[FM Discuss] Effective Use of Adobe Software

[adam hyde]

On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 09:08 -0800, xtine wrote:
> Hi Karl,
> 
> Thanks for writing good things about Digital Foundations. I wish we  
> wrote it ten years ago, too, ha.
> 
> I'm just wondering, how would Adobe know if you created the work with  
> over 50% of the Adobe tools?

do they know if you made it in Dreamweaver and then spent 50% of your
time cutting all the superfluous crap out of the html with a non-adobe
text editor?

adam

> 
> Best,
> xtine
> 
> 
> On Feb 26, 2009, at 4:11 AM, Alchemy wrote:
> 
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I just wanted to firstly give a general *pat on the back* to the FM  
> > team.
> > Been following the goings on and everyone is doing really well lately.
> > The Digital Foundations book looks great, wish it was around 10  
> > years ago...
> >
> >
> > Reminded me of this competition I saw Adobe running: http://adaaentry.com/prizes.php
> >
> > The fine print reads:
> > " you need to prepare digital files of work created primarily (over  
> > 50%) with Adobe tools "
> >
> > This is quite an amusing FAQ from the site:
> > 21. I used non-Adobe web design software for my entry in the Browser- 
> > Based Design category, but I used Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator  
> > software for my images. Is this OK?
> > No. This is not an effective use of Adobe software for this contest.  
> > Your website should be created with Adobe Dreamweaver® or Adobe  
> > Flash with auxiliary use of Photoshop and Illustrator to qualify as  
> > an entry in this category.
> >
> > Looks like coding things by hand won't cut it!
> > Here's for more EFFECTIVE uses of Adobe tools!
> >
> >
> >
> > Keep up the good work.
> >
> > Karl
> >
> >
> > -
> > Karl D.D. Willis
> >
> > Alchemy
> > An open drawing project
> > http://al.chemy.org
> > -
> >
> >
> >
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