Adobe launched its Photoshop Express in public beta, a free Rich Internet Application (RIA) which allows users to store, sort and show off digital photos with eye-catching effects, the company announced today.
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For all Web and Graphic Designers who are here in Davao, Ted Padova of the Davao Philippine Adobe Creative Suite Users Group will be doing a free workshop on Adobe Photoshop CS3 On December 14 2007 3:00PM , at Felis Seminar Resort, Matina Aplaya, Davao City.
Last night was a great exprience because I was invited again by Chris Cubos and other members of the Adobe Users Groups on a Mini-Seminar with Javascript expert Thom Parker.

Thom Parker demonstrating javascript on PDF
He showed to us the wonders of embedding javascript on PDF files to create rich applications. He also showed us that Adobe Acrobat is now capable of embedding multimedia and other interactive features on PDF files.

Javascript codes on PDF files using Adobe Acrobat Javascript Editor

Videos running on PDF Documents.
For more samples of Thom Parker’s works you can log on to his website
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After the seminar, sir Ted Padova has encouraged us to signup on the Adobe Users Groups website so that we can be updated of the upcoming events and workshops.
You can signup on the Adobe Users Group Website.
Today I was invited by Fwendz Diner owner Chris Cubos on a seminar about Adobe Flex and Adobe Acrobat. Excited, I brought along some of my officemates to the seminar so that they are exposed to the new technologies Adobe has to offer.
Adobe Acrobat and MacOSX Leopard
When I reached the venue, Chris introduced me to Mr. Ted Padova, an expert on Adobe Acrobat who also writes an ebook about Acrobat. Sir Ted showed us the wonders of new Mac OSX Leopard operating system before moving on to Adobe Acrobat.

Sir Ted Padova showing us Adobe InDesign CS3

The MacOSX Leopard
Adobe Flex
After Sir Ted’s presentation, Chris Cubos then demonstrated to us on how to make an Rich web application using Adobe Flex then showed us some websites that uses web application developed by Adobe Flex.

Chris Cubos on Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR

Sample Rich Web Application using Adobe Flex
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