Now, for a limited time only, Adobe is offering an additional $50 off their CS5.5 premium suites for students and educators, on top of the regular discount – and no coupon or promotion code is required, plus you get free shipping via FedEx direct from Adobe…

So now the pricing works out as follows (see all the applications in each of these suites):

The resulting value is pretty remarkable. For example, the retail cost of all the products in CS5.5 Production Premium (if purchased separately) is $6,391. Just for After Effects CS5.5 alone, the normal price is $999 and the education price is $349. But here with this special, you can get Adobe After Effects plus six other major CS5 applications bundled together (including Premiere Pro and Photoshop Extended) for just $399.

If you want to first try out any these suites before purchase, that’s easy – they are all avail­able as instant trial downloads – then just make up your mind before the extra discount runs out. All trials are fully-functional for 30 days after installation.

And in most cases, you can install and run Adobe Student & Teacher Editions on up to two of your own computers.

Even for countries not participating in this special promotion, or after the offer ends, the Adobe Student & Teacher Editions are a smart and safe bargain. They are available in: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxem­bourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States.

This $50 “back to school” offer is available for one week through Saturday, February 4, 2012, at 11:59pm (PST). The software must be purchased through the Adobe Education Store, and your product can either be downloaded instantly or delivered in boxed form via courier.

This promotion is available only to valid education customers with shipping addresses in the United States and Canada, excluding Quebec. The US$50 savings will be deducted automati­cally from the order subtotal before calculation of tax and shipping fees.

This offer may not be used in conjunction with any other Adobe Store offers. Offer and current prices are subject to change or withdrawal without notice. Offer is not extended for Adobe Volume Licensing purchases. Applicable local sales taxes may apply.

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There’s an amazing deal out that’s just been expanded for Adobe customers worldwide (in US/Canada, Europe/UK, Australia/NZ, and South Africa) – you can get the full version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 for half off the regular price:  now US$149, £99, €125, or A$124 – plus free shipping:

Quickly process and manage your images for less.

Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 3 software helps you bring out the best in your photographs, whether you’re perfecting one image, searching for ten, processing hundreds, or organising thousands.  Read more »

Save 50% instantly on a full version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, plus free shipping.

Get this deal now for:  N. America – Europe – UK – Australia – New Zealand – Africa

* Receive a savings of 50% off the standard price of a full version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 when purchasing directly from the Adobe Online Store from 19 January 2012 until 5 February 2012. Offer is limited to one discount per customer. Free shipping also applies. The discount will be applied automatically in your shopping cart, no coupon code is necessary. The 50% discount will be taken off subtotalled amounts prior to calculation of tax. Allow 2-3 days for software delivery. Special is not valid for subscription products, OEM bundles, or education versions of software. This promotion is subject to availability and to change or withdrawal without notice.

Note this reduction is not available for upgrades to Lightroom 3, which still cost US$99 from any previous version. And while this deal originally rolled out for international customers only, it is now being offered in North America as well.

Meanwhile, students and teachers worldwide can continue to benefit from deeply-discounted educational pricing to buy a full copy of Lightroom 3 for just US$89, which is more than 70% off the regular price.

So if you’ve been thinking about making the jump to this well-regarded product, here’s a great entry…  If you prefer to try before you buy, you can immediately download the fully-functional free trial, and then just convert it to permanent within the offer period above.

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Adobe has just extended their popular current offer for all customers to save an additional 20% off the regularly-discounted upgrade price when you move up to CS5.5 (to either a suite or an individual product) from any earlier qualifying Adobe tool listed below.

This special was set to expire at year-end but has now been extended into March 2012 and continues to be available worldwide, with no coupon or promotion code required.  It’s valid for upgrading to all the latest CS5.5 versions, and also includes Photoshop CS5.1 and Illustrator CS5 as well.

The additional time comes following Adobe’s recent news of a major change in upgrade policy whereby only users with CS5.5 or CS5.0 would qualify for upgrade pricing to CS6 when it is released.

The new expiration dates for the additional 20% off upgrade savings are:

   North American Store:  Extended through March 15, 2012.
   European Stores:  Extended through 15 March 2012.
   Australia/NZ + Asia:  Extended through 15 March 2012.

So if you currently have one of these Adobe products with a valid license (either commercial or for education/student), then you qualify for this promotion:

• Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, or Master Collection
• Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, or Master Collection
• Creative Suite 2 Premium or Standard
• Adobe Production Studio Premium or Standard
• Adobe Design Bundle (Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium and Macromedia Flash Pro 8)
• Adobe Web Bundle (Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium and Macromedia Studio 8)
• Adobe Video Bundle (Adobe Production Studio Premium and Macromedia Flash Pro 8)
• Macromedia Studio 8
• After Effects CS4, CS3, or 7.0 (Professional or Standard)
• Flash CS4 Pro or Flash CS3 Pro, Macromedia Flash Pro 8, or Flash Basic 8
• Illustrator CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Audition CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Dreamweaver CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Fireworks CS4, CS3, or CS2
• InDesign CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Photoshop CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Photoshop CS4 Extended or CS3 Extended
• Premiere Pro CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Any version of Adobe Premiere

If you want to try out the product upgrade first, you can download the free trial for any software you choose, and then later convert the trial to a permanent version using this offer if you like. This works even for upgrades, which will run side-by-side with your other installed Adobe tools without difficulty.

This discount offer is available in the following Country Stores: USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand), China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Hope this news helps save you some money…

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If you missed the deals Adobe had running for Black Friday, not to worry as there are more great holiday specials going for December through Christmas, Boxing Day, and on to New Year’s and beyond – and here’s your guide…

Adobe has a dozen major offers in multiple countries covering popular products – including saving 10-20% on Creative Suite 5 and 5.5 products, 30% on either Lightroom 3 or the new Photoshop & Premiere Elements 10, 10% additional discount in the Education Store, plus free shipping. The deals have various expiration dates Europe/UK, Australia/NZ, and North America. Note that you do need to use individual coupon codes (linked below) for many of them.

All the holiday offers and some of their graphics are detailed below, and are available only for direct purchases.  This end-of-year sale will probably mark Adobe’s last discounts for a while, so if you’ve been waiting to make a move – especially with the recent changes in Creative Suite upgrade policy – then now could be your time…

Note that if you buy either Photoshop or a CS5.5 suite together with Adobe Lightroom, then these coupon codes are stackable with an additional 30% off Lightroom 3 offer! (valid worldwide until December 31st, 2011)

If you prefer to try before buying, you can instantly download any Adobe product you want as a fully-working 30-day free tryout, then later purchase/activate it within the savings period to get the discount.

A recent survey indicated that over 80% of Americans are headed online for holiday shopping this year, with most citing convenience, getting the best prices and deals, and avoiding the crowds. With these coupon codes you can shop in peace (and your pajamas if you want to), and not miss a good deal on software. For great prices on everything else, there’s always Amazon’s Top Holiday Deals…!

In the Adobe North America Store (see Europe/UK further down)

These specials are available to customers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Save an additional 20% when you Upgrade to CS5.5 from any qualifying Adobe product.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 9, 2011 – December 31, 2011  March 15, 2012

Get $100 off Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, plus free shipping!  Offer ends January 3.
Promotion code and link: « see here »
Offer valid: December 19, 2011 – January 3, 2012

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Get $50 off and free shipping on new Adobe Photoshop & Premiere Elements 10 bundle!
Promotion code and link: « see here »
Offer valid: December 19, 2011 – January 3, 2012

Get $20 off and free shipping on new Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.
Get $20 off and free shipping on new Adobe Premiere Elements 10.
Promotion code and link: « see here »
Offer valid: December 19, 2011 – January 3, 2012

Save 10% on select Adobe software with coupon code, plus free shipping!  Valid for most full CS5.5 and CS5 products (including Photoshop), Acrobat X Pro and Acrobat X Suite.
Promotion code and link: BRIGHT10
Offer valid: December 11, 2011 – December 21, 2011

Adobe Education Store: Save an extra 10% on orders of $375 or more, plus free shipping with coupon code!
Promotion code and link: LIGHT10
Offer valid: December 11, 2011 – December 21, 2011

In the Adobe European and UK Commercial Stores

These specials are available to customers in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Save an additional 20% when you Upgrade to CS5.5 from any qualifying Adobe product.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 9, 2011 – December 31, 2011  March 15, 2012

Save 30% off Lightroom 3 Full version, plus free shipping!
Promotion code and link: « see here »
Offer valid: December 5, 2011 – January 8, 2012

Take 30% off new Photoshop & Premiere Elements 10 Bundle, plus free shipping!
Take 15% off Photoshop & Premiere Elements 10 Bundle Upgrade, plus free shipping!
Promotion code and link: « see here »
Offer valid: December 5, 2011 – January 8, 2012

Save 15% on new Photoshop Elements 10, Full or Upgrade, plus free shipping!
Save 15% on new Premiere Elements 10, Full or Upgrade, plus free shipping!
Promotion code and link: « see here »
Offer valid: December 5, 2011 – January 8, 2012

Buy Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 with Lightroom 3 and save €299/£224.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 9, 2011 – February 3, 2012

Education Store: Save an extra €30/£25 on Photoshop CS5 Extended, plus free shipping!
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: December 25, 2011 – January 27, 2012

In the Adobe Australia, New Zealand, and Asia Stores

Get an additional 20% off your Upgrade to CS5.5 software, from a qualifying product.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 9, 2011 – December 31, 2011  March 15, 2012

Get 30% off Photoshop & Premiere Elements 10 software bundle, ends 16 Dec 2011.
Promotion code and link: PEPE10
Offer valid: November 21, 2011 – December 16, 2011

Happy Holidays!

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[UPDATE (Jan. 2012) – Adobe extends another great offer:  Save 20% on CS5.5 upgrades!]

Adobe has got a boatload of money-saving deals lined up for Black Friday 2011 and Cyber Monday this year, and we’ve got the full scoop… There are more than a dozen great offers on tap in many countries covering all major products – with some of them as low as half price!

With these holiday promotions you can save up to $250 on Photoshop, $100 on Lightroom, 10% on full versions of CS5.5, 30% on CS5.5 upgrades, 50% on Elements, 10% on Acrobat, free shipping, and much more. The specials kick off on Saturday, November 19th, with most running through Tuesday, November 29th.

All the different deals and some of their graphics are detailed below, and are available only for direct purchases.  So if you’ve been waiting for a great sale to make a step – especially with the recent changes in Creative Suite upgrade policy – now could be your time with these deep discounts…

Adobe calls these their best deals ever – and if you prefer to try before buying, you can instantly download any product you like for a fully-functional 30-day free trial, then later purchase/activate it within the savings period to get the discount.

A recent survey indicated that over 80% of Americans are headed online for holiday shopping this year, with most citing convenience, getting the best prices and deals, and avoiding the crowds on Black Friday. With these offers you can shop in peace (and your pajamas if you want to), and not miss a good deal on software. For Black Friday Deals on anything else, well there’s always Amazon…!

To receive future notification of occasional coupon codes like these, get on our free Adobe Special Offers mailing list in the sidebar just down and to the right…       —————————————»

For the Adobe North America Store (see Europe/UK further down)

Save an additional 20% when you Upgrade to CS5.5 from any qualifying Adobe product.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 9, 2011 – December 31, 2011

$100 off the Full version of Lightroom 3. Only $199 through Nov 29th.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 23, 2011 – November 29, 2011

Save $150 on the Full version of Photoshop CS5. Hurry! Ends Nov 29th.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 23, 2011 – November 29, 2011

Save $250 on the Full version of Photoshop CS5 Extended. Hurry! Ends Nov 29th.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 23, 2011 – November 29, 2011

Get an extra 30% off when you Upgrade to CS5.5 from any qualifying Adobe product.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 23, 2011 – November 29, 2011

Save 10% on all Full versions of Adobe CS5.5 software. Offer expires Nov. 29th.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 23, 2011 – November 29, 2011

Save 50% on Elements products, half-price! Includes Photoshop & Premiere Elements 10.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 23, 2011 – November 29, 2011

Save 10% on Adobe Acrobat Suite Full or Upgrade. The Acrobat X Suite edition.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 23, 2011 – November 29, 2011

Save 10% on Adobe Acrobat Pro Full or Upgrade. Valid through Nov 29th.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 23, 2011 – November 29, 2011

Get $50 off all CS5.5 Student & Teacher Edition Suites, plus receive Free Shipping!
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 21 23, 2011 – December 3, 2011

For all Adobe European and U.K. Stores only

Save an additional 20% when you Upgrade to CS5.5 from any qualifying Adobe product.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 9, 2011 – December 31, 2011

Buy Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 with Lightroom 3 and save €299/£224.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 9, 2011 – February 3, 2012

Get 40% off Adobe Lightroom 3 Full, plus receive free shipping!
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 21, 2011 – November 28, 2011

Get 40% off new Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, plus free shipping!
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 21, 2011 – November 28, 2011

Get an extra 30% off when you Upgrade to CS5.5 from any qualifying Adobe product.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 23, 2011 – November 29, 2011

Save 10% on all Full versions of Adobe CS5.5 software. Hurry! Expires Nov. 29th.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 23, 2011 – November 29, 2011

Take 15% off orders over €350/£280 for Students & Teachers in Europe, + Free Shipping!
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 19, 2011 – December 2, 2011

For Adobe Australia, New Zealand, and Asia Stores only

Get an additional 20% off your Upgrade to CS5.5 software, from a qualifying product.
Promotion code and link:  « see here »
Offer valid: November 9, 2011 – December 31, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

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[UPDATE – Also see our new Lightroom 4 Giveaway!]

Adobe is continuing its “Deal of the Day” program and the next big deal is a healthy $150 (or 50%!) off one of their best selling products, Lightroom 3…  Version 3.5 was just released on September 28th, and this brief special means you can now get it for just $149 instead of the regular price of $299.

The $150 instant discount is valid for full versions of Lightroom (not upgrades, which cost $99), and no coupon or promotion code is necessary. The offer is available only on purchases made directly from Adobe by retail customers in North America on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 by 11:59pm PDT. The discount will be reflected in the shopping cart just prior to checkout. Pricing is available only through the Adobe Store. Education, OEM, and licensing customers are not eligible.

Meanwhile, students and teachers worldwide can continue to benefit from deeply-discounted educational pricing to buy Lightroom 3 for just $89, or over 70% off the regular price.

So if you’ve been thinking about making the jump to this well-regarded product, here is a terrific entry!  If you prefer to try before you buy, you can immediately download the fully-functional free trial, and then just convert it before midnight with the special link.

This savings are not available anywhere else and is the best deal with the lowest price Adobe has ever offered on an external promotion for Lightroom!  Don’t miss out on this great oppor­tunity before it expires.

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[UPDATE (Jan. 2012) – This offer is extended!]

Are you thinking about moving up to to Creative Suite 5?  Well then here’s a special new offer – a nice bonus – that will help…

Right now you can save a further 20% off the normally-discounted upgrade price when you upgrade to CS5.5 (to either a suite or an individual product) from any earlier qualifying Adobe tool listed below.

This new offer is now available worldwide, with no coupon or promotion code necessary.  It’s valid for upgrading to all the latest CS5.5 versions, but also includes Photoshop CS5.1 and Illustrator CS5 as well.

North American Store:  Offer period is October 3, 2011 – December 31, 2011  March 15, 2012.
European Stores:  Offer period is 3 October, 2011 – 31 December, 2011  15 March 2012.
Australia/NZ + Asia:  Offer period is 9 November, 2011 – 31 December, 2011  15 March 2012.

So if you currently have one of these Adobe products with a valid license (either commercial or for education/student), then you qualify:

• Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, or Master Collection
• Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, or Master Collection
• Creative Suite 2 Premium or Standard
• Adobe Production Studio Premium or Standard
• Adobe Design Bundle (Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium and Macromedia Flash Pro 8)
• Adobe Web Bundle (Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium and Macromedia Studio 8)
• Adobe Video Bundle (Adobe Production Studio Premium and Macromedia Flash Pro 8)
• Macromedia Studio 8
• After Effects CS4, CS3, or 7.0 (Professional or Standard)
• Flash CS4 Pro or Flash CS3 Pro, Macromedia Flash Pro 8, or Flash Basic 8
• Illustrator CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Audition CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Dreamweaver CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Fireworks CS4, CS3, or CS2
• InDesign CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Photoshop CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Photoshop CS4 Extended or CS3 Extended
• Premiere Pro CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Any version of Adobe Premiere

If you want to try out the product upgrade first, you can download the free trial for any software you choose, and then later convert the trial to a permanent version using this offer if you like. This works even for upgrades, which will run side-by-side with your other installed Adobe tools without interference.

But take advantage of it while you can because pretty soon, CS2, CS3, and CS4 will not be upgradeable and you’ll only be able to upgrade from CS5 or later!

This offer is available in the following Country Stores: USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand), China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Hope this helps save you some money!

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Adobe is continuing its special “Deal of the Day” program and the next big deal is a healthy 30% off their bestselling product, Photoshop CS5 – although it is not widely publicized…

This means – for one day only – you’d pay $489 instead of $699… and for the Extended (top-of-the-line) version, it’s now $699 instead of $999.

[ See: What's the Difference Between Photoshop CS5 and Extended? ]

This is the real deal – genuine, authentic, and you’re getting it direct from Adobe.

And it’s not an upgrade – it’s the full commercial version… You can receive it via instant download or shrinkwrapped box delivered by FedEx, for either Windows or Mac OS, in any language.

For even more savings, it appears this sale is stackable with another current Adobe special where you can save 30% off Lightroom when the two products are purchased at the same time…

The offer doesn’t apply for product upgrades from older versions of Photoshop, there’s no additional discount for those – they remain $199 every day, with no coupon or promotion code needed…  Meanwhile, students and teachers can continue to benefit from the 80%-off education pricing to buy Photoshop CS5 Extended for just $199.

However, if you already own an Adobe CS product, there’s a worldwide opportunity for even greater savings – for a very limited time, you can get the full Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium suite for half price – or $849 – and that includes Photoshop CS5 Extended, plus six other major Adobe applications (see what’s included).

These really are stunning offers, the lowest prices we’ve ever seen on any version of Photoshop or for any Premium Creative Suite. And Photoshop CS5 is a fantastic release:

• Read the reviews
• Watch some free tutorials
• See the hardware requirements
• Read a free chapter of the best book

For the Photoshop “One Day Deal,” the 30% off savings is available only on purchases made directly from Adobe by retail customers in North America by Tuesday, September 27th, 2011, at 11:59pm PDT. The discount will be reflected in the shopping cart just prior to checkout. Pricing is available only through the Adobe Store. Education, OEM, and licensing customers are not eligible. This offer is valid in US, Canada, and Mexico. One discount per customer.

So if you’ve been thinking about making the jump to this industry-gold-standard tool, here is a terrific entry! If you prefer to try before you buy, you can immediately download the fully-functional free trial, and then just convert it before midnight tonight to secure the lower price.

This savings will not be available anywhere else and is the best offer online at the lowest price Adobe has ever offered on an external promotion! Don’t miss out on this great opportunity.

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[UPDATE (Jan. 2012) – Adobe extends another great offer:  Save 20% on CS5.5 upgrades!]

Adobe has just rolled out a couple of nice offers for Labor Day and the back-to-school season… The first promotion is for all commercial customers, and the second bonus is specifically for education (students, teachers, and staff).

Labor Day Special

In North America:  Receive a savings of 10% on any order of $375 or more purchased through the Adobe Commercial Store (any products). Valid for customers with shipping addresses in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, excluding Volume and Education Stores, with no coupon code necessary. Offer available August 24, 2011 – September 8, 2011.

In Europe:  Take 10% off orders €400/£350 or more in the Europe Commercial Store with coupon code Adobe10 (any software, full or upgrade). Offer available 29 August 2011 – 9 September 2011.

Offer discount valid in the following countries, for orders of the indicated amount or greater:

• Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Finland, Portugal, Spain, Europe: €400
• UK: GBP £350
• Switzerland: CHF 650
• Denmark: DKK 3.300
• Sweden: SEK 4.450
• Norway: NOK 3.650

Back-to-School Bonuses

In North America:  Now on top of the 80%-off Education pricing, receive three extra bonuses for a limited time: free portable speakers, a laptop sleeve, plus free shipping with the purchase of any Student and Teacher Premium Creative Suite. Please note that delivery of the Adobe gift bundle will arrive separately to delivery of the product. Good while supplies last, free shipping available through September 8, 2011.

In Europe:  Receive €50/£40 off Creative Suite Student and Teacher Editions plus free shipping! Offer valid in the UK, France, Germany, and Europe Education Stores. Offer available from 29 August 2011 – 19 September 2011.

Both back-to-school promotions are valid for the the following academic products:

• Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium Student and Teacher Edition
• Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium Student and Teacher Edition
• Creative Suite 5.5 Web Premium Student and Teacher Edition
• Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection Student and Teacher Edition
• Note – excludes Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard Student and Teacher Edition

Learn more about the CS5.5 Student & Teacher Editions, including (importantly) what’s the difference between these and the regular versions.

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Even though Creative Suite 5 has been out for over a year, and CS 5.5 since the spring, some components of Creative Suite 4 remain surprisingly popular… In particular, the two applications After Effects CS4 and Premiere Pro CS4, which were released in the fall of 2008, are still sought by many. At first this might seem odd, but there’s good reason… Why does this duo of earlier tools remain in demand?

It’s no doubt owing to the 64-bit-only requirement for those two products (and only those two products) in Creative Suite 5… Adobe explains the reason for this is because developing in native 64-bit gives the best optimized performance benefits with the demanding technical requirements of working with high definition video. But these won’t run on many older computers.

Note this is more of a Windows factor and does not affect the majority of Mac systems using Intel proces­sors… But with no 32-bit Windows versions of After Effects CS5.5 or Premiere Pro CS5.5 offered, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising the CS4 releases continue to be needed. After all, statistics show that 43% of the broad Internet community still runs on Windows XP – making it still the most widely-used Microsoft Windows platform – but which isn’t supported for those CS5 apps.

The question then becomes, what to do about it? If you’re still on 32-bit or XP, but need one of these products after the free trial has run out, would your best choice be to buy the previous generation version of CS4? Doubtless your next computer will be 64-bit – so wouldn’t it be better to invest and get both – CS4 (for current use) and CS5.5 (for future growth) – two for the price of one? Especially since these two latest releases have been getting stellar reviews from many sources…

Purchase CS4 and CS5.5 Together, Same Price

Adobe has never sold the previous version of any software once a new major version is out, but fortunately in this case they have made arrange­ments. Today if you purchase a new suite edition, either CS5.5 Production Premium or CS5.5 Master Collection, you will receive both the CS5.5 and the CS4 releases for these particular applications – two versions to cover all possible instal­lation scenarios, at no additional charge. The solution comes in the form of an extra 32-bit Support Package that contains the two CS4 releases.

So with this bonus, Production Premium becomes a pretty sweet deal as it includes seven major CS5 products but costs less than two of them – plus now you also get two CS4 apps on top. Add it all up and you’re getting a total value of $6,641 in the suite for the price $1,699, or almost 75% off individual prices with the collective package.

[UPDATE (Jan. 2012) – This could become an even better deal now with Adobe's new discount: save an extra 20%-off on CS5.5 upgrades.]

If you qualify for it, the Student and Teacher Edition is an even bigger savings at $449, which is an incredible 93% off… And naturally you can try it out first for free if you like (separately from those CS4 links), completing the trial picture.

Or, One Other Option – For Buying a Standalone CS4 Product

There is one other way to do it, if you prefer not to buy a suite – but instead want to buy just After Effects CS4 or Premiere Pro CS4 by itself… or, if you want to purchase any other CS4 product or suite.

You can get an Adobe “business” license (a.k.a. volume license) – even if you are not a business or not buying in volume… With this option, you can purchase CS5.5 online but request a previous version instead. In other words, you order the current version but receive and use a prior version – see the Backward Licensing Policy. Thus (for example) you could buy After Effects CS5.5 via this method, but actually get and run After Effects CS5 or CS4 (genuine and safe) in its place. Or pick any other product and do the same thing.

And with this approach too, you can switch back up to CS5.5 later if you want, at no extra charge… So in all cases, you’re effectively buying CS4 and getting CS5.5 free as a bonus, for future use.

One final note: Trying to find these older programs from any other / non-Adobe sources (like eBay) these days is definitely not recommended.

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Back to school, already?  Wow, either time flies or the summers are getting shorter…

Anyway, it’s that time again – at least for the sales to start.  Adobe is now offering $20 off the already-discounted prices of the new Creative Suite 5.5 Student and Teacher Editions with the promotion code below in the North America Education Store.

This extra bonus means that the savings for some of these products goes to over 80% off the regular prices… To get the discount applied to your online order, you just need to use the promotion code “prodesigntools” at checkout.

In addition to CS5.5 suites or individual applications, the deal is also valid for the education versions of Photoshop CS5 Extended, Photoshop Lightroom 3, and Acrobat X Pro – which puts the price of Lightroom 3 (for example) at just $69!

There are no upgrade versions of Adobe academic products, so by extension this deal is valid for the full versions only, and may not be used in conjunction with any other offers.

The coupon is not valid on multiple orders of the same eligible product, but can be used for more than one eligible product. Orders must be placed from July 24, 2011, through August 14, 2011, at 11:59pm PDT.

Learn more about the CS5.5 Student & Teacher Editions, including (importantly) what’s the difference between these and the regular versions.

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The Adobe Student and Teacher Editions look like a great deal. They offer big discounts, as much as 80% off normal prices. They’re available for most of Adobe’s product line, including Creative Suite 5.5, Lightroom 3, Acrobat X, and Elements 10.  They can be purchased by anyone who qualifies – primary and secondary school students, college or university students, faculty, teachers, and administrators.  Even part-time students or teachers can be eligible, and there is no age limitation. They’re available pretty much worldwide in many languages on both Windows and Mac, and you don’t need any kind of coupon or promotion code to get the deep discounts.

So what’s the catch? Is the Academic software different or limited somehow? Is there any sort of time restriction, time limit, or time out – do Adobe Student Editions expire? Or are they unusable for commercial purposes?

The answer to all of these questions is fortunately no: all Education products are identical in features and functionality in every respect to the current standard versions – the only differ­ences are the prices and some of the licensing terms… The prices, as mentioned, are a real bargain – for example, instead of US$999 for Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended, you pay only $199; instead of $1,799 for CS5.5 Design Premium (Adobe’s most popular suite with eight major products including Photoshop Extended), you get it for $449.

Since CS5, the Student and Teacher Editions can be utilized for personal as well as commercial use, for all academic customers worldwide. So yes, you can sell your services or anything you create, or use these products in developing a side business or online venture. And after graduation or completion of coursework, you can continue to use the software on your personal systems; there is no usage expiration and the tools will continue to work.

But it’s true there are some limitations as compared to the regular editions… Happily they are all fairly minor:

• Each eligible person may purchase only one copy of each product per platform per year.
• Student & Teacher Edition software may be used on your privately-owned computer only.
• The software is not transferrable, meaning it may not be resold or given to others.
• You validate eligibility after placing your order to receive your unique serial number key.
• Student editions cannot be upgraded to other education editions – but do receive Adobe’s discounted upgrade pricing to all regular commercial versions (say for a future release like CS6 or CS7), or you can purchase another student edition if you still qualify. But the student price on a new release is often lower than the commercial upgrade price anyway, so you can just choose which is cheaper depending…  Bottom line, this is another substantial savings and advantage of owning these – basically you get your future releases discounted as well.

So why take your chances on the risks and malware in a pirated or bootleg version of CS5.5 when you can get the real deal – legitimate, supported, and completely safe – for up to 80% off, direct via instant download from Adobe?

Here’s a very helpful Student & Teacher Eligibility Guide that should answer other questions you may have, including documentation requirements…  Documents dated within the last six months are considered current.

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[UPDATE (Jan. 2012) – Adobe extends another great offer:  Save 20% on CS5.5 upgrades!]

Adobe has launched a true barnburner of a deal, a “first” for owners of competitive software and also for owners of many versions of Adobe products who can now buy the latest CS5.5 release of Premiere Pro or the full Production Premium suite (Windows or Mac) for half-off their normal prices with coupon code, and the offer is available all over the world…

It’s officially targeted at video users and producers, but because the suite contains products like Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Flash Professional, Audition, and Flash Catalyst in addition to Premiere Pro* and After Effects* (see the full list of applications included), many could take advantage at these prices. For example, the normal price of Photoshop CS5 Extended is US$999, but with this special you get that plus an entire suite of 10 other products for US$849 total!

Apple Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer customers can receive the 50% savings off the full versions of Premiere Pro CS5.5 or CS5.5 Production Premium – but you must use the promotion code linked here: SWITCH. If you need more convincing, see the Top 10 Reasons to Switch to Premiere Pro CS5.5 (now just $399), or learn why Adobe is offering this sale.

Owners of the any of the Adobe tools listed below are also eligible to receive the same price (50% off the full version) on the Production Premium suite, under a parallel offer…

• Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, or Master Collection
• Creative Suite 2 Premium or Standard
• Adobe Production Studio Premium or Standard
• Adobe Design Bundle (Creative Suite 2 Premium and Macromedia Flash Professional 8)
• Adobe Web Bundle (Creative Suite 2 Premium and Macromedia Studio 8)
• Adobe Video Bundle (Production Studio Premium and Macromedia Flash Professional 8)
• Macromedia Studio 8
• Adobe After Effects CS5.x, CS4, CS3, or 7.0 (Professional or Standard)
• Adobe Flash Professional CS5.x, Flash CS4 Professional or CS3 Professional, Macromedia Flash Professional 8, or Flash Basic 8
• Adobe Illustrator CS5.x, CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Adobe Photoshop CS5.x, CS4, or CS3
• Adobe Photoshop CS5.x Extended, CS4 Extended, or CS3 Extended
• Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.x, CS4, CS3, or CS2
• Adobe Premiere

So if you have any of those, you qualify for the half-off deal.  If you own other Adobe versions (like the more recent CS5 or CS4 suites), you would pay even less than that with Adobe’s tiered upgrade pricing.

It’s pretty amazing – each customer is allowed to buy up to 9(!) full CS5.5 Production Premium suites at half price at the Adobe Online Store: just add what you want to your shopping cart together with the special coupon code SWITCH – and then you’ll see your price instantly cut in half.

Or, if you prefer, you can take advantage of the same deal at the Adobe Volume Store instead where you’ll get additional advantages – like multi-platform software, a single serial number for all computers, and more.

The discount offer is valid worldwide (US, UK, Europe, Australia, etc) but applies to English, French and German language versions of the software only, and is not valid for education versions of the products. This Video Switcher Program will end October 31, 2011.

See the complete terms and conditions of this remarkable limited-time promotion – which by the way is not due to the next release coming soon, as CS6 won’t be out until mid-2012.

* Note that the CS5.5 Production Premium suite contains both the CS5.5 and CS4 versions of After Effects and Premiere Pro for support of 32-bit systems including Microsoft Windows XP.

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“Adobe MAX is an experience unlike any other — an opportunity to learn from the experts and connect with thousands of the most influential designers, developers, and decision-makers in our industry.”

If you’d like to go to Adobe MAX this year in L.A. (October 1-5) and save $400 in the process, just purchase (full or upgrade) any one of the products listed below from the Adobe online store and you’ll receive a special promo code that will discount your regular full confer­ence pass price by US$400…

But since the upgrade price for many of these products is less than $400, basically you’re getting the software for more than free!

Just enter the promotion code found in your purchase confirmation at the start of the MAX 2011 online registration process to receive your savings. The deal is valid in North America with one coupon per person and not combinable with any other offer or discount.

To receive the $400 price reduction, just purchase one of the following eligible products between May 16, 2011 and September 30, 2011:

Check the full details and offer terms, and see you in L.A.!

For our customers using Adobe technologies, MAX is often one of the most exciting times of the year since Adobe often launches new products and sneaks never seen before technology. MAX represents an excellent opportunity for our customers to learn about the latest development in Adobe technology, network with peers in the industry and connect with members of our development team. For development teams at Adobe, it is also a thrilling event as months and often years of hard work can be finally presented to our enthusiastic customers.

                                              — Rob Christensen, Senior Product Manager, Adobe

[UPDATE (August 2nd) – Win a free ticket to Adobe MAX 2011, a full conference pass! ($1500)]

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[UPDATE (Jan. 2012) – Adobe extends another great offer:  Save 20% on CS5.5 upgrades!]

Just out for the long holiday, quite a rare occurrence – a new promotion code to save 10% storewide on Adobe products (full or upgrade) when your total purchase is US$350 and up. However, this new coupon isn’t just for the USA – it’s for all of North America plus most any­where in Europe as well, including the many countries listed below… The savings also extend to all orders for the just-released new Creative Suite 5.5.

This Adobe Memorial Day Sale runs through Friday, June 3rd and can be applied for any software in the Commercial or Education Stores. It’s one discount per customer and you must use the offer code linked here: Adobe10.

Here are the minimum purchase amounts (order size to qualify) by country:

• USD $350: United States, Canada, and Mexico
• GBP £350: United Kingdom
• Euro €400: Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Finland, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia
• CHF 650: Switzerland
• DKK 3.300: Denmark
• SEK 4.450: Sweden
• NOK 3.650: Norway

A few examples of how you can use the deal: You could save $260 on the CS5.5 Master Collection full commercial version.  $360 could buy you the full version of Dreamweaver CS5.5, or an upgrade to reach CS5.5 Design Premium. Or students & teachers can buy the full CS5.5 Web Premium suite for just $404. All of these suites include the widely-acclaimed Photoshop CS5 Extended, among many other applications.

So if there’s anything Adobe you’ve been looking to buy or upgrade, check it out by June 3rd to take advantage of this rare event!

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[UPDATE – Save 30% on Lightroom 3 when purchased with Photoshop or any CS5.5 suite.]

New coupon deals out from Adobe: Take $100 off Photoshop Lightroom 3 with offer code, for a limited time – plus get free shipping. You don’t have to buy anything else to get the discount and will receive Lightroom version 3.4, which was released on April 26th.

The $100 instant discount is valid for the full commercial version of Lightroom (not upgrades, which cost $99), and you must use promotion code 5LT100M to activate the savings. The offer is available only on purchases made directly from Adobe by customers in North America, and ends on Monday, May 30, 2010, at 11:59pm PDT – so if you’ve been thinking about making the jump to the well-liked Lightroom, this is a pretty good entry!

If you prefer to try before you buy, you can immediately download the fully-functional free trial, and then just convert it before expiration of the coupon code.

This promo is not available for the Lightroom 3 Student and Teacher Edition, which actually costs $89. However, if you buy this Lightroom 3 education version together with any Creative Suite 5.5 (CS5.5) Student and Teacher Edition, you get an instant 15% off instead, plus the free shipping. This offer is valid until May 22nd for all academic customers in the Adobe North America Education Store with no coupon code necessary, and the discount will be taken just prior to checkout.

There are two more new offers. The first is for Adobe Photoshop Elements since Elements and Lightroom are often bought together, and the second is for education customers in Europe and the U.K. for Photoshop CS5.1.

Get an instant $10 savings on Photoshop Elements 9 or the Photoshop Elements 9 & Premiere Elements 9 bundle with offer code. Plus save an additional $20-$30 with mail-in rebate for up to $40 savings in total. You must use coupon code ELEMENT11, and this offer available only in the Adobe North America Store until May 31st.

You can also save in the Europe by taking an additional €30 or £25 off the Photoshop CS5 Extended Student and Teacher Edition with offer code PSHOPEDU15, plus ship free. This is on top of the 80% discount normally offered, and applies only in the Europe Education Stores through June 9th, 2011.

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Let’s face it, Adobe’s normal product prices can seem expensive, especially if you’re on a student’s budget. The regular prices for Creative Suite 5.5 range run from $199 for Contribute up to $2,599 for the Master Collection suite, which contains every CS5 and CS5.5 product available – twenty in all. As great and powerful as this software is, it could be hard to afford these prices when you’re in school.

Fortunately, Adobe offers deep discounts for education customers – up to 80% off. So the price for Contribute becomes half of what it was, $99 – while for the Master Collection it drops by almost two-thirds, to $899. For some products the price cut is even larger – for example, Photoshop CS5 Extended (the top-of-the-line version) goes from $999 to $199. The top-selling CS5.5 Design Premium suite becomes $449 instead of $1,899. And Flash Builder 4.5 falls from $249 to free – yes, FREE for students and educators…

In addition, it’s not just the Creative Suite products that are available with the savings. You can also get Lightroom 3, Acrobat X, and Photoshop or Premiere Elements 9. For example, Lightroom 3 for student photographers costs $89 instead of the normal price of $299.

All of this software is available via instant download at the Adobe Education Store for both Windows and Mac OS. Adobe’s education discounts are available internationally as well – in other countries and currencies (Europe/euro, UK/pound, Australia/dollar), and the percentages off are similar.

To get these much-reduced prices, essentially all you have to do is prove your academic status at a qualified school. Most students and teachers of most grades and institutions can qualify. Even part-time students or folks who enroll for a class at their local community college can be eligible. If you think about it, sometimes going back to school could even pay for itself in such situations.

When you purchase this software it does not come with a serial number – rather it comes with a special product code that you need to validate with your status and then Adobe will send you a permanent license key to activate and run the CS 5.5 software. Proof of enrollment can include your school ID card, report card, transcript, tuition bill or statement, etc.

The verification and conversion all happens online so it takes only 1-2 business days. In the meantime, you can install your product as a 30-day free trial to get started using it.

The student and teacher editions work the same as the regular versions, and the license does not expire. You can also use this software for commercial purposes if you so desire. However there remain some differences between the two with limitations of the education versions that are important to know about and understand.

You can install the software on up to two computers, and if for some reason you change your mind after buying, you can easily return the product within 30 days of purchase to Adobe.

A Note on Software Piracy – “If It Sounds Too Good To Be True…”

Some folks think they might be able to do better by trying to find and download Adobe software for free or cheap using torrents, cracks, keygens, untrusted sources, unknown sellers, and so on. The first thing to say is any electronic download from anywhere besides Adobe is illegitimate, so it’s illegal. The second thing is that it’s very risky – but not only because it’s illegal…

It’s increasingly a bad and dangerous idea because a great deal of the hacked Adobe software out there now is embedded with malware. This malware includes viruses, worms, and trojans that can do significant harm to your computer, data, and privacy (like quietly taking your sensitive information such as logins, passwords, and credit card numbers).

For example, the Asia-Pacific region has a very high piracy rate of 60%, and correspondingly the highest rate of infection in the world – nearly 70% of the computers in these countries are riddled with malware. There is a direct correlation.

In other words, the hackers that create and distribute these “free” or “cheap” versions are receiving payback in other ways (e.g., backdoors) – meaning in the end, you can do far worse damage to your computer and yourself than to Adobe. Why install unknown and untrusted software onto your valuable system? Why give a stranger control of your machine?

Further, the agencies are really cracking down now on download theft – note in a case out this week, the authorities have obtained the location and contact information on 23,000 illegal BitTorrent users and the fines paid are $3,000 per download!

Lastly, be wary of deals or bargains from eBay or Craigslist, or any seller you’ve never heard of (including on Amazon Marketplace), or anything that seems too good to be true – because it probably is… And you don’t want to end up in tears, like so many there have, after their money has left their hands permanently and the software or their computer has stopped working.

Read more details on why you shouldn’t buy from eBay, Craigslist, or Amazon Marketplace.

So all in all, it’s not something for nothing – and really the only sensible and safe choice is getting the real deal straight from Adobe at 80% off.

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New discount offers: Save 15-30% on award-winning Premiere Elements 9 and Photoshop Elements 9 in the Adobe Europe Store, and take up to $40 off Premiere Elements 9 in the Adobe North America Store with coupon code. Elements has been the #1 selling consumer photo- and video-editing software for many years, and these latest Elements 9 releases make it even easier to edit, enhance, and share photos and video clips.

In the US and Canada: Get a $40 savings with an instant $20 off plus a $20 mail-in rebate on Premiere Elements 9 with coupon code PRE2011. This offer is available in the Adobe North America Store only, and you must enter through the coupon link above to receive the instant savings. The promotion code is valid from April 22, 2011 through May 15, 2011.

In Europe and the UK: Save 30% off the price of a full version of the Photoshop Elements 9 & Premiere Elements 9 software bundle, save 20% off the price of a full version of Photoshop Elements 9, or save 20% off the price of a full version of Premiere Elements 9. Or, save 15% off the upgrade price for any of these products. Available when purchasing directly from the Adobe Stores in Europe between 15 April 2011 and 17 May 2011. The discount will be taken off subtotalled amounts prior to calculation of tax and shipping fees. Allow 2–3 days for software delivery. Education and volume licensing customers are not eligible for this offer.

Learn more about what’s new in Elements 9 and how you can create amazing images and incredible movies, and use them together in cinematic slide shows and more. If you want to try out the software first, you can download the free trials of either or both products now and then just make your purchase before the offers expire.

Extra! Download Free eBooks for Photoshop & Premiere Elements

As a special bonus to our visitors, we are offering free downloads of two new Elements visual learning guides that we’ve put together, two e-books in PDF format at no cost to you:

• Download the Free Photoshop Elements 9 eBook – 95 Pages
• Download the Free Premiere Elements 9 eBook – 78 Pages

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[UPDATE (May 3rd) – CS5.5 is now shipping!]

Adobe launched Creative Suite 5.5 this week and it is open for preorder but not shipping yet… The company says the release date will be in May, and in the meantime you can still buy Creative Suite 5 (or download the CS5 free trials) if you need something going today.

And, if you bought Adobe CS5 recently (a suite edition or an individual application like InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, After Effects, Premiere Pro) or if you purchase any CS5 product now, you may be entitled to a free upgrade to CS5.5 when it is released.

Historically, Adobe’s policy for major product releases has been that you may qualify for a free upgrade if you buy the previous version near or after the new product has been announced, but before it ships… The advantages are threefold: (1) you get software available for immediate download, (2) you get a more mature release if you prefer and can move up later at your leisure, and (3) you win a lower upgrade cost (e.g., from CS2, CS3, or CS4), because you’re buying fewer steps to go up. For Design Premium it’s $150 less to upgrade now from CS3 to CS5, than to upgrade from CS3 to CS5.5.

The good news is this post-announce free upgrade policy remains in effect, according to an Adobe Q&A Session earlier this week… So it looks like you can get the best of both worlds and buy or upgrade to CS5, and then later get a free update to CS 5.5 when you — and it — are ready. (Just look for “Can’t wait? Order the previous version today” on Adobe’s page…)

There are some specific terms for eligibility, based on platform, language, and edition – so you might want to double-check the policy to make sure you’ll qualify… The offer is only avail­able through Adobe directly, and to request your free upgrade just go to the Customer Support Portal, click on the “Orders & Returns” tab, and choose issue type: “Post Announce Upgrades.”

Here’s what Adobe said during the Q&A session about the post-announce upgrade policy:

Customer Question: I assume you have to pay for the upgrade. I just bought CS5 two weeks ago. Do I get a free upgrade???

Customer Question: If we already have Creative Suite 5, will we be able to upgrade for free or at a reduced rate?

Customer Question: If I buy CS5 now, will I get a free update to CS5.5 when it comes out?

Customer Question: Great! But not so great if you’ve just purchased CS5…

Customer Question: Is there a grace period for people who just bought or updated CS5? If so, what is the timeframe?

Adobe Answer (to all): Hi Everyone, if you’ve purchased CS5 recently you may qualify for our free upgrade. If you would like to find out if your CS5 purchase makes you eligible for an upgrade, please contact customer support on this page.

If you want to try out the new version to see if it has features you need, you can be notified when the free trial is available around mid-May by signing up here.

Note: To find and purchase the previous version you need to look near the bottom of the Store pages for, “Can’t wait? Order the previous version, CS5 today.”

If you want to try it out for free first, no problem – you can download the CS5 trials or the CS5.5 trials.

See also:

Our release guide for CS5.5, and a version comparison between CS5 and CS5.5.

And what’s new features for each individual product in the suites.

You may also be interested in when Adobe CS6 would be due.

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NEWS FLASH – This just out: a new link into Adobe.com that will score you big savings off the regular price of Adobe Photoshop CS5…

It is no joke, it is the real deal – genuine, authentic, and you’re getting it direct from Adobe.

And it’s not an upgrade – it’s the full commercial version… You can get it via instant download or shrinkwrapped box delivered by FedEx, for either Windows or Mac, in any language.

For even more savings, it appears this sale is stackable with another current Adobe offer where you can save 30% off Lightroom when purchased at the same time…

This really is a stunning offer, the lowest price we’ve ever seen on any version of Photoshop. And Photoshop CS5 is a fantastic release:

• Read the reviews
• Watch some free tutorials
• See the hardware requirements
• Download a free working trial
• Read a free chapter of the best book

It looks like this surprise “stealth” sale may run until April 4, 2011, best as we can tell – but don’t bet too long on it hanging around…

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