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RDAUG's Next Meeting

RDAUG Show and Tell #2

6:30 Tuesday June 17, 2008

PStrat 10 Laboratory Drive, Suite 110, RTP, NC

Our June meeting is our second RDAUG Show and Tell! No powerpoint presentations, no code - its just you, your project, and us. Bring up one or a few of your recent projects on the big screen and tell us about it anywhere from 1-15 minutes. We'll be giving away Adobe schwag AND a Adobe Software package of your choosing worth up to $2100! If you've presented to the group in 2008, you'll get 2 raffle tickets. And if you show off your project at this meeting you'll get one raffle ticket per project. The raffle winner gets the software prize! Tell your friends, tell your co-workers, anyone is welcome!

Events Calendar (Adobe, RDAUG, and more)

RDAUG News & Announcements

Help promote our August AIR show - July 23, 2007
Hi everyone, I think that the Adobe AIR bus coming to our area is sort of a big deal, so I'd like to do what I can to promote it. All the information is on our webpage under the next meeting, but I've also made a SWF and printable PDF flyer to pass around and promote the event. Please tell your co-workers and friends to go to www.rdaug.org/airshow And it would be great if you could print out that color or black and white PDF available on that page to hang on your office fridge. Thanks everyone! ben

RDAUG Summer Update - July 9, 2007
Hi everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful July 4th holiday. I'm writing to tell you about a couple new things, and to request some help with RDAUG.

First, the biggest thing is the new website. We've had it live for awhile, but I just had to thank and congratulate Tony Chester for designing, HTMLizing, and copy editing the site - thereby winning the website contest prize of up to $2100 worth of Adobe software. I'd also like to thank Brian Soles for his great RDAUG logo.

Additionally, I've been very busy sorting out all this confusing Yahoo groups and forums business. Please read about the changes at http://www.rdaug.org/about/mailandforuminfo.cfm Basically, forum members can not only get an RSS feed of our forum topics, but also real emails which can even be customized if you care about some RDAUG topics but not others. Also, emailing forums@rdaug.org will create forum posts in the RDAUG chat section. Last but not least, is that our Yahoo Groups Members are not left out. Forum posts will be emailed to our Yahoo list, and Yahoo posts will be sent to the forum. This isn't 100% perfect because of Yahoo's over-agressive spam filters. They tend to block large ranges of IP addresses. But this is the best we can do, and I'll make sure that Yahoo gets at least the important news. This was a problem before the forums existed, and some members weren't getting or able to post things. I'd like to steer everybody to the forums, but just know that Yahoo groups will still work.

Next is the subject of meetings. Meetings have been a little light this summer. I've been focusing my efforts on getting our forums working well and putting our website up, and unfortunately that took a great deal of my focus for this group. I was also a little averse to getting the groups momentum up when online communication was such a mess. Well, hopefully things are stable now, and I'd really like to get some great meetings planned.

Kicking things off in August is the onAIR Bus Tour. On the 18th of August several Adobe higher-ups including Ben Forta, Mike Chambers, and Ted Patrick will be stopping in RTP to give our group a presentation of AIR (formerly Apollo). I'll post the official announcement when I get exact times and the agenda from Adobe.

In September, I'd like to get regular meetings back on track at a reasonably stable time and place. The place is still open, and if your company can host us every month I'd love to hear from you. Otherwise, I'm scoping out the local libraries (surprisingly, it sounds like they have some decent presentation space!). I have one presenter lined up for September, but I'd love to get tons more lined up for the rest of the year, so if you are knowledgable in something the group could benefit from we'd absolutely LOVE to hear from you!

Last is my general plea for help. A few of you have been helping a great deal, and a few have offered help. But as I said before, I was a little averse trying to grow the group until we got a website and messaging system that made sense. Now that I have that (and my fingers ARE crossed), I'd love to get help. The biggest and easiest thing you can do for me is ideas. Maybe you have an idea for a meeting, or would like me to find a presenter on something you'd like to know more about. Even negative feedback on something you hate about the group is encouraged.

The biggest help would be getting involved (not just talking but doing). Maybe you can give a presentation, or bring an expert on something from your company. I'm personally interested in finding somebody to talk about Microsoft Silverlight, but maybe there's something else you can present on as well. Maybe you're looking for a job, and would like something to put on your resume. I'd certainly be open to taking on a "vice president" or "committee members", if you'd like to take on some aspect of planning or plotting different aspects of RDAUG.

I guess my grand theme here is that I did what I set out to do, and now my goals are to simply grow the group. And I'm open to help, ideas, and participation.

Thanks everyone, have a great summer. Hope to see you all at the July TACFUG meeting and the onAIR Bus tour.
Your group manager,
Ben Gomez Farrell

No July Meeting, but Big August Meeting - June 19, 2007
Hey everyone, I realized that I'm incredibly busy in July (I'm going to California twice). After talking to a couple members at our last meeting, I realized that July is a busy month for a lot of folks. So maybe skipping a month is a good idea, especially if I can't put much time and effort into it. It will give me a chance to get RDAUG running uber smoothly by the time August comes around. I wanted to give you folks a heads up for our August meeting as well. Its looking like another RDAUG/CAUG/TACFUG event. We're going to have an AIR contest, the best entry will get a prize, so get working for mid-August! It looks like, that as of today, there will be a certain bus tour coming around to us. I'll let you folks no more as the details are set, but just wanted to give a heads up to participate in our little contest! Thanks everyone!

Summer Meetings - May 15, 2007
Hi everyone, the summer meeting schedule is getting a bit unpredictable. So for those who need a disciplined 2nd Tuesday of the month schedule, I do apologize. Between different locations, guest speakers, etc.... I can't predict the specific dates of future meetings in the short term. So PLEASE keep an eye on our webpage, google calendar, Yahoo Groups list, or the forums. Thanks!

The Porn community finally found us! - May 15, 2007
Well, allowing users to directly post their member profiles, jobs, and projects on our site had to quickly come to an end. I'm getting a steady stream of porno ads now from the submission forms. Oh well, I thought we'd be OK for longer....but don't let this stop you from posting jobs, your profile, or your projects on our site, just know that I have to preview it first before it gets posted!

No April RDAUG meetings - April 11th, 2007
I should have updated the website earlier, but as I told everyone at the last meeting, there is no April RDAUG meeting. Don't worry, we're still here, and not going away. In fact, I'm psyched to see so many new people attending meetings. Anyway, we had TWO meetings in March, so I thought it would be a great time to take a break and not exhaust everyone with too many RDAUG meetings. Thanks for your support everyone, and see you in May!

Brand New RDAUG Site - March 19th, 2007
Our site is brand new, and looking great thanks (design and markup courtesy Tony Chester and Onwired). The brand new site is in it's early stages though. It'll keep looking the same, but keep getting better. We hope to get expand our resources page into a mini site of it's own with our members' help. We also hope to get our jobs, member directory, and showcase all updated with our memebers' help. Hopefully we'll turn our little site from something that educates outsiders about RDAUG into something our members check every day. Thanks everyone for your help!

RDAUG's temporary website - October 25th, 2006
There's so much information to tell our members and future members. We have deals and freebies from Adobe, book publishers and more. We have meetings and contests and prizes. So rather than waiting for the new website to be done to tell you all about this, we created this website in the meantime to keep everyone informed. We'll have even more stuff when the website does launch but in the meantime you can keep tabs on the goings on with this temporary website.

RDAUG Forums - October 25th, 2006
RDAUG has a new way to communicate! The RDAUG Forums at http://www.rdaug.org/forums is ready for your questions, announcments, and discussion. Newcomers and old-time RDAUG members alike are welcome to sign up and post!

Adobe News & Announcements

SwitchBoard Preview Release - June 16, 2007
Get Switchboard at: http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/SwitchBoard So....remember Eric's presentation on scripting and automation in Adobe applications? Well Switchboard is a swc that plugs right into Flex/AIR to create applications that communicate with scriptable Adobe software. Very cool!

Creative Suite 3.3 - June 3, 2008
Today on Adobe.com, CS3.3 just launched. You can now upgrade your Design Suite for $159 to include the new Acrobat 9 as well as a special offer for Fireworks CS3. Also today acrobat.com launched. This beta (signup at http://www.adobe.com/acom/) combines several online collaboration tools like Buzzword, Share, Connect, and more.

Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Soundbooth Betas available - May 27, 2008
Having personally seen a Dreamweaver CS "Next" demo, I can vouch for the coolness. The new "Live View" feature renders your page with Webkit (just like you'd see it in Safari) right in the Dreamweaver IDE. You'll never want to use the crummy design view again. Oh yah, and there's new Fireworks and Soundbooth Betas, but I haven't seen the demos so I can't vouch for them yet! http://weblogs.macromedia.com/labs/archives/2008/05/new_dreamweaver_fireworks_and_soundbooth_betas_released_on_labs.html

Develop For Flash 10 Pre-release today! - May 18, 2008
Guess what!??! The Flash Player 10 pre-release is out and you can grab a piece of the action. You can grab the SDK to plug into Flex to try the 3D stuff, pixel bender, etc. Go to: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/

Adobe Open Screen Project - May 1, 2008
Adobe just announced today - the Open Screen Project. Adobe is working with industry leaders to make sure we as designers and developers can deliver consistent content to PC and devices. Adobe themselves have removed licensing restrictions and fees on SWF, as well as publishing the protocols on Flash Cast and AMF. Read more here: http://www.adobe.com/openscreenproject/

Adobe TV and AMP - April 10, 2008
Hello everyone! Adobe Media Player (build on AIR) launches today. This, along with content at tv.adobe.com to either play in AMP or on the site. The content on Adobe TV features tutorials for software organized by the software, or what type of creative professional you happen to be.

Lightroom 2.0 - April 2, 2008
John Knack, the Senior Product Manager for Photoshop just posted on his blog that the Lightroom 2.0 Beta is available on Adobe labs: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom/ If you'd like to read John's blog post - check out http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/

Flex/AIR Alpha for Linux - March 31, 2008
Check out: http://www.adobe.com/go/airlinux and http://www.adobe.com/go/flexbuilder_linux if you'd like to grab the Linux AIR and Flex public alphas. You can also read the press release here: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200803/033108Ado beAIRforLinux.html

Photoshop Express Beta - March 27, 2008
http://www.photoshop.com/express Today announced Adobe Photoshop Express public beta, a free Rich Internet Application (RIA) available to anyone who wants to store, sort and show off digital photos with eye-catching effects. During the public beta period, Adobe will solicit Photoshop Express user feedback on product features and functionality, which will continue to evolve over time. As the newest addition to the Photoshop family line, Photoshop Express has taken much of Adobe's best image editing technology and made it simple and accessible to a new online audience. Photoshop Express allows users to store up to 2 gigabytes of images online for free, make edits to their photos, and share them online in creative ways, including downloading and uploading photos from popular social networking sites like Facebook.

Flex 3 and AIR 1 Released - February 25, 2008
Head on over to onFlex.org or goto the page on Adobe.com to purchase Flex 2 (it brings you to Flex 3) to investigate and join RDAUG tonight (Monday February 25th) for our Flex 3 and AIR launch event! Looks like Adobe's just getting it's website up to date now, but the cat's out of the bag, and it's only 11:30 on the 24th! At the RDAUG launch this Monday evening, we'll be having a few presentations including some from our members, I'll be showing off some AIR apps, and we'll be giving out some great prizes: a copy of Flex 3, a Playstation Portable, some awesome AIR posters and t-shirts, and some AIR stickers. We'll have some pizza, and talk, and presentations. Join the fun: 6:30PM Monday February 25, 2007 TEK Systems 1201 Edwards Mills Rd Ste 201, Raleigh

After 4 long years...Director 11! - February 19, 2008
I'm not sure how many people use Director anymore, and I'm sure they kind of lost some of you after 4 years and 2 operating systems later. But Director 11 is shipping in March! Of course the necessary features are in there - Vista and Intel Mac support, and Flash 9 compatibility (good luck doing any Flex stuff in MX 2004!). Additionally it supports DirectX 9 for 3D, and the AGEIA PhysX Engine, bitmap effects filters, and FULL Javascript syntax support. The price has come down a few hundred dollars too. Finally, our long wait is over!

Flex 3/ AIR Beta 3 Available on Labs - Also BlazeDS - December 12, 2007
You knew it was coming sooner or later - the 3rd Beta of Flex 3 and AIR are on Labs today. Along with it are new betas of the AIR extension for Dreamweaver CS3 as well as the new Kuler AIR beta.

What you didn't expect is a new product called BlazeDS.

BlazeDS is the server-based Java remoting and web messaging technology that enables developers to easily connect to back-end distributed data and push data in real-time to Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR applications for more responsive rich Internet application (RIA) experiences.

Previously available only as part of Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES, Adobe is announcing its plans to contribute the proven BlazeDS technologies to the community under the LGPL v3. BlazeDS gives the rapidly growing Adobe developer community free access to the powerful remoting and messaging technologies developed by Adobe.

The source code will be available for download in early 2008.

Adobe Brio - Free Connect Conferencing! - December 10, 2007
The latest version of Acrobat Connect is in Beta. The cool thing is that they will let you hold conferences for up to 3 people for free! Go to: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/brio/

Konfabulator goes Flash - November 29, 2007
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2007/11/konfabulator_go_1.cfm I know that some of you were asking about widget development before - I don't really know a thing about it, so I don't know if Konfabulator through Yahoo is what you folks are after, but Konfabulator now supports Flash 9!

Adobe's John Dowdell writes: Sort of a historical moment here. Konfabulator was one of the first popular desktop widget systems. It was originally an only-on-Macintosh architecture, using system-level AppleScript for interactivity. Later they added Windows through some other scripting mechanism, and joined Yahoo to become the basis of their desktop widget system. Now they're adding support for Adobe Flash Player, which is the fastest way to get high-level cross-environment support. Cool, welcome! I can't pull up the Yahoo Widgets Blog at the moment, but Mike Potter was early on with the news... Niall Kennedy has a short history of widgets (wijstory?)... here's my archive of Konfabulator posts. Potential win: If you make tools in SWF, it now seems easier to reach the Yahoo desktop audience, just as you reach lots of other audiences.

Ads in your PDFs - November 29, 2007
Wow, um, this sounds a bit weird to me. Could I start a little side business at work when I make tech documents for co-workers with ads in them?

Ads for Adobe PDF Released on Labs
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/labs/archives/2007/11/ads_for_adobe_p.cfm

Adobe, in cooperation with Yahoo!, has announced the release of a preview of a free service that enables you to earn money by including ads in your PDF content. Ads for Adobe PDF is now available through Adobe Labs.

The early preview of this technology will be limited to only a few users, but we will be accepting more and more PDF content providers over time. Apply to participate in the program and start making money from your PDF content.

Educators get Flex for Free - October 25, 2007
click here for article

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it is offering Adobe? Flex? Builder? 2 software at no cost to students and faculty at educational institutions worldwide. The Flex Builder 2 integrated development environment (IDE) is part of a powerful toolset for designing and developing rich Internet applications (RIAs), an essential part of Web 2.0.

Read the article for more...

Adobe Thermo Sneak Preview at MAX - October 3, 2007
Check out here for a bunch of Thermo links. Personally, I watch about 15 minutes here.

So, Thermo shortens the path from design to development and is based on Adobe Flex. It helps designers build Flex RIA's without having to write a line of code (though a whole bunch of MXML is generate for ya).

Flash Player 10 Sneak Preview at MAX - October 2, 2007
Pretty cool stuff in this video at http://aralbalkan.com/1048

The Flash player team discusses multicolumn/multilanguage text formatting features. They also talk about the new 3D capabilities which seem to basically mean being able to rotate in X,Y,Z coordinates. And lastly they talk about the new ability to program your own pixel shaders in the project codenamed Hydra. This gives you the ability to not only use a Blur, Shadow, or Glow filter as you could do in Flash 8, but also write your own filters...you'll have to see it to know what I'm talking about!

More announcements from MAX - October 1, 2007
With MAX going on, I think we can expect a lot to be announced over the coming days, and we started off strong with Flex, AIR, and AMP. Heres some announcements I just came across: First is that Adobe is acquiring Virtual Ubiquity, the makers of a web based word processor. Looks like those AIR/Office rumors we were discussing on the list weren't so far off! http://www.adobe.com/special/buzzword/faq.html And secondly Adobe has released some tidbits about Flash Lite 3 (which will support FLV!): http://www.adobe.com/products/flashlite/

Tons of beta and preleases (AIR, Flex, AMP) - October 1, 2007
Tons of releases today (sorry for the double post, I had an itchy trigger finger apparently). Go to: http://labs.adobe.com and you'll see: AIR Beta 2, Flex 3 Beta 2, Adobe Media Player Prerelease, Adobe AIR Extension for Dreamweaver Beta 2, Flash 9 Update Release Candidate, Spry Framework for Ajax Prerelease 1.6, AIR Update for Flash CS3 Beta 2, and a new web service called Share. Wow, I wonder if this has anything to do with MAX? ben

Mobile AIR - September 19, 2007
Looks like Intel is rolling out a new platform (Menlow), an initiative targeting creating internet connected mobile devices. The Adobe twist on this is that the senior vice president of Adobe pledged to support AIR on this platform. Read more here

Free Flex Training from Total Training and Adobe - September 19, 2007
Great news for all those people learning Flex... Adobe has partnered with Total Training to offer Free Online Flex Training for 30 days. We hope that this will really help in training developers new to Flex. This promotion runs till Dec 31, 2007. www.totaltraining.com/guest/adobe

Adobe Launches "Moviestar" Version of Flash Player - HD Television Quality for Web Video - August 21, 2007
Adobe today announced the latest version of its near ubiquitous Web video software, Adobe Flash Player 9. It's codenamed Moviestar, because it includes H.264 standard video support ? the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high definition video players. In other words, the quality of video has been substantially improved from the previous version of Flash Player 9. Also added to the mix is High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio support and "hardware accelerated, multi-core enhanced full screen video playback". Adobe claims that these advancements will extend their leadership position in web video "by enabling the delivery of HD television quality and premium audio content". The new Flash Player will be available later today as a beta at Adobe Labs - and the final release is slated to be available in the fall (September - November). The last big update to Flash Player was the launch of Flash 9 in June 2006.

Adobe Coldfusion and Framemaker 8 now released along with entire Creative Suite 3 -
Lots of product releases lately, just thought I'd update everyone on whats out now:

Adobe ColdFusion 8

Develop engaging Internet applications with dramatic performance gains and easier enterprise integration in this feature-packed release.

Adobe FrameMaker 8

Bring technical communication to a new level with Flash, 3D, DITA, Unicode, XML, and more.

Adobe After Effects

Adobe? After Effects? CS3 Professional software is an essential upgrade. Design vector graphics, create more organic movements, and expedite delivery with new integration and collaboration features.

Adobe Premiere

Make every phase of video production more efficient with Adobe? Premiere? Pro CS3 software, which includes Adobe OnLocation? CS3* (Windows? only) and Adobe Encore? CS3. Top new features include: * Output to DVD and Blu-ray Disc * High-quality slow motion with time remapping * Direct-to-disk recording and professional on-set monitoring * Publish Adobe Encore projects to the web * Multiple project panels with smart file search * Improved editing efficiency * Output for mobile devices

Adobe Soundbooth

Adobe? Soundbooth? CS3 software lets you take command of your audio in film, video, and Adobe Flash? software projects. Use on-clip controls to make fast edits and intuitive, task-based tools to clean up recordings, polish voice-overs, customize music, modify sound effects, apply high-quality filters, and much more. Tight integration with Flash CS3 Professional and Adobe Premiere? Pro CS3 software and an intuitive, visual interface mean you can get the job done quickly without sacrificing creative control.

Adobe Encore

Reach the widest possible audience with Adobe? Encore? CS3 software, now included with Adobe Premiere? Pro CS3. With unmatched Adobe Photoshop? software integration and a flexible and intelligent workflow, Encore CS3 is packed with a rich set of creative tools for DVD and Blu-ray Disc authoring and SWF export to the web. Available for both Intel? based Mac and Windows? systems, Encore CS3 is the right choice for easy production of full-featured, menu-driven DVD and Blu-ray projects, on disc and on the web.

Photoshop CS2 and CS3 updates to address security vulnerabilities - July 10, 2007
Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Photoshop CS2 and CS3 that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these potential vulnerabilities to take control of the affected system. A malicious BMP, DIB, RLE, or PNG must be opened in Photoshop by the user for an attacker to exploit these potential vulnerabilities. Users are recommended to update their installations with the patches provided below, and Adobe encourages all customers to be cautious before opening any unknown file, regardless of which application they may be using. Download the patch here

Flash Player 9 Update Beta - June 18, 2007
Adobe? Flash? Player is the high-performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones, and devices. Installed on over 700 million Internet-connected desktops and mobile devices, Flash Player enables organizations and individuals to build and deliver great digital experiences to their end users.[more]

Flex 3 and Adobe Integrated Runtime Betas released on Labs today - June 11, 2007
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/

and http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flex/

Adobe? AIR?, formerly code-named Apollo, is a cross-operating system runtime that allows developers to use their existing web development skills to build and deploy rich Internet applications to the desktop.

Adobe? Flex? 3 is a cross platform, open source framework for creating rich Internet applications that run identically in all major browsers and operating systems.[more]

Coldfusion Scorpio available in Adobe Labs Today - May 30, 2007
Adobe? ColdFusion? 8 is the highly-anticipated upcoming major release of ColdFusion. The public beta release provides developers with the opportunity to begin building applications with new ColdFusion 8 features as well as test their existing applications on the new version. [more]

Adobe Visual Communicator 3 - May 18, 2007
Adobe? Visual Communicator? 3 offers hundreds of customizable graphics, music and special effects to create video presentations that look like a television newscast. When presenting in front of a backdrop, users can digitally replace the background with an image or video. The teleprompter allows users to speak confidently without missing key points or memorizing lines. Video presentations can be delivered via email, the Internet, CD, DVD, or live over a Channel One Closed-Circuit System. [more]

Adobe To Acquire Hosted Services Innovator - May 3, 2007
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Scene7?, a technology innovator in real-time rich media delivery services. Adobe plans to offer and expand these interactive publishing services as it extends the online presence of its flagship creative technologies.[more]

Adobe to Open Source Flex - April 26th, 2007
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced plans to release source code for Adobe? Flex? as open source. This initiative will let developers worldwide participate in the growth of the industry's most advanced framework for building cross-operating system rich Internet applications (RIAs) for the Web and enabling new Apollo applications for the desktop. The open source Flex SDK and documentation will be available under the Mozilla Public License (MPL). [more]

Microsoft, Adobe battle heats up - April 17th, 2007
IT has not escaped Microsoft's attention that some of the coolest sites on the web - YouTube and MySpace included - get much of their flash from Flash and other design programs sold by Adobe Systems. But as Microsoft gets ready to ship its own line of tools for designers and web developers, the world's largest software maker finds it must also defend against Adobe on its home turf, the desktop. At the same time, the line between internet and desktop programs is blurring - and both companies see an opportunity to capture new business. [more]

Adobe Unveils Next Generation Internet Video Solution - April 16th, 2007
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the Adobe? Media Player? at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show. This desktop application expands Adobe?s Internet video solutions, adding to an emerging ecosystem that enables new ways to distribute and monetize media, while helping viewers discover and view high-quality content both online and offline. Leveraging Adobe?s Emmy? Award winning Flash? architecture, the Adobe Media Player delivers more engaging video experiences to viewers while offering content publishers new abilities to distribute, track and build businesses around their media assets. [more]

Premiere and After Effects Pre-Release on Adobe Labs - April 16th, 2007
Create blockbuster visual effects and compelling motion graphics on both Windows and Mac.

ALSO!

Get a free preview of Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, now available for Mac and Windows.[go to labs]

Adobe CS3 Web & Design now Shipping - April 16th, 2007
Looks like CS3 is now shipping from Adobe's page. Too bad we gotta wait till Summer for the Video suite!

CS3 Launch - March 27, 2007
Go to Adobe.com to see the new suite of products.[look at adobe.com]

Apollo Alpha Available on Adobe Labs - March 19th, 2007
Apollo is the code name for a cross-operating system runtime being developed by Adobe that allows developers to leverage their existing web development skills (Flash, Flex, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax) to build and deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop. Apollo enables developers to create applications that combine the benefits of web applications network and user connectivity, rich media content, ease of development, and broad reach with the strengths of desktop applications application interactions, local resource access, personal settings, powerful functionality, and rich interactive experiences. [more...]

Coming soon: Two editions of Photoshop CS3 - March 7th, 2007
Adobe Photoshop has always been at the forefront of digital imaging innovation, and we've given you a taste of things to come with the Photoshop CS3 beta. Today, we want to share the news that spring 2007 will bring not just one, but two editions of Adobe Photoshop CS3 software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended.[more...]

Adobe to take Photoshop online - February 28th, 2007
The new online service is part of a larger move to introduce ad-supported online services to complement its existing products and broaden the company reach into the consumer market, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen told CNET News.com. Chizen said Adobe laid the foundation for a hosted Photoshop product with Adobe Remix, a Web-based video-editing tool it now offers through the PhotoBucket media-sharing site.[more...]

Adobe announces pricing, availability for Lightroom - January 28th, 2007
Well, it's official: after an initial public beta test that seems to have gone pretty smoothly, Adobe's first major RAW-oriented photography workflow app is set to hit the shelves on February 19. The Windows and Universal Mac versions of Lightroom are coming simultaneously, with the recommended system requirements being a Mac with Mac OS X 10.4.3, 1GHz PowerPC G4 processor or a Windows machine with Windows XP SP2, an Intel Pentium 4 processor, 768MB RAM and a 1024 x 768 resolution display. While Lightroom will run fine on Vista, users will need to wait for a free update for full disc-burning support to work. Lightroom will be sold for $299 (not coincidentally the same price as Aperture), and you can preorder it now. Those looking for a deal can get it at an introductory price of $199 until April 30, and a free trial will also be available for download as of the 19th. People whove already built libraries around the the beta will be relieved to know that it doesnt expire until February 28 and existing libraries will be updated for use by the 1.0 app.[more...]

Adobe Delivers Flash Player 9 for Linux - January 17th, 2007
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the availability of Adobe Flash Player 9 for Linux, the next-generation client runtime for engaging with Flash content and applications on Linux open source operating systems. [more...]

Adobe and VeriSign to Transform Distribution of Rich Media Online - January 8th, 2007
VeriSign, Inc., (NASDAQ: VRSN) and Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE), today announced their intent to collaborate on integrating Adobe Flash technologies with VeriSigns peer assisted content distribution technology, setting a new standard in the delivery of high-quality video content. Both companies plan to integrate existing products and services and jointly develop new technologies that help media and entertainment companies bring content online. [more...]

Adobe Releases Beta Version of Photoshop CS3 - December 14th, 2006
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) will introduce a beta version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 software, the next release of the world standard in digital imaging, on Friday, December 15th. Adobe is delivering a widely available Photoshop CS3 beta to enable customers to more easily transition to the latest hardware platforms, particularly Apples new Intel-based systems. The beta is available as a Universal Binary for the Macintosh platform, as well as for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista computers. The final shipping release of Adobe Photoshop CS3 is planned for Spring 2007. The software can be downloaded at: http://labs.adobe.com , in the early hours Pacific Standard Time on December 15. [more...]

Kuler, new on Adobe Labs - November 21st, 2006
kuler is the first creative, hosted web application from Adobe Labs designed both to stand alone and to complement Adobe Creative Suite 2 components. Built using Macromedia Flash and ActionScript 3.0, kuler is all about color: color for exploration, inspiration, experimentation and sharing. [more...]

Adobe Digital Editions - October 24th, 2006
Adobe Digital Editions is a completely new way to read and manage eBooks and other digital publications. Digital Editions is built from the ground up as a lightweight, rich Internet application (RIA). Digital Editions works online and offline, and supports both PDF and XHTML-based content.[more...]

Adobe Extends Video Software Offerings with Acquisition of Serious Magic - October 19th, 2006
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced it has acquired Serious Magic Inc., maker of video software and communications tools for creative professional, business, consumer, and education markets. With Serious Magic solutions such as DV Rack extending direct-to-disk recording and monitoring into the field and Visual Communicator and Vlog It delivering the power of video communication to general business users and casual bloggers, the acquisition strengthens Adobe's leadership position in video software -- for both video professionals and consumers. [more...]

Adobe Extends Video Software Offerings with Acquisition of Serious Magic - October 18th, 2006
Flash Player beta downloads are now available for the Microsoft Windows Vista and Linux platforms.[more...]

Adobe Plans to invest 100M in VC money - October 24th, 2006
"Adobe also plans to invest approximately $100 million in venture capital over the next 3-5 years in companies leveraging Adobe platform technologies, particularly companies delivering applications via Apollo, as part of Adobe's commitment to building an ecosystem for the Adobe(R) Engagement Platform." [more...]

Flex 2 Builder Beta for Mac - October 24th, 2006
Adobe Flex Builder 2 provides robust coding and debugging tools that enable developers to quickly build rich client-side logic as well as intelligent code navigation that allows users to easily understand source code and root out underlying issues. For design-oriented tasks, intuitive visual tools allow designers or developers to easily create richer, more usable application interfaces with a customized look and feel. [more...]

Adobe SoundBooth Beta - October 26th, 2006
Try Adobe Soundbooth. Soundbooth is a brand new application built in the spirit of Sound Edit 16 and Cool Edit that provides the tools video editors, designers, and others who do not specialize in audio need to accomplish their everyday work[more...]

Adobe Apollo Online Seminar Nov 2nd - October 26th, 2006
If you were not able to attend MAX, or just want more information on Apollo, please join Mike Chambers in a free 1 hour on-line seminar. During this session, attendees will learn about Adobes next-generation run-time client that will extend the reach and capabilities of todays Rich Internet Applications. The seminar is scheduled on Thursday, November 2nd at 3pm[more...]

Adobe/Mozilla Tamarin Project - November 7th, 2006
Adobe and Mozilla Foundation to Open Source Flash Player Scripting Engine: Unifies Modern Scripting Across Firefox and Flash and Advances Innovation on the Web [more...]