Adobe Creative Suite 6 Ships Today! Let me show it to you…

It is with great pleasure that I announce the shipping of Adobe Creative Suite 6 today! We’ve talked about it, we’ve sneaked it, we’ve announced it and now we’ve finally shipped it! That’s right, if you are upgrading to Creative Suite 6 you can download your copy today.

If you missed my webinar “Adobe Creative Cloud and CS6 for Designer”, where I showed the new CS6 versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Muse and Photoshop Touch you can check out the replay right here:

I look forward to seeing many of you in person on the Adobe Creative Suite 6 World Tour!

Join Me on the Adobe CS6 and Creative Cloud World Tour

Now that Adobe Creative Suite 6 and Creative Cloud are here it’s time to hit the road, tour the world and show our customers and fans all about our new tools and services.  We’ll be showing Creative Cloud, as well as the new CS6 Design, Web and Video Tools. Last week I had the pleasure of presenting in Brazil and Mexico, now it’s time to head to Europe and South Africa.

Join me!

8 May 2012 Copenhagen @ CineMaxx

9 May 2012 Helsinki @ Finnkino

10 May 2012 Stockholm @ Rigoletto

14 May 2012 Oslo @ Main Stage/Aker Brygge

15 May 2012 Prague @ Broadway Theatre

16 May 2012 Warsaw @ Cinema Golden Terraces, ul. Gold

18 May 2012 Istanbul @ Kanyon AVM

22 May 2012 Buenos Aires @Hilton Hotel

24 May 2012 Santiago @ Hotel W

6 June 2012 Lima, Peru

19 June 2012 Johannesburg @ The Forum

21 June 2012 Cape Town @ International Convention Center

26 June 2012 New York

28 June 2012 Los Angeles

Watch the Replay of my Adobe CS6 & Creative Cloud for Designers Seminar in My App

As a way of saying Thank You and as an added perk for those of you using my “Learn the Adobe Creative Suite with Terry White” app, I’ve made the recording of my Adobe Creative Cloud and CS6 for Designers Webinar yesterday, available to you ahead of the rest of the world.

Watch Terry White, Adobe Worldwide Design Evangelist, to see Adobe Creative Cloud and the new features in Creative Suite 6 in action. Learn how you can create at lightning speed thanks to new performance engines in Photoshop Extended and Illustrator. See how to quickly create multiple layouts from a single set of content in Adobe InDesign CS6. And discover Adobe Muse, for designing HTML websites without writing code including 400+ web fonts served by Typekit that make it a breeze to include distinctive typography in your site design.

This presentation will go live on my podcast, YouTube and Adobe TV sometime next week for everyone else.

See more of my Adobe Creative Suite Videos on my Adobe Creative Suite Podcast and get the App here. It features EXCLUSIVE CONTENT that no one else gets to see.  My iOS App is a Universal App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. I also have an Android version:

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Join Me for a LIVE Online Webcast: Adobe Creative Cloud For Designers

Tomorrow (May 1st, 2012), I will be hosting two LIVE online sessions: Adobe Creative Cloud For Designers:

Tuesday May 1, 2012 at 10am Pacific and 5pm Pacific (GMT -7), 1PM and 8PM Eastern (GMT -4)

Join Terry White, Adobe Worldwide Design Evangelist, to see Adobe Creative Cloud and the new features in Creative Suite 6 in action. Learn how you can create at lightning speed thanks to new performance engines in Photoshop Extended and Illustrator. See how to quickly create multiple layouts from a single set of content in Adobe InDesign CS6. And discover Adobe Muse, for designing HTML websites without writing code including 400+ web fonts served by Typekit that make it a breeze to include distinctive typography in your site design.

It’s FREE, Register Here

Best App Site Gets a Make Over

Along with reviewing technology and gadgets, I also review mobile apps. When the App Store came out a few years ago I started doing an “App of the Week” here on my blog. However, I realized that one iOS App per week just wouldn’t cut it seeing how there there hundreds if not thousands of Apps being released every week. So I decided to setup a dedicated site Best App Site so that App reviews could happen more regularly and also not tie up space here for reviews that some may have no interest in. One of Best App Site’s co-authors and web designer Erik Bernskiold just overhauled the site with a new look and feel. Aside from making the site more appealing to the eye, Erik also did quite a bit a work on the backend to make it easier for us to post reviews and to make it easier for visitors to find the reviews they want. The New Best App Site also is even more mobile friendly with a fluid design that quickly adapts to tablets and smartphones.

A big thanks to Erik and I hope that all of you enjoy the new site as much as I do! Head over to bestappsite.com and check it out.

Wow (aka ¡¡moM) Gracias Ciudad de México

Although I’m on the go again, I had to take a moment to thank the great people of México City for coming out to our Adobe CS6 and Creative Cloud launch event!

On behalf of Greg Rewis, Paul Trani and myself, you made us feel very welcomed and we had a great time showing off Adobe CS6 and Creative Cloud. México City came out in full force and filled the venue. Although the event was several hours in length, practically everyone stayed till the end!

It was also a nice surprise to see Adobe Mexico go all out and get into the theme of CS6 with their very own CS6 Models

No matter how much time we have to present there are always things that we don’t get a chance to show. Therefore be sure to check out my Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast and Adobe TV.

Imagine my surprise when someone handed me this sketch by @rayacosta! I was both flattered and honored. Thanks Ray!

This was a great start to the CS6 Tour, Thanks both São Paulo and México City! Home for a couple of days and then off to Europe, Argentina, Chile and South Africa! Stay tuned to the events section on the sidebar of my blog for details.

 

Thank You Sau Paulo Brazil!

photo by Greg Rewis

Photo by Denise Sammarone

Photo by Luciana Vecchi

Wow! What an amazing event we had here in Brazil last night. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you who came out to our event. I had a blast showing Adobe Creative Suite 6 and Creative Cloud.

Both Greg Rewis and I always have a great time presenting to the Brazil audiences.

 

A packed house!

It’s always good to see my young friend Breno!

The crowd was really excited to see Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Muse and our new Web technologies. I had fun showing off the many of he new features including a live PS Touch demo with Creative Cloud.

It’s bright and early as we head to the airport and on to Mexico City!

Adobe Announces Creative Suite 6 and Creative Cloud

Today Adobe announces Creative Suite 6 and Creative Cloud. Watch the LIVE WEBCAST here TODAY (4/23/2012) at 10AM PT (GMT -7)!

There’s a lot to talk about and I’m sure we’ll spend the next few months here on my blog, on my Adobe Creative Suite Podcast and social media talking about all that’s new. I thought I would kick things off with my Top 6 Favorite Features in InDesign CS6, Illustrator CS6 and of course Photoshop CS6.

Adobe Illustrator CS6 – My Top 6 Favorite Features 

Adobe InDesign CS6 – My Top 6 Favorite Features 

Adobe Photoshop CS6 – My Top 6 Favorite Features (repeat) 

See more of my Adobe Creative Suite Videos on my Adobe Creative Suite Podcast and get the App here. It features EXCLUSIVE CONTENT that no one else gets to see.  My iOS App is a Universal App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. I also have an Android version:

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Review: Jambox Portable Bluetooth Speaker

It seems that I’m always on the look out for the ultimate portable travel speaker and I’ve reviewed quite a few here. With each one I think I’ve found the right one, that is until I find the next one. The Jambox is not a new product. However, for some reason I resisted it until recently. I was in my local Apple Store picking up something else and I saw the Jambox on the rack. I was immediately drawn in by the compact size. It’s much smaller than I thought it would be. Next thing you know I was doing the self check out using the Apple Store App on my iPhone and I was out the door.

I got back to my office and charged it up. One thing I appreciated right off the bat over previous speakers that I’ve reviewed here was the minimal amount of cords/cables. Other speakers that I’ve tried that separate and have a cable attached between them kinda bother me. The Jambox comes with a thin stereo cable to attach to your computer, mobile device or other music source. However, since this is a Bluetooth speaker that cable is totally optional. The only other cable is the standard micro USB cable for charging. Once you charge it up and disconnect the USB cable there are no other cables required to listen to your tunes wirelessly.

How does it sound?

I expected the sound to be good and it was. However, the bass was better than I expected for such a small box. I had no problem pairing it with my iPhone and iPad and the music playback from the Music app and Pandora app was flawless. No skips or drop outs.

Speaker phone bonus

If you do pair it with your smartphone you can also use it as a bluetooth speakerphone. There’s a dedicated answer call button right on the top of the Jambox. My iPhone 4s rang while the music was playing. It paused the music and I just tapped the button on top to answer the call via the built-in speaker phone. Nice!

The Bottom Line

I know I’ve said this before, but this time I really mean it (until I find a better one 🙂 ), this is hands down my favorite portable speaker for travel. It’s small, sounds good, charges via USB, works wirelessly, and can be used for my conference calls.

You can get the Jambox here in Black, Red, Blue or Grey for $179.43 ($199.99 list price)