Future Computer Technologies

CS5 Extravaganza: Experience the Magic!

Posted by Blog on April 20, 2010 at 1:36 pm

Ascend Training is hosting a CS5 Open House June 3rd at our downtown Chicago training facility. Some of the presentations will be:

Photoshop CS5: The Knock Your Socks Off Upgrade!
Interactive Documents with InDesign CS5
Dreamweaver CS5 Under the Hood: Author of DW CS5 Classroom in a Book
Interactivity with out Coding: Flash Catalyst CS5

Adam Pratt of Adobe Systems [...]

Flash Catalyst: Flash for Everyone?

Posted by Blog on February 11, 2010 at 10:16 pm

Flash Catalyst: The game changer for those in print to move over to animation.

Adobe On The Go (be)

Posted by Blog on February 4, 2010 at 7:46 pm

Now you can take Adobe Photoshop with you wherever you go! If you have an iPhone, and Android device, or even a mobile device with Windows Mobile, you can can edit, crop, and color-correct all your images just like you can at home…but you probably already knew this–what’s important is that, now that the iPad [...]

The battle behind the screens – Flash vs. Silverlight

Posted by Blog on January 25, 2010 at 3:54 pm

It’s definitely a war–it’s just that it’s a Cold War.
Since Microsoft released Silverlight, (and by the way, watch what happens when you surf over there) their answer to Adobe Flash, in 2007, there’s been a (sort of) silent war going on behind the two software giants about who gets to play your movies.
When you go [...]

What do you get for the phone who has everything?

Posted by Blog on January 5, 2010 at 9:47 pm

So ok–it’s going to be a while until we get Flash for the iPhone, but I think we can all agree that it’s still pretty cool. The question is: now that you can do almost everything on the iPhone, like getting GPS Driving directions, reading e-books with the Kindle App, checking your email, stock quotes, [...]

Apple Tablet Finally Here? What does that mean for Adobe?

Posted by Jori on January 4, 2010 at 4:32 pm

The much anticipated Apple Tablet…the iTab is poised to not only be a Kindle-killer, but boost Adobe Photohop, Dreamweaver and Flash. A portable tablet device with an electronic pen will allow graphic designers to more easily develop remotely.

Cloud Computing then and now; a look at how far we’ve come

Posted by Blog on December 11, 2009 at 10:23 pm

About a year ago (specifically last February), “Cloud Computing” was a fairly new techno-buzzword. In fact, when Jori blogged about it then, we got a fair few comments asking what it was. At the time, the “cloud” was a nebulous thing true to its name; when something went into the electronic “cloud,” just where [...]

Adobe Labs: Keep Updated on Adobe New Technologies like Pixel Bender

Posted by admin on May 12, 2009 at 4:19 pm

Adobe Labs offers access to Pixel Bender, a new way to create real-time effects.

Facebook and Adobe Partner with Flash

Posted by admin on May 6, 2009 at 4:12 pm

Adobe and Facebook partner to enable easier Flash integration.

Pano for the iPhone: A Mini Photoshop Photomerge App

Posted by admin on May 2, 2009 at 6:44 pm

Pano for iPhone: A mini Photoshop Photomerge!