Flash Oxford User Group

An official Adobe User Group.

Local meetings for interactive designers, animators and developers in Oxford, UK.

Join us in 2010 on:
June 22nd

Autumn Dates TBC

For more info email
John Twycross:
jt@flashoxford.com



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Slapdash Competition Results

Thanks to all who were involved in the Slapdash competition.

The winner of the Adobe Production Suite was Blaze Millward. You can view his animation on the following link.
http://www.squaresanimations.co.uk/page12.htm

Joe Rosa submitted a great idea for an open source project. Keep an eye on the following link to see it develop.
http://code.google.com/p/x-docs/

Thanks finally to Eileen Cameron-Kirby who entered her first ever Flash animation the Enchanted Wood.
http://www.littleredapples.co.uk/EnchantedWoodVideo/enchanted_wood.html

Summer Social - July 22nd

This month we are having a social event in the pub.

The Time: 7.30 - 9.30pm
Venue: Far From the Madding Crowd pub, Oxford

10-12 Friars Entry
Oxford OX1 2BY

Flash Camp Manchester - Thursday 8th July 2010

Flash Camp Manchester is a completely free event organised by the Midlands Flash Platform User Group. Over an afternoon and evening, experts in Flash, Flex and AIR will share their knowledge through presentations and talks.

Meet some of the Adobe team, Professionals, Community Leaders and network with fellow developers and designers. Whether you’re just getting started with the Flash Platform, or consider yourself a pro, there’s something for you!

http://www.flashmidlands.com/flashcamp/manchester.html

CS5 launch party – Tuesday June 22nd at Malmaison, Oxford Castle

Join all the Oxford Adobe Groups for a social event to learn about the new Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 software.

Adobe CS5 unleashes new ways to generate amazing work, collaborate effectively, and deliver virtually anywhere.

We’ll have screen demos of CS5 software at work, presentations, and plenty of time for networking and chat.

There’s a free drink for the first 30 and Flash Oxford are presenting their award for the best Flash animation/game entered into their competition.

The Time: 7.30 – 9.30pm

Venue: The Vistors’ Room,  Malmaison Hotel, Oxford.

Oxford Castle
3 New Rd, Oxford, OX1 1AY (or OX1 1ND for Sat Nav)

Please note both the change of day (it’s on a Tuesday) and venue (it’s NOT at OFVM!).

Flash Oxford meeting 7.30pm, Thursday 20th May

Introducing the Open Source Media Framework with Jodie O’Rourke

The idea behind OSMF is to reduce the complexity involved in developing
media players (particularly video players), and in doing so, lower the
barriers-to-entry to allow many more developers to create unique and
engaging players. OSMF aggregates fixes for many of the problems that
other developers have toiled over, meaning you can build rapidly, safe in
knowledge that your output will be stable. As a business, the
standardisation of player development means that new developers should be
able to join your team with relative ease, and become productive in less
time.

Jodie will introduce the main features of the latest OSMF build and
demonstrate some examples with code.

Venue
OFVM film oxford
54 Catherine Street
Oxford, OX4 3AH