Speaker Spotlight: AJ Wood (Creating Interactive Portfolios)

A.J. Wood is the Founder & President of Media Cats, Inc., An Adobe Community Professional, A.J. is best known for his straightforward teaching style, and ability to communicate ideas in the simplest of terms. His passion for training is only matched by his community participation. A.J. is the acting Dallas Chapter Leader for the Acrobat & InDesign user groups, Speaker for DFWAUG (Dallas/Ft. Worth Adobe Users Group), and has been a guest speaker on campus at the Art Institute of Dallas and several other colleges. If that’s not enough, A.J. also supports various art & technology meetups throughout the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex. You can follow A.J. on Twitter (@aj_wood), become a Facebook fan, and catch the latest insights on his blog.

Session Talk: Creating Interactive Portfolios

Sure you can print PDFs with Acrobat–everyone does that–but what about utilizing this ubiquitous format to distribute video & audio content? What if you could take a complete website mockup from Photoshop to Fireworks and give it to the client for offline viewing as a PDF? We’ll take a look at using Acrobat to get your content into the hands of the people who want to see it by outputting from applications you’re already familiar. Whether it’s Fireworks, Flash, Photoshop, InDesign or even Lightroom, PDF isn’t just “Print Dat Fool!” it’s Professional Delivery Functioning for creatives and businesses alike.

Some Other Things About AJ Wood

A.J. has been ranked the #1 Adobe Instructor WORLDWIDE more than once. A.J. Wood dropped into a Big Design Quarterly Workshop taught by David Gillem, which had A.J. spending alot time troubleshooting to 60 people (a speical thanks for that). A.J. does spean alot of time with his family. He missed last year’s conference because of a sick child (I respect that alot).