Join Our Free Monthly Meetings
The Austin Adobe User Group has been meeting monthly since it was founded in 1993 as the Austin Macromedia User Group. It supports the use of the Adobe Creative Cloud with free presentations by experts in a wide variety of Adobe applications.
With the start of the pandemic, our meeting moved from being in-person to being on Zoom. We use the same Zoom room for every meeting. To get the address, please write to austinadobegroupmrg@gmail.com.
Recordings of each meeting are posted a few days after the meeting. Here are the topics we have recently covered and news of our next gathering.
Monthly Programs
from the Austin Adobe User Group
Benefits of Using Smart Objects in Photoshop – Part 2
In Part 2 of this 2-part series on creating and using SMART OBJECTS, Cornelius Chopin will discuss some additional benefits of using them. For example,you will learn: The advantage of DUPLICATING a SMART OBJECT How to REPLACE content in a SMART OBJECT How to LINK SMART OBJECTS instead of embedding SMART OBJECTS And more, made easy for beginners to advanced users. This meeting was held online, via Zoom, Thursday, May 11, 2023, 6pm- 8pm. Cornelius Chopin is an Accessibility Coordinator at Texas...
Benefits of Using Smart Objects In Photoshop For Beginners to Advanced Users Made Easy
The March 2023 Austin Adobe User Group announces that Cornelius Chopin presente the first of a new mini-series: Benefits of Using Smart Objects In Photoshop For Beginners to Advanced Users Made Easy A Smart Object is a separate reference file (e.g., LayerName.psb file) that ENCAPSULATES and PRESERVES bitmap or vector image data enabling a user to perform nondestructive flexible editing. A Smart Object is in essence another file: embedded in a Photoshop file, or linked to a Photoshop file The...
Creating MOGRT templates in Adobe Premiere Pro – Austin Adobe User Group, February 2023
Please join the Austin Adobe User Group online, Thursday February 9, 2023 at 6 pm CST or our free virtual monthly meeting of Adobe enthusiasts. During this presentation, Jon Merrifield will review the creation and implementation of graphics and lower-third titles in Premiere Pro utilizing the essential graphics panel. He will cover and specifically review creation of MOGRT (motion graphic template) files in Premiere Pro, as well as details for team sharing. A couple of tricks for social media...
More New Features of Adobe Photoshop 2023 – January 2023 Austin Adobe User Group
Join the Austin Adobe User Group online, Thursday January 12, 2023 for our free virtual monthly meeting of Adobe enthusiasts. Cornelius Chopin continues to wow us with demonstrations of what you can do with the newest version of Photoshop 2023. He is showing how you can quickly give your photos the look you want with Photoshop: Fix flaws and swap backgrounds in a few clicks. Add effects, mix up colors, and change someone’s expression. Blend and mash up photos, graphics, effects, and...
Teaser: New Features of Adobe Photoshop 2023 – November & December 2022 Austin Adobe User Group
Adobe has released updates of most of its applications this month. So in the November AAUG meeting, Cornelius Chopin will demonstrate how you can quickly give your photos the look you want with Photoshop: Fix flaws and swap backgrounds in a few clicks. Add effects, mix up colors, and change someone’s expression. Blend and mash up photos, graphics, effects, and colors to create something entirely new. Draw, paint, doodle, and dabble with digital brushes that work and feel like the real...
How to Make a Dynamic PDF Portfolio in InDesign
https://youtu.be/HRIlRCvdqJE Program description, How to Make a Dynamic PDF Portfolio in InDesign: Already have a portfolio website, but need a PDF version for sharing? Join designer and teacher Roman Villarreal to learn tips and tricks for laying out and designing a dynamic professional portfolio using InDesign and Creative Cloud. You’ll discover how to create a slick PDF portfolio that changes dynamically based on your needs and lets you stand out and get noticed by potential clients....
Part VI: Yet Even More Advanced 3D techniques with Adobe Illustrator
After covering some but not all of the advanced new features in the 3D engine of Adobe Illustrator last month, Cornelius Chopin will show yet more. Join us at the November meeting of the Austin Adobe User Group--free, online, at 6 pm CDT on Thursday, November 10th. We'll be in the usual Zoom location. If you need the link, please write to adobegroupmgr@gmail.com. About the Presenter Cornelius Chopin is an Accessibility Coordinator at Texas Health and Human Services. He received an Adobe...
Part V: Even More Advanced 3D techniques with Adobe Illustrator
After covering some but not all of the advanced new features in the 3D engine of Adobe Illustrator last month, Cornelius Chopin showed yet more. The presentation was giving on September meeting of the Austin Adobe User Group--free, online, at 6 pm on Thursday, September 8th on Zoom. About the Presenter Cornelius Chopin is an Accessibility Coordinator at Texas Health and Human Services. He received an Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) title in Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Flash and...
Part IV: Advanced 3D techniques with Adobe Illustrator
After covering some but not all of the advanced new features in the 3D engine of Adobe Illustrator last month, Cornelius Chopin will show yet more. Join us at the July meeting of the Austin Adobe User Group--free, online, at 6 pm on Thursday, July 14th. We'll be in the usual Zoom location. If you need the link, please write to adobegroupmgr@gmail.com. About the Presenter Cornelius Chopin is an Accessibility Coordinator at Texas Health and Human Services. He received an Adobe Certified...
Part III: Illustrator 3D – Shape Mapping
Join the next meeting of the Austin Adobe User Group–Thursday, June 13, 6 pm-8 pm CDT. Like all our meetings, it’s free and available virtually around the globe on Zoom. The Zoom address is the same as in the past. If you need it, please contact austinadobegroupmrg@gmail.com. Cornelius is finding so many new features in Illustrator that his series continues on. In June, learn more Advanced techniques with new 3D features in Adobe Illustrator In this session, we will present working with a few...
About the Austin Adobe User Group
Become a member of the Austin Adobe User Group
Membership is free! Simply attend a live event online.
Management – Join Mailing List – Site Credit
Meetings
Each month, at 6 pm on the Second Thursday, an Adobe-related topic or demonstration is presented by a variety of group members (share your knowledge) or visiting experts. The meetings are free and open to anyone interested in learning about Adobe products and meeting other Adobe enthusiasts. Before the Covid Pandemic, our meetings were hosted at the New Horizon Learning Center, 300 East Highland Mall Boulevard #100, Austin, TX 78752; (512) 349-9555.
Now we meet on Zoom. For access details, please send an email to karen@austinadobeusergroup.com.
Miss a meeting?
Check the Presentations page and/or our YouTube channel. When possible we record our presentations.
Membership advantages
Why join the Austin Adobe User Group? Besides meeting other Adobe enthusiasts and learning how to use Adobe software (through demonstrations at meetings), there are
- special discounts that are available only for User Group members on
- Adobe products
- training:
- discounts from some of our training sponsors
- discounts on books from PeachPit and O’Reilly (request the discount)
- Members are eligible to win door prizes provided by sponsors and one of the twice-yearly Adobe software drawings; see below for details. Questions? Email austinadobegroupmgr@gmail.com
Management Team
The Austin Adobe Users Group is made possible through the continued service from volunteer coordinators and others.
Cornelius Chopin of Rich Media Services, Group Co-manager, Presenter
Jon Merrifield of Peli Studio, Group Co-manager, Presenter
Karen Kreps of Net Ingenuity Group Co-manager, Google Distribution List Manager/Website host
Join the Mailing List for News and Announcements from the Austin Adobe User Group.
The group maintains a “many-to-many” email list on Google Groups. Anyone may join. The list is used for official group announcements and members are welcome to use it to post news of interest to other Adobe users and well as provides a forum to pose questions and comments. Messages and replies sent to the list will go to all members. There are approximately 500 members on the list at any time.
Share your Skills and Talents
Showcase your skills by volunteering your skills and talents with website design, email management, and event coordination. Gain visibility for yourself and your company. Contact us about how you’d like to contribute.
Get Involved
Give a Presentation at a meeting
Speaking Opportunities for Adobe Users. Want to share tips and tricks of how you use Adobe products? Besides helping others learn, you can network with other Adobe enthusiasts. And you – and your contact info/website – will be listed as a presenter on this site. Contact us about your presentation
About the Group
Our mission is to:
- Provide a helpful and supportive environment for individuals who want to learn about web and multimedia design and development using Adobe products
- Provide opportunities for Adobe users to share information, tips, and tricks.
- Provide networking opportunities for web and multimedia professionals in the Austin, TX area.
Find other Adobe User Groups
All Adobe User Groups are listed at https://aem-augs.adobe.com/adobe-user-groups/
Twice-yearly Drawing for Adobe Software
To encourage people to join and participate in the local user groups, Adobe allows each user group to have a drawing twice a year for one Adobe software package valued up to $2,100. The Austin Adobe User group holds the drawings at the June and December meetings. All members who are present at the drawing are eligible to win their choice of an Adobe product that retails for up to $2,100.
How to increase your chances to win
- Attend the meetings. You must attend at least one meeting before the drawing to be a member and be eligible for the drawing. Each meeting you attend increases your chances.
- Do something that benefits the group – review a book, give a presentation, or contribute in another way. Giving a presentation at a meeting gives the most “bonus” tickets.
If you want to volunteer and earn extra tickets toward the drawing or have any questions, contact Karen Kreps, austinadobegroupmgr@gmail.com.
Website Credits
All work on the Austin Adobe User Group site is done by group members who volunteer their time. Many thanks to the following folks:
Karen Kreps, Net Ingenuity – hosting the site, maintaining the domain name, design team member
Jon Merrifield, Peli Studio – graphic design team member