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Photoshop Fix

October 14, 2015 - Adobe , Mobile Apps - by Mark - No Comments

Adobe recently (October 5, 2015) released a new iOS app called Photoshop Fix. I have been experimenting with this tool for a while and find it very helpful for quick edits to images using just my iPad. Of course, for more complex edits, one can always share the image from […]

Captivate Draft

September 9, 2015 - Adobe , Learning , Technology , Web - by Mark - No Comments

Adobe recently released a new version of Captivate (9) for both Mac and Windows computers. Along with the desktop version, there is now a free iOS app available – Captivate Draft. Essentially, this allows you to create learning modules in environments where a laptop might be impractical. You can also […]

AEL North American Leadership Summit

July 29, 2015 - Adobe , Travel - by Mark - No Comments

I had the great pleasure of connecting with a community of like minded and creative individuals at the 2015 Adobe Education Leader (AEL) summit at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in July. This was originally established as a YWCA camp in 1913. It now is a park and comprises some of […]

Adobe Preview CC

July 8, 2015 - Adobe , Mobile Apps , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

In addition to Hue, Adobe also released Preview CC for iOS devices on June 15. I thought readers of this blog might be interested in a short overview of the capabilities of this app. Essentially, you develop your design comp (for either a mobile app or a mobile website) in […]

Adobe Hue

July 1, 2015 - Adobe , Mobile Apps , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

Adobe released another app for iOS devices on June 15. This one is called Hue. In some ways, it is like the app Color (formerly Kuler). But it works for video. Essentially, you take a photo and select the desired color which you can then apply to a video clip […]

What I like about Adobe Acrobat DC

April 22, 2015 - Adobe , Mobile Apps , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

Adobe recently released a significant update to Acrobat. When I first opened the tool [viewing a PDF document], I saw the following (and felt a bit overwhelmed). Note the changes to the interface, particularly the options on the right for the given document. Wow. There are a lot more options. […]

Adobe Slate

April 15, 2015 - Adobe , Web - by Mark - No Comments

Adobe recently released a new iPad only app focused on creating content. One can then view this content in browsers on any Internet connected device. The content is displayed in a manner appropriate for that device. The app is called Slate (I placed the logo below). The tag line “Make […]

Adobe Comp CC

April 8, 2015 - Adobe , Web - by Mark - 2 Comments

Adobe recently released a new app for the iPad – Comp CC. In many ways, this app reminds me of Adobe Proto. There are a number of differences. The most important is that one can create low fidelity wireframes or much more detailed mock-ups of a web site, print document […]

Screen Capture Utilities

March 4, 2015 - Adobe , ICC , Learning , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

I have been helping a peer with one of their online classes this semester. They expressed an interest in learning about different tools to record the screen. I decided to take a different approach this week and provide this document I created for their use. This is an alternative approach […]

Fixel

February 18, 2015 - Adobe , Mobile Apps - by Mark - No Comments

Fixel is an iOS app from Adobe Labs which runs on either iPad or iPhone. Sorry, no Android capabilities. Many thanks to my colleague, Matt Clasener, for making me aware of this app. Essentially, it allows you to clean up your images (remove unwanted litter from a photo, for example). […]

PaintCan

February 11, 2015 - Adobe , Mobile Apps - by Mark - No Comments

I recently became aware of an interesting app from Adobe Labs – PaintCan. Many thanks to Tom Green for making me aware of this iOS app (sorry, no Android version). For those of us with limited graphical talent, we can now paint using just our fingertip. We can work with […]

PhoneGap Build

December 10, 2014 - Adobe , Mobile Apps , Web - by Mark - No Comments

I have made a number of weblog posts on PhoneGap, PhoneGap Build and Dreamweaver in the past (just use the search box on this page and look for PhoneGap to see those entries). However, there have been a number of changes to the default templates with the release of Dreamweaver […]

Adobe Premiere Clip

November 26, 2014 - Adobe , Mobile Apps , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

As we approach the holidays, I thought it might be appropriate to cover one of the relatively new Adobe apps – Adobe Clip (aka Adobe Premiere Clip). This was released along with a host of other apps on October 6, 2014. I previously covered these briefly in a weblog post. […]

Teaching a MOOC – results

November 12, 2014 - Adobe , Learning , Technology , Web - by Mark - No Comments

Now that the web design MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is concluded, I wanted to share some final thoughts. I also thought it would be appropriate to indicate overall success rates.

Teaching a MOOC – technologies used

November 5, 2014 - Adobe , Learning , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

In my last weblog post, I focused on an overview of the Adobe Web Design MOOC which I recently taught. In this post, I thought I would focus on the technologies employed. One insight which came through loud and clear is that one must be highly fluent with a number […]