As I head back to the US from an eleven day trip in Asia, I gotta say how refreshing it is to present to audiences that are appreciative and excited about what you're showing. Adobe Creative Suite 5 is a joy to present, but I really felt the love in Asia. It's very rare for any presenter to present to over 2,000 people and not receive a single complaint! However, that's exactly what happened last week. After each presentation people came up to simply say "thank you!" Sure there were questions asked about the features and to get clarification on certain things that were shown, but not a single person had anything bad to say.
Now that Adobe has taken the wraps off of Creative Suite 5, there are lots of questions on the minds of our customers. So we thought it would be bennificial and fun to address your questions LIVE via Adobe Connect. Not only will Adobe's Worldwide Creative Suite Evangelists (Greg Rewis — the web guy, Jason Levine — the video/audio guy and myself) be on hand to field your questions, but we'll also show Creative Suite 5 tips and tricks for our Design, Web and Video suites.
Details to Participate
This special Q&A session will take place Thursday, April 22th @ 11 AM PDT (2 PM EDT (GMT-4). and it will take place via Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro. Here’s the URL: http://my.adobe.acrobat.com/askcspro
Sign on as a GUEST with your real name. While there is no pre-registration required, this session will be limited to 100 attendees. So it’s first come, first served. I advise you to log in 15 minutes before the 11 AM start time as we plan to start on time.
If you’re reading this blog, you probably have the necessary equipment to watch this session. You will need a computer (Mac or PC) with a web browser, a high speed internet connection and the Flash Player. The audio will come through your computer’s speakers. That’s pretty much it! There is no software that you need to install. If you want to make sure that your computer and internet connection are up to par, you can run this test. Although the last part of the test checks to see if you have the “add-in”, it’s not necessary to have it for this session. Go ahead and run the test now so that you’ll be ready in time for Thursday. Also keep in mind that if for whatever reason your connection is not up to par or it’s not going well for you, there’s nothing we can do about it on our end and please accept my apology now.
As you know Adobe will be Announcing CS5 on Monday, April 12th. At that time ALL of the details will be revealed about this upgrade and all the mind blowing features throughout the entire suite. This Creative Suite launch will be one of the most highly broadcasted events in Adobe's history because never has there been a time like the present where video content will be made so freely available. Of course I'll have lots of video content here on and on my Creative Suite Video Podcast, my YouTube channel and Adobe TV but the folks over at NAPP are doing something really special on Monday and throughout the week. Check out their video here:
This year's Photoshop World East was a BLAST! I've been to Photoshop World more time than I can count. However, this particular conference seemed much more "upbeat". I didn't run into a single "cranky" person the whole time. Everyone was all smiles and having a great time. As an instructor, I feed off the energy of my audience. So when my audience is having a good time and learning, it gets me excited and drives me to show more and teach more. So I not only had a great crowd in each of my sessions, they were really into what I had to say and show. That makes all the difference in the world!
Here are some highlights and I've included the Keynote video too! Enjoy
I finally got a chance to meet Erik Bernskiold
As you may remember Erik is the web designer of this Tech Blog and my BestAppSite.com. However, believe it or not we've never met face to face. We've worked together all this time over the internet. Erik is from Sweden and this was his first Photoshop World. Erik is an extremely talented and a genius!
Westcott showing the Love!
I'm not only in the 2010 Westcott Pro Lighting Catalog, but they also featured one of my images on their Booth. I stopped by to say hello and couldn't resist the opportunity to do a quick shoot with their model. It's just the way I am
My Live Shoot at the Bogen Manfrotto Booth
Once again I did a live shoot and lighting class right on the show floor. This time it was at the Bogen Manfrotto booth. Of course one my favorite models, "Steve" couldn't resist the opportunity to have a little fun. This class was one of my favorites to teach because I got a chance to show off many of the lighting products that I use all the time.
Stevie, there is no fly on your forehead. Honest!
The Shot!
The Adobe Keynote Address
See demos of Lightroom 3 and a sneak peek of some "upcoming" Photoshop technology presented by Katrin Eismann:
[See post to watch Flash video]
Of course you can download a copy to watch offline or on the big screen at creativesuitepodcast.com
It's the Retouching girl! She had a bowl of candy. I couldn't resist
Wes demoing the NEW Wacom Cintiq! Oooooh I want one. Hint Hint.
Russell Brown wowing the crowd
That's me presenting in the Adobe Booth
Rick Sammon in the Expo Theater
Midnight Madness!
Orange County Convention Center where it all went down. Awesome weather too!
one more thing…
You didn't think I would forget about my buddy Scott Kelby did you? Well he took the keynote to a whole new level by getting into full KISS like attire and performing on stage! Actually….it was awesome!
You can check out the rest of my Photoshop World shots here.
See you in Vegas in September!
That's right! Adobe Creative Suite 5 is Coming and You can signup for the launch event here.
As many of you already know Adobe Photoshop World East is next week in Orlando and I'll be there presenting and teaching a couple of classes on the Conference Track as well as doing presentations on the show floor.
Wednesday, March 24th
I'm in the Adobe Booth on the tradeshow floor
2:15-3:00 PM – Cool Photoshop CS4 Features for Designers – In this session I'll show some Photoshop CS4 techniques for graphic designers including some integration tips with InDesign and Illustrator
4:15-5:00 PM – Design Across Digital Media with Adobe CS4 Design Premium – In this session I'll show tips and techniques that allow you to take your design products beyond print. Create interactive content and use video more effectively.
On the Conference Track
10:45-11:45 AM – Intro to InDesign CS4 – If you've ever wanted to know how to get started with InDesign. This is your class. We'll start with the basics and within an hour you should feel comfortable doing layouts in InDesign CS4 from scratch.
On the Show Floor
3:15-3:45 PM – Bogen Booth – Lighting Demo – During this quick session you'll see how I use some of my favorite lighting products from Elinchrom. You might also learn a new Lightroom 3 tip here or there
On the Conference Track
4:45-5:45 PM – Creating Wedding Albums in InDesign – If you're creating Wedding Albums, Yearbooks or any other kind of multi-page layouts in InDesign, you're doing it the hard way. In this session I'll show you how you can do more effective layouts in InDesign, get better typography and even take it to the next level by delivering your Album as an Interactive Flash file for the web without writing any code or having to know Flash Professional.
Don't forget to get your Free tickets to Midnight Madness! All new activities for this conference Yeah, "activities" that's a good word.
So if you're going to be at Photoshop World Orlando stop by one of sessions or if you see me passing by don't forget to say hi! See you next week. Be sure to Follow Me on Twitter for special announcements of secret giveaways that I'll be doing throughout the show.
Also don't forget to download the Photoshop World App for iPhone/iPod touch.
