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 austinadobegroupmgr@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
Nov. 13: Create Great Designs using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop’s: Gradients, Patterns, Styles, Brushes, Layers, and Filters
Illustrator and Photoshop allow you to combine features that excel in each and create beautiful images that are only limited by your imagination. Join us for a step-by-step demonstration of how to use Adobe’s tools PLUS plug-in filters such as “Perfect Effects” or “Alien Skin’s Eye Candy”. About the Presenter Veronica Primeaux is a graphic artist with over 20 years of experience in the field of computer generated art. She works for Texas Department of State Health Services, creating posters,...
Oct. 9 2015: Interactive publications – where is InDesign going?
Adobe InDesign is by far the leading tool for creating paper-based publications, but the program can also create a wide variety of digital and interactive publications. The interactive formats and platforms that InDesign supports are ever changing and rapidly evolving. In the October AAUG meeting we will get you up to speed on the latest changes, what new features are added (and what has been removed!) in InDesign. Here are some of the topics we will cover: The DPS 2015 (Digital Publishing...
Sept. 11 meeting Photoshop Masking Made Easy: Unmasking the Mystery of the Mask
Photoshop expert Cornelius Chopin will demonstrate his Photoshop Tutorial App on Masking. If you can master the concepts of selections, masks and layers, you can go a lot further and a lot faster than trying to remember "steps" on how to do many advanced techniques that have intimidated many designers from moving from basic to more advanced editing and compositing with ease. To get you started, know that any kind of mask regardless whether it is digital or not will show, hide or protect What...
Photo restoration and retouching with Photoshop
Kenneth will be going over tips and tricks for photo restoration and photo retouching. This demonstration will cover how to scan a photo properly and repair damage digitally using Photoshop to finalize color correction. He will also provide basic and advanced techniques for editing photos such as replacing skies and fixing smiles. If you have any photos you want Kenneth to show you how to fix, please post them on the Facebook page (www.facebook.com/groups/austinadobeusergroup) and he will get...
July 10: In Illustrator import variable text and image data with a script
If you use Illustrator to create many variations of the same item - such as name tags that have text and images - you'll be repeating the same steps over and over and over and... Automate that process! A new Illustrator script called "VariableImporter.jsx" makes dynamic data user-friendly and accessible to all creative professionals by providing a robust interface for importing data from .csv and .txt files. This presentation will illuminate the usage of Illustrator's variable data feature and...
June 12, 2015 Photoshop actions
This month Kenneth Loebenberg will be presenting on one of the most powerful, and least used, tools in Photoshop - Actions. Kenneth will be going though basic and advanced Photoshop actions, including: writing actions, editing, conditional actions and nested actions. The session will also include a question and answer session; so please bring your ideas for Photoshop actions. About the Presenter Kenneth Loebenberg, of New Era HD, has more than a decade of experience as a graphic designer and...
Behance – portfolios and network for creatives
Our May 8, 2015 meeting will feature a demonstration of Behance. Behance, as part of Adobe’s Creative Cloud, is the largest creative professional network in the world (4 million portfolios, more than 80 million images) conneting online-communities of top art schools and organizations around the world. Top companies use Behance to find and hire creative talent. This presentation will cover features that inspire and connect artists/creatives. 1. Curated Galleries 2. New Book: Super-Modified, The...
A Tour of Premier Pro
Presenter Jon Merrifield will take us on a tour of Premier Pro, beginning with the interface and a description of an optimized project workflow, and then we will edit a 1 minute news break style piece complete with name super ids and with green screen comping on a virtual set. About the Presenter Jon Merrifield is an award winning Visual Effects, Finish and Beauty Artist. In his 30 year career he has worked on over a thousand commercials including many Super Bowl spots, over one hundred music...
Adobe After Effects – Composites, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics and more
Presenter Jon Merrifield will begin by showing before and after examples of composites, visual effects, motion graphics and beauty work, all done in After Effects. Then he will move onto a overview and summary of the tools inside Adobe After Effects, followed by a panel and layout exploration, explaining how the tools function and some good fundamentals to consider as a start to learning the tool. Then he will open the composites and show how some of the work displayed in the previous before...
How To Create a Simple Mobile App Using jQueryMobile and Dreamweaver
This presentation will show how to use Dreamweaver along with the popular jQueryMobile framework to create a simple mobile application that will be styled with CSS. The app will have responsive design and can later be submitted to various app stores using PhoneGap. Presentation notes (zip file) About the Presenter Cornelius Chopin is currently an Accessibility Specialist at the Texas Department for Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS). He received an Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI)...
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