efug.org: the Edmonton Flash User Group
efug is the official Flash User Group for Edmonton, Alberta. We are committed to fostering community and professional excellence among Flash professionals in Edmonton and area. We deal with a variety of topics relevant to working with Flash, including development, design, animation, marketing, multimedia and business practices.
We hold monthly gatherings on the third or fourth Monday of each month to enjoy presentations from the local & international community, happy-hour drink prices, five-buck appetizers, free billiards, networking, socializing, and giving away swag.
We hope to serve as a promotional and educational force in the community, evangilising Flash and related technologies to businesses in Edmonton and worldwide.
You can subscribe to the monthly newsletter in the left-hand pane, and join efug on Adobe Groups here using your Adobe ID. We are on facebook too.
If you have any questions or comments regarding efug, you can contact us by filling in the form to the left. Anyone is welcome — n00bs to seasoned veterans. Hope to see you there!
FITC Edmonton: October 17-18, 2009
FITC has held 18 events over eight years, through nine cities and four countries, with over 700 presentations and over 10,000 attendees. From Flash to motion design, to design and creative inspiration, to other technologies like Flex, AIR and processing, FITC events stand as unique and exciting events that educate, challenge, and inspire. We began as a Flash festival, and we've kept Flash at the core but we have also continued to add more and more diverse presentations over the years, ever expanding the programming of our events.
Two solidly packed days of presentations, both technical and creative. Presenters from around the world have been hand-picked for their skill and talent, and all are eager to share and meet you. Confirmed already for this event are Erik Natzke, James Paterson, Lee Brimelow, Mario Klingemann, Ralph Hauwert, Stacey Mulcahy, and local Flasher Grant Skinner. Meet them at the presentations, in the exhibitor hall, or at the evening party.
10% discount for efug members, code: EFUG
May 08, 2009
May efug: Flash Apps for Facebook
This Monday, May 11th, at 7:00pm at the Billiard Club on Whyte Ave (map and address at www.efug.org), join us for our regular dose of fug.
To kick it off, Michael Graves & Wes Gorgichuk are going to showcase one of our most recent projects:
The ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform API
The Facebook AS3 API makes it easy to build applications that combine the strengths of the Flash Platform and Facebook Platform, providing the ideal solution for building rich, social experiences on the web.
Check it out ahead of time:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/facebook/
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/facebook/samples/
http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/
Following a short intermission for beverages and socializing, we'll have an 'open podium' portion of the evening. Take 5 minutes to share with the community some Flash-related work you've done, an inspiring use of Flash you've encountered recently, or a Flash tip / feature that you've found to be especially cool or valuable.
Your 5 minute contribution will earn you a chance to win a commercial boxed version of Electric Rain's Swift 3D v5!
As always, we'll be enjoying happy-hour drinks, five buck appetizers, free billiards after the presentations, and all-new, never-before-seen door prizes!
Invite your friends and colleagues - hope to see you there!
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March 16, 2009
Flex Gumbo: More Than Just a Tasty Stew
On Monday, March 23rd, 7:00, at The Billiard Club on Whyte Ave, Nick Johnston is going to walk us through the 2008 Max Preview of Adobe's upcoming Flex release:
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Flex "Gumbo" Recipe
There are number of Gumbo recipes worldwide, but Adobe has a unique recipe that can call their own: Flex "Gumbo".
Ingredients
3/4 to 1 pound Catalyst
1/2 pound Flash CS4 Professional
1 1/2 to 2 cups Package Explorer
1 can (14.5 ounces) Client Data Management (CDM)
1 cup of Network Monitoring
1/2 cup Flex Unit Support
3 tablespoons custom file templates for MXML, ActionScript, and CSS
3 tablespoons try getter/setter generation
3 cloves debugging, minced
1/4 teaspoon refactoring, or to taste
1/4 teaspoon ASDoc ToolTip support
In Flash Catalyst, take an existing design using Adobe Creative Suite tools, and create custom UI components on the fly (in the form of a Flex application). Next, save your Catalyst file and import into Flex CS4. You can also use Flash's "New Flash Component" or "New Flash Container" to create and edit content, and have it imported directly into Flex CS4 instantly.
Now in Flex CS4 you can mix the rest of the ingredients, to make one mean stew, or Flex application.
Serves: Worldwide.
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Following a short intermission for beverages and socializing, we'll have an 'open podium' portion of the evening. Take 5 minutes to share with the community some Flash-related work you've done, an inspiring use of Flash you've encountered recently, or a Flash tip / feature that you've found to be especially cool or valuable.
Your 5 minute contribution will earn you a chance to win a commercial boxed version of Electric Rain's Swift 3D v5!
As always, we'll be enjoying happy-hour drinks, five buck appetizers, free billiards after the presentations, and all-new, never-before-seen door prizes!
Invite your friends and colleagues - hope to see you there!
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December 11, 2008
December efug: FitC
'Flash in the Console'
Running Flash content on top-end gaming consoles via Scaleform GFx.
Scaleform GFx is a third-party standalone SWF player that enables developers to author UI elements for cutting-edge PC & console games in Adobe Flash. Many AAA game titles use Scaleform technology to author 2D UI elements (menus, huds, target reticules, etc.) in Flash (using a subset of AS2), and map their swfs as interactive textures onto 3D objects in the game environment.
gskinner.com was approached by Scaleform to develop a component set and workflow enhancement tools for GFx customers, and will be sharing their progress, process and findings to the local community on December 15th, @ 7:00, in the Billiard Club on Whyte Ave.
We will be joined by Troy Dunniway and Mathew Doyle from Scaleform's Washington headquarters to give us a look under the hood of Scaleform technology. gskinner.com will be showcasing an overview of the Scaleform component set, workflow enhancement tools and demonstrations.
As usual, we'll be sporting the happy-hour drink prices, the five-buck apps, the swag draw giveaways and the free billiards after the sess. Anyone is welcome, this is going to be a fantastic session you don't want to miss.
Bring your friends and colleagues - hope to see you there!
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I also wanted to extend thanks to Owen & Oscar for posting follow-up content for their presentations last month on our Adobe Groups page. Be sure to log into Adobe Groups with your Adobe ID and join the efug group for the latest info in the local and international Flash scene. Additionally, I've added info about our various sponsors and what offerings they have to efug members.
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November 18, 2008
Novemberfug - for lack of a more clever name.
This Monday, November 24th @ 7:00pm, join us at The Billard Club (10505 82 Avenue NW) for our monthly nerd-out. As always, we'll be sporting the happy-hour drinks, the five-buck appies, the door-prizes galore, and the post-session free billiards. efug is a super-casual group of designers / developers that welcomes first-timers, veterans, uber-nerds and the super-cool.
We've two stellar presos lined up:
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Flashify Drupal
Owen Brierley - Director of Production, Gystworks || Executive Director, Guru Digital Arts College
Drupal is a wickedly cool open-source content management system. Owen will walk through setting up a connection to Drupal and ingest the CMS based content into a Flash environment. It's tasty and fortified with geeky goodness.
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(Insert intermission, socializing, networking, bingeing...)
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Ten Essential Things We've Learned at gskinner.com
Maurice Leier - Junior Developer, gskinner.com
Oscar Hungsberg - Junior Developer, gskinner.com
Junior developers Oscar and Maurice give a quick introduction to the ten most essential Flash skills they've learned so far, covering AS3 best practices for beginners, and even the basics of Flex Builder 3.
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Check out efug on Adobe Groups!
http://groups.adobe.com
Still hot out of the oven, Adobe Groups is live and running! Set up your profile and join the efug group at:
http://groups.adobe.com/groups/b37b274b9a/summary
Adobe has gone to great lengths to make an online presence for our community, so feel free to participate and contribute to our group space by using the discussion board, posting resources and job listings, populating the reference library etc. I plan on making this group page the main source for efug & Adobe User Group info over the next few weeks.
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Mark the 24th in your calendar and get involved in Adobe Groups! Hope to see you there!
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