Jen deHaan

Liveblog of General Session Day 1 notes at Flashthusiast

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:29:47 -0800

Hey everyone -- My notes from the day 1 general session at MAX 2008 are over at my main/regular Flash blog Flashthusiast. You can find them here: http://flashthusiast.com/2008/11/17/liveblogging-max-2008-day-1-general-session-keynote-click-refresh/. If you're into general sessions and excessive barely legible writing.

New blog on using Flash, and AIR as it pertains to Flash CS3

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:24:10 -0800

A quick public service announcement that I have started up a new blog at a new domain (Flashthusiast.com). I'll be blogging about Flash authoring tool there (now that I re-joined the Flash team... by the way), instead of here.

Also, I just blogged about the AIR update as it pertains to Flash CS3 (mostly - where can you get that update??)

Site of the Week: Waterlollies on Biteycastle!

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:53:46 -0800

Adam Phillips of Biteycastle.com has finished creating yet another amazing animation. His description of it is as follows:

Bitey's short-sighted arrogance lands him in a world of hurt and the fastest creature in the world is brought to a slow, painful crawl.

It's really an inspiring piece of animation - the effects, "camera" work, and characters are simply amazing. I heartily recommend watching it.

Click the Waterlollies link on this page:
http://www.biteycastle.com/content/animation_brk.php

Or check it out directly here:
http://www.biteycastle.com/waterlollies.html

Enjoy!

New tutorials on Fireworks, Photoshop, and Acrobat

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:33:21 -0800

We recently added new content to Adobe Design Center. The new content from our most recent refresh is as follows.

New Dialog Box:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dialogbox/

Adobe Magazine for Creative Professionals
(September issue)
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dialogbox/adobemag3.html

New tutorials:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/tutorials/

Typographic design with Photoshop
Adobe
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/photoshop/articles/phscs3_cibchpt8.html

Create a sitemap icon using reusable rich symbols
Alan Musselman
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/fireworks/articles/frwcs3it_sitemapsymbol.html

PDF/X Files and Adobe Creative Suite 3
Adobe white paper
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/acrobat/articles/acr8ap_pdfx.html

Adobe on Del.icio.us
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Design Center editor blogs
We are blogging about tutorials from the community that we find online, and hoping to receive comments from the community about their own tutorials. If you have written something and feel it's a good fit for the Design Center, let us know! You can find our blogs here:

Luanne Seymour's blog:
http://luanneseymour.wordpress.com/

Jen deHaan's blog:
http://www.webvideoblogger.com/

More information about the blogs:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dialogbox/communityblogs.html

New articles on After Effects, Encore, Lightroom, Acrobat, and more - and two new galleries from Bran Dougherty-Johnson and Ben Thomas

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:37:12 -0800

We recently added new content to Adobe Design Center. We refresh content on the Design Center twice each month. The new content from our two most recent refreshes are as follows.

New Gallery:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/gallery

Ben Thomas, www.cityshrinker.com
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/gallery/swf/index.html#u_sContent=benthomas

Bran Dougherty-Johnson, www.growdesignwork.com
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/gallery/swf/index.html#u_sContent=dougherty

New Think Tank:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/thinktank/

Graduate education: Preparing designers for jobs that don’t exist (yet)
Anne Burdick
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/thinktank/burdick.html

New tutorials:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/tutorials/

Creating calligraphic brushes in Illustrator
David Karlins, Bruce K. Hopkins
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/illustrator/articles/illcs3at_calligbrush.html

Create an animated DVD menu transition using Encore and After Effects
Bob Donlon
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/aftereffects/articles/aftcs3it_dvdmenus.html

Redacting text and images in a PDF file
Donna Baker
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/acrobat/articles/acr8at_redact.html

Adding cool frame borders to your photos
Scott Kelby
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/lightroom/articles/lir1at_borders.html

Creating crystals with Fireworks
Thierry Lorey
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/fireworks/articles/frwcs3at_crystals.html

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Design Center editor blogs - send us your content links
We are blogging about tutorials from the community that we find online. You can also send us links to your own tutorials, if they're a good fit with the Design Center, we'll contact you. You can find our blogs here:

Luanne Seymour's blog:
http://luanneseymour.wordpress.com/

Jen deHaan's blog:
http://www.webvideoblogger.com/

More information about the blogs:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dialogbox/communityblogs.html

Site of the week: Sony Bravia (eu)

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:02:37 -0800

I haven't done this in a very long time, but thought I'd share this site. It takes a very long time to load (at least it did on wireless), but at least you get some factual tidbits while you wait. It's worth it - they have their play-doh bunny ad in there, which is definitely worth the wait to see (at least I think so). Especially if you like rabbits.

http://bravia.sony.eu/bravia.html

Across from Near AIR park at MAX -- short interview = free book

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:46:34 -0800

I'm across from AIR park at MAX again, and if you have time to answer some questions about your community involvement and learning (maybe 10 minutes), I'll reward you with a choice of a free book (we'll mail them out right after MAX). You can choose from a wide range of books, so it might be worth your time.

I'm in the "Talk to Me" t-shirt (light blue), and have a MacBook and some pink flyers in front of me. I'm on one of the benches against the wall across from AIR park, go to the top of the escalators to Level 3 and look to your left.

MAX 2007 Sneak Peeks - Comprehensive notes

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:16:14 -0800

A lot of notes were taken at the MAX 2007 Sneak Peeks (and MAX Awards, and Ignite Awards) - you can read them here:

Web and Video blog - Sneak Peeks

Liveblogs of Day 1 and Day 2 general session keynotes at MAX 2007

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:20:44 -0800

I have finished Liveblogging the Day 1 and Day 2 general session keynotes at MAX 2007. You can find a disgusting number of notes on both of the keynotes over at my Web and Video blog here:

Day 1:
http://www.webvideoblogger.com/2007/10/01/liveblogging-max-2007-day-1-general-session-keynote-keep-refreshing-this-page/

Day 2:
http://www.webvideoblogger.com/2007/10/02/liveblogging-max-2007-day-2-general-session-keynote/

Enjoy.

Ouch.

Do you like getting free books? You’re at MAX 2007? Find me Wed morning.

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:55:09 -0800

I’m giving away free books to people who bear talking to me for a short period of time (maybe 10 -15 minutes). Good books too - new stuff from Peachpit and O’Reilly. I’ll be around the conference tomorrow, but I’ll be attending a number of sessions so I might be harder to find. However, I will spend a good deal of time Wednesday morning looking for people who will talk to me, so I can give them a free book for their efforts. I will be in or near AIR park, and I will probably have a pink flyer and possibly a MacBook around me somewhere. I will also be wearing the t-shirt as detailed here:

http://www.webvideoblogger.com/2007/09/28/find-me-at-max-2007-answer-some-questions-well-send-you-a-free-book/

Find me, talk a bit about the community and your experiences, and get yourself a free book.

Free (good, recent) books in exchange for a short chat - find me at MAX 2007 right now outside AIR park

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:03:04 -0800

If you don't mind talking to me in exchange for a free book (good recent O'Reilly and Peachpit titles available on a range of products/topics), come find me right now outside of AIR park at MAX 2007. I'm on one of the benches against the wall, across the way from AIR park. After you get off the escalators, look to your left for the girl in the "talk to me" tshirt, MacBook, and the pink flyer.

Total longshot, I know - but if you read this and are interested, you can find me here until 1pm. Answer some short questions and score a book.

Liveblogging MAX 2007 Day 1 General Session (keynote) at Webvideoblogger

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:05:32 -0800

I will be liveblogging the Day 1 General Session keynote on my other blog, WebVideoBlogger.

Start watching/refreshing over at:

WebVideoBlogger.com MAX 2007 - General Session Day 1

Starting at 9:30am, Chicago time (in another 20 minutes or so).

I'm liveblogging from the employee overflow room (we're not allowed into the real deal)... so we'll see how it goes.

New Developer Center - "Adobe Developer Connection" now live

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:48:03 -0800

Check out the new version of the Developer Center, now called "Adobe Developer Connection" -

http://developer.adobe.com

I think the site looks great - a completely new look (wider! more content!), easy to navigate, lots of new great content. In the words of those who put it together, "the [Developer Connection] will serve as a portal for professionals who code web, desktop and mobile applications, interactive experiences as well as use our SDKs. It includes technical articles, samples, code, as well as a way for developers to connect with each other."

For the full details of what you can find on the site, how you can send feedback, and how to interact with other developers, go here:

www.adobe.com/go/adc-intro

Enjoy!

Find me at MAX 2007, answer some questions, we'll send you a free book

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:25:29 -0800

That's right - you'll have to talk to me, but the payoff is a book on a product (you'll get to choose from a selection of stuff). There are books on everything from Acrobat to After Effects to Photoshop to Soundbooth. So it's not all that bad!

Our team is looking for your input on how you use community-based sites out there (software related, or not). What do you like about the sites? What kind of features do you use on a community-based site, or not use? How do you like to learn about products, and interact with other parts of the Adobe community? That kind of stuff, and more.

If you talk to us, even for only a little while, we'll send you a book.

I'll be easy to find in a moderately-tacky and bright t-shirt, which I will picture below. My co-worker Diana will be wearing shirts of the same design, and doing the same thing as I'll be doing (but much better, as she's a talented researcher and I'm not).

If you want, ping me here using your email (won't appear on the blog, but I'll see it) and I'll shoot you an response and we can figure out a good time to meet. I'll also blog my whereabouts once I get situated at MAX and figure out my schedule a bit more.

Diana and I will be wearing one of these t-shirts (or one in green):

So... find me (below) in Chicago!

New tutorials and articles on After Effects, Lightroom, Acrobat and InDesign

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:22:10 -0800

Hello Design Center enthusiasts:

We recently added new content to Adobe Design Center. We refresh content on the Design Center twice each month. The new content from our most recent refresh is as follows.

New Think Tank:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/thinktank/

Big games: Playing in the streets
by Greg Trefry
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/thinktank/trefry.html

New tutorials:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/tutorials/

Working with Vanishing Point in Photoshop and After Effects
by Ko Maruyama
http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0286

Using Vanishing Point to map a 3D environment
by Ko Maruyama
http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0287

Drawing a multistate button with Acrobat
by Donna Baker
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/acrobat/articles/acr8at_multistate.html

Migrating from QuarkXPress to InDesign
by David Blatner
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/indesign/articles/indcs3at_quarkmigration.html

Basic photo correction with Photoshop Lightroom
by George Jardine
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/lightroom/articles/lir1am_basiccorrect.html

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We receive several links from the community every day.

You can check out our links at http://del.icio.us/adobe.
You can learn how to send us links here: http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/del.icio.us/

Design Center editor blogs
We are blogging about tutorials from the community that we find online.You can find our blogs here:

Luanne Seymour's blog:
http://luanneseymour.wordpress.com/

Jen deHaan's blog:
http://www.webvideoblogger.com/

More information about the blogs:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dialogbox/communityblogs.html

See you in a couple weeks!

If you're going to MAX, watch this blog for information about talking to us and getting a free book in return!! (that's right, free stuff for talking to me...) Like previous years, I'll also liveblog (in great detail) the keynotes, sneak peaks, and sessions I attend.