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Adobe just launched the renovated Adobe Design Center. The site offers a behind the scenes look at some of the most talented designers and creative minds doing some amazing work. Hopefully you'll be able to gain some tips and techniques for products such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign as well as new tools like Muse and the Digital Publishing Suite. The plan for this site is to updated it more regularly as opposed to the old site.
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There has been a lot of confusion out there in the market about Adobe's plans to move to the cloud "Creative Cloud." The 1st question that I get practically every day is "Will I have to run my Apps in the Cloud or can I just download them and install them as I do today?" The answer is that CS6 will be available as a stand alone installable App just like CS5 and CS5.5 are today. You will NOT have to use Creative Cloud or buy a subscription if you don't want to! Subscription is an alternative method to having a big cash outlay to buy Creative Suite. It's an OPTION (like leasing a car vs. buying one). Even with Subscription you're downloading the Apps and running them on your local machine and not in the cloud. The choice is yours. Now with that out of the way, here is a link to the recent policy changes that spell out upgrade paths for CS3 and CS4 users.
Yes, CS5 and CS5.5 users can upgrade too. It was never an issue for current users to go to CS6.
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In this episode of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast I'll give you a walkthrough of the top new features of Lightroom 4 Public Beta!
Here are some of the top level features of Lightroom 4:
• Robust Video Support
• Manage images by location with the Map Module
• Simplified Basic Adjustments
• Powerful new Shadow & Highlight controls
• Additional local adjustments including Noise Reduction and White Balance
• Soft Proofing Reinvented
• Elegant Photo Book creation
• Email from directly within Lightroom
• Publish videos directly to Facebook or Flickr
• Enhanced DNG workflows
• Adobe Revel (Carousel) export workflow
Download the Public Beta of Lightroom 4 here.
More in-depth info here.
Join Lightroom Product Manager Tom Hogarty for some LIVE Webcasts over at Kelby Training – Schedule Here.
Also check out the Kelby Training Lightroom 4 Learning Center for more videos and Matt's Lightroom Killer Tips Blog.
During my Video above I show the NEW Map Module. While it's great to have a GPS attached/built-in directly to your camera or occasionally take smartphone pics to use as reference, it may be more convenient to use GPS Data Logger and then merge the GPX Log File in Lightroom after your shoot. Here's a cool one for iOS:
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. This episode has a BONUS CLIP that is available only in the App! My iOS App is a Universal App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. I also have an Android version:
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In this episode of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast I'll show you how to create colors that look good together using Illustrator's Color Guide feature.
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. This episode has a BONUS CLIP that is available only in the App:
Anthony Houser just shared with me his links to his Adobe InDesign and Illustrator Cheat Sheets in HTML/image format.
I'm using the skinny medium version here due to the design of my blog, but you can see the full size versions here:
InDesign Cheat Sheet and the Illustrator Cheat Sheet
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Amazing Opening To Adobe MAX here in Los Angeles
I'm just getting back from the Adobe MAX Keynote where we announced a bunch of NEW Apps, acquisitions and the Adobe Creative Cloud. Rather than sit here and try to recap every detail it's easier just to point you to the Adobe Blog posts that have already been written on each topic (I'll personally have more to come on each of these as time goes on:)
Adobe Photoshop Touch <-Photoshop on your tablet!
Adobe Touch Apps (see videos of the Adobe Touch Apps in action here)
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite SINGLE EDITION <-what so many of you have been asking for!
Woodwing moves their solution over to the Adobe Publishing Suite!
Adobe to acquire Nitobi, creator of PhoneGap
It was definitely an exciting keynote and I'm jazzed about the new possibilities!
My colleague and friend Bryan O'Neil Hughes, Adobe Photoshop Product Manager is going to be LIVE on a special bonus episode of the Grid Today at 4PM. You'll be able to ask him any of your burning Photoshop questions and perhaps get a better understanding of what it takes to create an upgrade to Photoshop. How do they decide which features will go in and when? How do they please such a wide audience with a single product? etc.
You can catch the show at 4PM EDT (GMT -4) at this site.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm3ONFaRvSI
In this episode of the Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast Special Guest Mordy Golding is back to share some great tips for doing image borders in Illustrator CS5 as well as uncovering several hidden gems.
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. This episode has a BONUS CLIP that is available only in the App:
Aside from already being a great bargain, there's is a side benefit to having Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 on the Mac App Store. Like all Apps from the Mac App Store, you'll now be able to install Photoshop Elements on as many Macs as you own for the one price. That may not mean much for some, but for those that found the license limit of two computers a bit too limiting, you'll now be able to install Photoshop Elements on each of your Macs. Of course this only applies to newly purchased copies via the Mac App Store and not existing shrink wrap licenses.
You can get your copy of Photoshop Elements 9 for $79.99 here from the 
Here are several free videos on how to use Adobe Photoshop Elements.