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The goals of the MN Director User Group are: 1) To provide a place where Director users can network, sharing their latest experiences--both triumphs and failures--as well as provide a forum for users to ask questions about and get answers to problems they may be having with Director. 2) To serve as a center of information about Macromedia
products for Minnesota developers. On 3 September, the MN Director User Group took part in Macromedia's worldwide User Group meeting, an announcement and demo of the MX 2004 product line. Daniel Nelson of Blue Jade Creative Enterprises, LLC showcased The Logo Creator at our 30 July meeting. On 25 June 2003 Andrew M. Gribble will be discussed technology used during the 2003 Mississippi Challenge, an attempt to break the World Record for fastest time paddling the entire Mississippi River. Author Mathew David discussed the Flash Communication Server at our April meeting. The meeting was hosted by the "Big Three" (Twin Cities ColdFusion User Group, Minnesota Flash User Group and the Minnesota Director User Group) at St. Thomas University. Steve Killingbeck presented a method for using digital video in Director without using an xtra at our 27 March meeting. Mark Stanley also presented several video-based Director projects which he has produced. Thanks to Steve for making his video notes available for download. On 20 February Corey Tate presented Dreamweaver MX Power User Tips. Steve Killingbeck did a demo of Macromedia's newest product--Contribute--at our January meeting. Chuck Preston reviewed the new features of Director MX. 2002 Meetings Thanks to Daniel Gepner for his excellent presentation on creating animated buttons in Flash MX, which he presented at our November meeting. Our 10 October meeting was a big sucess, with Chuck Stein showcasing two Director projects he recently completed. On
27 August Chuck Preston demonstrated how Plasma can be used with
Director, and summarized the information presented at the recent
Minneapolis Macromedia Seminars. Andrew M. Gribble presented a CDROM
he created recently. The meeting took place at the Ramsey County
Public Library in Roseville. Chuck Preston led a discussion of Director 8 Tips, Tricks and Traps at the 8 January luncheon meeting. Chuck Preston presented "Using Fireworks in Director" at the 14 February meeting. John Kujawa gave a report of the Flash Forward Conference at our April meeting (11 April). At the November meeting (8 November) Corey Tate presented "Strategies for Detecting the Shockwave Plugin." Andrew M. Gribble spoke at the 20 March South Carolina MMUG meeting in Greenville, SC. Chuck
Preston of Stinkless Productions led a discussion entitled "The
Client From Hell" at our March meeting. Corey Tate discussed using video in Director at our September lunch. Chuck Stein discussed using Active X controls in Director at our May Luncheon At our 10 April SIG meeting we presented: An Evening With UpdateStage. Many thanks to Scott Flowers of UpdateStage, who showcased several of UpdateStage's xtras, and gave away Xtras as door prizes to over 40% of those in attendance. Mary McDonough gave a very well-received presentation at our April Luncheon meeting on a Director project she recently completed. Phred White gave an amazing presentation on Using Databases in Director at our February evening meeting. Chuck Preston (chuckjr@bitstream.net) gave a great presentation on debugging Lingo code at our January evening meeting. Thanks also to Mary McDonough, who presented a CDROM she recently completed. Cross-platform issues was the subject of our January meeting. Ken Wilson gave a very well-received presentation on this topic. Hats off to Chuck Preston, who led a great discussion on debugging Lingo code at our 9 December meeting. Gracias to Melissa Clark for her presentation at our 16 November meeting, where she showcased the CDROM she created for Once Upon A Child. Corey Tate gave an excellent presentation on synchronizing audio and animation using cuepoints at our November luncheon meeting. Thanks also to Mike Gleason for an impromptu CDROM demo. Thanks to David Abrahamian, who gave a very well-researched presentation on Flash 4 at October's meeting. September's meeting was a huge success, with two great presentations from our members (Chuck Stein on Vector Shapes and Ken Wilson on using QTVR in D7).
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