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Further Changes in Adobe Upgrade Policy

Some good news from Adobe; they have decided to push back their changes to the Upgrade Policy announced before Christmas; so for the rest of 2012 customers WILL be able to upgrade from CS3 & CS4.  The following is from Adobe’s upgrade page:

“To ensure customers have the opportunity to evaluate CS6, Adobe will extend an introductory offer to CS3 and CS4 customers for special upgrade pricing on CS6 until December 31, 2012. This will give CS3 and CS4 customers an upgrade path to CS6. Customers who remain on CS2 or earlier will not be eligible for upgrade pricing for CS6.”

Adobe have announced that CS6 will be launched in the first half of 2012 so all CS2 users should consider upgrading now while they are still within upgrade eligibility. There’s also a 15% upgrade promotion to CS5.5 running until March so there’s never been a better time to upgrade.

by Fionán Ó Cinnéide – Adobe Licensing Specialist

Major Changes In Adobe Upgrade Policy On The Way

Adobe is completely overhauling their upgrade policy as part of significant licensing changes announced during Adobe Max last month. Once CS6 is launched (expected in 2012, based on previous release patterns) customers will only be allow to upgrade from either CS5 or CS5.5. So those used to upgrading from three versions back will now be faced with the prospect of purchasing a full new licence rather than an upgrade. Read More »

Adobe CS5.5 Microsite

Get the lowdown on the major feature differences between your current version of Adobe Creative Suite and CS5.5 on our new microsite…

Adobe Creative Suite and Mac OSX Lion

With the recent launch of Mac OS X Lion 10.7 the usual questions and fears emerge, as is so often the case with new operating system releases: how will it affect the programs I already have and will older software packages work on my new O/S? These worries do have some foundation as there can be issues running software not specifically designed for the newest O/S. Read More »

Adobe TV

A common complaint amongst many software users is the lack of technical support offered with software packages. In the previous era of boxed product we could expect a hefty manual with every purchase, but these are now a rarity- and online help options can be basic at best. For new users of software it can be daunting, especially when starting out with a challenging package like Adobe’s Creative Suite; the result is often that the full features of the software remain unused and people can’t access the full feature value of the product. But good news… Read More »

Using Photoshop and Premiere Elements In Schools

Photoshop & Premiere Elements are familiar packages to most software users, especially to Photography and Video enthusiasts; but did you know that the Elements package can be used outside the home and hobbyist environment? Many view the Elements as a watered down version of the full Photoshop & Premiere Pro- but this is not the case. While only certain features of the full packages are included, those present are equally as powerful as in the Professional editions. This allows users to access some of
the full features without being overwhelmed by the number of options which are present in the full editions. The Elements packages are particularly useful in the School environment, giving school children… Read More »

Adobe Reader Downloads

Back in November 2010 Adobe released the latest version of the free Adobe (Acrobat) Reader, version X (10). Reader allows you to view and print PDF files. Adobe claim there has been more than 600 million downloads of Reader to date and when a new version of Reader is released millions of users rush to download it. Spammers and other miscreants took this opportunity to send emails to lure people into clicking on suspicious looking links. Another such email arrived into my Junk Mail today. Read More »

Unlock the power of Adobe Reader with Acrobat X

Adobe Acrobat has long been the de facto tool for creating files in Portable Document Format (PDF). It was Adobe Systems who created the PDF file format back in 1993 but today PDF is actually an open standard (ISO 32000 for all you who were wondering).  As long time Acrobat users know, Acrobat is far more than just a PDF creator. Leaving the run-of-the-mill stuff like creating PDF’s from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. to one side, Acrobat also allows you to create and distribute fillable forms, permanently delete sensitive information with redaction tools, validate doc’s for conformance to ISO standards, archive emails from Microsoft Outlook, apply encryption protection to documents and with the latest release of Acrobat X (version 10) in November the feature list just goes on and on.

In my opinion one the best features of Acrobat happens to be one of its least known. Everyone knows that the free Adobe Reader allows you to open, search and print PDF’s. What people don’t know is that Acrobat allows Adobe Reader users do more. Much more in fact… Read More »

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