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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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!]

After a couple of nice rounds of specials for the holidays, we thought Adobe’s big sales might be over for while, but we were wrong… Adobe is slated to announce a surprise new set of “winter specials” for the month of February and beyond.

The deals include saving $50, $25, or $20 on Adobe software purchases, a 10% discount on all CS5 products or Acrobat X Suite, an extra $10 off Photoshop or Premiere Elements 9, plus free shipping and earbuds with the Student & Teacher Editions. Most of these promotions run through late February, and you need to use individual coupon codes (linked below) for many of them.

Note that if you buy either Photoshop or a CS5 suite together with Adobe Lightroom, then these coupon codes are stackable with an additional 30% off Lightroom 3 offer… (valid world­wide) In addition, all purchasers of Photoshop Elements 9 will also receive a free $20 Shutterfly gift card.

If you prefer to try out the software first, you can instantly download any Adobe product as a fully-functional free trial, then later buy 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!]

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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[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’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.

Hard to believe, but on Friday Adobe Photoshop officially celebrated its 20th anniversary (or birthday, depending on how you look at it)… The New York Times writes:

“It’s remarkable when a product stays on top of its game for 20 years, and Adobe Photoshop had done just that. The first version of Photoshop shipped on Feb. 19, 1990, at a price of $895. Today it’s the go-to tool for professional photographers and graphic designers, and it is used by 10 million people around the world, according to Adobe.”

Indeed, the software has traveled a long way. When it first came out, Adobe predicted it would sell just 500 copies per month. Yet now, over 90 percent of creative professionals worldwide have Photoshop on their desktops. The original authors say they knew they had a groundbreaking technology on their hands, but never anticipated how much it would impact the images we see all around us.

The current CS4 version of Photoshop is actually release 11.0 – so there have been ten major versions of the tool over the past two decades. And the flagship product is less expensive now than when it originally came out, even more so (less than half the price) when adjusting to 1990 dollars. Photoshop together with Acrobat and Dreamweaver remain Adobe’s top three selling individual desktop products.

In honor of the celebration, Adobe is offering a couple new specials for the week… The first is free shipping on all Photoshop-family products in the North American commercial store. The second is free shipping on all Adobe products for the Europe and Australia commercial stores, with the promotion code adobeeu. All shipping offers are valid through Sunday, February 28th, and might be stackable with the 10%-off coupon code posted last week.

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!