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∞ ∞ Adobe responds to Creative Suite pricing criticism

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:47:48 +0000

Following criticism of its pricing for future versions of Creative Suite, Adobe responded on Monday with a statement sent to The Loop.

“Our aggressive subscription price for Adobe Creative Cloud – $49 per month for every Adobe Creative Suite application, our new touch apps and new cloud-based services – will provide incredible value for the creative community and we will clarify and promote these benefits

∞ Scott Kelby's open letter to Adobe

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:52:41 +0000

As president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) I represent more than 70,000 Photoshop users around the world. However as I’m writing this open letter to you today, I would say that most of our 70,000 members have no idea about the upgrade policy changes you just announced, or about how these changes will affect them.

When someone with Scott’s stature in the creative industry can’t get answers, you know Adobe has some problems.

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∞ ∞ Rhapsody to acquire Napster

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:30:54 +0000

Music service Rhapsody on Monday announced plans to acquire Napster, most recently owned by Best Buy. Terms of the agreement were not announced, but Rhapsody indicated that Best Buy gets a minority stake in Rhapsody after the deal is done.

Rhapsody and Napster both provide subscription-based on-demand music services. They bill themselves as the two largest such services in the United States. The deal helps bolster Rhapsody against Spotify,

∞ Symbol usage in Illustrator CS5

Jim Dalrymple — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:53:29 +0000

Smashing Magazine: Illustrator makes it easy to use symbols multiple times within a document as well. With the Symbols tools, you can add and alter several symbols at once. And in CS5, you can now change the settings for a … Continued

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∞ Adobe Creative Developer Tour 2011

Jim Dalrymple — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:53:57 +0000

The Adobe Creative Suite provides many opportunities for partners to provide not only software and solutions based on Adobe technology but also consulting, contract development and integration services. The key themes for the Creative Developer Event are:
Extensibility – Efficiently develop and deploy extensions that work across Adobe Creative Suite products

Enterprise – Unlock new market opportunities and see how Adobe Creative Suite products can be seamlessly embedded into

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∞ ∞ Adobe's video tools boast 45% growth on the Mac, thanks to Final Cut X

Jim Dalrymple — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:01:22 +0000

Adobe will announce on Thursday that demand for its Production Premium CS5.5 video tools has exploded this year, and they have Apple to thank.

Demand for Adobe’s video creation tools has grown 22 percent year-over-year, but the big news is on the Mac side. The company said that it’s seen 45 percent growth on the Mac.

Adobe says the growth on the Mac is fueled by the large number of Final Cut Pro X users switching to Premiere Pro.

After releasing Final Cut Pro X, Apple faced a backlash from

∞ ∞ Adobe looking for creative pros using Android tablets

Jim Dalrymple — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:45:31 +0000

Adobe’s John Nack:

Using an Android tablet for creative work? Let’s talk.

If you use an Android tablet and use it (or would like to use it) for creative imaging, photography, etc., please drop me a line. We can’t let the iPad kids have all the fun.

There was no doubt that it was going to happen, but speaking for the iPad kids, we will still have more

∞ ∞ Adobe outlines CS5 issues with OS X Lion

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:28:58 +0000

Adobe posted a page on its Web site today outlining any issues it found with Apple’s newly released OS X Lion. The page talks about everything from scrolling behavior to individual apps like Dreamweaver and Illustrator. Certainly a good resource … Continued

∞ ∞ Avid joins the Final Cut Pro beat down parade

Jim Dalrymple — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:15:19 +0000

It just keeps piling on for Apple and its Final Cut Pro team.

∞ ∞ Interview: Adobe discusses Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:21:50 +0000

Adobe made a very smart move on Wednesday offering disgruntled Final Cut Pro users an easy way to switch to Premiere Pro for their video editing needs. I sat down with Premiere’s product manager to discuss the market and what’s happening with Premiere Pro and what effect Final Cut Pro X has had on its business.

∞ ∞ Adobe welcomes Final Cut Pro users with open arms

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:10:23 +0000

Apple has been dealing with some complaints from Final Cut Pro X users who feel the new application is not up to the professional level they’ve come to expect from the app. Not surprisingly, Adobe is stepping up to welcome … Continued

∞ ∞ CS5 printing guide PDF available

Jim Dalrymple — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:27:47 +0000

The CS5 / CS5.5 Printing Guide (PDF) is an in-depth technical reference guide designed especially for printers and production artists to help them learn the best ways of handling and preparing CS5 and CS5.5 files for print.

CS5/CS5.5 Printing

∞ ∞ Adobe launches subscription-based pricing for Creative Suite

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:01:24 +0000

Adobe unveiled Creative Suite 5.5 today with lots of new features, but the company also launched new pricing plans.

Calling the new subscription-based pricing plans “affordable and flexible,” Adobe said the new pricing plans will be a good option for users that want to stay current on the new releases.

The new pricing plans will also be good for users that have specific needs for a new project and don’t want to purchase a full suite. Of course, there are many users that may want to try a full Adobe suite for the first time and this will give them that access.

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∞ ∞ Adobe unveils Creative Suite 5.5, new CS release schedule

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:01:15 +0000

Adobe unveiled the latest major release of its Creative Suite product line, introducing many new features in the applications. The company also changed the release schedule for future major releases of the suite.

Calling Creative Suite 5.5 a “mid-cycle product release,” Adobe said it focused on three main areas: Proliferation of Devices; Design and Interactivity; and Monetization.

“Our customers are faced with the opportunity to reach more customers through mobile devices than the desktop,” Dave Burkett, Vice President and General Manager, Adobe Creative Suite Design and Web Segments, told The Loop. “That’s a real game changer.”

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∞ ∞ iPhone, iPad popularity forces designers reconsider use of Flash

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:11:13 +0000

Web site designers may want to continue using Flash, but their clients ultimately have the final say in how a Web site looks and more of them are asking for iPhone and iPad ready sites.

∞ ∞ Why haven't more people joined Adobe's Flash fight? Because consumers don't care

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:35:03 +0000

Adobe has some of the best apps on the market today, but when it comes to getting Flash on a consumer device like the iPhone, the company’s cries for solidarity seem to be falling on deaf ears.

∞ ∞ Apple vs. Adobe: Using "Wisdom of Crowds" to track the battle

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:26:49 +0000

The ongoing battle between Apple and Adobe began to heat up earlier this year after it became clear that the iPad would not support Flash. The two companies brought the fight to the public in recent weeks, and I wanted … Continued

∞ ∞ Adobe brings an ad to a gunfight with Apple

Jim Dalrymple — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:46:14 +0000

We all saw Adobe’s new ad campaign launched yesterday with the tagline, “We Love Apple,” which not-so-subtly tries to get people on its side in the battle with Apple over Flash. MG Siegler wrote a great post yesterday that drew me in right away with a funny headline.

You’ve just spent God-knows how much money on an ad buy that blankets much of the technology press (including this site). It’s a strange passive-aggressive message that just makes Jobs’ aggressive-aggressive

∞ ∞ Adobe founders hit back at Jobs and Apple in Flash debate

Jim Dalrymple — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:41:49 +0000

Two weeks after Apple CEO Steve Jobs posted an open letter on the pitfalls of using Flash in the company’s mobile devices, Adobe founders Chuck Geschke and John Warnock responded with their own thoughts.

∞ ∞ Apple antitrust probe started after complaint by Adobe

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:26:50 +0000

The antitrust probe into Apple’s business practices in the U.S. started after Adobe complained to the government, according to reports published on Tuesday.