July 2008 Speaker

The Flash Focused User Group welcomes Lisa Larson-Kelley. Lisa will present on Custom Video Players (For Videophobes). If the mere mention of video in Flash makes you break out in a rash, this meeting is for you. Lisa will unravel the mysteries of codecs and container formats, lay out the pros and cons of progressive vs. streaming delivery, and reveal the basic golden rules of encoding. She'll then show you how to create a custom video player -- with a little bit of ActionScript, and also without writing a single line of code. You'll walk away with the confidence to integrate custom video playback into your Flash projects, leaving the benedryl behind.

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Lisa Larson-Kelley began her career in print design back in Michigan, but was soon lured to digital media by a little application called Flash 4 -- and headed East. In addition to hands-on development projects, she enjoys
writing and teaching, with a knack for breaking down complex concepts and making them accessible. She has authored whitepapers, tutorials and e-seminars for Adobe, editorials and features for StreamingMedia.com; and co-authored the book Flash Video for Professionals, published by Wiley in July 2007. Lisa has also presented at  industry conferences around the world, and is an active member of the FlashCodersNY user group.Lisa is currently living in New York City, consulting, teaching, and developing iFoxCam, a consumer video surveillance product using Flash Media Server. She has worked with many video-centric start-ups as well as companies like
Adobe, Microsoft and L'Oreal. She shares news and musings about Flash video, web development and life in the big city on her blog, www.flashconnections.com.