Paul Trani - Worldwide Web Evangelist, Adobe

Hitting the Road: Adobe Creative Days!

Paul Trani — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:40 +0000

I’m very excited to be joining my good friends Jason Levine and Rufus Deuchler on a tour throughout Europe, Russia and even a stop in South Africa.

I’ll be covering web/mobile, Jason will be covering video and Rufus, design. And we plan on making jaws drop with all the cool features we’re prepared to show.

The things I have in store for those interested in web and mobile design/development is pretty amazing.

Great CSS export features from Photoshop and Illustrator.
Dreamweaver has a new, modern UI with the new CSS Designer panel, making it easy to add an edit CSS.
Reflow has had constant updates, including the ability to preview your design directly on a device using Edge Inspect (built into Reflow)
Animate is my favorite! Giving you motion paths! In fact, better than has been implemented in any product in the past. So easy and helpful to use. And lets not forget about built-in filters!
Edge Code gives you the ability to add a ton of extensions. Making its capabilities virtually limitless!

Lets not forget about the Creative Cloud features we’ll be showing off:

Share files and collaborate on folders! Giving the ability to have versioning and comments that stay with the file.
Previewing files in the browser (INDD, PSD, AI etc.)
Typekit fonts available on the desktop!
Behance Prosite. Giving you creation/hosting of a portfolio site.
20G of storage .
Creative Cloud Training. We have getting started and more advanced topics. Sure we don’t have a library like Lynda.com has but we’ll build a strong library over time.
5 hosted websites using Business Catalyst.

Join us! Here are the tour locations/dates:

Join us!!

How to Create Random Movement in Edge Animate

Paul Trani — Sat, 11 May 2013 08:30:40 +0000

In this video learn how to create an object and move it to a random position around the page at the interval of your choice. Almost impossible to do in the timeline!

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Import Colors from Web Pages and Export CSS Using Photoshop

Paul Trani — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:54:46 +0000

In this video I show how you can import colors from HTML, CSS and SVG files for a consistent design. I then couldn’t resist but to show Character and Paragraph Styles when making quick changes as well as exporting CSS from Photoshop and integrating it into a web page.

Follow Mouse Movement in Edge Animate

Paul Trani — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:35:23 +0000

In this video I show a parallax animation (where the forground moves faster than the background). Then I show how to take that timeline animation and basically play the timeline based on the mouse position. If that doesn’t make sense then just watch the video and it will be clear in 2 minutes.

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Drag & Drop in Edge Animate

Paul Trani — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:37:37 +0000

In this video learn how to implement drag and drop functionality into your Edge Animate project.

Adobe Edge Tools & Services in 5 Minutes

Paul Trani — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:31:22 +0000

In this video I give an overview of the Edge Tools & Services, which include:

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My Favorite Movies of All Time

Paul Trani — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:11:34 +0000

I thought I’d put together a list of movies I like to watch. Ones I’d watch over and over. If you don’t like my list then go make your own.

My Favorite Movies of All Time

Raiders of the Lost Ark
It’s a Wonderful Life
Drive
Oldboy
Fight Club
Donnie Darko
No Country for Old Men
The Usual Suspects
District 9
Limitless

Runners Up

The Hurt Locker
Life is Beautiful
I Am Legend
Toy Story
Memento
A Bug’s Life
Inception
Troll Hunters
The Shawshank Redemption
Mad Max
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Aliens
Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Hotel Rwanda
Big Fish
Apocalypse Now
Mr. & Mrs Smith
Elf

Easing Example in Edge Animate

Paul Trani — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:39:02 +0000

Learn how adding a little easing can easily add a sense of style and smoothness to any animation.
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Creating Variables and Conditional Statements in Edge Animate

Paul Trani — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:20:15 +0000

In this video I show how to get and set variables in Edge Animate, as well as adding some conditional statements to change content depending on the variable.

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Adobe Acquires Behance!

Paul Trani — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:18:34 +0000

Adobe announced today that it has acquired Behance! Behance is a platform for creative people and teams to showcase and discover creative work. It is a product of New York-based company Behance, Inc., which has also created other services meant to organize creative people and support creative careers.

The Behance Network is the flagship service. It’s an online portfolio platform for creative professionals across multiple industries, including photography, graphic design, illustration and fashion. Organizations such as the AIGA, Adweek, ADC, and MTV have partnered with the Behance Network to create galleries of creative work. Behance powers online galleries for several Art & Design Institutions, such as Art Center College of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, and School of Visual Arts.

Although I can’t say what Adobe will do with Behance or the Behance Network, you have to admit that it’s a good move. Taking a platform already used by creatives and integrating it with the software and services Adobe has. Sounds like a huge win. Especially if you consider the capabilities of the Creative Cloud. Giving you the ability to sync, store, and share files. Check out the Adobe Blog for more information.

Stay tuned for more. And feel free to jump over to Behance.net and create your own portfolio. It’s free! And feel free to check out mine: http://www.behance.net/paultrani