FLASH: ANNC: SFMMUF: Next Tuesday - Dreamweaver 3 & Director

[Pete Grant]

Thought you Bay Area Flashers would be interested in this. Just being able

to ask John Dowdell questions in person is worth the 200-mile round trip for

me.


Pete


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SFMMUF:  Tuesday 3/7 -  Dreamweaver 3 & Director 8

LOCATION: First Floor Conference Room, 600 Townsend Street & Seventh, San

Francisco.

ADMISSION: $5. $2 if you bring a first-time attendee.  Exact change is

appreciated.


In our March meeting we'll be looking at two of Macromedia's

newest products: Dreamweaver 3 and Director 8!  Alan Felgate,

Macromedia's senior evangelist will be showing off both products.


By the way, don't forget that March 7th is election day, so please

vote early as we'd hate to miss you at this great meeting.


SFMMUF Meeting Schedule:

6:00 - 7:00 Q&A with John Dowdell of Macromedia

7:00 - 7:45 First presentation: Dreamweaver 3

7:45 - 8:00 General Announcements*

8:00 - 8:20 Pizza and good conversation

8:20 - 9:05 Second presentation: Director 8

9:05 - 9:15 Raffle and product giveaway (Dreamweaver 3/Fireworks 3 bundle)


*As anyone who attended the last meeting can attest, there were tons

of job positions announced in February.  Our meetings are a great

chance to meet other people in the industry, share experiences,

and make new friends.  If you've never attended a meeting before, we

encourage you to check us out in March.


Dreamweaver 3 - http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/

Dreamweaver 3 is the solution for professional Web site design

and production. Develop ground-breaking sites, automate production,

and enhance team efficiency. Control your code with Roundtrip

HTML and the revolutionary Quick Tag Editor. Accelerate workflow

through integration with Web applications, Microsoft Office, and

leading e-commerce and application servers. Only Dreamweaver

can be customized using HTML, JavaScript, and XML, giving you

the power you need for rapid Web development. With Dreamweaver,

you'll build better Web sites faster.


Director 8 - http://www.macromedia.com/software/director

Director 8 Shockwave Studio streamlines the authoring

process with centralized, automated functions that make it easier to

manage assets, edit complex animations, build graphics on the fly,

and create content for low bandwidth. Director 8 Shockwave Studio

eases the development of Shockwave content, which continues to

enhance the Web experience of over 109 million people .


-- Both novice and advanced users create compelling content quickly

and easily. In this professional authoring environment, developers

can take advantage of excellent asset management, rich-media file

support, and other features to turn around multimedia in Internet time.

-- Create applications that are rich in media and in depth. Attract your

audience with immersive, entertaining, visually compelling and

interactive content. Director can help you do this with multiuser

communities, dazzling animations, and more.

-- Build presentations, product demonstrations, advertisements,

or games for the Shockwave audience of over 120 million browsers.

Output optimized Shockwave as well as stand-alone applications

for CD- and DVD-ROM.


John Dowdell - Resident Guru at Macromedia

John will be available to answer questions and discuss technical issues

related to the implementation of Macromedia technologies within the field of

multimedia.  This is a great opportunity to discuss technical issues with

some of the top developers in the Bay Area, of which John is highly

respected as one of the best.  The members of the group consider it a rare

privilege to have John as a regular supporter of our group.  Come with

questions or just to listen and learn.


Alan Felgate - Macromedia Senior Evangelist

Alan joined Macromedia in 1996 to develop Shockwave content for leading

web sites including MGM, Capitol Records, Intel, and Razorfish. Alan became

a Macromedia Evangelist in November 1997, and since then has travelled

over 200,000 miles demonstrating Macromedia's award-winning Web

Publishing software to corporate users, web designers, trade shows, user

groups, trainings, and seminars.


Alan will be demonstrating both Dreamweaver 3 and Director 8.

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