on the market.
 Topaz Simplify: A stunningly simple photo to art conversion plug-in
 Topaz Detail: Halo-Free Detail Enhancement and Sharpening
 Topaz Clean: Powerful stylized image cleaning (perfect for instantly cleaning portraits)
 Topaz ReMask: Lightning-fast cut-out and masks (cut images from backgrounds in seconds)
 Topaz DeJPEG: Remove compression artifacts for high-quality JPEG images

ColdFusion and Flash Integration 

OC ColdFusion - Thursday, February 18 

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Meeting topic rescheduled from last month!

As a continuing special promotion, this month's meeting will be FREE of charge, with Pizza, Soda, and Snacks too, compliments of OCMMA and roundpeg!

This month we’re going to discuss an example of an integrated use of ColdFusion and Flash. We will create a form in Flash, validate it with Action Script 3, and pass the form values over to ColdFusion to send an Email and enter the form fields into a database.

For Flash Developers/Designers, you will learn how to create a form with dynamic text input, how to pass it to the server, and what you can do with the information when it gets there.  You will also have a chance to network with some server geeks who may be able to help you with some heavy lifting on the back end for some of your projects.

For ColdFusion Developers, we will explore some lightweight alternatives to FLEX Forms or CFFORM format=flash.  You will also get a chance to meet some designers who can give your next project some extra pizzazz.

The meeting is FREE, the FOOD is FREE! Come join us!

We'll be meeting at roundpeg, a technology training and consulting company with a location in Newport Beach near the Orange County Airport. You don't have to enter the Wells Fargo lobby to enter the roundpeg office. Parking is available on site. You won't have to pay for parking, just take a ticket and enter. The gates will be open when the meeting is over. Map at end of article.