The Indian Geeks Organization celebrated the 10th Birthday of Flash on 12 August, 2006 at the premise of Teknopoint. It was a fun gathering with good foods, drinks. Ravi was the lucky person to get a Studio 8 with Flash Professional commercial License.
Flickr Photos from iGeeks – Flash 10th Birthday celebration.
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UPDATES:Here is a very good news. Adobe have finally included their (Adobe before Macromedia) products and now thus stands at a product cost price of $2,100. This, this encompasses Adobe Web, Design and Video bundles slide under the price cap. So, watch out and wish your luck for the coming Meetings.
Adobe have outlined their commitment to the community and are trying their best to further better what Macromedia started. You can view the Breeze Presenation of Adobe’s Commitment from Adobe President & COO, Shantanu Narayen.
The new Macromedia Studio 8; Dreamweaver 8, Flash Professional 8, Fireworks 8, Contribute 3 and FlashPaper 2 is being released in the cities, Pune, Chennai and Hyderabad (INDIA) during the month of October, 2005
Here are the quick details;
Macromedia launched Studio 8 in India last week . It is by far the biggest launch in the history of macromedia. I personally visited two of the launches , first at Mumbai and second at Banglore. I have attend all the launches since Flash 5 , Never before have I seen the audience applauding the new features so much. The speakers from Macromedia were fantastic.
Engineers at macromedia really have done a great job and added features that improves the work flow immensely , these were things that the designer/developer community had been asking for and they ve got it all.
Be it flash , where adding a video is no more a ‘only for experts zone’, there are several new effects like
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Official Macromedia Training can now be availed at your city. Tekno Point Multimedia , a Macromedia Authorized Training partner plans to conduct training on Flash Application Development accross India. You have to form a group of 8-12 professionals for training at your city. Training will be conducted by a Macromedia Certified Flash Developer with 3 years development experience.
The course will cover all the topics related to Macromedia Certification. Certification fees have now been reduced to 50US$ so one can aim at getting certified after the course. Placements will be provided on course completion.
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Just got this great news from Macromedia India , Certification fee for Macromedia exams have been slashed to 50US$. This pricing is only for INDIA.
So I think you all should make the most out of it and go for the Macromedia certification exam.
Attend a Macromedia Certification Camp: Please send your info to me at himanshu@teknopoint.info and I shall update you with the details of the certification camp we plan to conduct very soon.
In todays competitive world , where every one claims to be better then you , how do you make yourself stand out from the competition and get the much deserving respect from your colleagues and the community alike?
It is not always possible to show the kind of projects you work on and also sometimes you have the knowledge but do not get the opportunity to work on the kind of projects which testifies your knowledge, So What do you think is the best way to tell the world , You are really good at something.
Well, the answer is ..
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MAX 2005 – India is the premier Macromedia conference in India. Have access to technical sessions that cover everything from basic web development to the most advanced techniques for building Rich Internet Applications and Flash content for Mobile and Devices.
New Delhi, 14-15 March
Bangalore, 17-18 March
Register before March 5th and avail early bird registration of Rs.1200/- for a 2 day pass.
Macromedia, India have extended a special discounted fee of Rs.1000/- per participant (Payment to be made by 5th March) for MAX Conference in Delhi/Bangalore to Macromedia User Group members.
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