Future Computer Technologies

The End is Near, Part II

Posted by on September 24, 2010 at 8:02 pm

Time is quickly running out for Ascend Training’s regularly scheduled CS4 classes. Our last CS4 hands-on training will be:
Dreamweaver CS4 Level 1, Chicago, Aug 30 – Sep 1, Deerfield, Oct 11 – 13
Ascend Training is happy to put CS4 classes on our regular schedule for groups of 3 or more people. We will also be [...]

iPhone Application Development: IT’S BACK!

Posted by on September 24, 2010 at 7:46 pm

Ascend Training is happy to announce the return of our iPhone Application Development class! iPhone, iPod, iPad Application Development (5 days, $2490) has just been added to our catalog of classes. Ascend Training is proud to have Gene Backlin, author of Professional iOS 4 Application Development: Building Applications for the iPhone and iPad, teaching this [...]

Fall Into Savings: InDesign Promotion

Posted by on September 24, 2010 at 7:11 pm

We have a promotion on all of our hands-on InDesign classes. You must register by October 15th, but you may take the class at any time. Please contact us if you would like a custom discount code to register.
Our Adobe Authorized In-Depth classes always include a free 8 month retake policy that [...]

By Popular Demand…HTML Email Marketing

Posted by on August 18, 2010 at 3:21 pm

Ascend offering new Creating HTML Emails: Building and Broadcasting Successful HTML Email Class in Chicago and Deerfield. Learn to develop unique, effective email campaigns with HTML.

Adobe CS6 Released on AIR?

Posted by on August 8, 2010 at 9:36 pm

Adobe AIR allows developers to build web applications without a browser. Why is this important? AIR apps are a combination of a web and desktop applications allows users to run web applications on any desktop whether it’s Windows, Mac, or Linux.

Adobe AIR utilizes HTML and Flash to give the user a consistent experience that feels [...]

Free Event: Creating Email Newsletter Blasts!

Posted by on July 28, 2010 at 1:27 pm

Learn the ins and outs of creating killer html email marketing blasts! Look at the behind the scenes html development, in addition to best practices and avoiding being tagged as a “spammer.” This free event is at our Chicago training facility August 17th, 2010 , 5pm.

Register for this free event.
Learn about our Adobe Dreamweaver Training

Photography through Astronomy

Posted by on July 26, 2010 at 4:00 pm

As I was browsing the internet the other day, I stumbled across an article that may interest those of you who enjoy photography. It details a trick where you can use the rotation of the earth to create neat, long exposure photos. First, you need to know how to go about finding the North [...]

Quick Tip from Jerome

Posted by on July 16, 2010 at 6:07 pm

Today’s tip is for all of you Mac users! Especially those that use Facebook and Flickr. What I am going to go over today is a simple way to upload pictures or even entire photo albums directly to Facebook and/or Flickr from iPhoto. If you are not currently using iPhoto to manage your artwork and [...]

Quick Tip from Jerome

Posted by on June 24, 2010 at 6:26 pm

To save some time while working in applications like Photoshop or Fireworks, why not have your files default to open in specific programs? This is easily accomplished.
To start, we will go mac side.
Say we want our .jpg images to open in Photoshop on the double click. Find any .jpg file on your Mac computer, right [...]

Looking to Make Some Money Off Your Works in Photoshop?

Posted by on June 22, 2010 at 8:52 pm

If you are looking to make some money off your visual works, but not sure where to start then I’ve got a useful bit of information for you. Recently, Flickr paired with Getty Images have come up with an easy solution. If you are not familiar with the sites, Flickr is a website where you [...]