More About Photoshop CS4 And Graphics Acceleration
Photoshop CS4 is making news for its use of graphics acceleration units (GPUs) for speedier performance. How will this affect your work?
CS4 Web Standard includes four applications:
I’ll concentrate on the first two programs in this first look. The following information is based on my experience using betas of the CS4 apps since July of this year.
CS4 Design Standard includes four applications:
Since Acrobat 9 isn’t new, I’ll concentrate on the first three programs in this first look. The following information is based on my experience using betas of the CS4 apps since July of this year.
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Adobe Announces Creative Suite 4
Today, Adobe Systems announced Creative Suite 4 (CS4).
REVIEW: Serif Jumps The Pond With Four Creative Pro Apps
Serif releases four applications in the US, delivering solutions for page layout, graphics, photo editing and webpage creation.
If you shoot photographs of people, or want to improve your game in this regard, check out Rick Sammon's latest book.
An interesting new link has shown up on the Adobe Systems Web site.
BOOK REVIEW: Four More Photography Books From Rocky Nook
Early this year I reviewed four books from Rocky Nook, an independent publisher partnered with O'Reilly. I have four more books to introduce to you.
Pantone Increases Goe Support With New Products
My coverage of Pantone's newest color system, Goe, raised some questions about the absence of CMYK in the color guides. Pantone has responded with the new GoeBridge coated guide as well as other products announced today.
Alien Skin, one of the most well-known Photoshop plug-in developers, is upgrading their BlowUp image enlargement plug-in to version 2.
The last Mac version was released only a few months ago, but the Windows version is already moving forward with an upgrade to version 7. There's some cool new features but the big news is the included subscription to the new Photoshop.com.
You might remember earlier this year that Vertus and Nik Software teamed up to offer Fluid Mask 3 and Color Efex Pro 3 at a discount. Well, Vertus has a new bundle complete with Fluid Mask 3 and software from Imagenomic:
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I just got a news release that DriveSavers, the company known for saving hard drives and data from crashes, failures and spectacular accidents, is offering 15% off to NAPP members. NAPP has always given out some discounts and other perks to its members, and this is one more to add to the list. Ironically, this is one discount no one will ever want to use, but data loss does happen so it’s good to know that NAPP members can hire DriveSavers at a discount.
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New TRITTON SEE2 Xtreme drives multi-tasking applications at home and work, enabling users to connect multiple displays over USB 2.0 for Mac and PC users
REVIEW: Lightroom 2 Continues To Improve And Adapt
By the time you read this, Lightroom 2 will have graduated from public beta to shipping product, available now. Read one of the first full reviews, complete with a rundown of every new feature and some new surprises.
REVIEW: Acrobat 9 Pro Extended And The Power of Flash
I'm reviewing Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, the most advanced member of the Acrobat 9 family. This application takes the new integration of PDF and Flash to a new level and gives you two applications in one with Adobe Presenter 7.
BOOK REVIEW: The Designer’s Apprentice Deconstructs Automation
Scripting and automation is perceived as one of the most complex and difficult things to do in the world of desktop publishing and design, but Rick Ralston's book does a very good job of breaking the process down and putting the pieces together in an easy-to-follow format.
Ji Yong Park's book serves as a basic primer on graphic design, typography and some web design.
INTERVIEW: Jim Petersen, Adobe Branding Director, Speaks About Acrobat 9 Design
After years of the "running man," Acrobat's branding has experienced major shifts with every new version since 2004/2005. I talked with the man in charge of Adobe brand strategy to learn what it means.
QuarkXPress 8 Is Coming
Here comes QuarkXPress version 8! It's not released yet, but the word is out that it's coming and it's going to be much improved.
Which Acrobat 9 To Buy?
The move to Acrobat 9 means that some products are being discontinued and others are being added. Here's the breakdown of what you'll receive.
This application for building business graphics, charts and presentations is full of templates for virtually any type of chart or graphic, but does it fill a niche for creative professionals?
Don't know if you noticed, but deep in the Acrobat 9 Pro press release is a bit of welcome news for Fireworks fans.
It's a surprise but it makes sense: Adobe combines two of its most ubiquitous standards, PDF and Flash, in Acrobat 9 Professional.
Welcome To Acrobat 9 Pro
The next major version of Acrobat has been announced.
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