Jan 21
Because they got such great sponsorship assistance, this week they dropped the admission price to $30. Since it’s a non-profit event they aren’t charging any more than they have to. The Summit is scheduled for Feburary 21 – 23, 2011. For more information see the previous post at http://dfwaug.net/2010/10/opencf-summit-free-your-mind/
We had a great time this weekend at the first After Effects Camp! I saw some of you there amid the throngs of eager AEers! Everyone I spoke to really took something away from the many astounding lectures during the day.
J Schuh of Toons-N-Design started us off with the basics. As he put it “I have a crayon so let’s see what I can draw!”
Roman Flute followed with a wonderful introduction on how Illustrator and Invigorator can be used in After Effects. Roman’s been using AE since it was called Cosa so he knew what he was talking about.
Mark Clive of UT Arlington (our wonderful facilities host) introduced us to the world of animation in AE. Yeah! Flash isn’t the only animation game in town.
After a great lunch everyone was ready to go for more AE goodness. Trent Armstrong, who manages the Dallas After Effects User Group, taught us how to be organized and efficient as our layers keep getting out of hand.
Ian Johnson of Chaos Creative told us all about how cameras work in AE and how they relate to cameras in the real world.
Things got more and more complicated as the day progressed until Will Nicholson blew us all away with stereoscopic 3D in After Effects (complete with 3D glasses so we could all enjoy the examples).
A.J. wood of Media Cats did an excellent job as our Master of Ceremonies for the camp.
I really would like to thank the volunteers who worked the tables and kept all the campers informed and in line LOL! Thanks also to UTA for a wonderful facility and access to a complete lab during breaks, Texas Motion Picture Alliance, Dallas Ad League, greengrass studios, Chaos Creative, Toons-N-Design, and A Bunch of Short Guys for all their help and support.
A special word of thanks to Adobe as well!
It was a fantastic day! I hope you didn’t miss it!
OpenCF Summit is a community gathering focused exclusively on promoting free and open source software in the CFML community.
If you’re interested in getting into the free software CFML engines, enhancing CFML engines through plugins or outright hacking, and socializing with people doing cutting-edge things with CFML, this is the place for you. Click Here to get on the mailing list for further announcements.
UPDATE: For more information visit the blog !! Registration opens November 8th so get your credit cards ready!
We’re still working out the details, but here’s what we know so far:
See the travel page for airport, venue, and hotel information.
This is an all volunteer effort with an intentional $0 profit margin so while we don’t have a firm registration cost yet, it will be cheap. Surprisingly, shockingly cheap for what you get in return. $199.00 $30.00 for the event! Throw in the hotel and you’re getting three days of direct contact with the teams from Open BlueDragon, Railo, and Blue River (Mura), as well as many other major names in the free software and open source CFML movement, all for about $500.
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