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Michael Jahn on "Intel + NVIDIA == performance + prizes"
CUDA Rocks !
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Nick Beadman on "InDesign & InCopy update coming your way"
Is there going to be a update to InDesign Debug or the SDK available? If so, how is going to be distributed? Yep. It will be available via the partners download area. Soon...
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Justin Putney on "Creative Suite Developer Summit 2009 open for registration"
Mark, Do you have to register to participate online? No, you don't have to register to attend online. We'll publish the connect URL's on the agenda web page.
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Carl Rambert on "Adobe InDesign and InDesign Server CS4 SDK Post-launch Developer Briefing"
Will the briefing be broadcast or recorded for later viewing? Yes. Roger says he will capture and edit the session. I'll post details when it is available
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Lynn Grillo on "Using Eclipse to edit IDML"
Another neat tool for editing IDML packages is the AIR app on Adobe Labs called PDFXML Inspector. It works perfectly. You can edit the XML and save the changes back into the IDML file and subsequently see the change reflected ...
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Sean Upton on "SwitchBoard is in the wild!"
Very novel. I would also hope that this same concept can be extended in the future beyond just AIR to bridge between mainstream browsers (IE8, Firefox3+Prism -- provided Flash player is installed) to help users/integrators create hybrid web/desktop content management ...
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April 30, 2009
Intel + NVIDIA == performance + prizes
Is this a developer summit, or just a prize giveaway? There have been a couple of additions to the agenda for the Creative Suite Developer Summit – you’ll want to take note.
And perhaps you could win a Netbook. Or NVIDIA hardware...
Read on...
February 25, 2009
UnConference at the Creative Suite Developer Summit
We've added an unconference track at the 2009 Creative Suite Developer Summit. If you've never attended an unconference, think of them as participant-led conference tracks. Got something to say? Something other developers would benefit from knowing? Short topic? Long topic? rant - or rave?
Background on unconference sessions are on wikipedia
Planning for the developer summit unconference is located here.
InDesign & InCopy update coming your way
Heads up!
Adobe is releasing a CS4 updater via the Adobe Update Manager - just went live this morning (February 25th) - and I apologize for the late update.
This update provides key fixes in the areas of Scripting, Master Pages, Digital Editions, Import/Export Graphics, as well as other miscellaneous issues.
Here are a few specific bug fixes included in the dot release. See the read me for the full list.
• Master Page Items from a placed InDesign document are dropped when exporting to PDF.
• InDesign CS3 documents converted to InDesign CS4 reflow unexpectedly due to hyphenation limits.
• When exporting a document to .SWF, “mailto:” hyperlinks have “http://” appended to them, making them inoperable.
• Page turns are incorrect for right-to-left bound documents exported to SWF.
February 19, 2009
Creative Suite Developer Summit 2009 open for registration
The 2009 Creative Suite Developer Summit is now open for registration!
The CSBU Developer Summit ( May 11-15) is for developers creating plug-ins and integrations for the Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro, XMP, Fireworks, Extension Manager and other technologies). This isn't just for commercial developers - if you are working in a "captive" IT department, and trying to determine the best way to automate your production tasks, the developer summit will be a jump start for your efforts.
The developer summit is free – you only pay for your transportation, hotel and meals. But we are limited to 200 people live at the event. If you can’t attend live, you can always watch the Connect presentations – but you’ll miss out on meeting your peers, and the Adobe Staff.
You can find details about the agenda here.
When you are ready to register, you can look here.
Looking forward to seeing you May 11th through 15th in Seattle, Washington!
Mark Niemann-Ross
Adobe Creative Suite Developer Evangelist
January 19, 2009
Need a spiffy Gaming PC?
Here's a contest that ought to be like shooting fish in a barrel. Write the "best" Pixelbender application - win a PC.
oh - but not just any PC. This one is a monster...
January 15, 2009
Recording of January 15, 2009 Developer Update
If you missed the January Quarterly Developer Update, you can still watch it here.
December 16, 2008
Adobe InDesign and InDesign Server CS4 SDK Post-launch Developer Briefing
Roger Risdal is sponsoring two events for InDesign developers regarding the InDesign SDK. If you are a Skilled C+, Java, Developers or high skill scripting engineers and have a good understanding of the InDesign prod family SDK - AND can make it to New York or Munchen, you'll find this useful...
December 12, 2008
New tools for developing and automating across the Creative SUite - MAX presentation
If you couldn't attend my "New Tools" session at MAX in San Francisco, you can watch it at Adobe TV. This presentation discusses Flexbuilder, ESTK (Extendscript Toolkit), Extendscript, IDML, Pixelbender, Configurator, Photoshop Panels, Patchpanel and Switchboard. This is a great overview of these technologies and when to use which technology, and for what.
Note that this presentation is mis-labeled as "rocket science." oops!
View it here.
December 8, 2008
groups.adobe.com
Adobe recently brought up a page for user groups - and I've created an online group for Creative Suite Developers. You can find it here.
Let's try this as a communication tool. I'd encourage you to register, and then let me know what you'd like to see improved.
MNR
November 18, 2008
Using Eclipse to edit IDML
In some of my MAX presentations, I edited IDML files in Flexbuilder. Since a couple of folks asked for instructions on how to set Flexbuilder up to do this, I'll post it here. It's actually pretty simple...
IDML (InDesign markup language) is an XML representation of an InDesign document. You can export an InDesign document to IDMLM, edit the XML inside the IDML, and and the re-import into InDesign to create a modified version of the original InDesign document. I use Flexbuilder to open the IDML package, make changes, and resave.
November 11, 2008
CSBU Quarterly Developer Update January 15, 2009
We'll be running the next Creative Suite Developer Update on January 15th, 2009 at 9:00 am Pacific time. Point your browser at http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/qcsdu
October 20, 2008
Are you working with Adobe Sales?
I'm working on a project that will establish links between Third-Party developers of plug-ins and integrations, and specific Adobe Salespeople.
If you have worked with a specific Adobe sales person, would you send me a note? Make sure to copy the salesperson you worked with, and give me a brief description of the project you worked on.
Thanks!
MNR
August 25, 2008
August Developer update
On August 6th we ran the latest Creative Suite Developer quarterly update. You can watch a recording at http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/p92472199/ .
Topics we covered included ...
August 22, 2008
InDesign Server == Programmer Tool
If you're involved with integrating the Creative Suite with an in-house workflow, you'll eventually need to produce some sort of output. And if you're in the publishing industry, it's likely you'll be required to produce high-quality pages combining fine typography and images across multiple pages.
That's why InDesign Server exists - and there's a lot of industrial strength tools available that you might not be aware of. Fortunately, there are sessions at MAX that will show them off...
August 5, 2008
XMP FIleInfo SDK now available.
The XMP team has just posted the SDK for building custom metadata panels in Flex and XML. Although the program is primarily focused on developers, we welcome anyone interested in metadata as it relates to workflow, rights, tagging, and asset management.
July 30, 2008
CSBU Quarterly Developer Update
Heads up! The Quarterly Creative Suite Developer Update is happening August 7th at 9:00 am Pacific time. If you are developing products, plug-ins, integrations or scripts that utilize any of the Creative Suite API's, SDK's or pages on Labs.adobe.com, you'll want to attend for the latest information.