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General Meeting/Creative Suite User Group
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The General Meeting of OCMMA meets every third Tuesday of the month, in concert with the Creative Suite User Group - Orange County (CS-OC) . The goal of this official Adobe sponsored group is to continue to provide local designers and developers with a forum for educational presentations and networking, focused on current developments in multimedia, web technology, and the digital arts. Special guests and members share tips and techniques for popular Adobe and other applications, showcase computer hardware & software and camera equipment, and discuss best business practices for multimedia professionals, especially those who are developing their own enterprises. Topics are selected to have broad appeal across the various multimedia disciplines. In addition, every month we'll dive into some aspect of the Adobe Creative Suite, with a special focus on ways to streamline your workflow and jump back and forth among apps to get your work done. We'll have a special segment at each meeting called: "Creative Suite Treats", where a 5 to 10 minute demo will highlight a particular tool or technique in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks, etc. Cynthia Gordon, who is the current President of OCMMA, is the Manager of CS-OC. 
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Working Smarter in Today's Economy: The New Now, Part 2
General Meeting/Creative Suite User Group - Tuesday, September 21
 Philip Hodgetts will join us again for part 2 of his presentation for ways to increase your income in today's environment. Last year he covered:
- Defining and creating a brand,
- Your Selling Proposition and how to phrase it Social Marketing.
The New Now, Part 2 goes on to cover:
- Getting more customers and more sales;
- Advertising (Display Ads vs Search; Adsense, Adwords)
- Cutting Costs - Producing less expensively (Lower cost, same income equals higher profits)
- Working smarter, using the Internet better to get paid faster, and
- Finding your own income.
Philip Hodgetts is an expert and consultant in digital production, post-production workflows and metadata-assisted editing. He is also a specialist in encoding, web applications, digital delivery and technology innovation. He is the President and CEO of Open Television Network: a service that makes it easy to sell direct to iTunes without Apple. He remains President of Intelligent Assistance, Inc — a systems and technology developer — and one of the "Big Brains" of Big Brains for Rent consultancy. He is an experienced trainer and has written extensively online across a range of topics. He is the co-creator of Assisted Editing and an expert on metadata-based post production workflows. Philip is the author of The HD Survival Handbook; Awesome Titles with FCS and The New Now: How to grow your production or post-production business in a changed and changing world.
He has presented at many conferences and seminars including Keynote addresses for the New York DV Show; Academy of Television Arts and Sciences NEXT TV symposium in 2006; and the 2007 Podcast Summit at NAB as well as presented at Streaming Media East and West; NAB Post|Production, Seybold among others.
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Special Note: In case you missed Phiip's presentation to OCMMA last year, you can catch Part 1 of his talk at the September 15 meeting of MCAI- Orange County. He'll be covering the following topics:
- How to clarify your personal brand
- Upscaling your marketing and PR
- Maximizing your visibility so people can find you to give you work!
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Member Showcase
 David Salahi, owner of Artistic Web Design will present some recent examples of his work including:
- Two credit union websites developed with the open source Joomla content management system (CMS)
- A travel/tourism website developed in Flex which uses Google Maps and plays YouTube videos
- A non-profit organization's Joomla website which includes a custom Flex app that combines use of the Twitter and Google Maps APIs
- A WordPress website with a custom theme and custom functionality developed using PHP and WordPress functions
The Joomla websites all have custom developed templates and include various Joomla extensions, some of which will be discussed.
Dave is a software engineer with 30 years of experience in the software development field. In 2008 he left his job at Thomas Bros. Maps, a subsidiary of Rand McNally, to start his own web design business. Dave is also the author of the Flexperiential blog on Flex development.
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Google SketchUp: Graphics Workflow
General Meeting/Creative Suite User Group - Tuesday, August 17
Sure, we all think about Google when we're searching for something on the web. But do you consider Google when you need to create 3D objects for a project? Come to our August meeting and find out why you should! Mike Tadros, President, Igloo Studios, Inc., will be demonstrating how to use Google Sketchup, and will cover the following topics, as time permits:
- Turning Images into 3D SketchUp models using SketchUp's Match Photo Tools
- Establishing SketchUp to Adobe Photoshop texture editing workflows
- Using SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator to create 2D Face-Me Components
- Creating Photo-textured models of real-world places using SketchUp, Google Earth, and Google Street View imagery
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Web Conferencing and eLearning with Adobe ConnectGeneral Meeting/Creative Suite User Group - Tuesday, July 20 
    At our July meeting, Erik Hustoft of Engage Systems will provide a demonstration of Adobe's eLearning/web conferencing solution called Adobe Connect. As part of the demonstration, he will show how Adobe products like Adobe Captivate, Adobe Flash, and Adobe Presenter can be leveraged with the solution. Erik's Bio Erik worked as an Enterprise Sales Representative for Macromedia and then Adobe for roughly 11 years. During this time much of his focus was on Adobe Acrobat Connect. Erik is now co-founder and CEO of Engage Systems, a certified Adobe Partner, Reseller, and Trainer. The focus at Engage Systems is to help organizations find and deploy solutions that allow them to deliver ideas and information in an Engaging way. They focus on Adobe solutions like Adobe Connect, Adobe ColdFusion, Flex and Flash Media Server. Member Showcase: Bill Lang Tonight's Member Showcase will feature Bill Lang. After a 32-year career in System Engineering and Program Management at Hughes Aircraft, Bill retired, and then went on to teach "Principles of Management" and "Business Strategy" at California State University Fullerton (CSUF). After retiring from his teaching position, Bill started Digital Imaging Concepts as a home-based business in 1998. In the beginning Bill focused on enhancing vacation photos and restoring old photographs with the slogan “We rescue your treasured memories”. Since that time Bill has broadened his business focus to include all aspects of Photo/Video editing and Video production. His present emphasis is on Promotional Video for Web sites and Video Biography. The Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce selected Digital Imaging Concepts as the Business of the month for February, 2010. Bill's academic credentials include a BS in Electrical Engineering at UC Berkeley, an MS in Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California, an MBA from CSUF, and a PhD in Management from Claremont. Bill and his wife of 53 years have 5 children, 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren! |
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Creative Suite Buffet and Adobe Software Raffle
General Meeting/Creative Suite User Group - Tuesday, June 15
  
Adobe Software Raffle!
An Adobe Software Bundle of the winner's choice with a value of up to $2,100 will be raffled off at this meeting. In order to be eligible, you must have attended more than one meeting between April and June 2010. So, if you were at the Adobe Launch Event with Colin Smith last month, you're eligible to win! Maybe you'll be the lucky winner to get your hands on a CS5 Suite!
At this meeting, we won't just have one segment devoted to "Creative Suite Treats." We're planning an evening with a full buffet of Creative Suite show and tell!
Cynthia Gordon, Manager of CS-OC, and owner of MedAnimations, will highlight a few of the new features in Illustrator CS5, including Perspective Drawing, and Bristle Brushes. With Perspective Drawing, your illustrations can more accurately show realistic depth and distances between objects, by using adjustable perspective grids. The Bristle Brushes create vector strokes that are fun to use and can give your images qualities similar to actual painting with watercolors, oils, or pastels.
Dave Salahi, Manager of OC Flash, and owner of Artistic Web Design, will demonstrate a few of the exciting new features available in Flash CS5, including the following:
- Using the new TextLayoutFramework to automatically flow text across columns or around other objects
- Using predefined Code Snippets to quickly and easily add interactivity
- New video features to streamline your workflow
- Adding springiness to Flash's Bones feature
- Integration of Flash Professional with Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder
As the Co-Manager of theDigital Video/Adobe After Effects Abuser Group, she created the "Newcomer's Corner", a segment at each meeting where she demonstrates to beginners how to get started and have some fun with visual effects.
Mike McGready, Manager of the Web – Video Crossroads, will be showing some of the things that impress him about Dreamweaver CS5. With Steve Jobs and Adobe playing "push-me-pull-me" over the use of Flash for video, etc., Mike will show how Dreamweaver CS5 goes both ways. Mike is in the process of re-doing his own business website, Album of Life Video Studios, and will be making good use of these features.
Terry Syndergaard, Manager of the Digital Video/After Effects Abuser Group, and Bonnie Erdrich, Co-Manager, will be showing you how you can create a great first impression for your client video, personal portfolio or family home movie. They will demonstrate how to give a splashy opening to your project by using a special After Effects technique for your title animation. It's fun, amazing, and you'll be surprised at the simplicity of the effect. Terry and Bonnie's business is Team Video Animation.
Come join us at this smorgasbord of Creative Suite tips and techniques! You're sure to go away with some new tricks of your own!
Member Showcase: Bonnie Erdrich - From Tragedy to Triumph, A Career and Project with Similar Themes
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Video Highlights!Adobe CS5 Launch Meeting Featuring Colin Smith on Photoshop CS5 - Tuesday, May 18, 2010 |
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Time: Food and networking 6:00 p.m.
Meeting: 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Location: Digital Media Center
1300 South Bristol Street
Santa Ana, CA 92704
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Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Digital VideoThe Digital Video SIG brings together presentations on video editing and special effects software. The DV SIG meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Visit the DV SIG page. FlashOC Flash deals with all aspects of development using Adobe Flash. OC Flash meets on the first Tuesday of each month. Visit the OC Flash website. Web Video CrossroadsThe Web Video Crossroads SIG addresses all aspects of video on the web and mobile devices. Web designers, web developers, and video/audio producers are welcome to discuss the latest developments in this fast-changing industry. The Web Video Crossroads SIG meets on the second Thursday of each month. Visit the Web Video Crossroads SIG page. ColdFusionThe OC Cold Fusion Users Group meets the third Wednseday each month to discuss server-side development using Adobe's ColdFusion language. Visit the OCCFUG website.
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