What's new at Newmedia Services 
Free Sneak Peeks of CS4 at Community MX
Jim And many other industry professionals continue to contribute regularly to
Community MX. Right now, you'll see many articles on Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Photoshop CS4.
Adobe MAX 2008 - San Francisco
Jim will once again be presenting at Adobe MAX this year. This time around, he will be running a 90 minute lab, where attendees will get hands-on experience creating web site and AIR mock-ups using Fireworks CS4.
Adobe Creative Suite CS4 Announced
Adobe has officially announced details on the upcoming release of Creative Suite 4. CS4 is is bundled in different configuations to meet the needs of creative professionals in the print, web and video industries.
Creating Interactive Prototypes article now appearing in Adobe Edge
Community MX author and teacher Jim Babbage is featured in the April issue of Adobe's Edge eMagazine next month. You can subscribe to Adobe Edge here so that you don't miss the latest news from Adobe each month, and read about using Fireworks to create click-through prototypes. Check out Jim's post at the CMX blog for more information
Jim Babbage continues as Adobe Community Expert
For quite some time, Jim has acted as an Adobe Community Expert, actively participating in the Adobe user forums by helping users of products such as Fireworks and Dreamweaver.
Jim was asked again to continue his participation in the Expert program and happily accepted. Jim's areas of specialty are Fireworks,
Photoshop and Dreamweaver.
NMS Welcomes GRIT Conditioning as our Newest Client
Just going live on the Web is GRIT Conditioning. Owner/Operator Caroline Miller was looking for a professional, clean and simple design for her web site and we were happy to oblige. If you need a personal trainer, make sure to check out Caroline Miller and GRIT Conditioning.
Jim Babbage to Present at Adobe MAX 2007
Jim has been asked to speak at MAX regarding Adobe Fireworks CS3 and its improved integration with other mainstream Adobe Products such as Photoshop, Flash and Illustrator.
Adobe Max is the largest conference of its type in North America:
http://www.adobemax2007.com/
TODCon 2007 has Come and Gone
Once again, TODCon was a great success! A lot of new attendees and speakers were at the event in early June, held at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Jim's two presentations on Fireworks were both well attended and there was a lot of positive feedback about the conference in general, not to mention Jim's fashion choices!
For an inside peak at the goings-on, check out the two following links:
http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=55F11
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=32633
Tom Green's article is a laugh riot, and Jim even received a starring role in the story.
For more details on TODCon:
http://todcon.org/
You can see some photos from TODCon by checking out the slide show on our FYI page.
Toronto Star Interview on Digital Photography
Both Jim Babbage and Larry Farr strongly believe in post secondary education and have been working with Centennial College in teaching and support rolls for many years. Recently, thanks to the Centennial College press contact, Jim was interviewed by the Toronto Star to share his thoughts on Internet resources for digital photography.
NMS Welcomes Beesknees
Based on a referral from an associate, we approached Beesknees Children's Consignment Store about a site redesign.
Their existing site had been built some years ago by a family member, and the owners were looking to update the site with a new look, and also to begin an on-going business relationship with a profession web design company.
Beesknees is a small family run business with tight budgets, but Newmedia Services was able to accommodate both their bottom line and their yearning for a fresh, contemporary look to the site.
Since it was launch over a month ago, the site has received a great deal of positive feedback and glowing comments
Jim Babbage selected as Adobe Community Expert
For quite some time, Jim has acted as a Team Macromedia Volunteer, actively participating in the Macromedia user forums by helping users of products such as Fireworks and Dreamweaver.
With the aquisition of Macromedia by Adobe Systems, some things were bound to change, and one of those is the designation for Macromedia Volunteers.
The
new designation is Adobe Community Expert (ACE). The goals of Adobe and
this group of volunteers remain the same: to be helpful and supportive
of the users of Adobe products. Jim's areas of specialty are Fireworks,
Photoshop and Dreamweaver.
A New Year and New Projects
Newmedia Services has recently started work on the Syndicate Canada web site. A conference dedicated to exploring the challenges and models for content syndication. The site is live and if you're interested in RSS, it would be worth checking out.
NMS hired to build & maintain two new conference web sites
Over the past few months, Newmedia Services has been working on two new projects: LinuxWorld/NetworkWorld Canada conference and Expo web site, Linux On Tour web site. Working in conjunction with Line of Sight Design (graphic designers for the conference print work) and Paragon Visuals (Coldfusion back end developer), both sites feature similar yet updated looks from previous years, as well as a full-fledged back-end for the conference administrators, Exhibitors and - new this year - conference faculty.
Both sites are designed and laid out using CSS-P, which can improve accessibility, decrease site bandwidth and enable easier site maintenance.
Jim Babbage featured speaker at DesignFest '05
In October of this year, Toronto played host to the first - and we trust not the last - DesignFest, a new media festival. Featuring speakers from across North America, this one-day event was well attended and drew high praise from visitors. Jim Babbage's seminar focused on the latest version of Fireworks (Version 8), demonstrating some of the new features in FW 8, but primarily delving deeply into creative masking techniques.
New Wallpaper in FYI
We've added five new wallpapers to our FYI gallery. Make sure to check them out and download your favourites.
TODCON a worthwhile investment
Jim Babbage has returned from his speaking engagement at TODCON Vegas. Aside talking about the creative power of Macromedia Fireworks, it was also a chance to catch up with old friends and network with potential clients and suppliers. In fact, Jim returned with a project or two under his arm.
For a taste of TODCON, check out Jim's blog at Community
MX.
Naturally, he took many photos while in Vegas. For a glimpse of Las Vegas, check out the postcard pics.
The Wonderful World of Linux
Plum Communications contracted NMS for digital coverage of LinuxWorld Canada and NetworkWorld Expo conference and trade shows. These two well attended events, held concurrently from April 18 - April 20, 2005. While on-site, we also created a few 360 degree panoramics.
Look for samples of these pano's soon on our site.
Large as life - well, almost!
Over the past two years, NMS has been photographing sunroom installations for Four Seasons Sunrooms Toronto. This April, many of our images will be gracing the Four Seasons exhibit booth at the Spring Home Show in Toronto, Ontario. The marketing team at Four Seasons has selected 20 photos for reproduction as 20x24 inch Dura-trans (backlit) images.
Photography project promotes student life at Centennial College
NMS recently created a series of images to enhance the web site for The Centre for Creative Communications 
at Centennial College. Using college
students from the Advertising program, we set up a variety of scenes around
the campus. Some examples of the shoot are in our portfolio section, or
you can visit the
centre and see the images in action.
Exciting new service now offered by NMS - Immersive Imaging
We're very pleased to announce the addition of Virtual Tour creation and 360 degree interactive panoramas to our line of imaging and web services. Photographed with state of the art digital cameras and authored in leading-edge software, our virtual tours and panoramas yield outstanding quality and excellent bandwidth.
We recently completed a series of panoramas for one of our clients, Four Seasons Sunrooms Toronto showing the various furnished sunroom models in their huge indoor showroom.
NMS would also like to welcome back Four Seasons Sunrooms Toronto as one of our longest standing and loyal customers. This year, we continue to maintain their web site as well as handle all their location photography requirements.
For for examples of our work from past photo shoots, visit our portfolio section.