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Adobe to go subscription-only with Creative Cloud software

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 6th, 2013)

As Adobe finds its footing in a cloud-based world, it pulled a move that most likely will generate a backlash from the students and creative professionals that rely on its software. Adobe announced that the Creative Suite software will be rebranded as Creative Cloud and confirmed it will no longer ...

Adobe to end sale of boxed Creative Suite software

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 13th, 2013)

It's no surprise that Adobe plans to end sales of boxed sets of Creative Suite and Acrobat software. TechHive confirmed the move with Adobe after several resellers reported a cutoff date of May 1 for purchasing a boxed set of Adobe Creative Suite. With Adobe placing more focus on its Creative ...

Adobe Creative Cloud and Creative Suite 6 now available

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 11th, 2012)

A few days after originally anticipated, Adobe has now made its Creative Cloud and Creative Suite 6 products available for purchase and download. Adobe is making a big push for its Creative Cloud subscription service, which offers access to all 14 of its desktop apps and previews for other ...

Adobe formally unveils CS6, Creative Cloud, launch event April 23

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 23rd, 2012)

Adobe has formally announced its upcoming Creative Cloud service, along with Adobe Creative Suite 6, and Adobe will stream a launch event at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET today, April 23. All products are available for preorder. Creative Cloud is US$49.99 per month; however, those who currently have ...

Adobe drops Creative Suite subscriptions to prepare for Creative Cloud

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 13th, 2012)

As of Thursday, Adobe has dropped sales of suite edition subscriptions to prepare for the upcoming Adobe Creative Cloud service. Subscriptions to the individual applications remain available. Those interested in subscribing to a suite edition must purchase the software instead. Adobe quietly ...

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 out, adds publish to iPad option

by Michael Grothaus (May 3rd, 2011)

Adobe has released its Creative Suite 5.5 software. The big news about Creative Suite 5.5 is, of course, the ability to create content for any number of tablet devices, including the iPad. In addition to the focus on tablets, CS5.5 also includes a host of HTML5 tools, which also lends itself to ...

Adobe Nav for iPad and Photoshop video demo

by Dana Franklin (Apr 17th, 2011)

John Nack, Principal Product Manager at Adobe, posted a video demo of Adobe Nav for iPad on his blog Saturday morning. Adobe Nav is one of the first apps to showcase the new tablet integration features included with the software maker's upcoming Creative Suite version 5.5 (CS5.5). The video ...

Adobe TV comes to iPad and iPhone

by Michael Rose (Apr 11th, 2011)

In the flurry of overnight news from Adobe around the pre-launch of CS5.5 and the iPad/Photoshop goodness to come, one official blog post slipped under the radar. While it's not necessarily pinned to CS5.5, it is fantastic news for anyone who uses Adobe's video training resources to learn the ...

Adobe CS5 launched, wallets everywhere cry out as one and are silenced

by Steven Sande (Apr 12th, 2010)

As with earlier versions, CS5 will come in different flavors. For the print media designer, there's Adobe CS5 Design Premium (US$1,899, upgrades from $599), which includes new versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash Catalyst and Professional, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Acrobat 9 Pro, and ...

TUAW Tip: Saving InDesign CS4 files for InDesign CS2

by Robert Palmer (May 8th, 2009)

Here's a frustrating problem: You have InDesign CS4, and your buddy needs your file, but has InDesign CS2. "Easy!" you think, "just save an InDesign Interchange (INX) file and send it to him." Lo, wonder of wonders: InDesign saves an INX file that's compatible only with the immediately preceding ...

Adobe unveils new Creative Suite 3 packages - watch the live webcast this afternoon

by David Chartier (Mar 27th, 2007)

Today is the big day, ladies and gents - Adobe has officially unveiled a plethora of new Creative Suite 3 packages and products, all of which are available for preorder now. With this new suite, the acquisition of Macromedia in April of 2005 has come to fruition, with all products now under the ...

Adobe Creative Suite 3 will be March 27

by Dave Caolo (Mar 5th, 2007)

Adobe will host a press event this March 27 to announce the availability of CS3. This will be the first Universal Binary version of the Creative Suite, and Adobe is calling the event the largest software release in its history. If you've been looking for an excuse to finally buy that Mac Pro, ...

Mac Pro sales waiting on Adobe

by Erica Sadun (Jan 18th, 2007)

During Wednesday's Financial Results conference call, some insights came to light regarding the sales of Apple's Mac Pro. Were potential purchasers waiting on the release of Leopard before buying, in what they call a "Leopard related pause"? Apple said no. It wasn't a factor now and it didn't happen ...

Adobe announces Acrobat 8 Universal Binary, Creative Suite 2.3

by David Chartier (Sep 21st, 2006)

Ali Hanyaloglu at the Adobe Blogs has announced version 8 of Acrobat, their software for all things PDF, with a nice surprise: it's Universal. It's being bundled with the also recently announced new Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium, a retail upgrade (don't you love how they like to charge for .X ...

Photoshop Universal Binary? Not so fast.

by Jay Savage (Aug 31st, 2006)

I have to admit, I was pretty excited when I saw the screencap of an Adobe order confirmation email above from TUAW reader Craig. Despite Adobe's repeated official refusal [pdf] to do anything for Intel Mac Photoshop users until CS3, it looked like there might be big news on the Photoshop front. A ...