Adobe and Avatar

Video of Jon Landau, Producer of “Avatar”, describing how Adobe software, including Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro and After Effects, was used throughout the production of the film.

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64-bit OS required for future releases of Adobe Premiere and After Effects

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Future releases of Adobe Premiere® Pro and Adobe After Effects® software will no longer support 32-bit operating systems. Most PCs purchased since 2005 are already running 64-bit operating systems or can be upgraded. Mac OS X and Snow Leopard are already 64-bit capable.

In other words, if you’re running Snow Leopard, you’ll […]

An easy way to bring 3D content into your Adobe Flash projects

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For more than a decade, the idea of creating 3D animations with Adobe Flash software has intrigued designers and developers. In early 2000, Swift 3D and Vecta 3D started a frenzy with prerendered 3D vector graphics for Flash. Not so long ago, we started getting our first glimpses of real-time 3D […]

Photoshop tip: Vignettes add focus and character to photos

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Vignetting, in photographic terms, is an effect of a camera lens that results in the darkening of a photograph around its edges. It was long considered to be an unfortunate limitation in lens design, and as technology improved, camera lenses were engineered to minimize vignetting to improve image quality.

Ironically, vignetting […]

Adobe product compatibility with Microsoft® Windows® 7 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard

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Chart showing product compatibility with Microsoft® Windows® 7 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Please click on the chart for the complete product compatibility list.

Flash Player 10.1 Speeds Up Netbooks, Nettops

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If you’re thinking of buying a netbook but you’re not sure how well it’ll handle full-screen HD Flash video, Adobe has a solution. Adobe Flash Player 10.1 with GPU acceleration–now in beta–promises to dramatically improve the streaming HD video experience on computers that lack top-notch processors. If your PC has a […]

Nonprofit discounts for Adobe box products now available!

Previously, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations had to purchase non-profit Adobe licensing in order to obtain discount pricing. Recently, Adobe changed their policies so that nonprofits may now obtain the same discount pricing on box products that’s available to educational institutions.

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In addition, nonprofits can now also take advantage of Adobe volume license discounts […]

Papercraft Halloween Head made with 3ds Max, Mudbox and Photoshop

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Plug-In Suite 4.5 for Adobe Photoshop On sale for $299 with free upgrade to Plug-In Suite 5!

Plug-In Suite 4.5 for Adobe Photoshop On sale for $299 with free upgrade to Plug-In Suite 5! Normal academic price $399. Offer good from 10/27/2009 through 11/30/2009.

Editing AVCHD video with Premiere Pro CS4

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Many HD camcorders are recording in the AVCHD format and until recently, it was difficult to find software that could edit AVCHD files. This video posted by David Helmly, the Sr. Business Development Manager for DV/DI for North America for Adobe, shows how Premiere Pro CS4 can edit AVCHD video.

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