Dear Crew,
December meeting is going to be revolutionary!

Thanks to Motion Elements we have a new venue.
Date: The meeting will be held on December 9, from 7.30 to 9.30.
Venue: 81a Maude Road, Singapore 208355 (Closest MRT Lavender)
Map: Click here

Program:

7:30 > Registration

7:45 > Welcome to December meeting, by Carlsson Chee (Creative Crew co-manager)
Synopsis > Carlsson will give the warmest welcome to the new users. Followed by the best tips and tricks from Adobe CS4 official launch.

8:00 > Welcome to MotionElements, by Mark Sun (MotionElements Director)
Synopsis > Mark will give a brief introduction to MotionElements.com and
some of our activities promoting Artists in Asia.

8:10 > Adobe Creative for Mobile, by Stefan Wessels (co-founder of Breakdesign.com)
Synopsis > Stefan will give an overview of creative things you can do for your phone using Adobe technologies and some free apps!

8:30 > Break
Remember to bring your name cards

8:40 > RAW Overview, by Samuel Chia (founder of The Cacao Print Studio)

1. What is a digital Raw file?
2. Data capture from camera’s image sensor
3. Exposure and linear capture
4. Raw vs Jpeg
5. Raw limitations
6. Adobe Camera Raw - why we use it

9:00 > Demonstrations of Image Processing Workflow in Camera Raw, by Samuel Chia (founder of The Cacao Print Studio)

Coverage for basic control tabs
- basic
- tone curve
- detail
- HSL/grayscale

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:

http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=65223947456

To download a copy of the schedule, click here!

On 14th November 2008, Adobe had it’s launch of the new Creative Suite 4. On the same day, Creative Crew had it’s first outing - To the launch of Creative Suite 4. I’d like to thank the members who came and join us for this very special event. For those who couldn’t make it, fret not, both me and Stefano will try to make the next outing either on a weeknight or on a weekend.

Going on to the event itself, I must say that it was way beyond expectations of what I had in mind of CS4. Our members who were there were awed by the ease of use of the new CS4 as well as the new features that were built into this version of this Creative Suite. Speakers included TIM COLE, KARL SOULE and PAUL BURNETT who kept the event lively with their prize “throwaways” as well as their impressive knowledge of the new CS4. Of course, not forgetting our ourselves, we have had lots of people signing up for Creative Crew. Let’s warmly welcome our new members!

We got some freebies in the goodie bag such as the cool CS4 water bottle as well as t-shirts from the sponsors when you drop your name card in the box. We took a photo with the remaining members who stayed around together with us as well as Marianne, Tim, and Karl.

Cool links about Digital Media Festival Singapore 2008:

Claudia.sg
Dee Kay Dot As Gee
Packets of Consciousness

Digital Media Festival 2008 is happening now at The Legends (Fort Canning).

I just finished my demo about the new speech-to-text Adobe Soundbooth capability. I showed a video took from YouTube, downloaded as MP4, opened in my Soundbooth and then converted the audio to text. Speech-recognition. The scenario that I show is a future where people will be able to search video just typing the text of the words that they are looking for.

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Another, more scary scenario, is content related advertisement. Since Soundbooth recognize every single word as a specific spectrum, maybe in future will be able to recognize the sound of a car engine. If this will happen, it will be sound-recognition, or noise-recognition. And when the recognition will be more more accurate, maybe will be able to tell the difference between a Fiat Punto engine, and a Ferrari engine. This can trigger absolutely content related advertising.

Let’s imagine you are watching a video on your computer. The actor sneeze. A Kleenex commercial pops up. Scary, isn’t it

Dear Crew,
November is a special month!
We are all impatient to see the features of the Adobe Creative Suite 4.
An entire day seminar with the best Adobe Evangelist in the world and dinner after!

Count you in?

Click here to confirm your interest in the outing on Facebook.

Meet at 8.30 in The Rock @Suntec.

Register for the Adobe event as soon as possible.
Program of the event.

Date: 14 November 2008, Friday
Time: 8.30am - 6.00pm
Venue: The Rock @Suntec
3 Temasek Boulevard
#03-063/065 Suntec City Mall
Singapore 038983

MAX 2008 North America

San Francisco, California — November 16 - 19, 2008

MAX 2008 Europe

Milan, Italy — December 1 - 4, 2008

MAX 2008 Japan

Tokyo, Japan — January 29 - 30, 2009

MAX is an experience unlike any other — an opportunity to connect with thousands of designers, developers, partners, executives, and Adobe staff for education, inspiration, and community. MAX 2008/2009 will be held in San Francisco, Milan, and Tokyo. Be sure to mark your calendar for this important global event.

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Brilliant doesn’t always come easy. Often, it’s a matter of exploring every facet of a good idea, overcoming challenges along the way, and finding the most compelling solution - a solution you’ll revise, refine, and sometimes even redesign until it’s simply brilliant.

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That’s all part of the creative adventure. With Adobe® Creative Suite® 4, you can keep the creativity fiowing, express ideas consistently across multiple media, and easily share your work with clients and fellow creatives.

Don’t miss the chance to learn from Adobe Evangelists, who are the best in their fields of expertise.

Singapore

14 November 2008, Friday
8.30am - 6.00pm
The Rock @Suntec
3 Temasek Boulevard
#03-063/065 Suntec City Mall
Singapore 038983

Malaysia

11 November 2008, Tuesday 8.30am - 6.00pm
Shangri-La Hotel KL
Sabah Room
11 Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250 Kuala Lumpur

Speakers’ Profile
	ASHLEY WEARNES Managing Director, South East Asia, Adobe Systems Pte Ltd Based in Singapore, Ashley will spearhead the development and growth of Adobe’s business in the region and serve to further strengthen the bonds between its customers and partner communities. Prior to joining Adobe, he was the Vice President for Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and India for McAfee where he was responsible for charting the growth of McAfee’s customer and partner business elements. Ashley has a wealth of experience in the IT industry having led an illustrious career that spans more than 20 years.
	KARL SOULE’ Creative Evangelist, Digital Video & Audio, Adobe Systems Incorporated As Creative Evangelist, Digital Video & Audio, Karl Soule’ is responsible for promoting Adobe’s video and audio tools to creative professionals. Soule’ joined Adobe through the company’s acquisition of Serious Magic, the original creators of the OnLocation software, where he was Product Marketing Manager, and interim Product Manager, Professional Products group. In this role, he oversaw the development and marketing of the OnLocation and Ultra software, now part of Adobe CS3 Production Premium.
	PAUL BURNETT Senior Worldwide Evangelist, Creative Solutions, Adobe Systems Incorporated Paul Burnett is Senior Worldwide Evangelist for the Creative Solutions Business Unit at Adobe Systems Incorporated. In this role, Paul is responsible for promoting the use of Adobe products, talking with customers, giving product demonstrations at trade shows and seminars, speaking at industry conferences, and leading specialized, advanced training sessions featuring Adobe’s Creative Suite product line.
	TIM COLE Creative Evangelist, Adobe Systems Incorporated Tim Cole started his career at Aldus Corp. in 1988, doing technical support and training for PageMaker. He has been with Adobe since 1998 when he returned to work on the launch of InDesign 1.0. Since that time he’s been an evangelist for InDesign and InCopy, as well as Photoshop and Illustrator. Tim works extensively with newspaper, magazine, and book publishers around the world. He speaks at industry events, user groups, product conferences, and at seminar events around the world. He and colleague Rufus Deuchler collaborate on the Adobe TV program Café Fibonacci where they discuss and demonstrate the powerful features and workflows available in Adobe Creative Suite Software.