http://www.mmug-ireland.org Multimedia Users Group of Ireland Tue, 27 May 2008 13:38:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just stumbled across this today and thought i'd share. It's a wonderful list of resources for anyone who uses or wants to us Flex from Shawn the Flex guy. Find the link below: http://seantheflashguy.com/blog/2008/05/24/36-new-cool-flex-and-as3-tools-libraries-and-components/ http://www.mmug-ireland.org/2008/05/27/list-of-31-flex-apis-libraries-components-and-tools/ Well another month has gone by and time for us to meet up again. A lot has happened since our last meeting and we will have a lot to talk about. Since our last meeting I have attended two Adobe conferences and talked to 5 Adobe Evangelists about the future of ... http://www.mmug-ireland.org/2008/05/27/mayjune-meeting/ This choices for this month have arrived. Please leave a comment and let me know your choice as soon as possible. Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) with Ajax: Visual QuickPro Guide Scientific Imaging with Photoshop: Methods, Measurement, and Output Thanks to Peachpit.com for their continued support. http://www.mmug-ireland.org/2008/05/14/monthly-book-selection/ I seen this and thought I'd share with everyone. If you're designing with Flex or AIR or you are thinking of learning Flex or AIR you will want to give this list a look over. I found it very useful. http://www.jasonbartholme.com/101-adobe-air-resources-to-add-to-your-too lbelt-of-awesomeness/ http://www.mmug-ireland.org/2008/05/12/101-adobe-air-resources/ I have recently attended a few Adobe events in Dublin and have a round up of all the related news and links from the two combined events. Flex Adobe Flex is an amazing tool for developing rich internet applications using Flash. Anyone who is a student or a teacher can get a ... http://www.mmug-ireland.org/2008/05/12/round-up-adobe-air-flex-events/ Our April meeting was a very quiet one and it's my own fault because I failed to inform everyone in a timely manner. I apologize for that and promise to be better at that in the future. News: New User Groups: We have some new user groups coming to our area, ... http://www.mmug-ireland.org/2008/04/29/meeting-notes-april-meeting/ We had a decent turnout for our March 31st meeting that took place at the computer labs of LYIT. A few new members joined us and we talked about using Flex in the real world and even seen a few amazing examples. For those of you who would like to ... http://www.mmug-ireland.org/2008/04/02/meeting-notes-march-31st-2008/ OVERVIEW: Flash and After Effects Together Learn how Flash and After Effects can be used together to create in ways that would be complex with either tool alone. In this session we will take a look at creating 'Hollywood style' text animation effects, and then bring them into your Flash project for use ... http://www.mmug-ireland.org/2008/03/26/adobe-tech-wednesday-flash-and-after-effects-together/ This is a link to a recorded session with Mordy and Illustrator Guru from Adobe so you won't actually be able to ask him anything but your welcome to watch. If you use Illustrator or even used Corel Draw or Freehand you will find this very interesting. ADOBE PRESENTER: Mordy Golding, ... http://www.mmug-ireland.org/2008/03/10/tech-wednesday-ask-mordy-about-illustrator/ I found this article today with a video attached with a small presentation from an Adobe developer. In it he shows a new lens that has multiple lenses each with a different depth of field. If you watch the demo you can see what this would mean for photography and ... http://www.mmug-ireland.org/2008/02/29/adobe-making-hardware/