We've got a great slate of programs planned for the Acadiana Adobe User Group to take us through the first half of 2010! And remember, attending any program gets you a ticket for our raffle for a free suite of Adobe Creative Suites software!

March 16, 2010: Photoshop work flow

One of Acadiana's favorite photographers, Travis Gauthier, will take us on a tour aimed at showing how real photographers really use Adobe Photoshop. We're allowing extra time for questions and answers on this one! This program will take place Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 6-8 pm., at Graham Group Interactive, 2014 West Pinhook Road, Suite 210, Lafayette, LA.

Google map to Graham Group

Here's some info on Travis:

Travis Gauthier is a native of Lafayette, Louisiana, Travis is a 1995 graduate of The Art Institute of Houston where he earned an Associate of Arts degree in Photography with a focus on digital imaging and portraiture. With experience in several different photographic arenas; photojournalism to retouching and lab work to the portrait and wedding industry, Travis has made photography his lifelong chosen career.

Awards, Achievements:
2005 1st place Louisiana Press Association Feature Photo
2007 Professional Photographers of Louisiana, Portrait : First Place
2008 Acadiana Arts Council Solo Exhibit
Speaking:
2008 Lecture - LSUE "Infrared Photography and The Photography Business."

April 20, 2010: Adobe-sponsored Flex and Flash Event!

If you cruise Adobe labs or other spots where you can see what's heading down the pipe from Adobe, you know that there's lots going on now with Adobe Flex and Adobe Flash programming. Adobe will sponsor our get-together in April and we will get the latest on these technologies, where they're headed, and what's in store for developers. This program will take place on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at Graham Group Interactive, 2014 West Pinhook Road, Suite 210, Lafayette, LA.

May 18, 2010: After Effects wizardry from Scott Rachal

Lafayette's Vidox Motion Imagery's Production Manger Scott Rachal uses Adobe After Effects on the front lines of his workflow every day. For this program, we'll meet at the Vidox studios and Scott will walk us through some stunning video post-production samples from the Vidox portfolio. This can also be considered part of our "Real pros really using Adobe software" series, as we'll see how projects start and finish and how Adobe After Effects adds powerful tools to the Vidox arsenal. The program will take place Tuesday, May 18, 6-8 pm, at Vidox, 204 Winchester, Lafayette, LA 70506.

Bing map to Vidox (NOTE - Google map to to this address maps incorrectly)

June 15, 2010: Adobe CF Builder

Adobe CF Builder is a new IDE for ColdFusion developers that has been previewing on Adobe Labs for several months. Our own Raymond Camden, the ColdFusion Jedi, will bring us up to date on the latest with Adobe CF Builder, showcasing the features that will make it an attractive choice for anyone coding ColdFusion. This program will take place on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Graham Group Interactive, 2014 West Pinhook Road, Suite 210, Lafayette, LA. Also, at this meeting we will draw for our free Adobe Software winner for the first half of 2010!

At every program...

Any time you attend a program of the Acadiana Adobe User Group, you're entered into a raffle for free Abobe software! Our next drawing will be at our June meeting.

We always provide light refreshments, and there are giveaways of some kind at almost every meeting!

Program contents, dates and times are subject to change; notice will be provided on as timely a basis as is reasonably possible in the event of changes.

We look forward to seeing you at one (or all!) of these upcoming meetings!