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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

Premier Pro Animation Techniques

Premier Pro Animation Techniques

Jun 19, 2023 |

The July 13th, 2023 meeting of the Austin Adobe User Group features a demonstration of animating techniques using Premier Pro to produce an engaging short custom social media message. During this presentation, Jon Merrifield demonstrates keyframing and animation as well as track mattes in Premiere Pro. He also describes creating and using Mogrt templates straight from Premiere as well as the best way to utilize and reverse, etc. He then creates an engaging 15-second motion graphic style social...

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Benefits of Using Smart Objects In Photoshop For Beginners to Advanced Users Made Easy

Feb 27, 2023 |

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...

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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

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.

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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