[FM Discuss] Effective Use of Adobe Software

[Julian Oliver]

..on Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 06:11:58PM +0100, adam hyde wrote:
> 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?

hehe, so true..

julian

> > 
> > 
> > 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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