April 2010
In This Issue
Local News
Join us at a Creative Suite 5 launch event near you
International News
Creative Suite 5 released!
Product Feature
Photoshop CS5
Featured Book
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book
Designer and Developer Feature
Share your creations with the Photoshop community!
Dreamweaver CS5 in action
Seminars
Training Partners
Designer and Developer Resources

Local News
Join us at a Creative Suite 5 Lauch event near you - Click for more

Released on April 12, Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 is now available. This is a breakthrough release of the industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow. Focusing on interactivity, performance and maximizing the impact of digital content and marketing campaigns across media and devices, the Creative Suite 5 product line brings full version upgrades of flagship creative tools while delivering significant workflow enhancements to designers and developers. Come and join as at one of the launch events in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Alternatively see whats its all about online.

CS5 is here

 

International News
Creative Suite 5 released! - Click for more

 

Tell your story using Adobe's full range of creative tools. Move projects easily among the components of Adobe Creative Suite 5 software as you create for print, web, video, audio and mobile media. With new ways to design and develop interactivity, plus industry-leading performance for video production, these comprehensive offerings enable you to generate amazing work, collaborate effectively and deliver virtually anywhere. CS5 editions integrate with new Adobe CS Live online services to help you speed up design reviews, streamline website testing in multiple browsers, collaborate on script development and content authoring - and more. Adobe CS Live services are available at no cost for a limited time.

Creative Suite 5 Production Premium

Get breakthrough performance with innovations that dramatically increase productivity – including native 64-bit support, the new Adobe Mercury Playback Engine and expanded tapeless workflows.

Creative Suite 5
Web Premium

Design and develop ideas into web, interactive and device content and applications. Plus, take advantage of the newly expanded set of Adobe Flash® Platform tools for specialized workflows and integration with CS Live online services.*

Creative Suite 5
Design Premium

Get the unprecedented ability to create inter- active content without writing code, express ideas faster and more naturally, as well as streamline critical processes thanks to integration with CS Live online services.*

Creative Suite 5
Master Collection

Get everything. CS5 Master Collection combines all the tools you need to take on any creative challenge. Find new features that will help you produce stronger work in a shorter amount of time.
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Choose the right edition for your creative needs – and start working faster and smarter today.

Product Feature
Photoshop CS5 - Click for more

Industry-standard Adobe Photoshop CS5 software helps you create images with impact. Easily make complex selections. Remove any image element and see the space fill in almost magically. Paint realistically. Create stunning HDR images, remove noise, add grain, and create vignettes with state-of-the-art photographic tools. Experience fast performance on 64-bit systems.

New tools such as the Content Aware Fill, Automatic lens correction, Puppet Warp, Easier UI management andew GPU-accelerated features means the time to upgrade or buy is now!

Featured Book
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book - Click for more

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop CS5 choose Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book from Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Photoshop CS5.

In addition to learning the key elements of the Photoshop interface, this completely revised CS5 edition shows readers how to edit images with precise selection control, correct a wide range of lens-based errors, interactively transform their images with the new Puppet Warp tool, and easily remove or replace image elements with the new Content-Aware Fill mode.

The book also covers new powerful effects to artistically enhance images and shows how to combine multiple exposures into a single HDR image. For the first time, the companion DVD will feature, in addition to the lesson files, 2 hours of free video tutorials from Learn Adobe Photoshop CS5 by Video by Adobe Press and video2brain, a great added value!

For more books on Adobe products go here.

Designer & Developer Feature

Share your creations with the Photoshop community! - Click for more

Adobe Photoshop Marketplace is an open community that benefits from the efforts of Adobe enthusiasts around the world.. It presents the most comprehensive collection of Photoshop related products, services, and communities available - all designed to enhance the inherent power of Photoshop. Whether you want to learn professional-level image manipulation, find specific plug-ins, or locate a local Photoshop User Group or workshop, you've found the perfect resource.

View the available offerings, register to post your own creations, and enhance the community by reviewing and commenting on the resources in Photoshop Marketplace.


Dreamweaver CS5 in action - Click for more

Dreamweaver CS5 brings authoring and testing support for content management system frameworks like WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal. Dynamically Related Files provides direct access to a page’s related files, even for dynamic pages, and Live View Navigation offers accurate previews of dynamic applications. CSS Inspection and Adobe Browserlab integration allows you to visually test andsee how your websites will look.

Visit Adobe TV to see Dreamweaver CS5 in action.

Seminars

Luminary Webinar Series: Marketing and eLearning
May 6th, 2010

Intuitive User Experiences Webinar Series
May 12th, 2010

Adobe Photoshop CS5: "What's New" eSeminar Series
May 6th & 27th, 2010

Webinars that Wow! with Adobe Connect
May 18th, 2010

For more online events go here

Training Partners

Digicape - Cape Town
Contact Angie
084 029 9950
www.digicape.co.za


Concept Interactive
- Cape Town
Contact Elethea
elethea@conceptinteractive.net  
www.conceptinteractive.net  


Friends of Design - Cape Town
Web Design, DTP (Desktop Publishing), and Motion graphics courses
www.friendsofdesign.net  


Multimedia Centre - Cape Town
InDesign, Captivate, Photoshop, Illustrator, Robohelp, After Effects, Flash
Neil Stromin
021 790 3684
nstromin@multimediacentre.co.za
www.multimediacentre.co.za  


The TrainingRoom at Apple Centre Project 3 - Cape Town
Workshops and courses offering a wide range of creative pro applications, from print design to mobile authoring These are held every Thursday evening and Saturday morning.
www.thetrainingroom.co.za  


Learn2 - Cape Town & JHB
Adobe Video courses focussing After Effects & Premiere Pro
Call Mary now for more information on Adobe Training in Cape Town Tel: 021 421 5501
Call Rudi for information on Adobe Training in Johannesburg Tel: 011 886 8572
www.learn2.co.za  


Morning Star Design - JHB
Adobe Authorised Training Center
Rehana Rajah
011 782 4297
msd@netactive.co.za
www.imsd.co.za


WalkerDigital
Adobe Authorised Training Centre
Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Captivate Dreamweaver, Flash, After Effects, Premier.
Stephen Walker
stephen@walkerdigital.co.za
http://www.walkerdigital.co.za

Designer & Developer Resources and useful links


Dax Datas home page

Adobe's home page

Adobe product information on your machine
Adobe Source


Designer and Developer Resources
Adobe Design Centre
Adobe Developer Resources
Adobe Labs
Adobe TV
Adobe Exchange
- easy-to-install extensions, time-saving functions, code and more.
Safari Books Online - e-reference library for designers and developers


Online Forums and Blogs
Adobe Online Forums
Design Center editor community blogs


Community site for all things MX


ColdFusion Developers Journal


SimplicIT Lab - South African Flash Resource