Adobe CS3 Conference - New York, Day 2
Day 2 and the final day of the Adobe CS3 Creative License Conference here in NYC. After another great day of talking with many attendees and running into some friends unexpectedly, I sat in on a couple of the Pro Photo sessions this afternoon. One of the best things about coming to these conferences is the chance to see some great presentations and today was no exception.
I caught the end of Bryan O'Neill Hughes' Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 201 session. I sat in on a couple of web seminars but this is the first time I've seen Bryan demo in person and was very impressed.
Next up was Adam Pratt. I've known Adam for years and always enjoy his presentation style which is always filled with great enthusiasm and humor to keep the audience engaged. Adam's first preso was about how photographers can use Adobe Acrobat 8 to show photos for client review and in the process I learned about 10 new things that I didn't know before. Way too much for me to even try to touch in this post. But if you ever get a chance to see one of his demos or a web based seminar, be sure to catch it.
The next demo he did involved some newer Adobe apps, specifically Encore CS3 and Soundbooth CS3. I thought Encore was just a DVD authoring app, which it is, but it is also so much more. Not only can you author DVDs including Blu-Ray DVDs (which lends even more evidence that I think Blu-Ray will win out over HD DVD, but I digress) but you can also export your "DVD" out to a Flash movie. You'll get all of the necessary output files including the html and any necessary scripts all packaged up nice and neat in a very lightweight file size. I've used Apple's DVD Studio Pro before, but this looks so much easier and more intuitive. Granted I haven't used it yet, but it looked every bit as powerful as DVDSP but easier. Even easier than iDVD. We'll see. I'll have to get myself a copy asap.