RMAUG - Top Posts - Meeting Archive This RSS feed contains top-level posts in the Meeting Archive category of the RMAUG forums. http://www.rmaug.com/feeds/forums/meetingarchive_top.xml RMAUG Generated March 2009 - Flex on Rails & FlexUIFramework http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=124&messid=192 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=124&messid=192 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:35:14 +0700 rmaug Watch the Presentation here

FlexUIFramwork-Jeff Krueger
With the popularity of Flex growing so much lots of new projects are starting. As a company when you start your first Flex project there is a lot of overhead to just get started. This is not Flex's fault, this is just the case with any new technology. You will need a login page, so form of navigation, users, security, etc. Depending on prior commitment to architecture you might get lucky and have a decent backend, maybe even SOA model. But often times I find that is not even the case. So FlexUIFramework sets out to make creating a new Flex project fast and easy. It gives you a login, navigation, users, security all within a nice Cairngorm based Flex framework. It also has a Java SOA backend to it, and uses Hibernate.

You do not have to use the Java backend if you don't want to. The use of Hibernate is key because the reverse engineering feature it has. With that we have created several templates that can generate the complete Java and Flex code based on you database tables that will do basic CRUD. This gives you the point at which you can start customizing for your own business needs.

During this talk we will demo the framework as well as create a brand new set of screens to show the framework in action.


Flex on Rails-Tony Hillerson, Daniel Wanja
Daniel and Tony have recently released a book describing how to bring two technologies that they love together: Flex and Rails. They'll be giving an overview of what that means and then diving into code to show how it works.
]]> February 2009 - Adobe Video Tools - Plugins & Workflow http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=123&messid=191 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=123&messid=191 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:30:08 +0700 rmaug Denver Animation and Editing User Group for a meeting full of video tips and tricks. If you're interested in using Adobe tools to work with video, definitely check out this meeting.

Wath the Presentation here

After Effects Plugins-Dan Warvi
Ever wonder how to extend the awesome power of After Effects? Dan Warvi from Denver Animation and Editing User Group (formerly Denver Avid User Group) will be demonstrating several After Effects Plugins - popular ones, and some lesser known. We will also touch on how these plugins fit into the digital video editing process in general to enhance your workflow. Whether you're new to video, or this is your main gig, you'll learn something and have a few new tricks up your sleeve.

Video Workflow Enhancements & Tools-David Hassoun
David Hassoun will present a fast paced look into the different compression and broadcasting tools and features of the recent releases from Adobe. We will see how to take a finished edited or composited piece of video and process them with encoding solutions from Adobe including the Adobe Media Encoder (CS4) and the new Flash Media Encoding Server for final delivery. We will also take a peak into the updated solutions for broadcasting and streaming live video and the new enhancements with the Flash Media Live Encoder 3.0 and the Flash Media Server 3.5. We will also show off the awesome new DVR functionality for live broadcasting that is yet to be released ... ohh ya sneak peaks!!]]> November 2008 - miniMAX 2008 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=122&messid=190 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=122&messid=190 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:23:45 +0700 rmaug
Watch the presentations here

  • Animating in Flash - Paul Trani
  • Pixel Bender - John Crosby
  • Flash Catalyst (Thermo) - Nils Thingvall
  • Flash Media Server 3.5 - David Hassoun
  • ColdFusion & Ajax - Amanda Johnson
]]> October 2008 Meeting - MAX Preview http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=103&messid=165 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=103&messid=165 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:37:20 +0700 rmaug
Watch the Meeting via Connect
- David's Session @ 0:00:00
- Jun's Session @ 1:05:00

Anatomy of a Video Player - David Hassoun
What goes into a great video player? This session will show you the basic structure of an FLV component, and how you can start building your own from scratch to providethe most custom experience possible. See how to use ActionScript 3.0 to connect to Flash Media Server and take advantage of features like Enhanced Seeking and error handling. Learn how to use new Quality of Service APIs in Flash Player 10 (now in public beta on Adobe Labs) to deliver the best experience to your users. (Session from Adobe MAX)

Using AIR, BlazeDS, and open APIs to pull pranks on your coworkers - Jun Heider
Jun will cover some of the cool features in AIR and BlazeDS and how they can be combined with some open API to enable you to pull some humorous pranks on your co-workers. Sprinkle in a little free time, a good office environment, and a laid back boss of course. (Session from 360|MAX)]]> CS4 Announcement Event http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=96&messid=153 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=96&messid=153 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:25:58 +0700 rmaug
Event Recording
We recorded much of the meeting via Adobe Connect. Unfortunately, we had a technical issue and the sound was not recorded for the Flash demonstration (sorry, David!).

Watch the Presentations!

  • CS4 Overview - Brian Holmes (0:00:00)
  • Illustrator - Amanda Johnson (0:01:40)
  • Photoshop - Amanda Johnson (0:11:00)
  • Dreamweaver - Amanda Johnson (0:22:00)
  • Flash - David Hassoun (No Sound, Recording Not Available)
  • Bridge - Paul Trani (0:36:40)
  • Photoshop - Paul Trani (0:39:50)
  • InDesign - Paul Trani (0:44:20)
  • OnLocation - Paul Trani (0:51:30)
  • Premiere - Paul Trani (0:53:15)
  • Soundbooth - Paul Trani (1:02:05)


Learn More!
Check out hours and hours and hours of free feature sneak peaks at Adobe TV. It's free, and from some pretty top-notch folks. We didn't have time to cover every new feature in two hours (man, did we try though), so check out these videos to learn even more.

CS4 New Feature Brochures
Want to get the full view of the new features in your favorite product? Check out these (very helpful) PDFs. We don't have a document for every product - if we get more, we'll post them here.


Join a User Group!
Thanks to the Colorado Adobe User Groups (Denver CFUG, FortFUG, RIA 5280, and RMAUG) for teaming up with us for this brilliant event! Be sure to check out their sites to see which group is the best fit for you:


Lynda.com
We gave away some Lynda.com subscriptions at the meeting. Didn't win, but still want to access their training library chock-full-of CS4 goodness? It will be launched the moment the suite is released. Check out CS4U!

]]> September 2008 Meeting - Get an RIA Job http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=88&messid=139 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=88&messid=139 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:52:14 +0700 rmaug Recruiting Intelligence: The Secrets We Keep
Presenters: Jefferson Fee and Brian Shellhorn

Jefferson and Brian provided an in-depth look into hiring practices, what makes you a great candidate for any role, and how to best position yourself to be the one they want for the job you want while finding mutual job bliss - or at least enjoying going there.





Thank you to Aquent for sponsoring food and drinks at the September 2008 Meeting!



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Aquent has 70 offices in 17 countries with over 11,000 professionals working at more than 3,000 companies. We work with two-thirds of the Fortune 500 and 90 of the Fortune 100. Throughout our history we've made over half a million matches between our clients and talent. Aquent is privately held and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. visit site]]> August 2008 Meeting - Flex Frameworks http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=77&messid=116 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=77&messid=116 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:44:05 +0700 rmaug
Thanks to all of our attendees for breaking our attendance record for a meeting where no software was given away.

Watch the meeting online via Adobe Connect. Timestamps for individual presentations are included for each presentation below.

Framework: Mate
Presenter: David Hassoun
Recording Timestamp: 0:00
Presenter's Blog: http://david.realeyes.com
Slides: http://mate.asfusion.com/

Framework: Flex Effects API, asinmotion, Tweener, and TweenLite
Presenter: Nils Thingvall
Recording Timestamp: 20:45
Presenter's Blog: http://nils.realeyesmedia.com/
Download Presentation Slides as PDF
Download Code Samples

Framework: Swiz
Presenter: Jun Heider
Recording Timestamp: 46:15
Presenter's Blog: http://www.iheartair.com
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Download Code Samples

Framework: Pure MVC
Presenter: Aksel Gresvig
Recording Timestamp: 1:09:30
Presenter's Blog: http://aksel.realeyes.com
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Framework: Cairngorm
Presenter: Jamie Rolfs
Recording Timestamp: 1:36:30
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Links From Presentation:

Framework: UM Caringorm Extensions
Presenter: Adam Flater
Recording Timestamp: 1:59:00
Presenter's Blog: http://adamflater.net
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Links From Presentation:

]]> July 2008 Meeting - 3D Flash and RSLs http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=55&messid=71 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=55&messid=71 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:23:48 +0700 rmaug 3D in Flash wish PaperVision and Swift3D
Presenter: Jim Foley
  • Session Recording via Connect

  • Session Presentation

  • Session Presentation & Sample Files
    Sample File Notes:
    • RMAUG01 = Basic PV3D Scene Setup (won't actually do anything when published, fyi)
    • RMAUG02 = Baby Steps, establish a wireframe material and a plane... Render...
    • RMAUG03 = Material Types (wireframe, color, movieAssetMaterial, bitmapFileMaterial). Note; you need to uncomment the material you want to use and then apply it to the plane before you publish.
    • RMAUG04 = Basic Primitive Types (plane, cube, sphere, cylinder, cone). Note; you need to uncomment the primitive you want to use and uncomment the animation code in the enterframe function.
    • RMAUG05 = Collada File Parser.
Just a reminder, all these samples do require that you have the PV3D 2.0 classes to publish them. See my tutorials for downloading and installing the PV3D class library set (located here).

Runtime Shared Libraries with ActionScript 3.0
Presenter: David Hassoun
]]> June 2008 Meeting - Merapi and Adobe Betas http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=46&messid=62 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=46&messid=62 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:26:12 +0700 rmaug Hands on Introduction to Merapi
Adam Flater, Merapi lead architect, gave RMAUG members a sneak preview of the upcoming alpha release of Merapi.

What's Merapi you ask? Merapi is a bridge between applications written in Java and those running in and created for Adobe AIR. Merapi has been designed to run on a user's machine, along with an Adobe AIRtmapplication and provides direct bridge between the Adobe AIRtm framework and Java, exposing the power and overall capabilities of the user's operating system, including 3rd party hardware devices.

Merapi Project: Request to join the alpha!
http://www.merapiproject.net/

Watch the Presentation: http://realeyes.acrobat.com/p98327875/


Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Acrobat.com Beta Overview
Amanda Johnson, RMAUG manager and part of the RealEyes Media team, showed off some of the exciting new features and enhancements in the DW, FW, and Acrobat.com beta releases.

Presentation Links:
Dreamweaver Beta: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/dreamweavercs4/
Fireworks Beta: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/fireworkscs4/
Acrobat.com: https://www.acrobat.com/
Adobe Kuler: http://kuler.adobe.com/

View the Slides: (Via Acrobat.com)
https://share.acrobat.com/adc/...49be-a89c-2e8fd437c720

Watch the Presentation:
http://realeyes.acrobat.com/p58295736/]]> May 2008 Meeting - Hands on Introduction to Degrafa http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=33&messid=44 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=33&messid=44 Tue, 20 May 2008 02:13:46 +0700 rmaug
View the Connect recording of the meeting: http://realeyes.acrobat.com/p92571400/

The sample files are attached to this forum post.

For more information about Degrafa, please visit: http://www.degrafa.com/]]> April 2008 Meeting - AIR Desktop Integration and Real World Application http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=8&messid=8 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=8&messid=8 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:58:10 +0700 rmaug Adobe AIR: Windows, Menus, and the System Tray
Jun Heider presented a session from the upcoming FlexManiacs conference: "Adobe AIR: Windows, Menus, and the System Tray". During this presentation, Jun went into details on Window, give you ideas on how to implement menus, and work with the Taskbar and System Tray. In addition, he demoed some AIR applications, including this one:

http://www.iheartair.com/?p=118

And, to answer the question asked at the meeting, you still need Flash IDE to compile a swf from an FLA. However, if you're spending a lot of time in alternate editors such as the eclipse based FDT you can streamline your process a little using some ANT script wizardry...

Here's a couple links for those of you that are interested:

Real World Application Development: Factory Labs
The team from factory labs went over the process they used to develop the Flash site for Iron Man and Adobe. Check out the site here: http://www.audi.com/audi/com/e...locker.linkmap.120.htx and check out Factory Labs other projects on their site: http://www.factorylabs.com/]]> March 2008 Meeting - Flex 3 AIR Launch Party http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=4&messid=4 http://www.rmaug.com/community/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=4&messid=4 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:28:08 +0700 rmaug
* Beatport
* EffectiveUI
* Degrafa
* RealEyes Media
* texturemedia

Additional Resources

* AIR and AIR SDK Download
* AIR Showcase
* AIR Marketplace
* Adobe AIR Sample Applications
* Open Source BlazeDS Site]]>