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
Introducing Adobe After Effects for Photoshop Users
If you know Adobe Photoshop, it is helpful to think of After Effects as “Photoshop Effects in Motion.” Everything that you learn in Photoshop can be ANIMATED in After Effects. This session is Part 1 of a multi-part series on tools, tips, and techniques in Adobe After Effects. Part 1: Adobe After Effects Basics:• Learn what Adobe After Effects can do and how it differs from Adobe Animate and some of its similarities with Adobe Photoshop• Learn how to use the major panels in After Effects: o ...
Dreamweaver: slicker than slime time saving tips, techniques and tools
This presentation will show you time-saving tips, techniques, and tools in Dreamweaver for all user levels Beginner: Productive Dreamweaver Shortcuts Quick-Tag Editor in Desing View Using Multiple Cursors Code Editor Tips How to Use Tag Chooser to select tag effectively How to use the Link Checker Intermediate: How to use the DOM Panel to select and edit HTML elements How to use Emmet Commands How to create a Snippet to save time coding Advanced: How to use the Insert Panel to insert...
Use Premiere Rush and Integrate with Premiere Pro to create/edit videos
Jon Merrifield will be demonstrating Premiere Rush and integrating it with Premiere Pro. (The basic version of Premier Rush is free; details on the basic version and upgrading) Adobe Premiere Rush, which is Adobe’s first all-in-one cross-device app, is a powerful mobile addition to the Adobe video editing arsenal. Premiere Rush includes the power of Adobe’s Pro Tools: you can capture video, edit, color-correct, record and clean up audio, customize animated titles, and publish to social media...
Photoshop Smart Objects and nondestructive edits
Join us as Cornelius Chopin discusses and shows the overall benefits of using a Smart Object that allows a user to perform nondestructive edits:TRANSFORM EDIT: You can transform (e.g., scale, rotate, skew, distort, perspective, or warp) a layer without losing any quality of the image. WHY: Normally, you would lose the original image data or quality just by doing a simple transformation. VECTOR EDIT: You can edit vector data (e.g., from Adobe Illustrator) without losing any quality of the...
Oct. 10: Dreamweaver and Bootstrap 4 for Designers Who Code
Learn how to create modern, responsive web pages from scratch using a combination of Bootstrap components and a set of intuitive tools that cater to designers who need to code. Join Roman Villarreal, principal of Lumenbrite and a MAX Master, to discover the latest and coolest updates to Bootstrap 4 and get an introduction to the powerful under-the-hood features of SASS and CSS mixins. In this action-packed lab, you’ll create a responsive web design project and Roman will show you how to: Use...
September 12: Premier Pro workflow
Presenter Jon Merrifield will cover set up, organization, and execution steps for video editing projects in Premiere Pro. There is a certain recipe for workflow that helps one be more efficient yet allows for the upmost creative flexibility. He will also demonstrate some different video editing techniques as they relate to different genres of video projects.ie: you may use certain tools for an interview and b-roll, yet a different one for a social media piece. He will also touch on the free...
August 2019 – no meeting
There is no meeting during August. Be sure to join us for our September 12 meeting!
July 11: Creating Graphic Design Mockups with InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
Mockups are used for visualization of design solutions, and are commonly used for all kinds of print publications, packaging, web-sites, phone apps, and more. The purpose is generally to create a model to preview, evaluate, and test-flight designs and solutions, and acquire feedback from user before the actual implementation. The Creative Cloud has several tools suitable for creating mockups, and we will cover different techniques and approaches, including the use of some of the ready-made...
June 13: Photoshop Mixed Bag – JavaScript and Actions + Photo Restoration
In this class Kenneth will be going over how to write custom JavaScript code to help with Actions in Photoshop. This will included how to use ExtendScript Toolkit and how to get Photoshop to read files names. We will also go over how to do photo restoration using multiple methods, from the clone stamp to color correction. Since this is an evening meeting, we'll have pizza available. About the presenter Kenneth Loebenberg has more than a decade of experience as a graphic designer and...
May 9: Making Web Applications Accessible with HTML5, CSS, and WAI-ARIA / legal ADA aspects
Our two presenters will discuss ways to make web sites and web application accessible for people with disabilities and discuss / answer questions about the legal issues. Bouton Jones is expert in web design and development; David Ondich is a recognized expert on the legal aspects of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). Mr. Jones will discuss the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, HTML5, the use of skip links, WAI-ARIA (Landmarks, roles, etc.), QA/QC testing for A11y, available...
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