Wednesday, December 19, 2007
New Face of adobe.com
http://www.adobe.com/
And this is the milestones of Adobe as a company aquisitions:
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/history/
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
ILOG Elixir Changing the rules of business
Por lo que veo, mayoritariamente son componentes que ofrecen soluciones a funcionalidades muy concretas: For what I see, most are components that offer solutions to very specific features:
- Planning and scheduling displays, such as Gantt charts Planning and scheduling displays, such as Gantt charts
- Organizational charts Organizational charts
- Maps for creating interactive dashboards Maps for creating interactive dashboards
- Among others ...
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
What is Flash Media Server (Flash Media Server 3 will be officially released)
"Flash Media Server (previously named Flash Communication Server) is an enterprise-grade data and media server from Adobe Systems Inc. (originally a Macromedia product). This server works together with the Flash Player runtime to create media driven, multiuser RIA’s (Rich Internet Applications). The server uses actionscript 1, an ECMAScript based scripting language, for server-side logic." from wikipedia description.
Flash Media Server 3 will be released officially (around February 8) with the approved features like high-performance live streaming, double streaming performance, approved industry standards, new plug-in architecture and etc.. Although free developer edition can be downloaded first below link.
see links below:
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
An Experience with Adobe Media Player on Labs
You can simply downlad AIR from (for Windows 9MB)
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/air/air_b1_win_061107.exe
or (for Macintosh 8MB)
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/air/air_b1_mac_061107.dmg
After AIR setup , you will download Adobe Media Player .air setup file from
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/mediaplayer/amp_p1_100107.air
After all setups, we can look some benefits and properties of that application. When I was downloading Adobe Media Player, I guess to see an application like windows media player. But it’s so different from Windows Media Player. Firstly, it is an application for watching videos from internet. Saying ”videos” is so simple for Adobe Media Player. After opening application, you can see the catalog button at the middle of the screen.
I call this application as “internet TV” :) because you can spend so much time with this application. All media can be chosen from catalog link or can be added by entering the feed file url. When you watch a video from your genre or show, the application automatically link it to downloads tab and you can archive your viewed videos and easily watch without downloading. Have Fun!
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Why ColdFusion?
Who’s using ColdFusion?
ColdFusion is in use at 75 of the Fortune 100 companies. Here's a partial list of customers (with links to case studies) that rely on ColdFusion today.
- 192.com
- ACD Direct
- Allied Office Products
- America First Credit Union
- American Power Conversion
- Amkor Technology
- Aspen Skiing Company
- AT&T Wireless
- Bank of America
- Bertelsmann
- BMW USA
- Boeing
- Casio USA
- Caterpillar
- Chicago Bears
- City of Davis, California
- County of San Diego, Department of Child Support Services
- Crayola
- Dallas Stars
- DHL
- Dial Corporation
- East Carolina University
- eBags
- Eli Lilly
- eMCSaatchi
- FAO Schwarz
- First Union
- Foot Locker
- George Washington University
- Georgetown University
- GlobalSpec.com
- Goodyear
- Half.com
- Hasbro
- iHotelier
- Inmarkets Training, Ltd.
- International Speedway Corporation
- InvestEdge
- Jaguar Australia
- Legato
- The Limited
- Mayo Clinic
- Mayo Health Systems
- Michelin
- Moen
- MySwitzerland.com
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- New York Giants
- New Era Cap Company
- New York State Office for Technology
- One World Alliance
- Peace Corps
- Pepsi
- PGA of America
- Pottery Barn
- Prometheus
- Quaker Oats
- Roche Pharmaceuticals
- Rugby Football Union
- Schlumberger
- Scott's Corporation
- Seattle Times
- United States Senate
- Siemens
- Simon & Schuster
- SmartMoney.com
- Sprint
- State of New York
- Symantec
- Travelers
- United States Olympic Committee
- US Bank
- The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
For more information see ColdFusion customers
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Max Speakers & Their Places on Internet
Ben Forta is the Adobe senior product evangelist and the author of numerous books, including ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and its sequel Advanced ColdFusion Application Development, as well as books on SQL, JavaServer Pages, WAP, Windows development, and more.
Grant Skinner is the CEO and chief architect of gskinner.com, a Flash development and consulting company.
Mike Chambers has been creating applications integrating Flash with server-side technologies (ColdFusion, Java, ASP, and PHP) for a number of years.
Erik Natzke is an interactive designer who is constantly trying to blur the lines between design and technology.
Duane Nickull works as Senior Technology Evangelist for Adobe.
Raymond Camden is an independant contractor providing ColdFusion, AJAX, and Flex development.
For detailed information about the speakers please visit Max 2007.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Top 5 Questions at AIR:Developer FAQ
5. What is the Adobe Integrated Runtime?
Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) is a cross-operating system runtime being developed by Adobe that allows developers to leverage their existing web development skills (Flash, Flex, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax) to build and deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop.
4. Is Adobe AIR free (as in beer)?
Yes. Adobe AIR will be free (similar to Flash Player and Adobe Reader).
3. Where can I see an example of a badge that demonstrates the express install feature included in the Beta?
Currently, all of the Adobe AIR sample applications demonstrate the badge install experience. When a user clicks the Install Now button, the badge checks to see whether Adobe AIR is installed on the current machine. If Adobe AIR is not installed, it will install the runtime and then the application. If it is already installed, it will just install the application.
2. Is Adobe AIR a web browser?
No. Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime that runs outside of the browser. Theoretically you could build a web browser on top of Adobe AIR.
1. Is Adobe AIR an exe / projector creator?
No. Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime that runs on the user's system. One of the advantages of this is that Adobe AIR application installation files can be much smaller, as it does not require that the entire runtime engine be distributed with each and every copy of the application. It also allows us to integrate the technologies together (Flash, HTML, PDF) on a much lower level than may otherwise be feasible. Finally, it allows us to provide a more standardized and consistent security model for Adobe AIR applications and users.
For more questions
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Fuze official beta download - An AIR Application
ABOUT FUZE
"FUZE is an all-in-one instant messenger built on top of Adobe Air. The messenger was built using FLEX, HTML and takes advantage of AIR’s windowing, SQL, and File System API’s. FUZE’s design is thanks to ScaleNine… make sure you visit their website, they have great resources for FLEX UI Designers and Developers. The current BETA version is a “LITE” version of FUZE and does not contain all the major features which the final version will provide such as… Facebook integration, Chat rooms, YouTube features, Webcam, and File Sharing."
Friday, August 24, 2007
August 2007 Adobe Education Campus News in Detail
Roadtrip Nation
“The Roadtrip Nation Movement was born out of this question, and the idea that hitting the road to meet with inspirational leaders from all walks of life could help people figure it out.
Started by a group of recent college grads who set out to discover their own roads, Roadtrip Nation has evolved into a National PBS Series, student roadtrip movement on over 350 colleges, three books and a growing online network at roadtripnation.com - all of which help people discover their own roads in life based on individuality, passion, and exploration.” Learn more about Roadtrip Nation
Visual Design: Foundations of Design and Print Production
“Visual Design is a year-long, project-based curriculum that develops ICT, career, and communication skills in print and graphic design using Adobe tools. You can use the Visual Design curriculum in career and technical education courses and in courses involving photography, graphic design, and English/language arts.” Learn more About Visual Design
Digital Design: Foundations of Web Design
“Digital Design is a year-long curriculum guide that develops ICT skills in web design and production using Adobe web tools. You can use Digital Design in career and technical education courses as well as general web design classes.” Learn more about Digital Design
Digital Video: Foundations of Video Design and Production
“The Digital Video project-based curriculum develops career and communication skills in video production, using Adobe tools. You can use the Digital Video curriculum in career and technical education courses as well as courses involving video use in academic courses.” Learn more about Digital Video
If you want to see more resources, look over whole newsletter.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
How to Do an RSS Reader with Adobe Flex
Let's apply RSS application to Flex.
<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
creationComplete="feedRequest.send ()"
layout="absolute">
Common mxml entrance
<mx:HTTPService
id="feedRequest"
url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss
useProxy="false" />
BBC News RSS url and other options
<mx:Panel x="10" y="10"
width="475" height="400"
title="{feedRequest.lastResult.rss
Title of RSS Feed
<mx:DataGrid
id="dgPosts" x="20" y="20" width="400"
dataProvider="{feedRequest.lastResult.rss
<mx:columns>
<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Posts"
dataField="title"/>
<mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Date" dataField="pubDate"
width="150" />
</mx:columns>
</mx:DataGrid>
List RSS feed items
<mx:LinkButton x="20"
y="225" label="Read Full Post" click="navigateToURL(new
URLRequest( dgPosts.selectedItem.link));"/>
Link selected item to the button
<mx:Text
htmlText="{dgPosts.selectedItem.descriptio
y="275" width="400"/>
A little description of the selected item with htmlText
</mx:Panel>
</mx:Application>
I will publish detailed Flex tutorials asap if i have enough time.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
ColdFusion 8 Beta is released
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Multi-touch interface (from Adobe TED)
Adobe Flash Media Encoder
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, one of the first technologies to be featured on Adobe Labs, is now shipping and available for immediate purchase on Adobe.com. In conjunction with its commercial availability, Photoshop Lightroom is no longer hosted on Labs.
The first release of Photoshop Lightroom is billed as a toolbox for professional photographers that provides the ability to manage, adjust, and present large volumes of digital photos. Learn more or buy this new product from Adobe.
Photoshop Arena
But instead of a ball and a racquet they use Photoshop and similar applications.
http://www.arena.b-man.dk/
Remove Photoshop CS3 public beta
- On Windows XP: Remove Photoshop CS3 using Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
- On Windows Vista: From the Programs section of the Control Panel, select Uninstall A Program.
- On Mac OS: Open the uninstaller from Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers.
Note:You CANNOT remove Creative Suite 3 applications by dragging them to the Trash; you must use the uninstaller.
After removing the Photoshop CS3 public beta, you can install the shipping version of Creative Suite 3 applications.
You can download the script from the Adobe website at: www.adobe.com/support/contact/cs3clean.html
Resource:
http://www.adobe.com/
Monday, May 28, 2007
Adobe MAX 2007 is coming to Europe Save the date
MAX 2007 Europe
15th – 18th October, 2007
Barcelona International
Convention Centre (CCIB)
Barcelona, Spain
At MAX 2006 attendees had the chance to look beyond the boundaries of what they believe is possible. Over 3,000 leading developers and designers gathered in Las Vegas, Nevada for the largest MAX ever.
MAX was the place to learn about Apollo from the expert team that is creating it. It was also the place to hear about the newly released Acrobat 8 and to learn about the rich internet applications that are being built with the Flash Platform. From the power of ColdFusion MX 7 to the latest release of the Flash Player, MAX attendees saw the latest and greatest that Adobe has to offer.
Here You can register.
See what happened last year when more than 3,000 leading developers and designers gathered in Las Vegas, Nevada for the largest MAX ever.
MAX attendees can review session materials in the Presentation Library for 90 days following the event.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
How to Mask Objects in FreeHand with Paste Inside Command
The Paste Inside command in FreeHand produces a similar effect to the Paste as Mask command, with a couple of differences:
- With Paste Inside, the object you cut and paste is the object to be masked. Compare this with Paste as Mask, where the object you cut and paste is the mask object.
- With vector masks, Paste Inside shows the fill and stroke of the mask object itself. A vector mask object's fill and stroke are not visible by default with Paste as Mask. You can turn a vector mask's fill and stroke on or off, however, using the Property inspector.
1. make a pattern for example.
2. draw a closed where to mask line.
3.select the pattern which we draw first.
4.right click trough de menu find paste inside command.
5. All is done
Saturday, January 20, 2007
ICP supports picking from Photoshop color picker now
Friday, January 19, 2007
Take a look Adobe Labs I
Adobe provides that users can get an experience with new technologies and the products trough Adobe Labs . Adobe Labs aims to encourage co-operative software development operation. Feedback from users absolutely maximizes user satisfaction and ability of products to approach the result.
From beta versions to little programs and open source libraries can be found at Adobe Labs before sales of products. Moreover products which have finished beta period and currently stand in sales, also can be found at a link as "formerly in labs".
to be continued...
Spry Creates Great Interfaces
You should see what Spry can do by investigating demos
Also highly suggested An RSS Reader demo by using SprySave as Draft
Sunday, January 14, 2007
15 things about Adobe Apollo
- The ability to install web applications as desktop applications. So the web applications exist outside of the browser and are browser independent.
- Applications that work out of Apollo don't have to be connected to the internet to function.
Free Adobe Photoshop CS3 Education by lynda.com
with: Deke McClelland
On December 14, 2006, Adobe announced the first-ever public beta for an upcoming version of Photoshop, its flagship image-editing software. more...
Download the exercise files:
- exercise_files.sit (45.4 MB)
- exercise_files.zip (46.5 MB)
Table of contents
1. Photoshop CS3 Beta One-on-One Preview
Photoshop's first public beta | 2:48 | 11.9 MB |
The new interface | 7:01 | 13 MB |
Bridge 2.0 Essentials | 8:59 | 13.5 MB |
Using the Photo Downloader | 3:16 | 5.3 MB |
Overview of Camera Raw 4.0 | 5:14 | 9.1 MB |
Enhanced Brightness/Contrast | 2:51 | 5.1 MB |
New and improved curves | 5:10 | 9.7 MB |
The Black & White command | 5:39 | 9.4 MB |
The Quick Selection tool | 5:28 | 10.3 MB |
The Refine Selection command | 4:23 | 7.1 MB |
The Clone Source palette | 6:40 | 13.3 MB |
The new blend modes | 5:08 | 7.3 MB |
Non-destructive | 5:16 | 9.6 MB |
Smart filter masks | 4:26 | 7.5 MB |
Vanishing Point 2.0 | 6:16 | 14 MB |
The Auto-Align Layers command | 3:31 | 6.3 MB |
The new Photomerge | 7:28 | 14.3 MB |
One-stop printing | 3:21 | 4.5 MB |
See ya! | 1:33 | 6.7 MB |
Get Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta
First public release of Photoshop beta is an unusual behavior of Adobe company. Download the Photoshop CS3 beta if you want to have an idea about version CS3
" Macintosh users: Get native performance on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs "
System Requirements:
Macintosh
- PowerPC G4 or G5 or Intel based Macintosh processor
- Mac OS X v.10.4.8
- 320MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
- 64MB of video RAM
- 1.5GB of available hard-disk space
- 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
- DVD-ROM drive
- Internet or phone connection required for product activation
- QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features
Windows
- Intel Pentium 4, Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon, or Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor
- Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista
- 320MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
- 64MB of video RAM
- 650MB of available hard-disk space
- 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
- DVD-ROM drive
- Internet or phone connection required for product activation
- QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Adobe Apollo Combines Flash Player and Acrobat Reader
Adobe Engineers are developing a new product codenamed Adobe Apollo that integrates the Macromedia Flash Player with the Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. Adobe Apollo software will provide Macromedia Flash and HTML functionality and will run independent from the web browser just like a standalone desktop application.
Adobe Apollo won't provide an EXE projector like you see for SWF files, instead clients will have to download and install the Apollo runtime. And just like Macromedia Flash, Adobe Apollo will be a free runtime.
The pre-release version of Adobe Apollo will be available this year while Apollo 1.0 is expect in 2007. Apollo Version 1.0 will run on desktops while the future releases will support mobile devices.
Apollo will offer data synchronization, the ability to work online or offline, one-click installation and desktop integration. Apollo will join Flash Lite (the mobile client) and Flash Player (the browser client) to form the Flash Platform client family.
Adobe Apollo is seen as the next generation Flash player that run out of the browser and offers Macromedia Central client like capabilities. Meanwhile, Adobe will continue to deliver the standalone version Flash Player and Adobe Reader for viewing and interacting with PDF documents and forms.
Applications for Adobe Apollo can be developed in any IDE including Macromedia Flash Platform, Adobe Flex Builder (Zorn), Eclipse or even the good old notepad.
To explain the potential of Apollo, Macromedia Senior Vice President Mike Sundermeyer presented a concept application where a user's entertainment library was fully indexed and integrated with ecommerce, email, messaging, media center and other dynamic content into one intuitive application.
Adobe Apollo sounds quite like Macromedia Central, a application and deployment environment. Macromedia Central applications are written in Flash and can be run locally on the user desktop from a Macromedia Central shell client.
Kevin Lynch said that Adobe Apollo will be posted on Macromedia (Adobe) Labs when it moves to alpha stage. It is now very clear that the Macromedia Flash Platform is not going to stay exclusively in web browsers.
Ikezi Kamanu attended the Adobe Apollo technical overview session at Adobe Developer Week and he has posted screenshots with Technical Overview of Apollo. Ryan Stewart has some screen capture of demo applications built using Adobe Apollo and Flex Builder.
from: http://labnol.blogspot.com/
Adobe purposes AJAX
"The company will offer a free pre-release version of an AJAX framework called Spry. The Spry framework is HTML-centric and features a JavaScript library specifically oriented to Web designers, said Jennifer Taylor, senior product manager for Adobe's Dreamweaver products. Developed at Adobe Labs, the pre-release features data capabilities to incorporate XML into HTML documents using technologies such as HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, and a minimal amount of JavaScript." more...
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Flex winning awards
So much things can be developed by Flex. Congratulations...
Adobe Flex 2.0 constitutes a big leap forward for this RIA platform, more ...