The Web Designer’s Idea DesignCast Series

Presented by: Patrick McNeil, Designer, Web Developer and Best-Selling Author of the Groundbreaking The Web Designer’s Idea Book.

The web is the most rapidly changing design medium a creative professional can hope to work in. Styles come and go as quickly as you can imagine and new development techniques are always emerging. Web design can be challenging, but also energizing. It is essential that all designers interested in this medium understand the basic principles and thought processes required to design within this dynamic environment.
Presented by: Patrick McNeil, Designer, Web Developer and Best-Selling Author of the Groundbreaking The Web Designer’s Idea Book.
The web is the most rapidly changing design medium a creative professional can hope to work in. Styles come and go as quickly as you can imagine and new development techniques are always emerging. Web design can be challenging, but also energizing. It is essential that all designers interested in this medium understand the basic principles and thought processes required to design within this dynamic environment.
In this series Patrick McNeil takes you on a personal tour through the world of web design — design inspiration, the 6 basic principles of web design and how technology trends will change the way you think about web design.

Sessions Include:

Thursday, September 23rd – How to Use Inspiration 
• Learn how inspiration can be used to build beautiful websites
• Hear examples of how specific websites have used inspiration to influence the design of their sites

Thursday, September 30th – The 6 Principles of Effective Web Design 
• Learn 6 effective design principles that will immediately improve the design of your site
• See examples of successful websites and how they have applied these 6 design principles

Thursday, October 14th – Current Trends in Web Design 
• Learn how trends in technology are creating a new world of web design
• Equip yourself with the knowledge you need to stay ahead of these changes and continue to create beautiful and effective web sites

BONUS: When you purchase all three DesignCasts, you will receive an EXTRA 20% discount on top of the current 34% instore discount on Patrick’s bestselling books, The Web Designer’s Idea Book & The Web Designer’s Idea Book Volume 2! Just use promo code WDDC10 at the checkout!

Time: 4:00 P.M. EST

Cost: $99 for all three, or $69 each series Patrick McNeil takes you on a personal tour through the world of web design — design inspiration, the 6 basic principles of web design and how technology trends will change the way you think about web design.

Register Today! http://www.mydesignshop.com/product/web-designers-designcast/?r=HDC91710

• Starts: Oct 4, 2009 08:30
• Ends: Oct 7, 2009 18:00
• Timezone: (GMT-8) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
• Location: Los Angeles, CA
• Geography: North America
• Info/Registration: CLICK HERE

Event Description

MAX 2009 is an extraordinary opportunity to learn new skills, explore emerging technologies, and connect with thousands of other industry leaders, Adobe products users, and Adobe teams.

The conference offers hundreds of informative sessions and hands-on labs for designers, developers, and decision-makers. There are many valuable networking opportunities, from organized events to casual conversations in hallways between sessions.

This year’s conference will focus on three emerging trends that are revolutionizing communications: social computing, client and cloud, and the spread of rich media across screens and devices. MAX 2009 will give you the skills, insight, and contacts to take advantage of these opportunities as they transform our industry.

For four unforgettable days this October, MAX 2009 will bring together thousands of designers, developers, and decision-makers to shape the future. Join us.

Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo X2is the easiest way to get professional-looking photos fast. At the show offer price of just £63 (SRP £79), visitors can get their hands on this simple-to-use, yet sophisticated, photo editing tool. With everything from automatic photo fixes to precision editing tools, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 gives you full-power image manipulation at an unrivalled price.

Corel® VideoStudio® 11.5 Plus offers powerful and intuitive video editing and DVD authoring at the special price of £47 (SRP £59). For anyone who wants to produce professional-looking videos, slideshows and DVDs either as a project or as an inspiring way to present images and video to clients, users can capture, edit, enhance and share footage, and create interactive scene selection menus for DVDs. With Corel VideoStudio 11.5 Plus, it is now even easier to upload videos to YouTube.

Corel® Painter™ X, at the lower price of £214 (SRP £269), is the world’s most powerful Natural-Media painting and illustration software, allowing photographers to explore new revenue streams by taking their editing beyond traditional filters and effects. Users can produce breathtaking hand painted-style works of art from photographs.

“At this year’s Focus on Imaging show, we will be focusing on providing even better value for our customers with this special discount offer for any visitors to the Corel stand,” said Chris Boba, product manager for Corel. “Corel’s products are not only easy to use but are also powerful and sophisticated, and are simply inspiring at these discounted prices.”

Corel invites attendees to visit the stand (S4) to learn more about these and other Corel products and to see demonstrations of them in action.

Webinar Details
Letterpress is not an everyday offset printing process, so this webinar will instruct attendees in the unique aspects that will help in designing and producing a letterpress printed piece:

    * The history of letterpress: a quick overview;

    * Why letterpress has become so popular again;

    * How does the letterpress process work today: From artwork to final product;

    * Preparing artwork for letter press: Watch out for these common misconceptions;

    * The positive side of letterpress: Tactile, unique, standing out;

    * The downside of letterpress: One color at a time and slower press runs;

    * Paper considerations including hands on tips.

There will also be some examples of the effects and impact of using Letterpress today. To attend the webinar, prospective attendees can register at www.paperspecs.com/webinar/letterpress.htm. Participants must have access to a telephone line and an internet connection.

Guest Speaker: Judith Berliner, Full Circle Press
Judith has been in the printing industry since she was 14 years old when her father, Harold Berliner, moved his print shop to their home. As the fourth of eight children, Judith’s job was to run the hand-fed Chandler & Price printing press. After working for several small print shops — always the only woman in the press room — Judith returned to her hometown Nevada City in 1991 and started Full Circle Press. Judith doesn’t just love printing — letterpress printing to be precise — she lives it. Her love for detail and enthusiasm and eye for detail for each client project is infectious. Judith’s work has been featured in several editions of HOW Magazine, Chen Design Associates book One Color Graphics and several Martha Stewart Weddings editions.

About Neenah Paper
Neenah Paper manufactures and distributes a wide range of premium and specialty paper grades, with leading positions in many of its markets and well-known brands such as CLASSIC®, ENVIRONMENT®, STARWHITE®, NEENAH®, ESSE® and other fine brand names. Neenah Paper is a proud consumer of Green Energy and is a U.S. EPA Green Power Partner. Neenah also manufactures many brands carrying the Green-E, Green Seal and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certifications. For more information, call 1-800-994-5993 or visit the Neenah Paper web site at www.neenahpaper.com.
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About PaperSpecs
Paper professionals worldwide struggle to stay current with new papers and paper trends. This inspired founder Sabine Lenz to create PaperSpecs, the first independent and comprehensive web-based online database specifically designed to help designers and print buyers make the best paper choice for their projects. PaperSpecs currently features more than 4,200 papers from over 70 mills. The website also offers tips on paper buying. An online catalog allows members to order the latest swatchbooks and mill promotions, and assists in assembling samples for client projects. PaperSpecs also distributes a free weekly newsletter to aid subscribers in gaining valuable insight in paper specifying and print buying issues. To become a member or to get a free tour of the database, go to www.paperspecs.com.

    NEW YORK, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — MOGO Media, the premier conference and training provider for creative professionals working with Adobe(R) software, today announced its initial conference schedule for 2008, which
kicks off in February. For the first time, the InDesign Conference, the Pixel Conference, the Vector Conference, and the Conference for Adobe Acrobat will be co-located with the Graphics of the Americas (GOA) 2008 conference and exhibition in Miami Beach from February 26- March 1.

    “Hosting four conferences in one location provides a unique opportunity to the creative community to learn how to maximize their workflow with Adobe products. Whether they are new users, or veterans looking for tips and tricks, attendees will leave with a set of skills that they will be able to immediately implement to improve their creative work,” said Barry Anderson, co-founder of MOGO Media.

    By combining these conferences in the same location, attendees can access more than 99 sessions over five days, including nine half- or full-day tutorials. Industry experts from the worlds of publishing, video, and the web will be leading presentations covering key issues for creative professionals. Topics include workflow and integration, Flash(R), XML,
HTML, scripts, color management, type and typography, and tables. Tutorials geared towards new users of Adobe InDesign(R), Adobe Photoshop(R), Adobe Illustrator(R), Adobe Flash(R), and Adobe Acrobat(R) offer guidance on
building forms in Acrobat, developing cross-media workflows, and building interactive PDF files. They will also provide tips and tricks for Illustrator.

    “We are excited that MOGO Media is providing this opportunity for more people to delve into the rich features of Acrobat and learn how it can enhance their creative workflow,” said Lori DeFurio, senior marketing manager, Business Productivity Business Unit, Adobe. “With top instructors and a comprehensive schedule, this conference will enrich every experience with Acrobat.”

    How to Attend

    Conference brochures and registration forms are available on the newly updated MOGO Media web site at http://www.mogoevents.com/. Pricing starts at $99 for a half-day tutorial session and goes up to $1350 for a Platinum
pass that provides access to all four conferences. Additional pass options and pricing can be found on the website and in the conference brochure. All conference registrants will receive a free pass to the GOA show floor.

    For those who cannot attend the conferences or attendees who want to take home the lessons they’ve learned, MOGO Media offers a Conference in a Box, which contains video of all the sessions in a conference. Pricing starts at $750 for the Vector or Acrobat Conference. Details on how to order the Conference in a Box can be found here:
http://www.mogo-media.com/registration.php?sid=1&cid=40.

    Upcoming Conferences and Services

    Future MOGO Media events include the Creative Suite and InDesign Conferences in Toronto from April 29-May 1 and the Creative Suite Conference in Nashville from May 19-22. More than a dozen conferences are being planned in 2008 and will be added to the MOGO Media site as they are announced.

    For more information about MOGO Media or any of its conferences, please visit: http://www.mogo-media.com.

    About MOGO Media

    MOGO Media (previously Barrycon Productions) delivers best-of-class training events, conferences and seminars for the global design community. An independent organization, MOGO Media specializes in dedicated events geared toward niche and focused markets that utilize Adobe products. Partnering with the world’s leading authors, experts and professionals, MOGO Media offers focused and meaningful content to print, web and cross-media design professionals including The InDesign Conference, The Creative Suite Conference, The Vector Conference, The Pixel Conference, The
Web Design Conference, and The Conference for Adobe Acrobat.

A Photoshop World advance registration discount ($100 off) is available until February 29, during which time registration is only $599US for the general public and includes a one-year NAPP membership. NAPP member advance registration is only $499US. Special pricing is available for students, educators, and alumni of Photoshop World. Visit http://www.photoshopworld.com/pricing.html or call 1-800-738-8513 to register.

Photoshop World also features a three-day Tech Expo, an opening ceremony by NAPP president Scott Kelby with a special keynote by a senior Adobe executive, professional portfolio reviews by Photoshop World instructors, a live filming of PhotoshopUser TV <http://www.photoshopusertv.com> , exciting after-hours social events, 12 pre-conference sessions, and bonus workshops by Kelby Training, Adobe, and Microsoft®.

Photoshop World is best known as being the place where Photoshop users and creative professionals can learn the latest techniques, technologies, and tricks-of-the-trade from top experts in their given fields. This year is no exception, featuring such instructors as Scott Kelby, Bert Monroy, Moose Peterson, Dan Margulis, Dave Cross, Jim DiVitale, Helene Glassman, Rod Harlan, Terry White, Matt Kloskowski, Jeff Schewe, Joe McNally, Jay Maisel, Taz Tally, Fay Sirkis, Eddie Tapp, Vincent Versace, Ben Willmore, and David Ziser.  A complete listing of classes and instructors is available at http://www.photoshopworld.com/instructors.html.

About NAPP
The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is a dynamic trade association, and the world’s leading resource for Adobe Photoshop training, news, and education. An award-winning team of Photoshop experts, authors, consultants, and trainers lead the association keeping its members on the cutting edge of Adobe Photoshop techniques and technology. Visit http://www.photoshopuser.com for more information.

Adobe and Photoshop are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Your colleagues and friends have been raving about the Members Only area in PaperSpecs – how easy it is to order swatchbooks, to access information on over 4,200 papers in our paper database.

But you have always been a bit skeptical. You want to know what’s behind all this hype, and here is your chance.

We are opening our virtual doors for a live tour, an “Open House” so to speak, on Thursday, December 6th at 11:00 a.m. PT.

Take 30 minutes out of your busy schedule, grab a cup of coffee and get all your questions answered. Live, up close and personal.

So grab a cup of coffee (and maybe one of those holiday cookies that seem to be everywhere) and join us. Get all your questions answered. Live, up close and personal.

And because we know your time is precious, we’d like to show our appreciation with a little “thank you” gift as well.
 We’ll send you a transcript of our recent Webinar “Sustainability – No Smoke or Mirrors.” In this highly acclaimed session, Liza Murphy, senior manager, Marketing and Business Development at the Rainforest Alliance, gave us the inside track on what sustainability really means and how it affects paper choices.

Click here to R.S.V.P. for the PaperSpecs Open House.

I am looking forward to meeting you – virtually that is.
Sabine Lenz
Founder, PaperSpecs

Topics Covered

* The science of color and appearance
* Current standards and practices
* Visual and instrumental color assessment
* Controlling color quality
* Communicating color information
* Establishing your own color policies
* Deploying enterprise-wide color management

Registration
For the complete agenda and online registration visit fundamentalsofcolor.xrite.com or call 888.439.4403 to speak with seminar coordinators and register by phone. The $499 seminar fee includes a full day (9:00am-4:30pm) of seminar-style instruction, lunch and seminar materials: our Fundamentals of Color and Appearance manual, Need to Know: Color white paper, the Munsell Interactive Learning Kit and a signed certificate for education credit.

Special Discount: Customers of X-Rite are invited to save $50 by using the coupon code “BLUEBIRD” when registering!

Cities and Dates
Mississauga, ON Nov 13 Hilton Toronto Airport
Troy, MI Nov 15 Hilton Detroit/Troy
Long Beach, CA Nov 28 Hyatt Regency Long Beach
Rutherford, NJ Dec 4 Renaissance Meadowlands
St. Louis, MO Dec 11 Marriott St. Louis Airport
Atlanta, GA Dec 13 Doubletree Atlanta Airport N

About X-Rite:
(NASDAQ: XRIT) X-Rite is a global leader in color measurement and color management, offering hardware, software and services for measuring, formulating and matching color. The Company serves a range of industries, including printing, packaging, photography, graphic design, video, automotive, paints, plastics, textiles, dental and medical. X-Rite serves customers worldwide from its offices in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Visit www.xrite.com for more information.