Notes/Links from the May Meeting

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2016-05-19 11:20.

AMMUG May 2016 Meeting

Photoshop

Nik Collection by Google -Free
- http://www.graphics.com/downloads/win/plugins-and-addons/nik-collection-google
- https://www.google.com/nikcollection/
GrutBrushes Photoshop Brushes Sampler - Free
- http://grutbrushes.com/shop/photoshop-brushes/photoshop-brushes-free-sample-set/
Fontea – Photoshop plugin for Google Fonts - Free
- https://fontea.madebysource.com/
Use the Extract panel with Artboards to go from Photoshop to Dreamweaver
- http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2015/12/use-the-extract-panel-with-artboards.html
Adobe Fuse CC (Preview) – Make custom 3D characters for your Photoshop projects – Available for download as a free preview in CC for a limited time
- https://www.adobe.com/products/fuse.html

Typekit

Sync fonts to desktop
- https://helpx.adobe.com/typekit/using/sync-fonts-desktop.html#main-pars_minitoc
Adding fonts to website – Creating a kit
- https://helpx.adobe.com/typekit/using/add-fonts-website.html#main-pars_text
Working with CSS Selectors
- https://helpx.adobe.com/typekit/using/css-selectors.html
Specifying fallback fonts
- https://helpx.adobe.com/typekit/using/css-selectors.html#Specifyingfallbackfonts
Using multiple weights & styles
- https://helpx.adobe.com/typekit/using/css-selectors.html#Usingmultipleweightsandstyles

Dreamweaver

New Update: Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015.2
- http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2016/03/dreamweaver-cc-2015-2.html
3D in the browser with Three.JS - using WebGL and three.js
- http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2016/04/3d-in-the-browser-with-three-js.html
18 Dreamweaver Tips in Clebration of 18 Years
- http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2015/12/18-tips-for-dreamweavers-18th-birthday.html
Develop a Responsive Design with the Visual Media Queries Bar
- http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2015/12/develop-a-responsive-design-with-the-visual-media-queries-bar.html

Accessibility

Part 1: Visual Accessibility and Manual Code Inspection
- http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2016/05/how-to-conduct-a-basic-accessibility-audit-on-your-site.html
Making Your Website Design Accessible – Here’s What a Blind Accessibility Expert Has to Say on the Topic

http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2015/09/making-your-website-design-accessible.html

Other Topics of Interest

Adobe Character Animator (AfterEffects) – How ‘The Simpsons’ used Adobe Character Animator to create a live episode
Create your own fonts - Cool tools!
- Fontself – Create your own fonts in Illustrator - $49
  - https://www.fontself.com/
- Prototypo - an online, browser-based typeface editor that lets users jump right in by modifying the parameters of one of three base fonts, using more than 20 sliders, followed by the tweaking of spacing and outlines. Individualize glyphs or groups of glyphs to refine a design and create unique typefaces. Prototypo generates true OpenType fonts in real time and changes can be applied to full paragraphs of editable text. - Free basic account or $12/mo. for more
  - http://www.graphics.com/resource/prototypo
  - https://www.prototypo.io/
Emerging Web Trends in Higher Education
- http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2016/03/experts-weigh-in-what-web-trends-are-emerging-in-higher-education.html
How Adobe Is Connecting Virtual Reality With the World of Product Placement – 360 degree video mixes atmosphere and ads
- http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/how-adobe-connecting-virtual-reality-world-product-placement-171505

Adobe MAX 2016 – Nov. 2-4 , San Diego, CA (Preconference Oct. 31-Nov. 1) - Registration is open! - https://max.adobe.com/
- Registration Pricing – (Full Details -https://max.adobe.com/registration/)
- Regular Full Registration – $1595.00
- Early Bird Pricing (expires Aug 19, 2016) - $1295.00
- Advance Pricing (Aug. 20-Sept. 16) - $1395.00
- Academic Pricing - $995.00
- Group Pricing (3-10 people, before Aug. 19) - $895.00
- Student Pricing - $ 299.00

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