At the occasion of the Adobe MAX yearly conference in Los Angeles from 23-27 October we organize a special Adobe User Group meeting in Geneva.

We are showing the “keynote” event live, which is presenting the latest innovations and strategies to come in the context of interactive media and design industry.
Each year MAX is a huge event for the field since it is at this occasion that some of the most important information and best kept secrets for the coming months are revealed for the first time.

We are looking forward to meeting you at this event.

The Adobe User Group Geneva meeting is starting with a short introduction to the Adobe Flash Platform (Flex, Flash, AIR) context and a presentation of recent innovations. Then the keynote is being broadcasted and we propose a chat session at the end to share ideas and opinions.

Thierry Bertossa – Manager of the Adobe User Group Geneva
Cedric Madelaine – Co-Manager of the Adobe User Group Geneva

Please RSVP if you come using groups.adobe.com

Date: Tuesday 26th October 2010 _ 18h15 – 21h00
Location: UNI MAIL University of Geneva
40, bd du Pont-d’Arve – 1211 Genève 4
Room number: M 3220
Language: French/English
Cost: FREE

What is Gumbo? Is it spicy? What kind of event a shrimp dispatch? Is it possible to mix it with cheese and fondue?

Gumbo definition (from wikipedia): ”Gumbo is a stew or soup originating in Louisiana, and found across the Gulf Coast of the United States and into the U.S. South. It consists primarily of a strong stock, meat and/or shellfish, a thickener, and the vegetable “holy trinity” of celery, bell peppers and onion. ”

Thierry Bertossa and I are giving a presentation on Flex 4 (code named Gumbo) at the Adobe User Group Geneva tonight.
This presentation is an introduction to Flex 4 which should make you understand what conceptual approach will be the roots of Flex 4 and should help you getting started with it.

Thierry will start about what’s new in Gumbo and what significant changes and improvements are to come.
I will concentrate on the part “Design In  Mind” which is one of the main conceptual objectives of Flex 4 (Gumbo) as described by Adobe.

Please find below the plan of my section of the presentation:
Introduction
Drawing API + FXG (with Demo)
Skinning, States and Transitions (with Demo)
Thermo
New Text object and Vellum
Flash and Pixel Bender aka Hydra (quick)

Please note that no Gumbo soup will be served during the presentation in order to avoid any accident.
I am looking forward to seeing you tonight.
Have a nice day.

Cedric Madelaine (aka maddec)
http://analogdesign.ch
http://analogdesign.ch/blog

I’d like to thank everybody who attended my presentation on Actionscript 3D APIS a few weeks ago at the Adobe User Group Geneva. The subject is vast and I suggest a second presentation including content I had not time to cover and enhanced with hands on codes. Please post any suggestion or particular interest so I can integrate them.

For people not having attended to this presentation, you will find a follow-up on my blog: here.

If you are interested in 3D Real Time APIS, have a look at this demo, I have posted on my blog. It shows something I am developing to move pivot only with papervision3d: here.