Adobe Creative Suite 4 KL Launch - Other Technologies

Adobe Creative Suite 4 had a launching event yesterday (11th Nov 2008) at Shangri-La, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

Flavert Media Blog sums things up pretty neatly.

Check out the full details of all new features for web, print and production.

Other interesting stuffs presented by the evangelists ...



Smarter Adjustment Tools - Photoshop CS4

A few things which Tim mentioned swiftly was the 'Dodge Tool' which is now a better shading tool. And then he mentioned the 'Smart-Guy Tool' which in a automated built-in feature for alignment of objects on the canvas; just think of it as automated alignment tool and it is smarter now.

Then you have the 'Content-Aware-Scaling Tool' which is smart enough to auto-generate according to patterns when scaling.



In this video, you can see from the low resolution video that the ship object is actually being rebuilt on real-time in order to accommodate for the picture getting bigger or smaller.

Tim over and over again kept reminding us that the 3D engine in Photoshop CS4 has been rewrote from scratch so that everything (within the 3D context) becomes objects. This allows great feats to be accomplished such as totally merging of an image into a 3D surface and removing a 3D surface without affecting other parts.

Check out the video below.



My biggest impression on Tim was the mention of IDML (InDesign Markup Language), which is a new technology (based on XML) in InDesign CS4 which allows automation, period.

Think about it, if you want to automate certain tasks while working on InDesign, you can't unless you get CS4 and make use of either one of the followings:

1. Scripting
   
2. IDML

For instance, if you have an InDesign template and would like to generate 100 different posters based on 100 different slogans and images stored in a database, then this will be useful for you. It is similar to MS Word Mail-Merge.

This is for programmer. IDML is just an open format for InDesign's Document based on the XML technology. So by referring to the specification, software developers can now develop third party software applications to create InDesign's document. This is pretty cool!

Tim also reminded the audience to make use of the 'GREP Tool' to make bulk changes to InDesign's documents for repetitive texts such as dates for working with formats.

He also demonstrated the use of 'Pencil Tool' to wrap a text object around an object such as human body.

The best tip Tim gave the crowd as finale is the method to improve bad taken digital photos. He went on to explain that the biggest problem with digital photography is when you do not have enough lights to support the taking of crisp shot; I totally agree, especially when you are using 2M pixels camera. But sometimes it is also due to bad cameraman.

He demonstrated that by taking 4 to 6 shots of all bad shots of an image such as these two blurred images.





This is what you can do...

1. Take 4 - 6 shots.
   
2. Load in Photoshop CS4
   
3. Goto 'Tools/Load Files Into Layer/Auto-Align Layers/Convert Smart Objects'
   
4. Goto 'Layer/Smart Object/Stack Mode/Median'

Photoshop CS4 will rebuild for you an enhanced image.

What I can remember getting from Karl Soule was 'Adobe Device Central' which can be used as Content Simulation Tool for testing the effectiveness of a content such as video designed with a generic specifications. It is able to perform transcoding for you into many mobile devices.

Selecting Devices

Content Simulation

The other thing which Karl mentioned was the 'speech search' in Premiere CS4 where speech will be subjected to speech-recognition to generate transcripts which will then be used for text based searching.



Check out a video here.

Also check out The Overview and The People for the event.

More About Tim Cole (Creative Evangelist):

Tim Cole started his career at Aldus Corp. in 1988, doing technical support and training for PageMaker. He has been with Adobe since 1998 when he returned to work on the launch of InDesign 1.0. Since that time he's been an evangelist for InDesng and InCopy, as well as Photoshop and Illustrator.

Tim works extensively with newspaper, magazine, and book publishers around the world. he speaks at industry events, users groups, product conferences and at seminar events around the world. he and colleague Rufus Deuchler collaborate on the Adobe TV program Caffe Fibonacci where they discuss and demonstrate the powerful features and workflows avaialble in Adobe Creative Suite Software.

More About Karl Soule' (Creative Evangelist, Digital Video & Audio):

Karl Soule' is responsible for promoting Adobe's video and audio tools to creative professionals. Soule' joined Adobe throug the company's acquisition of Serious Magic, the original creators of the OnLocation software, where he was Product Marketing Manager, and interim Product Manager, Professional group. in this role, he oversaw the development and marketing of the OnLocation and Ultra Software, now part of Adobe CS3 Production Premium. Prior to Serious Magic, Soule' was a Senior Sales Sales Engineer and Trainer for GlobalStreams, Inc., GlobalStreams is a leading provider of video communications hardware and software for the video production professional.

Soule' has extensive experience with live video streaming technologies, engineering live broadcasts for sites such as countingdown.com and playTV.com. His video production experience includes graphic production, live switching, editing, chroma keying/virtual set operation, and 3D animation. Soule' has provided training for companies such as NFL Films, Yahoo, WWI, CBS Marketwatch, and national goverment agencies like the House of Parliament in Ottawa, Canada.

Soule' first jobs in production were working for several local radio stations, cutting comedy segments for a top-rated afternoon talk show, and engineering NBA broadcasts for the Scaramento Kings.

Soule' began his professional career at age of 14, working with dBase II and a CP/M terminal for lobbying firm in Scaramento, CA.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 KL Launch- The Technology (Web)

Adobe Creative Suite 4 had a launching event yesterday (11th Nov 2008) at Shangri-La, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

Check out the details of what's new in the products for web.

The session was conducted by Mr. Paul Burnett, Senior Worldwide Evangelist, Creative Solutions Adobe Systems Inc.



Paul started by evangelizing Adobe's Fireworks which he said is important for two things:

1. Creating designs for the screen (web). Try not to use Photoshop which later you have to optimize for the web again. You can use Fireworks for slicing as well.
2. Rapid prototyping of web projects.

Slicing with Fireworks

The cool new stuff in Firework CS4 is that you can now do the following two things:

1. Export web projects prototypes into interactive PDF, send the PDF file to customers for reviewing.
   
2. Export prototypes into CSS/Javascripts (xHTML) files (after slicing) and into Dreamweaver for further development (incorporating scripts). In CS3, you can do the same except that there will be no CSS exported, for CS4 the CSS exported is clean-cut, crisp and most important of all, it is based on web standard compliance. So, if you are still trying to create CSS for your web templates, you are wasting time starting from yesterday (in Malaysia)

Export xHTML from Fireworks for Dreamweaver editing

Thus, as a web designers, you should be using Fireworks for designing and prototyping. Dreamweaver is meant for programmers where you can do the following things in CS4.

• Search for CSS of a particular element.
• Live-code viewing - where you can see on real-time the generation of dynamic HTML codes out of the CSS/Javascripts combination of your project files.
• You can also now export end products (web projects) not just in binary format (swf) but in XPL (XML for Flash) format so that you can open the same project files in other CS4 softwares such as InDesign, Photoshop and etc as a project files (objects are objects, texts are texts, images are images) and performing editing from thereon

Fast search CSS for editing

Live-code Reviewing

Check out some videos of the new features demonstrated.

3D:



Object-Based Motion Tween:



Bone Tools:



Decor Tools



Check out the overview and the people of the event.

More about Paul Burnett:

Paul is responsible for promoting the use of Adobe products, talking with customers, giving product demonstrations at trade shows and seminars, speaking at industry conferences, and leading specialized, advanced training sessions featuring Adobe's Creative Suite product line.

Before joining Adobe, Burnett worked in the web, multimedia and video industries for more than 18 years running his own company, MAD (Multimedia, Art Design), and wining many awards including five Macromedia/Adobe Site of the Day awards.

Burnett also worked for several years at Macromedia as Senior Evangelist for Asia Pacific, presenting new products, seminars and master classes throughout Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Trained in analogue video and audio production, Burnett initially used and taught Adobe Premiere Pro soon after its release in the early '90s and started using Adobe After Effects when it was first released, to creat both standaline video productions as well as incorporating video into multimedia and the web.

Burnett holds a degree in Education from University of canberra.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 KL Launch- The Overview

Adobe Creative Suite 4 had a launching event today at Shangri-La. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

Check out the details of what's new in the products web, print and video.



During the media briefing, the managing director of Southeast Asia Adobe Systems Mr. Ashley Wearne presented an overview of CS 4, which he called it 'Cool Stuff 4 you!' and it is interesting to note a few interesting facts.

First of all, you got to be serious Adobe users in order to appreciate CS4. According to Flavert Media Blog, all the new features are killer features.

According to Ashley, all these features are what the customers asked for and they include people like BBC, Direct TV, Disney and etc. CS4 is really focusing on the idea of integrated solution to achieve the state of fully collaborated software architecture.

Check out a few number facts about CS4.

• 14 products
  
• 14 technologies
  
• 7 services
  
• 6 suites
  
• 19 languages
  
• 178 countries
  
• 10,014 pre-release customers. (Beta testers). So even company like Adobe Systems leverage on real customers for product testing.(This is something useful for software developers to take note)

And this product took them 17,000 person years of development.



What customers should consider when thinking about upgrading from CS3 are just three reasons:

1. Time Saving
   
2. Integration
   
3. Innovation

It only costs RM 3,689 to upgrade from CS3 and that is really affordable. Deal or no deal ?

Check out the full pricing here.

Ashley said that the trend of people adopting CS4 is about 20% for early adopters and it will take a year or two for others to follow suit.

When asked about where are the core software engineers based in ? Ashley mentioned that mainly in three locations; USA, China( for mobile-related development) and India as well. Adobe's headquarter is in San Jose, California USA.

Finally, came the killer question about the probability of the assumption that CS5 will be out latest in 2 years timeframe, Ashley replied that Adobe Systems is a software company and thus they are always innovating. Of course, speaking from experience, CS5 is definitely on the way.

In the Q & A session, when pressed for backward compatibility, Mr. Paul Burnett (Senior Worldwide Evangelist, Creative Solutions) mentioned that backward compatibility works in a sense that there will be features-lost moving files from CS4 to CS3.

And on the issues with learning curve, Burnett highlighted two initiatives:

1. There are more than ever more online tutorials out there.
   
2. Newer features are getting more and more intuitive than ever.

And check out the people in this event.

More About Ashley Wearne:

Ashley Wearne is based in Singapore, where he spearhead the development and growth of Adobe's business in the region and serve to further strengthen the bonds between its customers and partner communities.

Prior to joining Adobe, he was the VP for Australia, New Zealand, Southe East Asia and India for McAfee where he was responsible for charting the growth of McAfee's customer and partner business elements. Ashley joined McAfee (then Network Associates) in April 2002 as Managing Director for Australia, New Zealand and moved to live in Singapore in May 2003. Previously before joining McAfee, he was the Managing Director for Novell in Australia and New Zealand.

Ashley as a wealth of experiences in IT Industry having led an illustrious career that spans more than 20 years. Throughout his career Ashley has held several senior management positions in areas such as general management, channel management, corporate marketing and sales management for a number of leading companies which include Unisys and Burroughs.

Ashely has worked and lived in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Singapore and has a degree majoring in Economics from the Flinders University of South Australia.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 KL Launch - The People

Image via WikipediAdobe Creative Suite 4 had a launching event today at Shangri-la, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

Check out the details of what's new in the products web, print and video.

Check out the main hall at Sabah room. It is full house and there could be like 500 participants.

Participants consist of mostly advertising firms, design firms, educational institutions and partners.

The crowd was in jovial mood, mostly applauded the new cool killing features of CS4 has to offer and everybody had fun while evangelists played up jokes coupled with ingenious ingredients that cook up the agenda of the day.

In short, the crowd simply loved it and I have never witnessed such NOT-boring event since lately. This suggests that people of these industries are jovial, fun, loving and always illuminating sense of goodwill.







Check out the sponsors.

HP & Nvidia:



Teras One Solution (Adobe's Authorized Training Provider):

Stephanie Wong (Middle)

Ingram Micro (Adobe's Authorized Distributor):



Inter-Asia (Adobe's PR Firm):



and of course the Media (Bloggers, Magazines, Newspaper)...



All of them, except the Media, accept credit card for transaction.

What is New in Adobe's Creative Suite 4 Design (Print) Premium ?

Adobe CS4 Design (Print) Premium was soft launched on 24 Sept 2008, shipped on Oct 15 and today is the big launching.

Snake peak into new features of CS4 design(print) premium.

Features	Software	Description
Cross Media Workflow	Creative Suite	Streamlined workflow that lets us reuse and repurpose assets for print, motion graphics, interactive projects, or video
Object-based animation	CS4 Flash	Entire animations can be moved to new locations in a single step, and adjusting object location, rotation, and scale is as simple as grab-move-release
New 3D painting and compositing	Photoshop CS4	3D made easy!
New Image-editing Tools	Photoshop CS4	Convert 2D images to common 3D shapes such as cubes, cylinders, or spheres and can paint directly on 3D models
Access to Online Services		Work and collaborate online.
Adobe Kuler		Share color harmonies
Adobe Bridge Home		A customizable resource for tips, tutorials, news and inspirational content
Adobe Device Central CS4		Enables users to easily test mobile content designed

Check out the pricing here.

What is New in Adobe's Creative Suite 4 Production(Video) Premium ?

Adobe CS4 Production (Video) Premium was soft launched on 24 Sept 2008, shipped on Oct 15 and today is the big launching.

Snake peak into new features of CS4 production (video) premium.

Features	Software	Description
New speech search	Premiere Pro CS4 Soundbooth CS4	Uses spoken dialogue to make video searchable
Deep XMP metadata support	Premiere Pro CS4	While giving content owners new opportunities to track and monetize content.
Enhanced support for Adobe Flash CS4 workflows	After Effects CS4	Creating compelling interactive content.
Work natively with RED, P2, XDCAM, and AVCHD	OnLocation CS4	Do away transcoding or rewrapping
Direct capture to disk	OnLocation CS4
Access to Online Services		Work and collaborate online.
Adobe Bridge Home		A customizable resource for tips, tutorials, news and inspirational content
Adobe Device Central CS4		Enables users to easily test mobile content designed

Check out the pricing here.

What is New in Adobe's Creative Suite 4 Web Premium ?

Adobe CS4 Web Premium was soft launched on 24 Sept 2008, shipped on Oct 15 and tomorrow is the big launching.

Snake peak into new features of CS4 web premium.

Features	Software	Description
Adobe Soundbooth® CS4 included	SoundBooth
object-based animation model	Flash CS4	Eliminates the need for manual placement of keyframe and tween adjustments
3D transformation capabilities	Flash CS4	3D rotate and translate tools
Bones tool	Flash CS4	Delivers inverse kinematics to create chain-like animation
Deco tool	Flash CS4	Allows users to convert any symbol
unified interface	Flash CS4	Switching between Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash or Fireworks
new export options	Fireworks CS4	Export design comps as high-fidelity PDF documents Export to CSS
new multifaceted workspace	Dreamweaver CS4
New Related Files and Code Navigator features	Dreamweaver CS4
Live View feature	Dreamweaver CS4	View documents and do interactive code editing in real-world browser conditions
Access to Online Services		Work and collaborate online.
Adobe Kuler		Share color harmonies
Adobe Bridge Home		A customizable resource for tips, tutorials, news and inspirational content
Adobe Device Central CS4		Enables users to easily test mobile content designed

Check out the pricing here.

More to come after tomorrow's launching.

Discover The Shortcut to The Brilliant Adobe Creative Suite 4 Launch Malaysia (11 November)

Image via WikipediaAdobe Systems is holding a free end-user event in the Sabah Room of the Shangri-La Hotel KL from 8.30am – 6.00pm on Tuesday 11 November, for the Launch of Adobe Creative Suite 4. Free seat reservations are at http://www.adobe.com/go/asiaevents. You must reserve to ensure a place! “

Discover the shortcut to brilliant, with Adobe: exciting new tools and services, improved features in all products, and tighter-than-ever integration all add up to make Creative Suite 4 a must-have solution. Join Adobe at the launch and discover how you can get brilliant faster. “

It will host a series of talks which include:

• Innovation in Print and Design by Tim Cole (Creative Evangelist, Adobe Systems)
  
• Powering Video Production with HP Mobile Workstation (Hewlett Packard Speaker)
  
• Video, Video, Video by Karl Soule (Creative Evangelist, Digital Video & Audio, Adobe Systems)
  
• Extraordinary in Web - Digital experiences, interactivity and inspiration by (Paul Burnett, Senior Worldwide Evangelist, Creative Solutions, Adobe Systems)

And Lucky Draw!!!! For sure they are giving out free Creative Suite 4.

Check out the full press release here.

Adobe CS4 Now Shipping & Adobe Flash Player 10 Now Available

Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the immediate availability of the Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 product family, the highly-anticipated release of industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow.

Packed with hundreds of feature innovations, the new Creative Suite 4 product line enhances the creative process across print, web, mobile, interactive, film and video production. New Flash integration and radical workflow breakthroughs bring down the walls between designers and developers. Adobe's biggest software release to date brings to market Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design editions, Creative Suite 4 Web editions, Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, Adobe Master Collection, as well as 15 point products.

Estimated street price for the Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium is RM$7,379, RM$6,969 for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium, RMS$6,969 for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, and RM$10,239 for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection. Photoshop CS4 is priced at RM$2,869, Photoshop Extended CS4 at RM$4,099, Adobe InCopy CS4 at RM1,029, and InDesign CS4 at RM$2,869.

To reward customers for staying current, Adobe is offering Creative Suite 3 customers moving to Creative Suite 4 a lower upgrade price than it offers to those moving from older, qualifying versions. The CS4 Master Collection upgrade from CS3 is priced at RM$3,689, the CS4 Design Premium upgrade from CS3 at RM$2,459, the CS4 Production Premium upgrade from CS3 at RM$2,459, and the CS4 Web Premium upgrade from CS3 upgrade from CS3 at RM$2,459.

Adobe also announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software. Interactive designers and developers can leverage the new expressive features and visual performance improvements in Flash Player 10 for unprecedented creative control to deliver the most compelling Web applications, interactive content and high quality video to users across multiple browsers and all major operating systems.

Adobe Flash Player 10 builds on the capabilities of the world’s most pervasive application runtime with new support for custom filters and effects, native 3D transformation and animation, advanced audio processing, and GPU hardware acceleration. Building on over 25 years of Adobe expertise with text, the highly flexible new text engine in Flash Player 10 provides interactive designers and developers with more text layout options and better creative control. Adobe Flash Player 10 also extends the expressive capabilities of the Adobe Creative Suite® 4 product line (also available today – see separate press release) with new levels of Adobe Flash technology integration to streamline collaboration and enhance the design/develop workflow.

Press Release:

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA –October 15, 2008 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of the Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 product family, the highly-anticipated release of industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow.

Check out the full press release.

What is New in Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) ?

Adobe CS4 was launched on 24th Sep 2008.

Products	New Features	Estimated Street Price
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium edition	Cross-Media Workflow Encourages Experimentation New Tools Simplify Animation and 3D Creation Creative Suite 4 Expands the Creative Workflow	RM$7,379
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium edition	Rapidly Create More Valuable Content for Online Delivery Get Closer to the Lens with Efficient Direct to Disk and Tapeless Workflows Creative Suite 4 Expands the Creative Workflow	RM6,969
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium edition	New Features and Improvements Streamline Designer-Developer Workflow Creative Suite 4 Expands the Creative Workflow	RM$6,969

If you get the master collection will be cheaper.

Check out the full details here.

Adobe Introduces Creative Suite 4 Product Family

Radical Workflow Breakthroughs, New Levels of Flash Expressiveness and Integration
Anchor Adobe’s Biggest Software Release

More about Creative Suite.

Press Release:

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA –September 24, 2008 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 product family, a milestone release of the industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow. Delivering radical workflow breakthroughs that bring down the walls between designers and developers — and packed with hundreds of feature innovations—the new Creative Suite 4 product line advances the creative process across print, Web, mobile, interactive, film and video production.

With new levels of integration and expressiveness for Flash technology across the entire product line, Adobe’s biggest software release to date includes Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design editions, Creative Suite 4 Web editions, Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, Creative Suite 4 Master Collection, as well as 13 point products, 14 integrated technologies and seven services.

Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection CS4 combines virtually all of Adobe's new design and development applications, technologies and services in a single box — the most comprehensive creative environment ever delivered.

“Designers and developers are shaping the way that people consume information, share ideas, sell products, tell stories and create memorable experiences—in print, online and via mobile handsets,” said Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer at Adobe. “Whether you’re creating a rich Internet application, a video or a best-selling magazine, Adobe Creative Suite 4 delivers powerful cross-media technologies that have the ability to elevate products, brands and ideas above the clutter.”

Broad Integration and Efficiency Improve Creative Workflow

Adobe Creative Suite 4 offers unprecedented choice among editions and stand-alone products, with comprehensive support for the most cutting-edge workflows for virtually any design discipline. Customers can choose from six suites or full version upgrades of 13 stand-alone applications, including Photoshop® CS4, Photoshop CS4 Extended, InDesign® CS4 (see separate releases), Illustrator® CS4, Flash® CS4 Professional, Dreamweaver® CS4, After Effects® CS4, and Adobe Premiere® Pro CS4.

A simplified workflow in Adobe Creative Suite 4 enables users to design across media more efficiently by making it easier to complete common tasks and switch between mediums without leaving a project. InDesign CS4 includes a new Live Preflight tool that allows designers to catch production errors and a newly customizable Links panel to place files more efficiently. The revolutionary new Content-Aware Scaling tool in Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended automatically recomposes an image as it is resized, preserving vital areas as it adapts to new dimensions. An expanded version of Dynamic Link in CS4 Production Premium enables users to move content between After Effects CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Soundbooth® CS4, and Encore® CS4, so updates can be seen instantly without rendering.

Designers using the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product family will be able to gain unprecedented creative control using the new expressive features and visual performance improvements in Adobe Flash Player 10 to deliver breakthrough Web experiences across multiple browsers and operating systems.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 brings 3D center-stage providing the ability to paint, composite, and animate 3D models using familiar tools. Flash CS4 Professional now offers the ability to apply tweens to objects instead of keyframes, providing greater control over animation attributes. Also in Flash, the new Bones tool helps create more realistic animations between linked objects. With a searchable library of more than 450 dynamically updated device profiles from leading manufacturers, Adobe Device Central CS4 (see separate release) enables users to easily test mobile content designed using many of the Creative Suite 4 products.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 significantly expands access to services* available to creative professionals and developers who want to collaborate online. Adobe ConnectNow, a service of Acrobat.com, can be accessed from InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Extended CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, Dreamweaver CS4, Fireworks® CS4, and Acrobat® 9 Pro, allowing real-time collaboration with two colleagues or clients. Designers can also share color harmonies with Adobe Kuler™, which is now accessible from within InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Extended CS4, Flash CS4 and Fireworks CS4. Other online resources include: Adobe Community Help for technical questions; Resource
Central for accessing video and audio product-related news and tutorials, as well as Soundbooth scores, sound effects, and other stock media; and Adobe Bridge Home, a customizable resource for tips, tutorials, news and inspirational content.

Pricing and Availability

Adobe Creative Suite 4 and its associated point products are scheduled to ship in October 2008 with availability through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe Store at www.adobe.com/go/gn_store. Estimated street price for the Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium will be RM$7,379, RM$6,969 for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium, RM$6,969 for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, and RM$10,239 for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection. Adobe plans to offer tiered upgrade pricing from previous versions. For a limited time, validly licensed customers of eligible versions of Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Production Studio and Macromedia Studio will be able to upgrade to Creative Suite 4 for the CS3 upgrade price. For more detailed information about features, upgrade policies, pricing, and international versions please visit: www.adobe.com/creativesuite.

Adobe Flash Player 10 is currently available in beta as a free download from Adobe Labs at www.adobe.com/go/astro with general availability expected by the end of the year. Adoption of the previous update to Adobe Flash Player 9 set all-time records by achieving over 80 percent reach on Internet enabled desktops in less than six months and Flash Player 10 is expected to achieve a similar adoption rate.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information – anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit http://www.adobe.com/.

Press Contacts:

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Using Adobe Premier CS3 To Edit Cut Video for YouTube

Image via Wikipedia Adobe Premier CS3 is part of the master collection creative suite 3 (CS3). Check out the recent Master Tour in KL 2008.

Adobe Premier CS3 doesn't support flv and dat (as input). This is due to a few reasons:

• Dat is ambiguous data format, it can be video or just anything. It is matter of extension.
  
• Flv may is compressed video.

To convert dat file into MPEG, you can use VCD Gear.

It is a freeware and it works damn fast.

Using Adobe Premier CS3 is really no-frills. There are just a few things to master.

1. Assets manager (managing objects)
   
2. Source manager
   
3. Output manager (sequence)
   
4. Timeline manager (for cutting)

Since YouTube only allow videos of the following attributes:

• Not more than 10 minutes
  
• Not more than 1 GB in size.

Thus, it is always a requirement to cut videos into 10 minutes clips.

In Adobe Premier CS3, each clip is known as sequence.

So, to add sequence, use the Asset manager.



Drag the video from 'Source' into the 'Timeline'.

Scale the 'Output'.



Use 'razor' to cut then 'clear' away unwanted portions.



Move wanted portion back to the starting point. This will ensure that your sequence (clip) start on at time 00:00:00


Export each 'sequence' using Adobe Media Encoder.



Select desirable output format.



Done. The output can then be uploaded to YouTube.

Adobe Master Collection Installation Failed Solutions

Trying to install new components on Windows Vista Business (32 bit).

Goto Control-Panel..



And it couldn't work.



And if you try to uninstall everything and reinstall again ...



No worries, you are not alone.

My Solutions:

• Do not initiate installation from Control-Panel. Run the Setup.exe from the first DVD.
  
• Make sure Internet connection is on while installing.

Sure work!!!

If you encountered 'Internal error 2739' while running 'Setup.exe' from the DVD...



Follow the instruction in this link.

Conclusion:

• Vista could be the problem. If you don't follow the above two steps, even trying on Safe Mode couldn't work. I did manage to uninstall master collection CS3 from Windows XP through the control panel.
  
• It seems also is a way for Adobe to make sure that you have valid DVD to perform installation. There is a way to create DVD which prohibit copying.
  
• Internet connection ? To check who you are ?