MCE - Macintosh Computer Expo

Roxio comes on, as a vendor, right as Lorene was shutting the doors to new vendors. Welcome Roxio.

MCE is now full and closed to additional vendors. This is amazing we MCE has never been sold out before!!

NCMUG welcomes WaccoBB.net as a new sponsor from MCE. Welcome aboard!

WaccoBB.net is a bulletin board for the progressive community of Sonoma County.

<http://www.waccobb.net>

O’Reilly Media allows NCMUG to have their Mac Computer Expo banner on the corner, of their Sebastopol campus, at a stop light. What great “rock star parking” for signage. Thanks Marsee -Lorene

During MCE (9/27 10-4), as part of our membership drive, NCMUG is offering a 13 months for the price of 12 special offer. This offer is to all new members or renewing members.

As always, if you bring a friend to join you will receive and additional 3 months added to your membership.

It pays to be an NCMUG member.

<http://www.ncmug.org/mce.html>

-Lorene

Both Derrick Story and Bert Monroy will have signing sessions as well as “meet the author” sessions at MCE. More details as we get closer -Lorene

Today Wacom signed up to be part of MCE 2008

Ronnie Roche - “Leopard Unmasked”

Come see what cool tricks Leopard can do! Search with Spotlight over multiple computers, control how Time Machine behaves, find hidden menus for managing your printers and more. This will be a fun and practical look at how to get the most out of Leopard.

Lesa King - “The Skinny on Photoshop Elements 6″

Discover how to easily edit your photos using the affordable Photoshop Elements 6, plus explore several simple ways of accentuating the subject matter of a photo, thus drawing the viewer’s eye. Learn how to resize photos for any use, how to color correct photos with ease, and how to combine several images into a single perfect shot. Glean the secrets to creating beautiful collages, partial color effects, gorgeous grayscales, delicious duotones, painted edge effects, select retouching secrets, and more!

Bert Monroy -”Magic of Photoshop”

Let your creativity soar. In this hour Bert will take you on a magical tour of Photoshop. Your eyes will be opened to the infinite possibilities available to you. If you want to know why Photoshop has become a verb, come to this session.

Derrick Story - “Aperture or Lightroom… Which One Is Best for Me?”

Adobe and Apple are neck and neck in the race for best serious photo management application. Both are great. But one will definitely be the right choice for you. In this session, Derrick Story will help you make the right choice.