CS5Today, Adobe is announcing a refresh to its Creative Suite products, putting the software package at number five.  CS5 offers significant improvements to performance through a variety of updates, not the least of which is a new engine called “Mercury.”  Tim and I have been working with the beta version of the Master Collection suite for several weeks, giving us time to explore the

On September 23 Adobe announced the debut of Elements 8.  Tim and I posted a pre-release review that highlighted the new features that Adobe incorporated into the “hobbyist” level Premiere/Photoshop combo.  You can find that article here. I’ve had some time to work with the Organizer and Premiere on my PC and to see how well the new features worked.  Tim will follow up with a hands-on

ADOBE ELEMENTS 8Adobe today announced the availability of its Adobe Elements 8 packages, both Photoshop Elements 8 and Premiere Elements 8. Windows versions are available for both Elements, while Mac users will have to settle for the Photoshop Element only.Adobe says the products fit in the "hobbyist" area of Adobe's mass-market push, the opposite end of a continuum that includes Photoshop

Written by Tim Siglin & Paul SchmutzlerApril 9, 2009Approximately a year and a half after Adobe released its Creative Suite 3 (CS3), the new Creative Suite 4 (CS4) is now available to the public in the same suites: Design Premium, Production Premium, Web Premium, and the all-in-one Master Collection.With CS3, Adobe took its video product line several notches above the norm in quality, allowing it to

Written by Heidi Schmutzler, Paul Schmutzler, and Tim SiglinOctober 30, 2007Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, recently released by Adobe for the Windows platform and offered as a stand-alone product or bundled with Adobe Premiere Elements 4, is the company’s newest release of a consumer-centric product. Elements 6 offers tried and true photo editing capabilities any user will appreciate, along with

Written by Paul Schmutzler and Tim SiglinAugust 14, 2007With the introduction of Adobe’s Creative Suite 3 comes even greater integration among all of the Adobe dynamic media programs. The specific integration between Adobe Premiere and the Adobe Media Encoder is of particular interest to online video content creators. This mini-review of that integration is part of a more in-depth review that