[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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We’ve previously written about how you can save $400 on Adobe MAX 2010, the big annual conference for all things Adobe, that’s happening this year from October 23-27 in Los Angeles, California… Now, there’s a short time left to save $200 with another promotion code EBX100:

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Adobe’s Back-to-School promotion is live: Save up to 80% on Adobe Student and Teacher Editions, plus get free FedEx shipping… This offer is valid on all Education software products until October 31st in North America, and until November 23rd inter­nationally. Check out the details for this deal below.

Adobe’s Education editions are available for almost all products (CS5, Photoshop, Lightroom, Acrobat, Elements, Captivate, etc), and are just like their standard versions, with only a few differences.

This special is available only on orders made via the Adobe Education Stores to customers in the United States, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. OEM and volume licensing customers are not eligible for this promotion. This free shipping offer is stackable and may be used in conjunction with any other discounts.

New limited-time offer – discount pricing on award-winning Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 8 software… Make summer photos look extraordinary! Adobe’s Elements 8 products make it easy to edit, enhance and share photos and video clips. Create amazing images and incredible movies, and use them together in cinematic slide shows and more.

The deal is available in many countries and varies a little depending on location. In North America, it’s save $50 on Photoshop and Premiere Elements together, or $30 on either product alone. In Europe and the U.K., it’s save 30% on the full bundle, or 15% on the single products or upgrades. No coupon or voucher code is needed to take advantage of this promotion, just click through.

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Photoshop and Premiere Elements 8 are the top consumer photo- and video-editing products on the planet*, and this is one of the best deals we’ve ever seen on the bundle package, which has received great reviews. You get $50 off for the pair, with a combination of instant savings ($20) plus mail-in rebate ($30) – yielding a one-third price cut and a net cost of just $99.99, plus you can download them instantly.

If you want Photoshop Elements by itself, the total savings is $30 instead. The offers are valid until May 10, 2010 for purchases made through the Adobe Store, and the only bad news is these discounts are available in U.S. and Canada only.

See our earlier quick take on Elements 8. Or if you like you can try them out for free first.

(* Source: The NPD Group/Retail Tracking Service based on units sold, 2002 to 2010.)

Adobe has a new voucher code: Use adobe10 to save 10% on all products in the Commercial Store in Europe, from now until March 17th 10th… (Update – Adobe has just notified us this offer was so overly successful that they had to expire it early – our apologies!) The code should be entered at time of checkout to receive the discount in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and elsewhere in the EU.

Another new offer, valid worldwide, is save $20 (£13/€17) instantly when you purchase Photoshop Elements with Acrobat. This discount is in addition to the existing $20 Mail-in Rebate for Photoshop Elements products. See our quick take on Elements 8 here.

Lastly, Adobe has extended the deal for purchasing multiple copies of Adobe Acrobat – buy four, get one free – until April 23, 2010. So that translates into savings of up to US$449 when you sign up for the easy new online Volume Licensing Program with Adobe Acrobat software. Note that Adobe has just rechristened their volume licensing store to be called the Adobe Business Store, and this offer also works in both North America and Europe.

Adobe has just put out some great new deals for the big shopping week… Please note these offers are only for orders direct from Adobe.com (see links below) and most require a coupon code…

All the promos and their codes are listed here for easy reference:

1. Save $50 on all Adobe orders of $500 or more! Coupon Code: BLKMON50
2. Save $20 on all Adobe orders of $250 – $499! Coupon Code: BLKMON15
3. Free Shipping on all Adobe products with Coupon Code BLKMONFS
4. Save $50 + Free Shipping on Adobe Elements 8 Bundle. Only $99.99!
5. Save $40 + Free Shipping on Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for Win. Only $59.99!
6. Save $40 + Free Shipping on Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac. Only $59.99!

These specials are good for seven days only, until Cyber Monday, November 30th.

And if you prefer to try before buying, you can immediately download any Adobe application you like as a fully-functional 30-day free trial, then later activate it within the period for the discount.

For Black Friday Deals on anything else, well there’s always Amazon!

Right now a rare occurrence for Adobe – numerous simultaneous specials going on for a lot of products – and the best part is they are stackable, meaning you can load up more than one at one time… Here are a few:

Suite Deal: Save $100 when you upgrade from an earlier version of Adobe Creative Suite, Production Studio, or Macromedia Studio to CS4. (Ends August 31, 2009.)

Free Flex Builder 3: Buy a full or upgrade version of Design Premium or Web Premium and use the coupon code ‘freeflex‘ to receive a FREE full version of Flex Builder Standard. (Valid for the Adobe North America Store only.)

Adobe MAX 2009 Offer: Save $400 off the regular price of an Adobe MAX 2009 full conference pass when you purchase a qualifying product at the Adobe.com North America Store. (Runs until October 2, 2009.)

For example, it’s normally $599 to upgrade to CS4 Design Premium. If you take advantage of all three offers you get $100 + $400 + $249 = $749 of value, meaning the product is more than free!

Were you aware there’s a place you can go anytime 24×7 that will always show you (most of) the latest and up-to-date specials running for Adobe products?

There is. Here is the current special offers page for North America and here it is for the United Kingdom. There’s also pages for Germany and France. More may be coming in the future.

Typical deals are like 10-20-30% off, or anywhere from a $25-$200 discount, or maybe a free book with purchase, depending on what’s running… In recent months there have been coupon savings on the different suite editions, Photoshop, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash Pro, and Elements. The promos are always changing, so feel free to check back for updates.