Adobe's newest release

Well I was able to watch the announcement by Adobe about CS4. This doesn't look like just an update. This is a major product launch. 

I was going through the Adobe TV and watching some of the improvements. Well they just made what I've been doing the last year into an easy click. I can't wait to get my hands on the whole suite. As usual Adobe has made my job easier and harder. 

They have out some bata versions of the software available on-line. Just go to labs.adobe.com. The bata's will expire soon after the shipping date. But it's a great way to see the up and coming software. 

Here is a cool tutorial

I came across this tutorial recently. The making of mystic. This is an advanced Photoshop Tutorial. 

Not for the faint of heart. But the effect is really wonderful. I can also see other uses for individual parts from the tutorial.   And there are also parts of it that I'm not as familiar with as I should be. It is always nice to find areas that need improving. 

HTML information

Hi Everyone,

I just gave an introductory talk to South Sound Adobe User Group about HTML. The website is gpsmmug.org. We were talking about emailing and the code involved. We were also talking about how to include a pre-filled subject line. The code would be as follows:

"mailto:heythere@yourdomainnamehere.com?subject=Stuff"

Also the HTML code to allow text to wrap around an image is ALIGN="left" or "right". There is a CSS style to float left or float right that I had been thinking about instead of Align. When you want to clear the align to start your text to the left then use

Well that takes care of what I couldn't remember off the top of my head. 

Baby Boomers

This is an animation not to be missed. This is an animation about baby boomers. A Walt Handelsman animation. Check it out.

Now Showing-48 Hour Film Festival

Woo Hoo! It's finally on line. I joined a group and did the logo animation for Hydrochloric Candy. 

The link is ww2.48.tv/bin/index.cfm. Go there and search for Saint Ives. My animation is in the beginning to a cool movie. Enjoy!

about Cool Links

I just added two Cool Links in my links column. 

One is to the SCBWI Western Washington. That is the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. I've written a couple of children's books and this is a great group for information and inspiration. 

Another on is ASIFA Seattle. The name ASIFA is rooted in its French origins, and stands for:

ASsociation ...AS
Internationale ... I
d'Film ... F
d'Animation ... A
(International Animated Film Association)

I joined this group last month. We played musical light tables to create an animation. You can find out more about ASIFA at this link, asifaseattle.com. And here is the animation.