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02/08/2011 Flex Test Drive for Mobile - Build a mobile application in an hour

Meeting Notes:

The New Year is upon us and with that some major changes are happening to the Cleveland Adobe User Group and the Cleveland ColdFusion User Group. We are excited about the future of both groups and have some major announcements we would like to discuss with our members.

 

We plan to shift our focus from two different groups to a single Adobe Web Development User Group with a wide range of topics. If you or anyone you know is interested in participating in a user group that focuses on web design and development, we encourage you to come to this meeting. We want to hear from you on what topics you're interested in learning more about and ideas you might have on how we could better promote the group. Please join us on Tuesday, February 8, 2011, and help us grow this group into something we can all be excited about.

 

After this meeting and all future meetings we will be meeting over at the Winking Lizard on Rockside Road. It's a nice chance to get out of the classroom setting, relax and talk shop with people who share your interests. Even if you're not interested in this month's topic I think you will enjoy chatting it up with the other users from the group.

 

See You Tuesday!

 

Presentation Notes:

We will watch a video presentation of the test drive tutorial. In this tutorial you will learn how to use the mobile development features of Flash Builder and the Flex SDK to easily create applications for mobile devices. The application we will be creating is an employee directory application that connects live data, lets you browse and search for employees and also lets you add/edit their information.

10/26/2010 Cleveland AUG Meetup Social

The Cleveland AUG Meeting will host a networking meeting this month at Winking Lizard Tavern in Independence, OH. The topic for the social will be an open night of networking with fellow Meetup members and managers. Come to the social with ideas for the meetup on things you would like us to discuss, ideas for projects the group can complete, etc. The meeting will be very informal with a focus on networking and brainstorming ideas for upcoming meetups.

09/28/2010 Flash Catalyst, Flash CS5, and the Developer/Designer Workflow

Join us for an introduction to Flash Catalyst as we touch on some of the features of the program, how it relates to Flash Professional, and I'll discuss the pros and cons of using Flash Catalyst vs the Flash IDE.

Flash Catalyst is a new application from Adobe that tries to bridge the gap between designers with static mockups and programers writing functioning applications. Photoshop, Fireworks, and Illustrator will now export to a file format that Catalyst can pickup and run with, giving an easy to use interface for turning artwork into functional application buttons, lists, and more with ease.

If you're completely new to Flash Catalyst feel free to check out Adobe's site which explains a bit about the program, what it creates, and why you should care.

This meeting will be a joint meeting with the Cleveland Flash and Flex User Group .

08/17/2010 Intro to Flex 4 + Flash Builder 4

The Cleveland Adobe User Group will meet August 17, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at New Horizons in Garfield Heights. The topic for the evening is an introduction Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4. Our presenter for the evening will be Dan Vega of http://www.danvega.or.... Dan is an expert developer, Adobe Community Professional (ACP) and the Co-Manager of Cleveland ColdFusion User Group http://clevelandcfug.....

In this introduction, we will explore the free and open source Flex 4 framework. We will also take a look at the Flash builder IDE that was built on Eclipse. Armed with these two amazing tools in your tool belt, you will be able to build expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops and operating systems.

We will begin the presentation by looking at some of the new features in Flex 4. Along the trip down new feature row, we will look at some of the differences between 3 and 4. We will also look at Flash Builder 4, which will help you rapidly develop cross-platform rich Internet applications. In the end the presentation will be informative, full of code samples and a great introduction to the Flash family of products.

07/27/2010 jQuery JavaScript Framework 101

The Cleveland Adobe User Group will meet July 27, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at New Horizons in Garfield Heights for our July meetup. The topic for the evening is an introduction to the jQuery JavaScript Framework. Our presenter for the evening is Andrew Maurer, co-manager for the Cleveland Adobe User Group.

Andrew will give a basic introduction on incorporating the jQuery framework into your web development. His presentation will cover the basics of jQuery, what it is and how to write jQuery. We will take a look at creating a form in HTML and using jQuery to create so bells and whistles in the form.

Andrew is currently serving as a web developer at Dealer Tire. While he hails from California, he currently calls Cleveland home. In his current role, Andrew focuses his time on server-side programming in ColdFusion and client-side programming in CFML and JavaScript, working with both the YUI and jQuery Frameworks.

Please join us for an evening of jQuery 101, and afterwards, you can join us at the Winking Lizard in Independence for a social hour following the meeting.

06/29/2010 A Look at Dreamweaver CS5 and Fireworks CS5

Come join the Cleveland Adobe User Group for an introduction to Dreamweaver CS5 and Fireworks CS5. We will be meeting at a new location which will become the permanent location of our events. We will be taking a look at the new features in Dreamweaver CS5 and Fireworks CS5. Each presentation will last about an hour. Come learn all the new features in both Dreamweaver CS5 and Fireworks CS5.

Our presenter for the evening will be Michael Cooper, Manager of the Cleveland Adobe User Group. Michael has been in the web development industry for over 10 years and has been working with Dreamweaver and Fireworks since the Version 4 days at Macromedia. Michael is currently working as a developer at Dealer Tire, LLC in Cleveland, Ohio.

Come prepared with questions about new features and what you would like to see. Michael will be taking requests from the audience as to which features they would like to explorer in detail.

05/25/2010 Adobe Creative Suite 5 Launch Party

Adobe Creative Suiteﾮ 5 is here!

Adobeﾮ Photoshopﾮ and Adobe Illustratorﾮ software are the tools of choice for cross-media designersﾗthose who create images for the web, mobile
devices, interactive experiences, and virtually everywhere else. Now with CS5, you can continue to push the boundaries of traditional digital imaging. Explore new creative possibilities with breakthrough tools that let you select, paint, manipulate, and adjust images with unprecedented freedom and precision.

Adobeﾮ Photoshopﾮ CS5

Discover new dimensions in digital imaging



Adobeﾮ Illustratorﾮ CS5

Explore new paths with the essential vector tool



Photoshop CS5 Extended and Illustrator CS5 tightly integrate with other essential Adobe creative tools and is part of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium.

To learn about Adobe InDesign CS5, please sign up for our event at the Cleveland Institute of Art on Tuesday, May 18th:
http://www.indesignus...

12/12/2009 Cleveland Area Adobe User Groups Annual Holiday Social

<p>I have some unfortunate news for this year's Holiday Social. Due to unforeseen circumstances we are unable to have our Annual Holiday Social at the Winking Lizard in Independence this year. I don't want to go into specifics, but I do want to apologize for those of you who enjoyed the event in previous years.</p>

<p>HOWEVER, the managers and co-managers of the Cleveland area Adobe User Groups have been working very hard to carry on the tradition of the Holiday Social despite the set back with the loss of the Winking
Lizard this year. It is with great joy that I can announce to you that the Holiday Social will go on this year! However, things will be a bit different this year.<p>

<p>Dan Vega, our CFUG co-manager, is throwing a party to help out local area children, and he has graciously allowed the Cleveland Area Adobe User Groups access to this event. So, this year, we will join Dan Vega for the 2nd Annual Toys for Shots event. The name Toys for Shots is a cross between Toys for Tots and alcohol shots.</p>

<p>If you would like to attend the Holiday Social this year, we ask that you join us for Toys for Shots. If you bring 1 toy as a donation to Toys for Tots, you will receive TWO drink tickets that you can use. We
thought we would put out a nice little incentive for all attendees to bring a toy. I hope you can come out and join us for an event that is going to be a lot of fun and also helps out a great cause!</p>

<p>We realize that the event is only TWO days away, Saturday, December 12, 2009, at 8:00 p.m., but we are hoping that many of you will be able to make it and help out this great cause.</p>

<p>As a reminder, everyone from the user group who attends Toys for Shots will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win free software from Adobe in our semi-annual software raffle.</p>

<p>Event Details:<br />
Who: Anyone interested in having fun and helping out a good cause<br />
What: Toys for Shots: A Toys for Tots Fundraiser Christmas Party<br />
Where: McCarthy's Downtown<br />
When: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 8:00 p.m. - 2:30 a.m.<br />
For more information: www.toysforshots.com</p>

<p>McCarthy's Downtown<br />
1231 Main Avenue<br />
Cleveland, OH 44113<br />
Phone: 216.344.9099</p>

<p>RSVP: We ask that everyone who wishes to attend please RSVP for the event at www.toysforshots.com/rsvp so Dan Vega and the other organizers have an accurate count of who will be in attendance.</p>

11/18/2009 Photoshop Actions and Batch Processing

The Cleveland Adobe User Group will be having it's November meeting on November 18, 2009, at 6:00 p.m. at Dealer Tire, LLC located at 3711 Chester Ave, Cleveland, OH. Mike Cooper will be discussing actions in Photoshop and creating batch processes to quickly edit multiple photos. Mike will demonstrate the steps necessary to create and save custom actions and then show how to use those actions in a batch process to quickly edit photos for placement on a web page or photo gallery. This meeting is free to the public. We only ask that you reserve your seat so we have an accurate head count for Dealer Tire. If you have any questions, please contact the Cleveland AUG at clevelandaug@gmail.org.

10/21/2009 CSS Layout Magic in Dreamweaver CS4

The Cleveland Adobe User Group will conduct a presentation on using Cascading Style Sheets to create standards-compliant layouts using Dreamweaver CS4. Mike Cooper, manager of the Cleveland Adobe User Group, will present on styling layouts with CSS. The presentation will include some shortcuts to creating layouts using CSS and will include some tips and tricks that he has learned over the years.

Mike has been a web developer for over 10 years and has been using CSS layouts for the last 5 years. Mike is currently the CEO of Cooper Internet Consulting, LLC where he specializes in creating designs in CSS that are standards-compliant. Mike has worked with Fortune 500 companies creating their websites and has learned many tricks along the way. He will share his knowledge with the group.

The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at 6:00 p.m. at the Cleveland offices of Lodestone Digital, LLC, located at 4500 Rockside Road, Suite 150, Independence, OH 44131.

Everyone is invited out to the Winking Lizard in Independence, OH after the event for a social and networking event.

09/30/2009 JavaScript Framework Widgets

Come join the Cleveland Adobe User Group as we discuss JavaScript Frameworks on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, at 6:00 PM at Lodestone Digital, LLC, located at 4500 Rockside Road, Suite 150, Independence, OH 44131.

Mike Cooper, the Cleveland AUG manager, will present on adding JavaScript widgets to a web page directly from within Dreamweaver. Mike will demonstrate the widgets that come with installed with Dreamweaver CS4 from the SPRY Framework from Adobe. He will then show how to add widgets to Dreamweaver CS4 from the YUI Library and the jQuery Library.

Once Mike shows you how easy it can be to insert a widget into a web page, and demonstrates how they function, Andrew Maurer, the Cleveland AUG co-manager, will demonstrate a web application built using YUI3 Library of widgets and how easy it can be to create great AJAX applications with very little work or knowledge of JavaScript.

This topic will be an introductory topic into JavaScript Framework Widgets. We will cover just the basics. If you are interested in learning about how to use JavaScript in your web development, this is a great meeting for you to attend.

After the meeting, we will head out to the Winking Lizard in Independence for a social and networking event. All are invited to attend. Mike and Andrew will be there to offer more information about the user group, and to take suggestions for topics that you would like to have presented to the user group.

08/27/2009 Actionscript 3- Preloading Applications and Asset

Andrew will be discussing how and where to use preloaders to load in applications and assets. He will also touch on the events that occur during the loading process which includes how to catch when things go wrong. Examples will be shown in both Flash Authoring Tool and Flex Builder. In Flex Andrew will show how to override the default application preloader as well as tips to speed up loading times.