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For the October ACUGA meeting Ryan Monger – Adobe Connect Pro Technician, gave an excellent presentation on the audio best practices for using Connect Pro. Ryan looked at all aspects of a users’ audio when using Connect Pro such as the setup process, combining VoIP & Teleconferencing, best settings, and much more. Ryan also gave all attendees a plethora of great resources for audio best practices for Connect Pro.

If you happened to miss the event, a recording is available online with all of the links to the resources still available. Make sure you register on connectusers.com for the upcoming November meeting.

Come join the webqem team at an online seminar about our new dynamic imaging software – maxoom. The online seminar goes for only 60 minutes, and will be hosted by our Operations Director, Larry Adler. For the online seminar we will be using a Connect meeting room, so all you need is an internet browser with Flash installed.

During this online seminar Larry will show you how maxoom can:

• Instantly create multiple image sizes from the single master image
• Update images across your website instantly
• Create interactive online catalogues directly from your print materials
• Enhance your customer’s online experience with 3D spin & detail zoom
• Store and distribute assets with your own hosted solution, creating a new revenue stream

If you would like to attend, all you need to do is go to the registration page and fill out the form. We look forward to seeing you all online.

This is your last chance to see CS4 live and in the flesh in 2009. Tips, Tricks and Techniques to help you get more from your software and help the fight against cancer all at the same time. Learn from Industry Experts how to become more proficient and get more from you suite. All of the time, marketing and facilities have been donated for this event.

When:  Sept 30th, from 9.00am to 4.00pm

Where: Zenith Centre, Railway St, Chatswood NSW 2067

Agenda:

• 8.45am – Registration
• 9.00am – 10.00am – The Fast & The Furious with After Effects, Illustrator and Photoshop
• 10.00am – 1.00pm – The Workflow Shoot out – InDesign, Photoshop, Flash & Illustrator 12 workflow techniques to get the best from your CS4
• Part 1 10.00am – 11.00am – Coffee break – Part 2 11.20am – 1.00pm
• Lunch break 1.00 – 1.30pm
• 1.30 – 2.15pm – Wired for Sound – Become an audio aficionado with Soundbooth
• 2.15 – 4.00pm – Flash Forward – Leverage the social power of Flash to stretch your brand

Tickets are $100 and are fully tax deductible as donation to the Cancer Council.

To register for the event go to the registration page and fill out the form.

There are some useful eSeminars coming up for users of Adobe’s video software: CS4 Production Premium, Encore, Premiere Pro, Photoshop or After Effects. A variety of topics are offered to suit user’s ability, whether beginner, intermediate or advanced – there is an eSeminar for you. Have a look at the topics listed below, find one that tickles your fancy, then go to the registration page & secure your free spot in the eSeminar.

September eSeminar Video topics:

• RED Camera workflow with CS4 Production Premium. 4th Sept.

• Encore – Authoring to BluRay and Flash using custom designed templates. 11th Sept.

• Using video with Photoshop CS4. 18th Sept.

• Audio tool for video production – including speech to text workflow. 25th Sept.

A packed venue with plenty of attendees, and IT companies both big and small,  is what greeted the webqem team when they turned up to the Online Retailer Expo and Conference 2009. Huge companies such as IBM & eBay stood next door to our webqem stand, but failed to scare the brilliant webqem team! Almost 3000 people attended, making the Online Retailer the second largest eCommerce retailing event IN THE WORLD, second only to the giant Internet Retailer event held annually in the US.

The webqem stand was constantly swamped with attendees that were attracted by the allure of a spinning ski boot! Attendees showed high interest in all of webqem’s services – web design & development, software, training, and Connect Pro. One service, in particular, stood out from the bunch, the  new single source imaging engine – Maxoom. webqem is likely to exhibit at next years event as the two days were very successful and most enjoyable.

For all the photographers out there, there are some great eSeminars coming up for September.There are a wide range of topics for the beginners and the advanced. All of Adobe’s photography software are covered: Photoshop, Lightroom & Photoshop Elements. Best of all they’re free! All you need to do is register. If you still need more training, there is always webqem’s Photoshop training course.

Septemeber eSeminar Photography topics:

• Introducing LightRoom & ‘The Five Rules’. 7th Sept
• Lightroom’s Powerful Digital Asset Management Features. 14 Sept
• Fast Raw Workflow Techniques – PART 2. 21st Sept
• Professional photo galleries with Photoshop, Lightroom and Photoshop Elements. 28th Sept

For the August ACUGA meeting, we were joined by Terry Shane – the President and founder of Refined Data Solutions. Terry showed us the synchronization and automation that can occur between two completely different systems: Adobe Connect Pro and Moodle. Terry’s company has developed a level of integration between the two systems that is “unmatched”. It is so well integrated, that students would never see the Connect system, only the Moodle interface.

The two systems work so well together, it must be magic! No, its just a great piece of technology that has enabled the two systems to work together. For more details check out the recording, or click on the image.

The team from webqem will be exhibiting for the very first time at the 2009 Online Retailer Expo & Conference. webqem will be showcasing their outstanding digital solutions including Maxoom, and Adobe Connect Pro, to name a few.  In addition to exhibiting, Larry Adler -webqem Director, will be treating guests to a presentation on ‘Creating a Digital-led Multichannel Strategy’.

With more than 2,500 people expected to attend,  the two days are bound to be hectic – with non-stop exhibiting action! webqem will be stationed at exhibit no. 18, so be sure to pop in for a visit and say hello to the webqem team.

More Information about the Exhibit & Larry’s Presentation:

The Online Retailer Expo & Conference 2009:
Online Retailer Expo & Conference is the must-attend event for anyone interested in or involved with e-commerce and web-based retailing. The event brings together top executives, entrepreneurs, managers and marketers in online and multichannel retailing to network, share best practices, develop new business opportunities and shape the future of e-retailing in Australia.

Creating a Digital-led Multichannel Strategy:
The greater the complexity of the franchising or corporate retail network, the greater the challenge in implementing a successful multichannel strategy. Using real world case studies from major retail brands, this presentation outlines methodologies for building an effective, productive multichannel strategy that resolves conflicts and rewards all facets of the business.

The 2009 Sydney Breast Cancer Foundation Rugby Long Lunch was once again supported by the team here at webqem. Held on Friday 10th July, it was a sold out event with over 700 guests filling the grand ballroom at Sydney’s Hilton Hotel.

The global financial recession did not deter the collective group of supporters from digging deep with over $200,000 of much needed funds raised!

Special guests included Phil Kearns, George Gregan and Matthew Bourke, who candidly shared their career highlights with an attentive audience and Sir Nicholas Shehadie who on the contrast shared with us all what it was like to be a Wallaby in the 1940’s and 1950’s.

It was an extroadinary event organised to perfection, can’t wait for the 2010 rugby long lunch!

Blackboard is a leading provider of e-Education enterprise software applications and services, servicing schools, universities, corporations, governments and publishers. Blackboard’s online learning application, the Blackboard Learning System, is the most widely-adopted course management system among U.S.tertiary institutions.

Adobe has just announced that the Adobe Acrobat Connect/Blackboard Building Block (integration module) is now available to customers from the Blackboard Building Block website at http://www.blackboard.com/corp/objects/inc/B2Details.asp?ExtensionID=10314

Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro 7 provides a more integrated workflow to common tasks with Blackboard 7.3 and 8, allowing:

• Administrators to easily install the LMS integration module;
• Course Builders create and manage course-specific Adobe Connect Pro Meetings as part of their course offering;
• Students to see upcoming Adobe Connect Pro Meetings and Today’s Meetings.

webqem are the leading Australian Adobe Solutions Partner for Adobe Connect Pro, and will be attending BBWorld AsiaPac 08 in Adelaide on September 8 – 10, sharing knowledge in online learning solutions.