Portland Digital Designers and Artists

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8/8 Mtg: Photoshop/Illustrator Share and Ask
Event posted on Jul 04 by Nancy Wirsig McClure-UGM

Title: 8/8 Mtg: Photoshop/Illustrator Share and Ask
Date and Time: August 8, 2011 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

Agenda:

Photoshop/Illustrator Share and Ask - MONDAY August 8 (scroll down for July info)
Every other month we have general discussion instead of a presentation.

Please bring stuff to share. Suggestions: your questions, link to an online tutorial you liked, sources of stock photography or custom brushes,samples of your work, info on your favorite plug-ins, etc.

Get inspiration and answers from your peers. No one will be required to take a turn... If you want to show files, please bring them on a USB drive. We'll have Creative Suite 5.5 on a Mac with a projector.

Location: PSU in downtown
6:00 Snacks and socializing
6:30 Program
7:45 Introductions (brief round-robin), break and networking
9:00 End

7/11 Photoshop User Group (Monday, PSU)
Event posted on Jul 04 by Nancy Wirsig McClure-UGM

Title: 7/11 Photoshop User Group (Monday, PSU)
Date and Time: July 11, 2011 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

Speakers:

Nancy Wirsig McClure, designer and Adobe instructor, training.hand2mouse.com

Agenda:

No More Tears Photoshop -  MONDAY July 11

Non-destructive editing means never having to say you're sorry... because every edit (resampling, adjustments, filters, compositing) is stored separately from the underlying pixels. Learn how to combine smart objects, adjustment layers, smart filters and layer masks to get effectively-infinite Undos and the ability to fuss over an image forever!

Location: PSU in downtown

6:00 Snacks and socializing

6:30 Presentation: No More Tears Photoshop

7:45 Introductions (brief round-robin), break and networking

8:30 Q & A

Keywords: Portland, Photoshop, Illustrator, User group, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe, Oregon, smart object, adjustment layer, smart filter, layer mask

Photoshop group meeting Mon 6/13
Event posted on Jun 10 by Nancy Wirsig McClure-UGM

Title: Photoshop group meeting Mon 6/13
Date and Time: June 13, 2011 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

Address: 155 SW 5th Ave Portland OR
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Agenda:

Photoshop  Share and Ask - MONDAY June 13
Every other month we have general discussion instead of a presentation.

Bring your questions, samples of your work, info on your favorite plug-ins, cool web sites, etc. Get inspiration and answers from your peers. No one will be required to take a turn... If you want to show files, please bring them on a USB drive. We'll have Creative Suite 5 on a Mac with a projector.

Location: we're back at PSU in downtown!

6:00 Snacks and socializing

6:30 Program

7:45 Introductions (brief round-robin), break and networking

8:45 Drawing. One attendee will get a Scott Kelby book, "Portrait Retouching Secrets" (to be entered in the drawing, you must be present from 6:30 through to the drawing).

5/23 Mtg: Photoshop WTF -- plus win CS5.5!
Event posted on May 11 by Nancy Wirsig McClure-UGM

Title: 5/23 Mtg: Photoshop WTF -- plus win CS5.5!
Date and Time: May 23, 2011 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM (GMT-8 Pacific Time US & Canada)

Address: 1515 SW 5th Ave Portland OR
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Speakers:

Nancy Wirsig McClure (training.hand2mouse.com)

Victor von Salza (www.flickr.com/photos/victorvonsalza)

Agenda:

Photoshop WTF -  MONDAY May 23

If you've ever said, "Why is that menu dimmed?" or "Why didn't that change the image?" or "What's happening NOW?!" then come to this presentation. Learn about common gotchas in the user interface of Photoshop and how to troubleshoot them quickly (because it always happens when you're on deadline, doesn't it?) We'll talk Adobe Illustrator interface, too.

Location: we're back at PSU in downtown!

6:00 Snacks and socializing

6:30 Presentation

7:45 Introductions (brief round-robin), break and networking

8:45 Drawing. One winner will get Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 -- winner chooses between Design Premium and Web Premium (to be entered in the drawing, you must be present from 6:30 through to the drawing).

Keywords: photoshop, illustrator, adobe illustrator, portland, oregon, user interface, menus, commands, tools, images. photoshop help, photoshop tips, photoshop tricks