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I have recently returned from a trip to Los Angeles for the Adobe MAX conference and am excited to tell you about Adobe’s biggest announcement from MAX, Creative Cloud. Now keep in mind that we were only given a glimpse of what’s in store, so don’t take everything I say as exactly how it will [...]
Just yesterday a brand new tool was released to the public. Adobe Edge is a tool that allows you to easily create HTML 5 animations in a Flash-esque application. It uses a timeline, much like Flash, where you can add objects onto the stage and manipulate them in various ways across the timeline. These animations are created [...]
For those of you that are new to web design or would like to get started in the field, or if you are like me and just too lazy to code your CSS, I have a great tool for you! I recently stumbled on this web app CSS3 Generator which allows you to style a [...]
I’m sure many of you have hear of Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime), but it may be little more than a buzz word to some. What I intend to do is provide a brief overview of what AIR is and what it does and also why it will be important in this mobile age we [...]
For you digital photographers out there, I have a few nuggets of wisdom I have stumbled on that could potentially improve the quality of your photos.
I know that for myself, clicking the shutter can be problematic since I tend to shake the camera as I press the shutter. The best way to avoid this is [...]
Yes, Adobe has made a version of Photoshop for iPhones and iPads, and the best part? IT’S FREE! Here is a link to a video that demos this new app: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hui0p_qI-Q
This is a great application for photographers looking to edit their photos on the go or for casual user who would like to edit or [...]
HP released a tablet at the end of last year called the HP Slate 500 Tablet PC. Do not get it confused with the HP TouchSmart. This new tablet is HP’s answer to Apple’s iPad and is being heavily advertised to business professionals. The screen is slightly smaller than the iPad and has a shorter battery life but [...]
Adobe MAX was two weeks ago, but it has been a busy two weeks since. So, finally, you will get a glimpse of all that I saw at the MAX conference.
To start, aside from the Jobs bashing and many discussions on the Flash vs. HTML5 situation, a major topic of discussion at MAX was multiplatform [...]
If you have a Flash or InDesign project that you are putting time into both at work and at home or just have files that you access and edit frequently from multiple machines, then Dropbox is a tool that you should look into. Dropbox is available for essentially all platforms, mobile, Mac, Windows, and even [...]
As much as I love the applications included in the Adobe Creative Suite I sometimes wonder if my computer is going to make it through my next Flash project or if it will even be able to open the flier I am editing with InDesign. So, seeing as the computers I own are getting on [...]