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The End is Near, Part II

Published on September 24, 2010 By debbie

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 [...]

Fall Into Savings: InDesign Promotion

Published on September 24, 2010 By debbie

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 [...]

Free Event: Creating Email Newsletter Blasts!

Published on July 28, 2010 By Jori Curry

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

Adobe Flash Catalyst

Published on June 11, 2010 By debbie

What a great idea from Adobe! As a person with a strong print background, who only dabbled with rich content and animation in college, this is a GREAT and intuitive tool! I like to refer to Flash Catalyst as “Friendly Flash“. The good folks at Adobe have made convenient pull downs, drag and drop procedures, [...]

The battle behind the screens – Flash vs. Silverlight

Published on January 25, 2010 By Blog

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?

Published on January 5, 2010 By Blog

What to do next with the coolest phone Ever?
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 [...]

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

Published on December 11, 2009 By Blog

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 [...]

ModBook: Solution to an Apple Touch Screen for Better use with Adobe Applications

Published on January 12, 2009 By admin

One of the most exciting things to come out of MacWorld is the Axiotron ModBook. It’s essentially a MacBook that has been given tablet capabilities, allowing users to write directly on the screen. A conjunctive effort between Axiotron, Wacom and Apple, this tablet solution brings GPS, iSight, Bluetooth connectivity,  a ForeGlass screen for better viewing [...]

Adobe Zoetrope, a Web Time Machine

Published on December 15, 2008 By admin

Adobe Web Time Machine: In conjunction with the University of Washington, Adobe is moving towards changing the way we interact with the web with Adobe Zoetrope. Instead of a static page, we will be able to scroll through a website and see historical changes. In addition to seeing an entire page as it appeared in an [...]