Creative Suite

Adobe Announces Creative Suite Promotion: Upgrade and Save 20 Percent


 Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Product Family

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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2011 NAB Show: Day 1, 2

The Usual Suspects, a Few Surprises, the New Frontier


 NAB 2011 Show Floor

At the U.S.'s premium broadcast event, you'd expect the usual array of "interested parties" to attend … and they have.

Senior folks from Microsoft, Apple, Google, Netflix, Facebook, Zynga, EA, Hulu, Roku, Verizon, AT&T, Akamai, Level 3, Intel, AMD and Nvidia; you name it, they were there.

Miss someone?

Oh yes, the growing array of content production/post production houses who are putting together content for the rapidly expanding outlet opportunities.

Sure, there were cable, network, station and Hollywood folks who built the association.

Last year, DreamWorks' Jeff Katzenberg beat the drum for 3D and the studios and a few network operations (ESPN, Discovery) listened and delivered.

This year, tech tinkerer, filmmaking powerhouse James Cameron made an even stronger case for everyone, everything, everywhere to practice 3D production, distribution and viewing.

Cameron prodded the broadcast industry to get onboard or get left behind by the new distribution channels/opportunities. Read more

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