http://www.flashmn.com Official Minnesota Adobe User Group Thu, 19 May 2011 14:09:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check out tv.adobe.com for all sorts of "how-to" videos on CS 5.5 Check out the Easel Training Blog for additional resources. Pricing: Upgrades from CS5 are in the $300 - $549 range. Upgrades from CS4 are a bit more. InDesign Dustin did a great overview of the new InDesign features. The ... http://www.flashmn.com/2011/05/adobe-creative-suite-55-overview-with-dustin-tauer/ We have an exciting presentation lined up this month. Adam Papierniak will be presenting on Arduino. Arduino and beer. A brief overview of the Arduino, what (and who) it's good for, the language used to program it and maybe a couple super simple light-flashing demo's. Then onto the fun stuff, looking at the tap-mounted Arduino ... http://www.flashmn.com/2011/04/flashmn-wednesday-42011/ Wallaby is a piece of software available for download from Adobe Labs that will convert Flash timeline-based animations to HTML5. Tonight, Dustin Tauer demoed Wallaby, and...Wow! It is pretty darn cool. It does the following: - Works with the bone tool - Works with timeline-based animations http://www.flashmn.com/2011/03/wallaby-flash-to-html-animation-conversion/ GIS uses layers of data Metro GIS Data Finder GIS uses vector data (colors or street maps) as well as raster data (arial or satellite photography). A lot of GIS data can be had. It is sometimes at a scale of 1 pixel=1 square meter. When thinking about GIS data in terms of Facebook ... http://www.flashmn.com/2011/02/paul-wickman-the-future-of-maps/ Mobile apps: It's easier than web development Time: 6:30 Social, Presentation: 7:00-8:00, Workshop: 8:00-9:00 Presenters: Nick Bilyk and Judah (dorkiedork) Frangipane No mobile device required! This presentation will be to show how to make mobile apps, how to get started quickly and wipe away any fear or hesitation about developing for ... http://www.flashmn.com/2011/01/january-19th-meeting/ [caption id="attachment_134" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Squinkies!"][/caption] At tonight's FlashMN meeting, Ryan Coatney from Blip Toys shared his key learnings from his development of the Squinkies website. In case you don't know, Squinkies are a series of kids toys that are one of the hottest-selling toys in the world. The website is key to the ... http://www.flashmn.com/2010/11/squinkies-ryan-coatney-from-blip-toys-presentation/ Tonight, our own former leader, Saviz Artang, demoed his new online email system, Babblepals. It is an email application designed for very young people. (see description below) Don't miss the next Flashmn event on Oct 20th where Saviz Artang will be sharing his experience and challenges in the making of ... http://www.flashmn.com/2010/10/babblepals-with-saviz-artang/ At tonight's meeting, Twin Cities Flash guru, Dustin Tauer, showed us all sorts of neat Flash animation tricks. Dustin has an engaging presentation style, and it Dustin started out by sharing an update about the "iPhone OS" export in Flash. Apple recently re-authorized the use of the exporter. ... http://www.flashmn.com/2010/09/dustin-tauer-animating-in-flash-cs5/ The FlashMN meeting this month will be on the 15th at 6:30-9:00 in the Easel Training building. 23 Empire Drive, St. Paul, MN There will be food, dance, and invaluable Flash-related knowledge all for free! So don't miss it. http://www.flashmn.com/2010/09/september-15th-flashmn-meeting/ The third Wednesday of the month, July 20th, will be a code jam using Context Free Art. For those of you who attended FlashBelt, we saw a number of amazing things, but if you're like me, not the time in the world to try them. Let's take a couple hours ... http://www.flashmn.com/2010/07/july-20th-meeting/