Join us for our April 1st meeting at 6pm on “Designing User Interfaces for Flex Applications”. Dolores Joya Moore will be speaking on everything you need to know to make your next Flex application look its best. Some of the topics included:
- Overview of possible Graphical Design workflows for Flex. (which path we will be covering)
- Overview of the Photoshop to Flex Design Workflow
- A Look under the hood at a Flex Component in Flex
- Designing for Flex in Photoshop
- Using the Flex Component Kit in Photoshop for Mock-ups
- Designing a Custom Skin for a Flex button
- Applying Custom Flex Skins to Flex Components in Flex Builder using CSS
About our speaker:
Dolores Joya Moore is an independent Flex UI Designer based in southern California. Since 1999, she has worked in-house and independently as a visual UI designer on several interactive Rich Internet Applications (RIA’s) where her jobs have included Product UI Designer, Senior Graphic Designer, and Flex Skin Designer among others. In her current role, Dolores designs Flex UI screens, designs interfaces for custom branded RIA’s, creates custom icons, creates MXML layouts and skins Flex components in Flex Builder 3.0. She brings a fresh look to emerging RIA’s and a passion for pioneering new methods in UI Design.
Meeting Information:
Our meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at Art Institute of San Diego’s South Building from 6 – 8 PM. Anyone is welcome to attend the meeting!
Location:
The Art Institute of California-San Diego
Due to AI’s spring break we will be meeting in the NORTH building, Lab 159.
7655 Mission Valley Road
San Diego , CA 92108
March 21st, 2009 Chris Griffith
| April 1, 2009 |
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Join us for our April meeting on “Designing User Interfaces for Flex Applications”. Dolores Joya Moore will be speaking on everything you need to know to make your next Flex application look its best. Some of the topics included:
- Overview of possible Graphical Design workflows for Flex. (which path we will be covering)
- Overview of the Photoshop to Flex Design Workflow
- A Look under the hood at a Flex Component in Flex
- Designing for Flex in Photoshop
- Using the Flex Component Kit in Photoshop for Mock-ups
- Designing a Custom Skin for a Flex button
- Applying Custom Flex Skins to Flex Components in Flex Builder using CSS
About our speaker:
Dolores Joya Moore is an independent Flex UI Designer based in southern California. Since 1999, she has worked in-house and independently as a visual UI designer on several interactive Rich Internet Applications (RIA’s) where her jobs have included Product UI Designer, Senior Graphic Designer, and Flex Skin Designer among others. In her current role, Dolores designs Flex UI screens, designs interfaces for custom branded RIA’s, creates custom icons, creates MXML layouts and skins Flex components in Flex Builder 3.0. She brings a fresh look to emerging RIA’s and a passion for pioneering new methods in UI Design.
February 4th, 2009 Chris Griffith
De MonsterDebugger is an open source debugger for Adobe Flash, Flex and AIR. De MonsterDebugger is made in Flex and AIR by design studio De Monsters.
I haven’t tried it out yet, but it came recommended via Mike Chambers.
January 7th, 2009 Chris Griffith
| January 31, 2009 |
| 10:00 am | to | 8:00 pm |
Start 2009 off right by beefing up your Flex skills. Flex Camp OC is a full-day event featuring some top industry experts on Adobe Flex and AIR. Come advance your Flex skills and network with local companies and fellow developers. Sessions will be geared towards developers with moderate to advanced level of experience with Flex and/or ActionScript. There will be plenty of giveaways, raffles and swag.
They will be providing lunch and a little afterparty to make sure you have a chance to mingle and network. You’re on your own for breakfast though!
Seating is going to be limited to 150 people. So buy your tickets now and spread word to all your friends via phone calls, email, Twitter, Facebook, and blog. If you are interested in attending drop a note in the Google Group to arrange a carpool.
August 13th, 2008 Chris Griffith
Sorry for not posting this sooner. Here is the presentation I gave at the last user’s group meeting. You have any questions, drop me a line.
April 22nd, 2008 Kyle
To add to your Toolbelt of Awsomeness! Jason Bartholme put a post up on his blog with links to 101 Adobe Air Resources (useful sites, tutorials, etc.). So go check it out:Build up your toolbelt of awsomeness!
