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

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 to January, and here’s your guide… Adobe has a dozen offers in multiple countries covering all orders – including saving up to $100 on Photoshop CS5, and $50 on Lightroom 3 or Photoshop/Premiere Elements 9, a terrific 15% off on all CS5 suites (full or upgrade), plus storewide free shipping. Most of these promotions run through Wednesday, January 5th, in both Europe 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. 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 then now could be your time… And in a year where we’ve seen brand new releases of Creative Suite 5, Lightroom 3, Elements 9, and Acrobat X (now shipping), it could be a good time.

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It’s a question that’s been around a while, yet we still see it asked a lot… What is the version comparison difference between Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended? The Extended version is Adobe’s top-of-the-line Photoshop product, and they have one PDF file on their site comparing the editions and feature differences, but it’s oddly named and not obvious to find.

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Final Versions of Adobe Lightroom 3.3 and Adobe Camera Raw 6.3

Adobe Lightroom 3.3 and Adobe Camera Raw 6.3 are now available as final releases, and are free for all current Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5 owners… These updates include bug fixes, performance and stability improvements (37 for Lightroom and 9 for Camera Raw), plus support for 69 new lens profiles and 15 new cameras, including the Canon PowerShot S95, Nikon D7000, Olympus E-5:

 » Download the Final Adobe Lightroom 3.3 for Mac (a free update to Lightroom 3)
 » Download the Final Adobe Lightroom 3.3 for Windows

 » Download the Final Adobe Camera Raw 6.3 for Mac (a free update to Photoshop CS5)
 » Download the Final Adobe Camera Raw 6.3 for Windows

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

Adobe has got a huge raft of amazing money-saving deals lined up for Black Friday 2010 and Cyber Monday this year, and we’ve got the full scoop… There are more than 20 offers on tap in multiple countries covering all products – including saving up to $200 on Photoshop, $100 on Lightroom, 15% on CS5 suites, $50 on Elements or Acrobat, free shipping, and much more. The specials kick off on Monday, November 22, with most running through Tuesday, November 30. Note that you do need to use individual coupon codes (given below) for almost all of them.

All the holiday promos and some of their graphics are detailed below. So if you’ve been waiting for a great sale to make a step, now could be your time… And in a year where we’ve seen brand new releases of Creative Suite 5, Lightroom 3, Elements 9, Captivate 5, and Acrobat X (now shipping), it could be a pretty good time.

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Adobe Acrobat X has just been released! And continuing in our tradition of providing the direct download links for major Adobe software such as CS5.5, Lightroom 4, and Elements 10, below you’ll find the direct links for the brand new Acrobat X (10)… We also have added the direct links for the previous version Acrobat 9 as well, in case you need them for any reason.

The links given below go to the authentic and secure files residing on Adobe’s servers, are guaranteed genuine and will not change. They are especially useful when you are unable to download Adobe’s products via other means – often due to difficulties with the Akamai Down­load Manager (the Adobe DLM). Here it’s open and you can just use your browser, or another download manager of your choice.

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

Adobe is revving up for the holiday season with another “one-week-only” special, this time to save 10% on any CS5 Premium Suite, exclusively with the promotion code adobedeal. Since this offer includes the greatest suite of all – CS5 Master Collection – the potential savings are up to $260, a “sweet” discount. Other eligible products include Design Premium, Web Premium, and Production Premium. Note that the voucher must be entered into your shopping cart prior to purchase.

Adobe has other offers coming up for Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2010, but none that will be as good as this one is for buying the suites – we guarantee it. So take advantage while you can, as this deal will expire in seven days…

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Every couple of years when Adobe puts out a full new release of Acrobat, there are a few different editions to choose from and new features to study to decide which of them you’re going to get… This year is no different – the Acrobat X (10) family is available in the form of the free Reader, the familiar Standard and Pro, and a brand new Suite edition that bundles Acrobat Pro together with Photoshop, Captivate, and three other Adobe products in a package to deliver complete business communications.

Conspicuously absent is the “Pro Extended” edition from version 9, which used to be called Acrobat 3D. What happened to Pro Extended? The answer:

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In all the excitement last week with the hundreds of free online sessions from the Adobe MAX conference, there was a brand new product debut that should get just as much press. Adobe launched a free preview of their new Project ROME content creation and publishing applica­tion for print, photo, presentations, animation, and web. And this is a pretty cool tool if you haven’t checked it out yet. The streamlined interface with plenty of templates helps you get started quickly, and the “all-in-one” nature allows you to easily borrow and repurpose content across projects or from the cloud.

The best way to get a sense of it is a quick one-minute demo:

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

Adobe has just announced a pre-holiday “kick-off” promo to give an instant US$40 off orders placed at the Adobe Store – for seven days only…

You’ll receive a one-time savings of $40 off orders of $400 or more containing full or upgrade versions of any Adobe software. In order to redeem the $40 discount, you must enter the special promotion code Nov2010SW40 in the Adobe.com shopping cart.

Orders must be placed from November 1, 2010, at 5pm PT through November 8, 2010, at 11:59pm PT. This offer is available only to customers with shipping addresses in the USA, Mexico, and Canada. This offer may not be used in conjunction with any other offers, and is not valid for Adobe Volume Licensing, OEM bundle, or education purchases.

These type of unrestricted coupons don’t come along very often for Adobe, so if there’s a purchase you’ve been thinking of, now could be a good time… Some ideas to consider could be the brand new version of Adobe Acrobat X, Photoshop/Premiere Elements 9, Lightroom 3, or of course Creative Suite 5.

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Adobe’s big annual user conference MAX has been going on this week and you can watch all the keynotes and hundreds of sessions free, online, and on-demand – but one of the best bits was the assortment of parody commercials that highlighted yesterday’s keynote, User Experience: The Next Generation.

Some of these were truly hilarious and we’ve put together a reel of the best ones below. Perhaps the funniest of the 10-minute collection is the first one about new Adobe Acrobat X, but we’ll let you decide… Here’s the playlist:

Which one was your favorite? Share your vote and thoughts below…