What's new at Newmedia Services
Jim Babbage named as Adobe Community Professional for Fireworks
25 January 2010
Jim Babbage has been selected as one of the 2010 Adobe Community Professionals for Adobe Fireworks.
The Adobe Community Professional Program is made up of Adobe a customers who share their product expertise with the worldwide Adobe community and beyond.
Just released - Rapid Prototyping with Fireworks CS4!
22 August 2009
We're very excited to announce that Jim's latest video training title is now available on lynda.com!
This 4.5 hour course discusses and walks you through wireframing, storyboarding, interactive HTML prototyping, in a far more in-depth manner than Jim's Essential Training title is able to do. It also introduces you to creating Flex skins, exporting MXML and exporting FXG for Flash Catalyst.
We think it will be a great resource for anyone wanting to learn more about using Fireworks for prototyping web and other interactive projects such as AIR applications.
Here's a quick run down of the main lesson topics:
* Rapid Prototyping Options in Fireworks
* Wireframing
* Storyboarding
* Multi-page Mockups
* Adding Interactivity
* Creating AIR Prototypes
* Creating Flex Mockups
* Going Further with HTML Prototyping
If you're interested in how to maximize Fireworks' potential as your mockup tool of choice, make sure to check out this course.
Jim Babbage Speaking at Adobe MAX 2009
October 4–7
Los Angeles, California
In a software revolution fueled by social computing, client and cloud, and the spread of rich media across screens and devices spend four unforgettable days this October at MAX 2009. The largest conference of it's kind, this year brings together thousands of designers, developers, and decision-makers to shape the future.
Jim Babbage will be presenting:
Efficient Web Design Using Adobe Fireworks (Hands-on lab)
Learn the techniques employed by advanced Fireworks users to quickly design and mock up web pages or complete websites. This hands-on lab is presented by Jim Babbage, author of "Adobe Fireworks CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques” and "Adobe Fireworks CS4 Classroom in a Book."
Repurpose Assets to Mock Up a Standards-Based Website with Fireworks
Learn to leverage existing Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator assets in Fireworks to mock up web pages or complete websites. Optimize images for the web and export a design as CSS. This session is for print designers who want to take their design skills to the web.
Adobe Fireworks CS4 Classroom in a Book now available.
In his second book with Peachpit and Adobe Press, Jim introduces the novice to working with Fireworks CS4. This project-based book begins by introducing the user to the Fireworks interface, by way of a simple design project.
If you are interested in purchasing either book, click on the book in the sidebar widget.
Adobe Fireworks CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques
Fireworks CS4 How-Tos is available for purchase. If you are new to Fireworks or wonder how Fireworks has changed since CS3, this book will be a big help. For instant savings on this book, you can use the links below.
Printed book
e-book
You can also read excerpts from this book at Community MX and Adobe.com
Free Video Training at Layers Magazine
If you want a sneak peek at Adobe CS4, drop on by Layers Magazine CS4 Training Center where you will find a wide range of free online video training and demonstrations, created by Jim and many other industry professionals.
Jim Babbage appearing on Lynda.com
Jim has recently finished three video training titles for Lynda.com:
- Fireworks CS4 New Features
- Fireworks CS4 Getting Started
- Fireworks CS4 Essential Training
The New Features title is currently online at lynda.com and the other two titles will appear in the coming weeks.
Video training for the entire CS4 Suite can be found at lynda.com's CS4University.
Flickr Gallery
Make sure to drop by our FYI page for a visual treat. Jim Babbage has recently started posting his landscape images on flickr.com. In our FYI page, you can view an animated Flash slide show of the images.
Latest CMX Articles
One of Community MX's database gurus - Tom Muck - has built a great little JavaScript live news feeder for the partners. Listed below are the last 5 articles written by Jim, for CMX.
For for examples of our work from past photo shoots, visit our portfolio section.
For older news, visit the archive.