I plan to create some more training on Adobe OSMF this summer -- some to publish through Adobe, and some to publish through RMI.

But, as we hone in on OSMF 1.0 (to come very soon), I gave a talk at FITC Toronto entitled ‘Standardize Your Flash with Adobe OSMF‘.

I captured it, edited it down into individual lessons, which I've posted along with the slides and the source files, here, on Almer/Blank Labs:

http://labs.almerblank.com/2010/04/new-intro-to-adobe-osmf-videos/

If you're interested in OSMF, or just frustrated loading and working with video and other media in Flash, give it a whirl.

Share and enjoy!

-r

Howdy all:

I've finally taken the time to add some new lessons to 'Practical ActionScript 3' -- consistently our most popular training titles for two years now.

You can check the course page for 'Practical AS3 Update' for the detailed outline, but briefly, this hour-long course, across 11 lessons, focuses primarily on the AS3 code to use some of the popular new features in Flash Player 10 -- including Loader.unloadAndStop, the new FileReference powers, and sound generation. It's a great accompaniment to our Practical AS3 course and a great way to get up to speed on many of the powers of Flash Player 10.

Intro pricing of $4.99 for 54 minutes of really great training. And it feels nice to finally update Practical AS3, which I've been wanting to do for a while.

Oh, and if you'd like, the 10-minute lesson on using Pixel Bender in Flash is available as its own course, with intro pricing of $1.99!

Share and enjoy!

-r

Yes, we know the timing is weird -- we know the whole deal with Apple and Adobe.

But that doesn't mean we're not gonna offer the training anyway!

So, for FREE, here is our course on Building iPhone Apps with Flash CS5 Beta.

It's recorded from James Ebehardt at this year's FITC Amsterdam.

Share and enjoy!

-r

The RMI is *extraordinarily* pleased to announce the launch of a new category for our online training catalog: Ableton Live 8.

Due to popular demand and response from the live workshops we've run in our Toronto facility, we've launched with a series of three courses on Live 8 (as well as an option to purchase all as a Master Bundle.

All the courses are taught by Noah Pred, the only Ableton Live Certified Instructor in all of Canada (and the same individual who teaches the live workshops in Toronto).

As always, share and enjoy!

-r

Howdy all:

I'm posting to let all of you know that we posted a new course yesterday.

Tweening with Chris Georgenes - $1.99 (discounted from $4.99)
http://www.richmediainstitute.com/catalog.php?item=80

This new course is 45 minutes of detailed insight into how an industry-leading animator (and best-selling author of 'How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS4') uses both types of Flash motion tweens (the new CS4 'motion tweens' and the older tweens now known as 'classic' tweens) in his work.

It's also the first course that we've published at the RMI that is a capture of an FITC presentation. In particular, this one was captured from Chris' 60-minute presentation, 'May Your Tweens Come True') at FITC Amsterdam on February 23rd, 2010. We're definitely keen to hear your feedback on this new type of course, as we plan to capture some more courses at FITC Toronto at the end of April.

Share and enjoy!

-r

Howdy all:

I just wanted to drop a quick post here in the forums to let everyone know that the RMI will be, more or less, closed for the next week, as most of our team attends FITC Amsterdam, next Monday and Tuesday. We will be running the pre-event workshops on Sunday, and then will be sponsoring the actual conference. (If any of you are there, please stop and say hi).

So this is just by way of letting all of you know that response times on any support issues might be a bit longer than usual until March 1st.

Thank you,

-r

This is a general notice that, as of today, February 8th, 2010, all enrollments in online courses will last for 365 days -- more than the 90 days we'd previously had courses last. (I'm posting here now because we haven't yet had time to update the documentation on the site).

You should now see 'Duration - 365 Days' next to your products when they are in the shopping cart.

We may change enrollment duration again, at some point in the future, but if you have an existing enrollment you will get to keep it for as long as you were promised at the time you purchased the course.

Also, please note another change:
the enrollment counter starts when you first access the course, not when you enroll it in.

This means you can enroll in a course today, and if you access it for the first time on March 1st, then you will have until March 1st, 2011 to view the course.

Thank you all for your support.

-r

Howdy all:

Just a quick note (before we have time to update the various documentation around the site) that we have now implemented Certificates of Completion on *ALL* courses -- not just the longer, full-length courses.

All you have to do is fill out the survey for each course, and then you can claim your Certificate of Completion, including verification code. You can read more about how that works here.

Have a good night!

-r

All:

Please be advised that tonight between 1AM and 3AM Pacific Standard Time (so that is Saturday, February 6th), the site will be undergoing scheduled maintenance.

All of your courses should remain viewable in this time, but if you experience any service disruptions, please be advised of the cause.

Thank you,

-r

We are very pleased to run a special promotion this month.

Through all of February, you can enroll in 'Introduction to ActionScript Development with FDT' for FREE by following this link:
http://www.richmediainstitute.com/catalog.php?item=70

And, through February 15th, you can enroll in 'Comprehensive ActionScript 3' for FREE by following this link:
http://www.richmediainstitute.com/catalog.php?item=72

Share and enjoy!

-r