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After Effects CS4 - no PowerPC support

This should not come as a huge surprise but After Effects CS4 will not be universal binary. Meaning that CS3 will be the last version for the circa 2005 G5. I am thinking by now most users in a production environment have upgraded. Source keyframes b...

Blogcfc 5.9.1.001 upgrade

Spent the last hour upgrading to BlogCFC 5.9.1.001 from 5.9. This is my first upgrade since switching over to BlogCFC back in October 2007. The upgrade went pretty smooth, I did have to make some SQL changes but as always the documentation was well d...

Captivate 4 beta

Adobe has a call out to beta test Captivate 4, visit Silke Fleischer blog at http://blogs.adobe.com/silke.fleischer/2008/08/adobe_captivate_4_beta_coming.html

Acrobat 9

Adobe this morning announced immediate availability of Acrobat 9 (press relaease) Some of the key new features are - Insert video (FLV or H.264) into PDF. Video can be marked up. - Content management via PDF Portfolio feature - Profession...

After Effects Lens Flare with Transparent Background

Question from a student I had in my After Effects training class in Hartford, Connecticut: "Hey Damon, You showed me how to get a lens flare with nothing else (no backgrounds/alpha keyed) on the screen using a luma matte...I think! Do you reme...

Dreamweaver beta and more up on labs

Adobe has been had at work and now we get to preview some of the fruits of their labor. Today we are getting a peak at what is coming down the pipe. Adobe has released public betas of Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth on labs. Download Dreamweav...

Google Earth Pro Training

A few months ago we got invited to join Google's new training program. Thursday afternoon I was able to pass the Google Earth Pro trainer certification. I have learned a ton about Google Earth pro in the last few weeks; it is a very impressive little...

Adobe Flash player 10 Beta

Adobe this morning released Flash player 10 Beta "Astro" on labs.

Macintosh download / Windows download

Segway tour Atlanta

Had a great time this evening Segwaying around downtown Atlanta. About a week ago in an effort to find something different to do, I was poking around Holiday inn's Ultimate Experiences section. I discovered Atlanta Segway tours. Decided to give it a ...

Send your name to the moon

NASA is allowing anyone to send their name to the moon aboard the next lunar mission. A little geeky I know but kind of cool as well. Check it out at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/main/index.html

Sent my name:

Adobe TV

Adobe announced Adobe TV (http://tv.adobe.com) No matter what your adobe vice is, you should be able to find something of interest. I poked around a little pretty cool stuff. Surely worth a visit.

Coldfusion 8.0.1

Adobe released Coldfusion 8.0.1. I am a little late on this one as I was flying back from Chicago on the day it was released and missed it. I just updated my box and it seems to be working great. If you are going to run this update make sure you get ...

Adobe Lightroom Beta 2

Adobe Lightroom 2.0 beta is now available on labs. Read the release notes for details on whats new.