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X-Rite's Free February Webinars for Photographers

by jessica on Mon, 2012-02-06 11:49

February is in full swing, which means it's time to announce X-Rite's schedule of webinars for professional and serious amateur photographers. Four free webinars are offered this month – Editing Portraits in Photoshop & Getting Prints Back that Match Your Display!, Image Edits and Enhancements in Lightroom 3, For the Birds! Nature Photography with Maxis Gamez and Edit & Enhance Landscape Images in Photoshop – all which will help photographers gain new confidence and learn quick, easy and powerful ways to enhance their color workflow.

"This month, X-Rite hosts four completely new Webinars that will surely appeal to a range of photographers looking to improve their photography as well as color management skills," said Mark Rezzonico, vice president, X-Rite Photo Marketing. "And we're especially pleased to co-sponsor with Nik Software, professional nature photographer and bird specialist Maxis Gamez's nature photography Webinar."

February Webinar Schedule:

Thursday, February 9, 2012, 11:00 AM EST and 1:00 PM EST
Editing Portraits in Photoshop & Getting Prints Back that Match Your Display!

Spend an hour with host Joe Brady learning how to edit portrait photographs to create images clients will love. In this free webinar sponsored by X-Rite, Joe will share some of his favorite techniques, tips and tricks for adding shape, direction and finish to portraits. From simple blemish removal to complex reshaping of body parts, these step-by-step tutorials will enhance your Photoshop skills and improve your editing quality and speed.Read more

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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Adobe Releases Six New Touch Apps for Android

by jessica on Tue, 2011-11-15 16:46

Adobe just released six new Adobe Touch Apps for Android tablet owners. Based on Adobe's Creative Suite, the new apps give tablet owners the tools needed to design, edit, and present their work, all on their tablet. The new apps are optimized for a touchscreen interface and include Adobe Photoshop Touch for image editing, Adobe Collage for moodboards, Adobe Debut for presenting and reviewing creative work, Adobe Ideas for sketching, Adobe Kuler for exploring color themes and Adobe Proto for website and mobile app prototyping.

The new Adobe Touch Apps will be components of Adobe Creative Cloud, which will launch in the first half of 2012. Files created via Adobe Touch Apps will be able to be viewed across devices, shared or transferred through Adobe Creative Cloud for access from almost anywhere.

"Adobe Touch Apps will transform how people use tablets – from mere consumption devices to vehicles for expression and creativity," said David Wadhwani, senior vice president and general manager, Digital Media Business Unit, Adobe. "Our touch apps will be a key component in Adobe's full Creative Cloud offering, coming in 2012." Read more

Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Editor, Premiere Elements 10 Editor Arrive in the Mac App Store

by jessica on Mon, 2011-11-07 16:32

Web designers and professional photographers have turned to Adobe Photoshop software for 20 years for their photo and video editing needs. But not everyone needs the full-fledged suite of tools that Photoshop offers. For the consumer there's the Adobe Photoshop Elements line - and new today for Mac users is Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Editor and Adobe Premiere Elements 10 Editor.

Arriving today in the Mac App Store, the special edition of Photoshop Elements 10 Editor and Premiere Elements 10 Editor both include the core editing tools found in the full Photoshop Elements software line but come in at a cheaper price – $79.99 each – than the boxed versions which were just released two months ago.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Editor is targeted at iPhoto users that are "ready to go beyond the basics" and offers new features such as:

Guided Edits –guides you through the editing process step-by-step, to make achieving a shallow depth of field or a dream-like diffused glow with the Orton effect easy.
New text functionality – allows you to get creative and add curving, flowing text to a photo that automatically follows the outline of a subject, custom path or shape.
The Smart Brush – provides unique paint effects for specific areas of photos with 30 new effects like Pencil Sketch and Oil Pastel.

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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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Adobe Advances Entertainment Apps for TVs

AIR Apps available on Samsung SmartTVs, coming to Digital Home devices from LG, TiVo and others; Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 available today

Adobe MAX 2011

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At its MAX 2011 technology conference, Adobe Systems Incorporated announced that LG and TiVo have become the latest partners to bring Adobe Flash-based applications via Adobe AIR to connected TVs and digital home devices. Content partners can now take advantage of AIR to deliver Flash-based console-quality gaming and premium video across TVs, Blu-Ray players and set-top boxes.

Adobe also announced that Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 will be available at 9 p.m. PT today, a milestone release that will enable the next generation of immersive application experiences across devices and platforms.

With more than 100 unique digital home devices already certified to support Adobe Flash and AIR, including Samsung Smart TVs, Adobe expects rapid growth for Flash-based applications across connected televisions and other devices. New gaming apps like Frima Studio’s Zombie Tycoon, VH1’s ‘I Love the 80’s’ Trivia or Raider from PlayJam, as well as premium video experiences from SnagFilms, Flingo, EPIX and others are just a few of the applications that are enabled by AIR.

"TVs and other connected devices in the digital living room are the next frontier for rich entertainment apps," said Danny Winokur, vice president and general manager, Platform, Adobe. "Flash-based applications are transforming content consumption on TVs as developers embrace new opportunities to deliver beautiful HD content to increasingly powerful digital home devices connected to a big screen." Read more

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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

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