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Adobe Releases Adobe Lightroom 4 Beta

by jessica on Thu, 2012-01-12 15:03

This week at CES, Adobe released Lightroom 4 beta for both Windows and Mac. Available as a free download from Adobe Labs, the digital photo management and editing software gives users a preview of the new features that will be offered in the final release, expected in March 2012.

What's new:

Highlight and shadow recovery brings out all the detail that your camera captures in dark shadows and bright highlights.
Photo book creation with easy-to-use elegant templates.
Location-based organization lets you find and group images by location, assign locations to images, and display data from GPS-enabled cameras.
White balance brush to refine and adjust white balance in specific areas of your images.
Additional local editing controls let you adjust noise reduction and remove moiré in targeted areas of your images.
Extended video support for organizing, viewing, and making adjustments and edits to video clips.
Easy video publishing lets you edit and share video clips on Facebook and Flickr.
Soft proofing to preview how an image will look when printed with color-managed printers.
Email directly from Lightroom using the email account of your choice.

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CyberLink Outs Video and Photo Creative Collection

by jessica on Tue, 2011-11-22 09:40

CyberLink has a new value-priced software collection that combines PowerDirector 10 video editing software and PhotoDirector 2011 photo software. Called the Video & Photo Creative Collection, this bundle is priced at $149.95, saving you about $20 if purchased separately.

PowerDirector 10 makes creating professional looking home videos easy. It features CyberLink's TrueVelocity 2 video rendering engine, which dramatically speeds up the editing process. PowerDirector 10 offers over 300 new features and enhancements, including a choice of 3 different editing modes, integration of plug-ins from third-party partners, free-hand painting tools, time lapse controls, along with "the most comprehensive set of 3D video editing tools available today."

PhotoDirector 2011 offers pro-quality adjustment tools for photo editing and supports a large number of file formats. It also offers native rendering of RAW files from Canon and Nikon cameras, a feature that maintains the quality of original images without the hassle of installing plug-ins.

In addition, PowerDirector and PhotoDirector users can download user-generated effects (and share their own) via CyberLink's DirectorZone online community, with access to more than 225,000 free effects, titles, menus and tutorials. Read more

Adobe Updates Muse Website Creation Tool

Muse (code name) Receives More Than 40 Enhancements; Now Available in French, German, Spanish, Swedish and Dutch

Nov. 4, 2011 — Today Adobe Systems Incorporated released an update to its Muse (code name) software with Muse Beta 4. Muse enables print and graphic designers to create and publish professional, unique HTML websites without writing code or working within restrictive templates. In response to enthusiastic user feedback worldwide, this update delivers more than 40 new enhancements, and is now available in five additional languages: French, German, Spanish, Swedish and Dutch.

"With more than 330,000 beta downloads to date, Muse continues to empower designers globally," said Lea Hickman, vice president of Design and Web product management at Adobe. "Feedback from the design and Web communities has been instrumental in helping us shape and continue to improve Muse features. This ensures that current and new users benefit from the updated capabilities while enjoying the freedom of designing a website without writing code."

The Muse Beta 4 enhancements include new functionality for slideshow transitions and accordion widgets, both popular requests from Muse users. French, German, Spanish, Swedish or Dutch speaking designers now have the option to use a version of Muse in their native language. A full list of new functionality, improvements and fixes can be found on the Muse website at http://muse.adobe.com/beta4.Read more

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Adobe Announces Creative Suite Promotion: Upgrade and Save 20 Percent

by jessica on Wed, 2011-10-12 14:03

Adobe Creative Suite users who haven't yet upgraded to the latest version of design software, now is the time. The company just announced a special promotion giving Creative Suite users on older versions of the software the opportunity to upgrade from their individual or suite product to the latest version – including Creative Suite 5.5, Photoshop CS5 or Illustrator CS5 – with a 20 percent discount.

The offer runs through December 31, 2011 and will be honored by all Adobe Resellers and adobe.com for customers with a valid license to one of the following CS2, CS3 or CS4 products:

Design Premium; Design Standard; Web Premium; Web Standard; Production Premium; or Master Collection
Production Studio Premium or Standard; Design Bundle, Web Bundle; Video Bundle; or Macromedia Studio 8
Adobe After Effects; Adobe Flash Professional; Adobe Illustrator; Adobe Audition; Adobe Dreamweaver; Adobe Fireworks; Adobe InDesign; Adobe Photoshop; Adobe Photoshop Extended; Adobe Premiere Pro

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Neuroactive Pro Mental Coach for Golf Review

by David Novak on Mon, 2011-10-10 09:47

When you play the game of golf, you've probably been told that it's a mental game. Would you believe that some subscribe to the theory that golf is 90% mental. If that's the case, then why are people practicing their swing or buying new gadgets to improve their physical game? They should be exercising that big fat muscle in their head called the brain. You've probably heard that many of the PGA professional tour players are hiring pros for that very thing….mental toughness. So why couldn't the average joe do the same? Well for one reason, these notable psychologists that tour players hire are not too affordable. Some players pay them $400-$1000/hr for such consultation.

There is a solution for us normal folk. It's called Pro Mental Coach, and it is the latest in gadget news and offers some of the same top-dollar advice at a sliver of the cost. Pro Mental Coach is a program created for golfers of all skill levels to help them play better, enjoy the game better, and manage tough times better. You can download it to your computer for $139.95, (or buy the CD-ROM for the same price). Powered by Dynamic Intelligence, it is engineered to deliver maximum results in minimum time: three 20-minute sessions a week are recommended.Read more

Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition Democratizes Tablet Publishing

Adobe Fundamentally Changes Economics of Publishing on iPad For Single Edition Content

Adobe MAX 2011

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At its MAX 2011 technology conference, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition allowing freelance designers and small design firms to publish interactive content created with Adobe InDesign CS5.5 software on Apple iPad. With a breakthrough fee of just US$395 per application, Single Edition offers an affordable and flexible end-to-end workflow for designers to publish a single-issue application for sale or distribution through the Apple App Store. Without writing a single line of code, designers can now use their existing skills and workflows to create an application for the iPad, saving on development costs while allowing them to maintain complete creative control.

Single Edition allows users to publish single-issue content such as a brochure, highly-visual book, annual report or personal design portfolio as an application for the iPad. As an extension of the Digital Publishing Suite line, Single Edition enables users to leverage Creative Suite 5.5 workflows to create an application for the iPad. This gives freelance designers access to many of the same creative and publishing technologies that leading publishers, such as Condé Nast, have used to reinvent their publications for delivery on tablet devices.

"Adobe is dramatically impacting the economics of publishing on iPad," said Todd Teresi, vice president and general manager, Media Solutions, Adobe. "Adding Single Edition to the Digital Publishing Suite family shows Adobe’s commitment to making digital publishing available to businesses of all sizes – from freelance designers to small design firms to large global publishers." Read more

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Adobe's Muse Web Creation Software Gets Update

by jessica on Mon, 2011-09-26 09:59

Just last month we told you about Adobe's new web creation software called Muse (code name), which is currently in beta. Adobe has responded to user feedback and just released a major update – Muse Beta 3. For a quick recap, Muse allows graphic designers to create and publish professional HTML websites without the hassle of writing code or working within restrictive templates. Muse Beta 3 adds in over 40 new enhancements including improvements to how Muse generates code to reduce load performance and data usage of websites.

You can check out the full list of fixes and code improvements on the Muse website at http://muse.adobe.com/beta3.

Designers who are already using Muse will be prompted to install the Beta 3 update next time they open the application. Once Beta 3 is installed designers can apply the code improvements to any websites that have been published with Muse, by simply republishing the site. For new users interested in downloading Beta 3 or viewing a gallery of Muse-created websites and instructional tutorials visit http://muse.adobe.com. Read more

muvee Reveal X: Movie Making Made Easy

by jessica on Thu, 2011-09-22 09:05

Do you have video of your summer vacation loaded on your smartphone or computer? Don't let it just take up space – wow your friends by making it into a professional looking movie using muvee's latest easy-to-use video editing software, muvee Reveal X.

muvee Reveal X comes packed with new features and is the first automatic video editing program to include Styles with effects, transitions, animated text, 3D particle sequence loops, and video and graphics content built in. Royalty-free music and fonts are also included and have been hand-picked to compliment each Style.

In addition, muvee Reveal X has a new Audio boost feature that allows you to pick and choose video scenes to be heard louder than background music. It also offers Intertitles - blank title slides that you can place in between your photos and videos - to define chapters within your movie, and Captions now supports two-line headlines and subtext. Saving options have been improved as well. Uploading capabilities for YouTube and Facebook now support the 720p HD streaming service. Saving on the iPhone 4 and iPad will also be in 720p H264, with iTunes integration for auto-syncing to iOS devices. Read more

Adobe Enables 3D Games With Flash Player 11, AIR 3

Milestone Release Delivers Major Advancements for Gaming, Media and Data-Driven Applications

September 21, 2011--Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe Flash Player 11 and Adobe AIR 3 software to enable the next generation of immersive application experiences across devices and platforms including Android, Apple iOS (via AIR), BlackBerry Tablet OS, Mac OS, Windows, connected TVs and other platforms. As the game console for the Web, Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 allow game publishers to instantly deliver console-quality 2D and 3D games over the Internet to nearly all PCs and many other devices. Media companies can take advantage of new features to seamlessly deliver protected feature-length, cinema-quality HD video through the Web, in mobile apps, and even with surround sound for connected TVs. Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 provide a cross-device entertainment platform, enabling the best in online gaming and premium video while helping content publishers to reach the broadest possible audience with highly-leveraged development investments.

Dozens of new features in Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 allow developers to deliver a new class of gaming and premium video experiences, as well as sophisticated, data-driven applications with back-end systems integration across devices, including the iPhone and iPad via AIR. AIR native extensions add support for unique device features and native code libraries, empowering developers to freely choose the right mix of Flash, HTML5 and native code to provide powerful user experiences across PCs and devices. Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 will be publicly available in early October. Flash Builder and Flex, Adobe’s open source framework for building mobile, Web and desktop apps, will offer support for the new features in an upcoming release before the end of the year. Read more

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Adobe Premiere Elements 10 Now Available

Powerful Video Editor Makes Creating and Sharing Impactful Movies Fun and Effortless

September 20, 2011--Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe Premiere Elements 10 software for Windows and Mac. As the No. 1 selling consumer editing software* for videos, Adobe Premiere Elements continues to deliver innovative new features that quickly transform a collection of video clips into lasting movie memories that can be shared and enjoyed with friends and family. Building upon an award-winning legacy, Adobe Premiere Elements 10 offers power and ease of use with all new automated features that make it easy to create home movies with professional style.

"With video now being captured by more devices than ever, we have designed Adobe Premiere Elements with intuitive features that will help any user, regardless of experience, make the most of their videos," said Winston Hendrickson, vice president of Digital Imaging Products, Adobe. "Adobe Premiere Elements 10 now includes new features that bring video editing to a new market of consumers who come from a photography background. Whether users are just getting started or ready for more customization and control, Premiere Elements makes it even easier to create great home movies with less effort." Read more