FLASH: SFMMUF: Today 4/4 - Flash Tips and Tricks for Everyone

[Pete Grant]

SFMMUF:  Today 4/4 -  Flash Tips and Tricks for Everyone

LOCATION: First Floor Conference Room, 600 Townsend Street & Seventh, San

Francisco.

ADMISSION: $5. $2 if you are a returning member bringing a first-time

attendee.

Exact change is appreciated.


APRIL MEETING OVERVIEW

In our April meeting we'll be exploring the in's and out's of Flash 4.

Find out how the experts are getting the most out of this fantastic product.

Regardless of how much experience you have with Flash 4, you're bound to

learn some great tips on making your experience with Flash more productive.


MAY MEETING - MEMBER SHOWCASE

May will be our annual User Showcase where you'll have a chance to show

off your latest projects.  If you're interested in presenting, please

contact

shawnakellyrocketmail [dot] com

.  You should be receiving an official

announcement this week.


JUNE MEETING - YOU DECIDE

Let us know what you think we should cover in our June meeting.  If you have

an idea for a theme, want to know more about a product, or know someone

who would be a great speaker, please let us know.  Ideas should appeal

to the greater multimedia audience, and as such not be too limited in scope.

Send all suggestions to

sfmmufideas720 [dot] com

.  Thanks.


DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE DRUMBEAT/DREAMWEAVER SIG!

Many people don't realize that there's a great new SIG in the Bay Area

for Drumbeat and Dreamweaver users.  They meet on the fourth

Tuesday of every month.  If you'd like more information or to be

put on their distribution list, please contact Tanya Chagalova at

tchagalovamicromegasystems [dot] com

.


NEW WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING

Please check out our new site at http://www.sfmmuf.org.  Lots of Macromedia

product links, info on meetings, job listings, message board, and more.

Although it's brand new, we hope that our site will be a valuable resource

for our members.  Please check it out and tell us what you think so we can

make it even better.


SFMMUF Meeting Schedule:

6:00 - 7:00 Q&A with John Dowdell of Macromedia

7:00 - 7:45 First presentation: Beginner Flash 4 Tips and Tricks

7:45 - 8:00 General Announcements

8:00 - 8:20 Pizza and good conversation

8:20 - 9:05 Second presentation: Advanced Flash 4 Tips and Tricks

9:05 - 9:15 Raffle and product giveaway (Dreamweaver 3/Fireworks 3 bundle)


*As anyone who attended the last meeting can attest, there were tons

of job positions announced in March.  Our meetings are a great

chance to meet other people in the industry, share experiences,

and make new friends.  If you've never attended a meeting before, we

encourage you to check us out in April.


John Dowdell - Resident Guru at Macromedia

John will be available to answer questions and discuss technical issues

related to the implementation of Macromedia technologies within the field of

multimedia.  This is a great opportunity to discuss technical issues with

some of the top developers in the Bay Area, of which John is highly

respected as one of the best.  The members of the group consider it a rare

privilege to have John as a regular supporter of our group.  Come with

questions or just to listen and learn.


FIRST PRESENTATION - ADVANCED FLASH 4 TIPS AND TRICKS

The first half of the evening will be directed toward beginner to

intermediate flash users. During this hour, we will discuss the use of

movieclips within a flash movie, how to target them, how to load

external documents into your .swf file, and then we'll go briefly into

the biggest hurdles that we ran into when attacking expressions.


First presenter - Neeld Tanksley

Neeld has spent most of his adult life travelling to exotic places and

appreciating their beauty. After taking a director class from Lynn

Zamara he decided to get involved in the tech industry. Since then, he

has taught himself how to use Flash 4.0, Director 7, Adobe Photoshop,

Fireworks, Allaire Coldfusion, HTML, Javascript, ASP, JSP, SQL7, Oracle

8I, and has consistently pushed the envelope with each new technology

that he tackled. He currently works as the technical lead at sonheavy

industries in San Francisco. Neeld still wants nothing more than to sit

on a beach looking at palm trees.


FIRST PRESENTATION - ADVANCED FLASH 4 TIPS AND TRICKS

The second half of the evening will be directed toward intermediate

to advanced flash users. We will discuss how to connect your .swf

files to database driven content. We will also go deeper into

expressions and how they work. Specifically with regard to

collecting data, outputting it, and dynamically creating, naming and

placing objects on the screen.


Second Presenter - Luke Bayes

Luke entered the tech industry a little under two years ago with a class

also taught by Lynn Zamara. He then attacked Flash 4.0 with the intent

of specializing in that alone. After taking a position at sonheavy

industries in October, he has worked with, Director 7 and Lingo, Adobe

Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, HTML, Javascript, ASP, SQL7, digital

video, Linux, Unix, and five amazing members of the current production

team. Luke still believes that somehow, he can make a difference.

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