CS6 info + resources, plus Peachpit COUPON

[Nancy Wirsig McClure]

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40% off one, 50% off two (off list price, of course)

Good through Tuesday (available to anyone)

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Adobe announced Creative Suite 6 this morning. Tons of text and videos on Adobe's own site, http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite.html

WHEN? They didn't specify a  launch date, but it's all “scheduled to be available within 30 days.” (Some who placed a pre-order on Adobe's site got an estimated May 7th delivery date.)

New upgrade and purchase options: subscription through the new online service, Creative Cloud...

• For $50/month with an annual subscription (or $80/month for month-to-month), you'll have full online access to any CS6 app (there are 14 of 'em!)
  
• If you own a Suite version CS3 or later, you can get the first year of subscription for $30 (instead of $50) here https://creativecloud-specialoffer.adobe.com/special-offer/?loc=en_US
  
• Photoshop-only subscription will be $20/month with annual or $30 without.

Here's a FAQ about all the nitty-gritty: http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/faq.html#upgrade-eligibility

And a journalist's pricing chart here: http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/22/adobe-officially-unveils-cs6-and-its-49month-all-inclusive-creative-cloud-subscription-service/

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Online Events for CS6 (free public webinars)

"6 Days of Photoshop CS6," by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals

http://www.photoshopuser.com/cs6/live

Adobe's own "Ask a Pro" crew have a webinar series next week - 4/30 thru 5/4

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=detail&id=2005732&loc=en_us&sdid=JTVJY

Other Learning

photoshopuser.com provides more than the webinars, and many other online sources have made videos.

Plus the free videos from lynda.com (as Victor mentioned at the meeting) here: http://www.lynda.com/cs6

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Always wishing you'd learned Flash?

Flash is still there.... but Adobe is pushing to replace Flash-based web sites with HTML5.

• Newish app Edge assists in the creation of animated web content.

• New app Muse will automate the process of developing HTML5 websites. For non-programmers, this may offer an easier path to full applications on web sites (especially if you have experience with earlier HTML/CSS).

-- Nancy