The Future of Digital

A generation is growing up expecting a limitless, connected experience across gaming, TV, movies, Sciences, workstations and mobile devices. The explosion of great digital content across multiple screens is changing the way digital artists, developers and entrepreneurs do business and Adobe is giving us the tools we need to meet those demands.

Join Adobe Flash Platform Developer and Creative Suite Workflows/Evangelist Paul Trani and Aaron Houston North America Community Groups Manager for a FREE seminar featuring the new Creative Suite software. CS 5.5 is here and there are exciting new features in Flash, Mobile Markets, Video Editing, Motion Graphics, Photoshop Touch, shared assets and graphic optimization. Do you have questions on the new subscription options?
Frankly, I do too. Come and ask questions and get answers!

Adobe's new tools will help bring YOUR unique vision to multiple screens:

• Reaching your audience in new and exciting ways, creating dynamic documents across multiple screens and platforms
• Work in an integrated environment, allowing you to design, develop, test and deploy websites and apps across multiple screens
• Rapidly build cross-platform RIA, Air and desktop apps, build once and publish across screens
• Create and author rich interactive content for any screen with Adobe Air or Flash player
• Photoshop + touch + multiscreen workflows
• Effortless warp stabilization, creating rich cinematic effects and sophisticated motion graphics with After Effects, the industry compositing and animation tool and the tight integration with Flash and production workflows

Come and see/hear all the new and exciting advancements in the future of digital with Paul Trani and Aaron Houston on the 1st Friday in June at Almer/Blank in Venice.

PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS MEETING We will be issuing doorprize tickets to registered attendees when you come in.You MUST BE REGISTERED on Eventbrite for a doorprize ticket.

June 3rd, 6-10pm
Rich Media Institute
SOCIALIZE :: LEARN :: NETWORK

!! Doorprizes !!

Thank you to our sponsors, we have all sorts of doorprizes to give away tonight! You too can thank them by supporting them the next time you are looking for a plug-in, book, staffing, training, beverages, professional services and products.

After Hours

You are welcome to join us for First Friday's Block Party on Abbott Kinney!

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SPONSORS

We'd like to thank our sponsors for giving us stuff to give to you! You can thank them to by checking out their websites. Many have new tutorials / tips / project files for their end users.

ADOBE SYSTEMS
Whether your a beginner or a veteran Adobe user, you should probably check out their site again. Did you know that there is a Community Page at the Adobe site for tips/tricks/FAQs about their software? ADOBE

ALMER/BLANK
is a boutique full-service interactive production agency that specializes in the creation of compelling and dynamic custom applications for web, desktop and mobile. ALMER/BLANK

ALIEN SKIN
Software plug-ins ALIEN SKIN

ARTISAN
Artisan delivers talent solutions for any organization requiring creative, marketing or interactive resources. Artisan staffs only the highest caliber of Freelance and Fulltime talent with skills in Interactive, Print & Graphic Design, Social Media, Broadcast Design, Mobile, Account Services and Front End Technology. Servicing Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Indianapolis, our network of talent isn't just diverse ñ it has the best knowledge in the industry. ARTISAN

COOKIE GOOD
The gourmet goodies COOKIEGOOD

We make developers productive. The home of Source Mate ELEMENT RIVER

FOCAL PRESS
Publisher of Steve Wright's books on compositing, Focal press has given readers a resources for their library mainstays. Whether you're an animator in After Effects, Nuke, Flame or other software, you'll want to check out how Steve can help you improve the look of your digital comps. FOCAL PRESS

FUNCTION DRINKS
The best beverage ever FUNCTION DRINKS

RICH MEDIA INSTITUTE
Our Venue Sponsor: Specialized, Convenient Education for Digital Media Professionals RICH MEDIA INSTITUTE

PEACHPIT
With tons of eBooks to choose from (as well as physical paper), you can fill your melon with tons of tech. Many of the offerings have Safari Books Online subscriptions attached as well. ADOBE CLASSROOM IN A BOOK Peachpit makes it - check out their iTunes podcasts as well. PEACH PIT

POWER EXCHANGER
The ultimate gifts you can not live without. POWER EXCHANGER

 TWO SHOTS OF PHOTOSHOP 
A One Evening Special Event - Two Shots of Photoshop with Photoshop Hall-of-Famer Jack Davis and World Renowned Digital Artist Jane Conner-ziser!

Take two Photoshop legends, stir in photographic artistry, heavy splashes of Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw, and pour on top of rock solid, time-saving techniques, and you have a evening that will spin your mind and rocket your work to the next level! Two Shots of Photoshop 

All things educational VIDEO 2 BRAIN

WRITE ON GLASS
A great onLine experience WRITE on GLASS

Lee Varis
Photographer, Educator, Author and Digital Imaging Artist Lee Varis

ActiveDen - Stock Flash Components With over 10,000 Flash components, ActiveDen is the largest seller of stock Flash and Flex on the web. You can find Flash facebook templates, galleries, video players, web templates, and just about anything else you could possibly want.Visit ActiveDen

Research In Motion®
The BlackBerry PlayBook is here! Check it out.   BlackBerry

NIK SOFTWARE
Photoshop PlugIns for Professional Photographers & Retouchers Nik Software

IMAGENOMIC
Photoshop PlugIns including award-winning Portraiture (very powerful tool for skin retouching) Imagenomic

ONONE SOFTWARE
Photoshop PlugIns Suite to solve the most common problems with images. OnOne Software

CALUMET PHOTOGRAPHIC
Photographic equipment Sales, Rentals & Repairs + Photography Workshops Calumet