Adobe ROCKS NAB 2008 - Day One
I think the title really says it all. Hello, my dear friends. Today marked day one at the show, and it was packed city! Even my 9am presentation on Production Premium (note: the doors only open at 9am!) was full by 9:15am. Preso after preso, crowds were wowed by CS3, both showcased by evangelists and customers. I must also say that we have some of the greatest customer presos (and footage being shown) at the booth this year, EVER...much of it showcased in glorious, full-on HD 1080.
What was also extremely cool about today was that I was able to connect with some of the 'readers' of my blog from all parts of the world, and share some additional stories, shoot the breeze, and get to meet some of the 'faces behind the comments'. Thanks to all of you for coming up and introducing yourselves.
Post show, clad in Adobe-gear, and spreading the message...
And that brings me to the button that you see above. This year, we've got this new tag-line for NAB...Adobe's Got My Back. We've got four days to spread these buttons like wildfire! So if you don't have one, come up to the booth and get some! We'll have 'em on hand (cause after all, we've got your back!)
I should also point out that i had a lot of questions (and really great comments) related to my new show on Adobe TV with my colleague Karl Soule, featuring Johnny Encore & the Acrobats. Many have stated that they've been waiting for me to do another training series on Audition (3). Well, timing is definitely an issue...but in the interim, check out our show Short & Suite. There are some great tips on mixing, mastering and noise reduction in these first two episodes (not to mention, all of the incredible techniques Karl used for assembling the video, literally shot in one short session) and, well, the music (and the stories around it) are just hilarious. It's all about Johnny Encore...and he'll rock your world. ;) (oh...and you can scrub through the content; so even if you don't watch the whole show in one sitting, you can always scrub back to the point where you left off.
And on that note, I'm off to prep some materials for my class @ the Post Production Conference tomorrow (run by FMC). It's a class on getting Great Results with Soundbooth CS3, and will feature some workflows between Premiere Pro & Soundbooth. All of the FMC sessions are in the NORTH HALL (complete opposite end of where our booth is) and these are register-only (ie, not free)...but, there may still be open spots and I look forward to chatting up Soundbooth and talking about restoration, effects, and music creation with Soundbooth Scores.
So, until next time...
Blog on.
Comments
Jason,
Great to finally meet you today. Always such an awesome experience to finally chat with the people who are on the front lines of creating and innovating the software I have lovingly used for almost 10 years now. My friends have always teased me and called me the "most passionate unofficial Adobe Product Evangelist out there." :) Hope you have a great week out here in Vegas, and I'm looking forward to sitting in on many of the sessions over the next few days. Take care, and again, thanks for taking the time to chat today.
Cheers,
Ralph Helm
Level 3 Media Productions
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Hey Ralph! It was truly a pleasure meeting you, and thanks for all the kind comments. Be sure to keep me posted, and I'll keep blogging from around the world! All the best. --JL
Posted by: Ralph Helm | April 14, 2008 10:19 PM
Hi Jason,
Readers may also be interested in visiting http://www.pproug.com (Premiere Pro User Group) to find daily videos from the show floor. One video will updated every day for 2 weeks.
Thanks,
Aanarav
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Hey Aanarav. This is great to hear, and for certain something that is likely to please the users. No doubt people will be very excited to tune in ;) Catch you @ the show! ---JL
Posted by: Aanarav Sareen | April 14, 2008 10:43 PM
Hey Jason. Thanks for the office ;) Keep up the great work. Adobe has your back, and I cover the Backend. Have a great show! Stop by when you're in the office, love to catch up with all the cool stuff you guys are getting to talk about with various customers.
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Hey Eric! Great to hear from you, my friend. It's been a long time; too long, in fact. Just echoing your comments---thanks for all YOUR hard work. I really need to get back up to Seattle. I'll be sure to ping you when I'm around. All the best to you and yours. ---JL
Posted by: Eric Sanders | April 16, 2008 08:55 PM
Hi Jason,
Sorry to have missed you, would have been nice to meet again after MAX Barcelona and the video event FlashOn in Amsterdam.
Hope to see you in Milan, Italy for the second Max Europe, last year was a blast!
I Like reading your blog!
Keep it up! Jeroen den Dunnen, Innovator, Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam (Design School)
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Hi Jeroen! Indeed, the FlashOn event was awesome...and MAX Milan should be equally groovy! ;) Thanks for the comments...I *am* trying to keep the blog interesting ;) All the best, and stay in touch. --JL
Posted by: Jeroen den Dunnen | May 1, 2008 04:33 AM