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:

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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.

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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.

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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…

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[UPDATE (January 11th, 2012) – Adobe has listened to customers and just reversed this change! CS3, CS4, & CS5 are all good for upgrade to CS6 now.]

HUGE breaking news out from Adobe, regarding substantial changes in upgrade pricing and policies for their very popular Creative Suite software…

For several years, the company has offered a “three-versions-back” upgrade policy – meaning anyone who owned a prior CS product up to three major versions back would be eligible for discounted upgrade pricing when moving up to the latest release.

Meaning, if you’ve got CS2, CS3, or CS4 – either a full suite or an individual point product like Photoshop – you can receive price reductions of up to 80% when upgrading to CS5.5.

Adobe now says that will be ending – the policy is going to shift dramatically, worldwide.

Starting in 2012 when CS6 comes out, this will be changing to a “one-version-back” plan – meaning to receive a price break when upgrading to CS6, you need to already be on some flavor of Creative Suite 5 – either CS5 or CS5.5.

So, what does this mean for anybody still running CS2, CS3, or CS4 at that time?  Basically, if you want to upgrade later or have been waiting for CS6 to do so, it would cost you full price… To receive a discount from older versions, you’d need to upgrade to CS5 before CS6 ships.

Here it is straight from Adobe’s “Conversations” Blog:

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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.

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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:

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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.

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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

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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!

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