Creative Crew Singapore

Written by Mark Plunkett Monday, 28 November 2011 06:46

When?

December 13, 2011
From 6:45PM to 8:45PM

Where?

Bedok Public Library, Prog Zone
21 Bedok North St. 1,
Singapore 469659

-- Flawless skin in Photoshop --

Google returns 103 thousand results for "Smoothen skin in Photoshop". What technique does Adobe Community Professional Stefano Virgilli uses? Learn in a 20 minutes session, how easy could be to get the best natural skin in photos. (A pressure sensitive graphic tablet is recommended).

-- Rapid Photo Retouching In Fireworks --

When designing for screens, photo retouching is essential for better digital images on websites and mobile devices.

How is it like to combine raster and vector together into image editing? Linus will demo how to do photo retouching like is done in Photoshop but with speed! Experience photo editing capabilities of Fireworks for the first time like no other.

-- Creating eBooks for mobile consumption --

Singapore is one of the top countries when it comes to smartphone ownership. While PDF has long been the standard for producing documents such as user manuals, class notes, product brochure etc, moving forward users will want to consume such documents on their iPads, iPhones and other smartphones.

We will show you how to create an ePub document. ePub is the most popular ebook format on mobiles. We will show you how to prepare the document on your MS Word (on Windows) and then use a Mac to convert the document. Finally we will show you how to distribute this ebook to your audience. We will also discuss the role that ebooks might play in marketing your product or service.

-- Have fun with CSS3 Transitions, Transforms and Animations --

CSS3 and HTML5 have brought on some amazing features that can create quick and simple interactive websites. We will demo how to create some hover animations, animated motions and even some dynamic graphics! As an alternative to using Flash or other interactive technologies, CSS3 and HTML5 can be used on any modern browser with no additional plugins or embeds. Have fun creating sleek interactions!

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 October 2011 05:20 Written by Stefano Virgilli Thursday, 27 October 2011 05:09

When?

November 8, 2011
From 6:45PM to 8:45PM

Where?

Toa Payoh Public Library
6 Toa Payoh Central
Singapore, 319191

-- Shaping bodies in Photoshop --

Always wanted a 6-packs abs? Wanted to trim the hips here and there?

Learn from Stefano Virgilli's expertise the most useful tricks in models retouch with Adobe Photoshop.

Understand the importance of pixels, lights and shadows to sculpt a perfect digital body.

Ideal Photoshop session for wedding photographers.

Demonstrated by Stefano Virgilli, Adobe Community Professional and Adobe Certified Instructor at VOX LAB.

-- Introducing Adobe Carousel --

Do you love taking lots of photographs and just need a simple way to view, browse, adjust and share them on any device - desktop, tablet or phone? Then check out Adobe Carousel, an amazing new tool which uses the same powerful photo-processing technology as in Adobe Photoshop® Lightroom®.

Introduced by Steve Lok, designer at VOX LAB.

-- Photo-portfolio for iPad made in Adobe InDesign --

Ever wanted to show your portfolio to the client using the iPad or even sharing your portfolio with the client onto their own iPad? Well this is where our very own Adobe Community Professional and Singapore InDesign User Group Manager, Mark Plunkett, will be there to reveal the secrets behind it. You can have your portfolio done in 5 minutes, and what's more, you can share it with unlimited clients (or unshare it) and protect your portfolio from being leached.

-- 5ml (www.fiveml.com) HTML5 made mobile --

It provides cross platform development with many easily manipulated controls in a WYSIWYG manner. The platform is fully customizable and expandable to each organization's or individual's needs.

Many multinational organizations already use it for their mobile advertisement needs, rendering it the global leader in online mobile rich media creation tools.

Vassilis Legakis is a member of the work group developing the platform under Velti inc. He will be demonstrating the platform's capabilities, many of its controls, sample projects, as well as many of the features which are coming next.

-- Tips for that "Film Look" --

How can an indie filmmaker get a low-budget video to mimic the look and feel of a movie theatre film?

There are a few techniques during the filming and post-production stages that can help to achieve that highly sought-after "film look", to make a video more pleasing to viewers.

Presented by Patricia Joy Lee, networker at VOX LAB.

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