Ben Forta's Blog, page 35

Fun Reviewing Awards Submissions

Today I got to spend a few hours reviewing student sumbissions for our 2014 Adobe Design Achievement Awards. In addition to hanging out with some really talented judges, the real treat was seeing some of the absolutley amazing creative submissions. We'll announce winners at MAX in October, but until them I consider myself truly fortunate to have had the chance to review student work that could rival anything created by professionals and studios. Wow!

Using Flash Pro To Generate HTML5

Designer and Developer Dave Gámez has posted an excellent overview of how to use Flash Pro CC to produce HTML5 content. This one is well worth the read.

Flash And AIR 15 Now In Beta

The Flash and AIR teams show no signs of slowing down. Less than two months after the release of version 14, the beta versions of Flash Player 15 and AIR 15 are available for download on Adobe Labs.

Brackets .42 Released

The Brackets team has announced the release of v0.42 which features themes, language mode switching, lots of little bug fixes, and some new translations.

Last Day For MAX Early Bird Pricing

Title says it all. Today is the last day for MAX 2014 early bird pricing. Register today, or pay more tomorrow.

The New Edge Animate Actions Panel

Edge Animate CC 2014 (version 4) features a new Actions Panel which offers a new streamlined workflow for visually adding actions to specific elements and on the timeline. Actions allow you to provide event-based instructions to your composition. As explained in this blog post, these instructions include playing an animation, creating a hyperlink, creating article links in a DPS magazine, changing text, and many more.

Illustrating Instruction: Tad Carpenter Creative

We've published hundreds of articles and tutorials to help users get the most out of their Creative Cloud subscriptions, and we've also invested in imagery as compelling as the instruction itself. Over on the Creative Cloud Blog we've posted an interview with Tad Carpenter, a Kansas City, MO, based illustrator and designer who created stunning illustrations for our content.

Lightroom Mobile For Beginners Lunchtime Studio

We all take photos all the time, especially using our mobile devices, and over time our photo collections grow, often to be rather unmanageable. Lightroom Mobile provides a quick and easy way to access, manage, and edit all of your images using Creative Cloud. If you are new to Lightroom Mobile, then come join Creative Cloud Learn Interns Julia Grummel and Kathleen Kirker as they teach you beginning steps and pro-tips for organizing, editing, and finalizing your photos on your mobile devices. Lunchtime Studios: Lightroom Mobile for Beginners will take place on July 30th at noon Pacific Time, and will also be streamed live online.

ColdFusion Builder Updated

ColdFusion Builder 3 Update 2 has been released. It addresses a series of issues, as defined in this post. The team has also posted some notes on ColdFusion Builder 3 automatic updates notification and installation options.

PhoneGap Build Now Supports Cordova 3.5.0

Title says it all, the PhoneGap team has announced that PhoneGap Build now supports Cordova 3.5.0.