appleJAC Macintosh Users

Presidents Place

by George Kopp

On the Road Again....

This month, appleJAC hits the road for a meeting in Columbia as we will enjoy the Annual appleJAC MUG Picnic (that's right, in warm June, NOT hot August). Friends and family are all invited to attend (bring a beverage, side dish and lawn chair) this opportunity to relax at the lakeside home of Kathy and Joe Mertzlufft, and enjoy food, fun and friends. RSVP is requested (if you haven't already). Directions to their house (just north and east of Ashland) show that they are less than 20 minutes away from most of where our members live (see map at right).

appleJAC Classes

Each year, appleJAC holds a number of classes for the membership that allow you to make better use of the tools you have. The iPad is a mobile device that you can use to watch movies, create documents, surf the Web, check e-mail, use as an eReader and more! This class will introduce you to the basic features and functions of iPad.

'Getting the Most from your iPad"
This class will cover the iPad and iPad2.
Tuesday, June 14, 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Learfield Communications
505 Hobbs Road, Jefferson City, MO 65109
Sponsored by the appleJAC Macintosh Users Group . . . Cost - $20

Signup your friends. Class is open to everyone.
Sign up to attend by emailing us at applejac@mac.com
appleJAC Members that preregister receive a $5 discount
Payment can be made the night of the class.

Hope to see you in Columbia at the picnic. If you would like to carpool from Jefferson City to Columbia that evening, you should plan on meeting at 5:30pm in the North Jefferson City commuter parking lot just northeast of the Jefferson City airport exit off Highway 54.  

Presidents Place

by George Kopp

On the Road Again....

This month, appleJAC hits the road for a meeting in Columbia. A few times a year we try to have a meeting in Columbia to make attendance easier for our members from the north. This time, it was not easy to find a location, but long-time member, Larry Garvin, found a location we could use to meet at no cost to the club. Our next meeting will be held on May 3, 2011, at 7:00 pm at:

Air & Water Solutions, Inc.
1400 Heriford Rd, Suite 101
Columbia, MO 65202
(see map below)

Join us that evening to learn about Jazzing your Photos. The main part of the presentation will be performed by Dan Walsh, who is a professional at using Photoshop tools and doing layout design. He plans on showing how to work with colors, removing objects or people out of photos, along with replacing and adding items into photos. Dan knows quite a bit about Photoshop, so he shouldn't have a problem answering all your questions.

Images do not always come exactly as you wish to use them. You may need to do some cropping, adjust their colors or luminosity (brightness), change their size (resolution), or modify their content (delete an ex-husband). Dan will be showing us some techniques he uses to make photographs really sing. While all of you may not be up to a high-end program such as Photoshop, Adobe also has a lower-end image software called Photoshop Elements for a much lower cost that is in reach of nearly all of us.

appleJAC Classes

Each year, appleJAC holds a number of classes for the membership that allow you to make better use of the tools you have. We are in the process of planning a class on Apple's newest and most popular product to date: the iPad. This class will cover setting up and customizing your original iPad or iPad 2 to do the things you want to with it. It will also include an array of iPad applications that make your iPad experience even better. Look for more details on this class coming soon.

appleJAC also has videos of past classes for sale. These disks have the video of the screen from the presentations and the audio of the presenter to follow along, all in QuickTime format that you can play on your screen. Available classes on DVD include:

• MacOS X Leopard/Snow Leopard - $15
• iPhoto '09 - $15
• iMovie '09 - $15
• iWork '09 including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote - $25

If you are interested in one of these disks, email us at applejac@mac.com, and we can make a copy of it for you and have it at the next meeting.

I hope to see you in Columbia in May. If you live in the Jefferson City area and would like to carpool to Columbia that evening, you should meet at 6:20 pm in the North Jefferson City commuter parking lot.

From Vandiver, turn South on Westfall, just East of River Mist Spa.
From Westfall, turn Right, or West on Heriford
Air and Water is in the same building as Bright City Lights.

appleJAC Plans Fall iMovie Class Confirmed!

 

 

Class will be happening.  Still room for more attendees.  Be there for the Fun!

Join appleJAC member George Kopp for a two session class in iMovie 09.  George will cover the basics of iMovie 09 including downloading video, cropping your clips, using photos in iMovie, publishing your movie, and much more. 

 

This class will be held on two evenings at Learfield Communications, 505 Hobbs Road (just east of South Country Club Drive off Missouri Boulevard in Jefferson City) from 7 pm - 9pm as follows:

Thursday, October 7, 2010 - iMovie basics
Thursday, October 14, 2010 - iMovie Advanced topics

Cost of the 2 session class is $25.  If you are interested in attending, email applejac@mac.com and let us know you want to attend.  We need 8 confirmed attendees to hold the class.

Note:  The material in this class is applicable to users of iMovie 09.  Users of iMovie 08 will be able to use most of the material taught.  Older versions of iMovie will not be covered.

 

appleJAC Offers iPhoto Class

 

MacBasics Classes Announced!

Trainer: George Kopp

To Register, email your name, and operating system to: applejac@mac.com

Download the Class Syllabus