May 18, 2006
Source: Publish
Written by Don Fluckinger
Let the countdown begin for Apollo, one of the first fruits of the Adobe-Macromedia merger. The technology will be integrated into Flash Player and Adobe Reader, and will give developers the tools to create run-time apps that can be used offline without a browser, yet with the lower costs associated with Web development tools that require browsers.
May 18, 2006
Former Sanmina-SCI Executive Randy Furr to Join Adobe Executive Team
Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 18, 2006–Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE – News) today announced Randy Furr will be named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Most recently, Furr served as president and chief operating officer of Sanmina-SCI Corporation, a leading global electronics manufacturing services company.
May 17, 2006
Adobe has released an update for Adobe Bridge via Adobe Updater for Mac and Windows versions of Bridge. The update, available only via Updater (at this time), will bring Bridge to version 1.0.4.
May 17, 2006
From the Adobe Photoshop Windows User to User Forums comes a report that the 9.0.1 update for Windows effect mouse clicks on menus in some cases. Menues require an extra click to regain focus from non-maximized document.
May 17, 2006
Left to right: Zalman Stern, George Jardine, Seetharaman Narayanan (aka Seetha), Dave Story and Jeff Schewe
George Jardine, Pro Photography Evangelist of Adobe has posted a new iTunes Podcast about Adobe Lightroom talking about the Windows version of Lightroom, Camera Raw and DNG .
May 17, 2006
50 Students from 30 Film Schools to Produce Daily Broadcasts from Cannes
Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. — May 17, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it is sponsoring the American Pavilion Student Filmmaker Program at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, May 17 through May 28 in Cannes, France. Students representing 30 film schools in North America, the United Kingdom, India and South Africa will be paired with professional filmmakers and instructors to create documentaries on their experience at Cannes using the Adobe® Production Studio, Macromedia® Flash® and Macromedia Studio 8. Documentaries will be broadcast daily on the Adobe.com Web site.
May 17, 2006
Source: CNET
Written by Candace Lombardi
Adobe Systems is overhauling its publishing applications to more closely resemble its popular Photoshop program, in a bid to sway designers who are already using the image-editing software.
May 17, 2006
Source: The Register
Competition–Here’s a challenge for all you Photoshop jockeys: create an improved human for the chance to win Reg t-shirts and goodie bag overflowing, cornucopia style, with the fruits of Vulture Central.
May 17, 2006
Stamps.com’s PhotoStamps Now Available as Part of Adobe Photoshop Services
Press Release: LOS ANGELES, May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP – News), a leading provider of Internet-based postage services, today announced the availability of PhotoStamps® from within Adobe® Photoshop® CS2, Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Album Starter Edition software. The launch of PhotoStamps for Business, also announced today, will now allow users of the Photoshop family of products to easily design and use PhotoStamps to create awareness for their products or services, to build their brand, or for other commercial uses.
May 16, 2006
Next workshop:
June 24-25, 2006 in New York City
The Lifecycle of a Digital Photograph