The "What Are You Working On?" Thread - Week Ending Apr 6 2013

[Cleo]

I'm about 80% finished with the Adobe Dreamweaver Classroom book. I'll probably do the one for FireWorks but since it is a program that I've yet to see a need for so probably won’t spend a lot of time on that book.

These books have really become time vampires so looking forward to finishing them and being able to spend more time on stuff that makes me money.

Also meeting next week with my restaurant/spa mainstream client and will probably be given more work.

Cleaning house today. I really need longer days or to figure out how to no longer need sleep.

[The Epic]

Working on getting some neglected websites updated a little bit. Been so damn busy with my job I've been unable to get much done with the porn work.

Originally Posted by Cleo

I'm about 80% finished with the Adobe Dreamweaver Classroom book. I'll probably do the one for FireWorks but since it is a program that I've yet to see a need for so probably won’t spend a lot of time on that book.

I had a web development class where we were taught about Fireworks. An older version of course, but the only use I found for it was animated gifs and the such. I was disappointed in that class as I was hoping they would get into Photoshop instead.

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by The Epic

I had a web development class where we were taught about Fireworks. An older version of course, but the only use I found for it was animated gifs and the such. I was disappointed in that class as I was hoping they would get into Photoshop instead.

I went to a Macromedia seminar when Fireworks first came out long before Adobe bought the company.

The big thing about Fireworks was that it did vector buttons complete with the rollover code. Adobe came out with ImageReady to complete with it and since I was a Photoshop user since version one in 1990 I ended up using ImageReady instead.

I actually really loved ImageReady for doing web buttons and GIF animation. ImageReady is now dead, replaced by Fireworks, but Photoshop now does almost everything that ImageReady did.

I always hated Macromedia's products preferring Adobe apps but now that Adobe bought them and killed GoLive I'm forced to learn what was Macromedia's products.

I really much prefer GoLive but it has been killed and is now 4 years old so its code is out of date. I just wish its good features had been incorporated into Dreamweaver but if anything it's even more unfriendly now that Adobe owns it.

The Adobe Classroom in a book series are really excellent. I'm using their eBook versions. The books have a secret URL where you download all the lessons.

I'm an old timer QuarkXpress user but needed to get up to speed quickly in using InDesign instead. That is what got me started using these books and now I'm hooked. I might even do the Photoshop one despite having used Photoshop since 1990.

[DonX]

Hey Cleo and The Epic,
Have you guys ever heard of www.lynda.com ? She has a ton of courses and for a pretty good price too. You can pay for a membership with or without the exercise files. I've been using them for a while now as they have a ton of different courses.

Didn't know if you guys new about them so I just thought I'd mention them

Originally Posted by Cleo

I went to a Macromedia seminar when Fireworks first came out long before Adobe bought the company.

The big thing about Fireworks was that it did vector buttons complete with the rollover code. Adobe came out with ImageReady to complete with it and since I was a Photoshop user since version one in 1990 I ended up using ImageReady instead.

I actually really loved ImageReady for doing web buttons and GIF animation. ImageReady is now dead, replaced by Fireworks, but Photoshop now does almost everything that ImageReady did.

I always hated Macromedia's products preferring Adobe apps but now that Adobe bought them and killed GoLive I'm forced to learn what was Macromedia's products.

I really much prefer GoLive but it has been killed and is now 4 years old so its code is out of date. I just wish its good features had been incorporated into Dreamweaver but if anything it's even more unfriendly now that Adobe owns it.

The Adobe Classroom in a book series are really excellent. I'm using their eBook versions. The books have a secret URL where you download all the lessons.

I'm an old timer QuarkXpress user but needed to get up to speed quickly in using InDesign instead. That is what got me started using these books and now I'm hooked. I might even do the Photoshop one despite having used Photoshop since 1990.

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by DonX

Hey Cleo and The Epic,
Have you guys ever heard of www.lynda.com ?

Her lessons are very good but for learning Adobe apps so are their Classroom in a book series.

[The Epic]

Originally Posted by Cleo

I went to a Macromedia seminar when Fireworks first came out long before Adobe bought the company.

Yeah when I first learned Dreamweaver and Fireworks it was a Macromedia product. I still have the MX versions on my
one computer, but I upgraded my Dreamweaver.

I remember building some pretty shitty websites back in those days.


Currently just got in from work and am getting down to some porn site work now. Hopefully refueling my sales, hope is about all I have right now.