Join us for a full weekend of knowledge and networking, as we present first ever "CreateNOW Camp 2013 San Diego” 

Adobe & Check-In Tables: The event check-in will be outside the main theater and the Adobe Community Team will be setting up a table for additional giveaways and information. 

Special Guests: Aaron Houston (Adobe Community Mgr - North America), WACOM, Las Vegas Adobe User Group, Adobe Illustrator User Group of Los Angeles, and more

Speaker Bios & Presentation Descriptions:

Look for the instructor's name then find the description of the class that they teach.

Eric Addison – Director, Producer & Camera Man

Intro to Premiere Pro: Learn the basics of video editing with Premiere Pro. This class is designed for those with little to no experience using Premiere Pro.

Intro to Prelude – Ingest and Organizing Your Footage: This session will cover how Prelude can help you organize and ingest your footage, and even create a rough cut before you start editing.

Transitioning from Final Cut Pro to Premiere Pro: This session will help video editors making a transition from Final Cut Pro to Premiere Pro by covering many of the differences between the NLEs.

About Eric Addison:

Michael Brueggemeyer- Director, Producer & Camera Man

Using Keylight, masks and other tips and tricks for obtaining great keyed results in Affer Effects:

About Michael Brueggemeyer:

Director Michael Brueggemeyer is first and foremost a communicator.  His twenty years of experience as a Director and Filmmaker have provided the unique perspective of observing over time what actually moves the audience to action, and what entertains them for a moment.  His career began in film production, working as a Motion Picture Camera Assistant, then moving up to Director of Photography, then Director/Cameraman, then Producer/Director, and after the purchase of an editing system, he became an editor and compositor. 

This broad range of technical experience, combined with the mindset of communicator, makes the projects Mike creates successful.  He has the technical expertise to create almost anything, and the good sense to know that just because you can create something cool doesn’t mean the audience will care.  Mike’s work makes an impact – just ask his clients, like MasterCard, Wells Fargo, Chevrolet, Protection One and WamplerKids.org.

Stephen Burns - Adobe Community Professional

Wacom Tablet Workflow for the Digital Artist:

This class will cover the customization of the Wacom pen and tablet for a variety of artistic applications.  You will learn how to properly set up the pen and tablet that will give you an optimal pen-centric experience for your unique workflow.  The student will learn how to custom create brushes in Photoshop that take advantage of the full capabilities of the Wacom pen to provide a more creative experience.

3D in Photoshop CS6 For The Beginner:

We will discuss the basics of building 3D objects, texturing 3D objects, reshaping 3D objects with the use of displacement maps, lighting the 3d scene and more.  The end goal is to build a creative 3D scene from scratch in Photoshop.

The Marriage of Vision & Technique:

This class will take you on a journey to creating fantastic creative scenes that use a combination of photography, 3D & painting .  In this class we will learn how to build concepts from our imagination by using a combination of photography, painting and sculpting traditions.

Artistic Workflow Using Adobe Cloud:

If you ever wanted to know how the cloud can beneftit the artist and their creative workflow then don't miss this presentation. You will get an overview of the online storage capabilties for organizing your imagery and how to use it to create your visions. Also, Stephne will discuss how mobil device can assist you in the field to pull your ideas together.

About Stephen Burns

Stephen Burns, is an Author, Photoshop Guru & Trainer, and the president of the San Diego Photoshop Users Group and most recent instructor to the Light Photo Workshops. He has written the books, Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX, The Art Of Poser 8 Pro & Photoshop CS5, The Art Of Poser & Photoshop, Author of Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & FX, Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX, Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trickery & FX and also Photoshop CS Trickery & FX for Charles River Media. @chromeallusion on twitter. http://www.chromeallusion.com

Sally Cox - Adobe Community Professional

Adobe Acrobat Beyond Basics: Adding Custom Buttons & Interactivity to Adobe PDF documents: In this session, Sally Cox will show advanced tips for combining PDF documents, creating portfolios, and add custom interactivity with Adobe Acrobat 11. You’ve never seen a PDF document do this!

Creating Engaging eLearning with Adobe Creative Suite 6 and Adobe Captivate: In this session, Adobe Community Professional Sally Cox will show participants how to create engaging and visually appealing eLearning content. Design backgrounds in Illustrator and Photoshop, create custom buttons and graphics in Illustrator and pull it all together in Adobe Captivate.

Online Learning: Step it UP with Adobe Connect 9: Online seminars/webinar can be boring if they are not executed properly. In this session, master trainer, Sally Cox will show the audience how she uses Adobe Connect in her collaborative distant learning seminars. She will show how to customize virtual rooms in Adobe Connect; show tips to keep the audience engaged; add custom interactivity with Adobe Acrobat 11.

About Sally Cox

Sally Cox is an Adobe Community Professional, certified trainer and community leader in the San Francisco Bay Area. Former Adobe Art Director and published author of books and video training for video2brain.com, Peachpit Press and Adobe Press, Sally's company, kreatable.com, specializes in eLearning development, production and instructional design. Sally also manages one of the largest Adobe User Groups in North America (meetup.com/creativesuitesanjose). @kreatable on twitter

Jack Duganne - Owner of Duganne Ateliers (Creator of Giclee)

Proofing workflow for fine art printing: A step by step proofing workflow with hands on technique for generating multiple proof varations in one print.

About Duganne Ateliers

Owner of Duganne Ateliers, fine art printmaking studio, professor at Santa Monica college and Otis College of Art and Design.

Chris Griffith - Staff Engineer in Qualcomm's User Experience Group & Instructor

Edge Tools & Services - Creating for the Modern Web:

About Chris Griffith:

(Mobile Application Development) at UCSD Extension. Chris has over 15 years experience in developing prototypes for a variety of clients and platforms, and has developed several iPhone and Android applications. He is an Adobe Community Professional and is regularly invited to speak at conferences such as Adobe MAX and 360Flex. In addition, he has served as a technical reviewer for several O'Reilly publications, and written for uxmag.com. In his spare time, Chris spends time with his family and sea kayaking. You can follow him on twitter @chrisgriffith or online at chrisgriffith.wordpress.com.

Brian Haberlin - Digital Artist (Author of Anomaly)

Beauty of Black and White: Brian Haberlin will show how to take all your black and white artwork to the next level! We’ll delve into Photoshop's treasure trove of features that not only enhance art and illustration applications, but make possible countless creative pen and ink opportunities rarely seen before. If you're serious about your black and white artwork, this session is a must.

About Brian Haberlin:

Brian started his career working at Lorimar/Warner Brothers Television, but eventually he gave up his job at Warner Brothers in order to pursue a career in comics, his lifelong passion. Haberlin began his career in comics working at Top Cow Productions, where he served as Vice President of Creative Affairs. While there he co-created Witchblade, prompted by the lack of realistic female superheroes in comics. The Witchblade franchise has since expanded to include multiple spin-offs, a live action television series, an anime, and an upcoming film adaptation.

Brian Kim - Multi-Emmy Award Winning Editor/Designer

Kenetic Typograpy in After Effects:

We've all seen those videos where the words pop up on screen in sync with the voiceover; twisting, turning and pivoting along the way.  If you've ever been curious, there are a number of ways to animate text like this, and I'm going to go over several of these methods, and why some are better in certain situations.

The 2.5D Effect - Bringing a Still Photograph to Life :

Once you know this effect, "pan and scans" will forever seem like the wimpy way out. In this presentation, we'll take a still photograph and turn it into a world which we'll fly a camera through. It's going to require a couple Adobe programs to get there, and we'll discuss a few extra plugins that bring the realism to another level.

About Brian Kim:

"Born and raised in Northern California, Brian Kim is a multi-Emmy Award winning
editor/designer who found his way to San Diego for an undergraduate degree in Visual
Arts and has had trouble leaving ever since. Over the last 15 years, he has played the
roles of creative director, designer, editor, compositor, and animator on a wide variety of
projects, from infographic animations for large corporations to broadcast graphic
packages for local networks.  Brian has always been amazed at how integral a role
Adobe products have played in his projects, in nearly every phase. Currently, however,
he is eagerly waiting for the Adobe product that helps him chase down his one-year
old."

David King - Professor of Photography, San Diego City College

HDRI - Using High Dynamic Range Photography to expand your capture Potential: David King will cover various techniques for HDR photography using Photoshop. Additionally, David will create a panoramic mosaic by stitching multiple frames for that wide view or to achieve nearly unlimited resolution.

Pano/Mosaic: Stitching multiple frames:

About David King:

David has been a commercial photographer since the late 1960s. His award winning work included still photography, video, and motion film. He is currently a Professor of Photography at San Diego City College and gives seminars and workshops

Lee Kohse - Concept Artist and Art Director

Digital Painting in Photoshop - Creating New Worlds: Lee Kohse is a concept artist who works on several television animated series. In this session, Lee will explore the realm of digital painting in Photoshop to create surreal scenes that will inspire attendees to think beyond the brush.

About Lee Kohse:

Lee is a comic book writer/artist, and Creative/Art Director of BloodFire Studios. He as worked on several animated projects for Lucas Arts (Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series; Cartoon Network), Lord of the Rings, Speed Racer and more. http://www.leekohse.com

Jason Levine - Adobe Worldwide Evangelist

Audio Sweetening For Video with Adobe Audition and Premiere Pro:

In this session, learn about best practices for delivering video across a host of destinations (mobile/web, cinema, DVD) and techniques for mastering audio to comply with broadcast standards as well as maximizing levels while maintaining best quality and dynamics.

Basic Finishing & Encoding Techniques for delivering Video & Audio:

In this session, learn techniques for EQing, denoising/de-clipping, compressing, normalizing and basic mastering of your audio. 

About JASON LEVINE:

Jason Levine, Worldwide Evangelist for Adobe, travels the globe educating and promoting the Adobe Creative Cloud and Creative Suite professional video products. Jason was voted as one of the top 20 speakers & “community favorite speaker” at the AdobeMAX conference.  He has conducted training/workflow sessions for some of the top broadcast corporations in Europe and Asia including BBC, RTL and SVT. Prior to Adobe, Jason was a full-time recording engineer working in studios coast-to-coast, engineering hundreds of recordings in a multitude of genres, prompting the formation of BoodahJooMusic Publishing. Since 2005, Jason has presented to more than 200,000 people, from San Francisco to Sydney and everywhere in between. twitter @Beatlejase

Tom Luth - Digital Artist

Photoshop For Comic Book Coloring

Working as a comic colorist for over 30 years,Tom was one of the earliest adopters of the computer to assist in production and comic coloring. With the development of Photoshop, comics have not been the same. Jumping from a very limited palette of flat colors, Photoshop permitted the use of a nearly unlimited color range, with delicate shadings and blends. In this introductory course, Tom will give you enough information, and demonstrate, the basics of comic coloring so you too can enjoy this exciting art form.

Photoshop For Illustration

Having worked in traditional media for years, Tom made the jump to digital Illustration in 1987 with the introduction of Adobe's Illustrator. When Photoshop was released a few years later, many new techniques made it possible to create a wide range of effects and techniques previously unknown. Much more than simply applying filters, Photoshop has a marvelous set of tools for both creating original art, and for adjusting artwork and photos that began outside of Photoshop. The trick is to keep the work from looking "too computer-y" and

About Tom Luth:

Tom has been an illustrator and visual artist since the late 70s when he began working in animation and comic books. Tom has also worked in visual effects and title design for motion pictures. While having worked in comics as a penciller, inker and colorist, it is his color work with Sergio Aragonés on Groo the Wanderer, and at MAD magazine, that he is best known for.

Tom has also worked on a number of television and film projects as an illustrator and visual effects artist including Blue Desert, King Arthur, BURN - The Burning Man Arts Festival, Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mist, among others.

Chana Messer - Adobe Community Professional

CreativeCloud Workflow in Depth: using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop Ideas and Photoshop Touch: The aim of this session is to show the interoperability of tablet devices with Adobe’s Creative Cloud service and Creative Suite 6 software on a laptop. In this session, Adobe Community Professional Chana Messer will create a design on a tablet using Adobe Ideas (an AdobeTouch app), then upload the design via the Adobe Cloud service; pull the image down to her laptop to manipulate it with Adobe Illustrator. She will then continue the workflow process by going back to the tablet device to create a composite image for a movie poster using Adobe PhotoshopTouch (another app on her tablet); upload the image to the creative cloud; and then, finally put the finishing touches using Adobe Photoshop using various layers and effects. By attending this session, the attendee may realize the power of the collaborative services and software available to them via Adobe’s Creative Cloud service. #CreateNOW

About Chana Messer:

Chana is an Adobe Certified Expert,  Adobe Partner, Adobe Community Professional, part of the Adobe Professional Freelance Team, and an Adobe User Group Manager. As such she has been invited to present at Adobe events at Mac World and AIGA, Adobe MAX and other events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Chicago, New York and Tel Aviv.  Chana provides specialized training in Adobe Photoshop & Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe Elements, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat Connect. She’s a Fine Artist, Designer, Trainer & Software Evangelist.  She’s been teaching at the university level for 25+ years in the fields of Fine Art, Digital Imaging in the Departments of Visual Arts at UCLA. Digital instructor at the Walt Disney Company. Chana is an exhibiting artist. @chanam on twitter

Lee Peterson - Image Specialist

Camera System Calibration in the digital world: Lee Peterson will show attendees that just because you have moved into the digital world does not mean you can escape the need to shoot properly. “Fixing it in Photoshop” is only marginally better than trying to fix it in a dark room. In this session, Lee with cover methods to calibrate your camera and discuss rings like aperture and/or shutter speed for proper photoshoot.

Howard Simpson – Comicbook Artist

Comic Book Creation & Digital Workflow in Adobe Illustrator

Learn from start to finish how to create your comics with a digital workflow in Adobe Illustrator.

If you want to get serious about creating digital comic book art then you must attend this session! Learn step-by-step how to prepare a digital template for for your comic book or graphic novel using Adobe Illustrator. Learn basic tools and other apps to use. Bring your laptop! This way you can follow along. See how a single page goes from script to layouts and then to pencils, inks, colors and letters. You will see how to have a file ready to go to the printer. Some of these steps also work for inDesign!

About Howard Simpson:

Howard Simpson is a storyteller. He is a cartoonist and illustrator doing books, comic books, storyboards and concept design work for Disney, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros. Animation, Simon & Schuster, HBO and many more. Please see my portfolio at http://abbadabba.com

Kevin Stohlmeyer - Adobe Community Professional

Introduction to Adobe Design Publishing Suite Single Edition:

Learn the basics of setting up your first InDesign Digital Publishing Suite Single Edition document! Kevin will take you through document specs, article organization and folio overlays to testing your folio on an iPad. The best part - all of this is included FREE with your Creative Cloud membership!

Portrait Retouching Techniques:

Join Adobe Certified Instructor and Community Professional Kevin Stohlmeyer as he walks you through the ins and outs of retouching a portrait. Learn how to non-destructively edit your images using the healing tools, new CS6 content-aware features and masking. From old school tricks to new additions to the Photoshop arsenal, he will cover it all. A must for anyone wanting to have a more professional looking image (or just look better)!

About Kevin

Kevin is an Adobe Community Professional and a designer specializing in digital illustration with over 15 years experience in the field. Kevin has been teaching professionally since 2000 both as a faculty member at Madison Area Technical College, Adobe Authorized Training Centers and most recently Milwaukee Area Technical College. His experience with publication design, production workflows and illustration enhances his credibility as an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash Catalyst, Acrobat and Fireworks.He is also the co-manager of the Milwaukee Adobe Users Group and the Milwaukee Graphic Design Meetup Group. Kevin also serves as the Higher Education Coordinator for C2, Wisconsin’s only Adobe Authorized Training Center and sits on the advisory board for Milwaukee Area Technical College, ITT Technical Institute, and Waukesha County Technical College developing curriculums and software training using the Adobe Creative Suite. Kevin is also an Adobe Community Professional for Adobe Photoshop, speaking at conferences and user groups on Creative Suite 5 and Photoshop nationwide and an official Adobe Representative as a member of the Freelancers Team.@kstohl on twitter; http://www.facebook.com/kevin-stohlmeyer

Lee Varis - Photo Illustrator & Photography Instructor

Lightroom Magic: Lee Varis will dig into the new Lightroom 4 Develop Panel and examine all the changes in detail. See how to take advantage of the new sliders and how to replicate the look of the older versions. Lee will show how to use the new adjustments available with the Adjustment Brush and Gradient tool

About Lee Varis

Lee is the owner and founder of Varis PhotoMedia, is a photo-illustrator working in Hollywood. He has been involved in commercial photography for the last 35 years, working with computer imaging for 21 years.  Lee currently works with digital as well as conventional photography in conjunction with computer graphics to create images for use in advertising, commercial graphics and multimedia. Lee also is the User Group Manager for the Los Angeles Digital Imaging User Group (LADIG).

John Watts - Owner of Watts Digital Imaging

RAW Fundamentals for Photographers : The Adobe Camera RAW Plug-in is a powerful program that lets you properly optimize your camera RAW files before importing them into Photoshop.  A Camera RAW file is different from a JPEG in many respects — Bottom line; you’ll capture much more information to work with in a RAW file than you will with a JPEG, and information is king!  John Watts will demonstrate why you should be shooting RAW for your important work.

“Color Management 101 for Photographers”:  Proper Color Management allows you to accurately reproduce in printed form what you see on your monitor, whether it is to your inkjet printer or files you send to a custom lab.  John Watts will show you the 3 steps to successful Color Management and how to implement these into your Photoshop / Lightroom workflow.

About John Watts

John Watts from Watts Digital Imaging is a photographic digital imaging consultant who’s been privileged over the last 28+ years to work in printing partnership with some of the world’s finest photographers, both professional and serious amateurs.  John has now taken that expertise and applied it to the world of Digital Imaging Education, particularly as it relates to Photoshop, Color Management and Digital Printing for Photographers.  He is also a frequent judge for many prestigious photo contests, including the San Diego County Fair Photo Exhibition and the Orange County Fair Photo Exhibition.  You can find out more about John and his services at his website, www.wattsdigital.com.