Acrobat 9 - more reasons to love this cool program

Layers Magazine (part of the NAPP empire) has a great little heads-up buried within its many pages. Acrobat 9 has added some improvements to the existing Output Preview features (Advanced>Print Production>Output Preview) as well as some new additions.

Acrobat is increasingly being used as an alternative to PowerPoint for presentations in court (as well as Flash). I love it for making enlargements for court exhibits (combined with a RIP). The improvements to the Output Preview functionality will definitely help. Adobe keeps making this product better with each new release.

Let's not forget the addition of ConnectNow - an offshoot of Connect and part of the new Acrobat.com. ConnectNow (File>Collaborate>Share My Screen) is a free service that lets two others look at your screen or even take over your computer (or the other way around - with the proper permissions of course). It's a great tool for training.

Enjoy.

Adobe Creative Suite 3.3 - the update

It figures. Not too long after I pull the plug on my WinXP machines and invest in the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection for Mac, they announce an upgrade - Creative Suite 3.3.

The good news is that it will only cost an additional $159 to upgrade from my new software. For the upgrade price, I'll get Acrobat 9 Pro - which offers some interesting new functionality. I'm looking forward to trying out its Acrobat Connect functionality for sharing, collaborating, or reviewing documents in real-time.

Speaking of which, I am currently working out the details of the first of a series of free Acrobat Connect Sessions to be hosted by your humble host and Rick Miller, Photoshop and Lightroom guru from Adobe. If it all works out, the first session will kick off in the first week of July. So stay tuned as this new feature is developed. NaTIA members can see Rick in action during the pre-conference sessions at Adobe. You should have received the sign-up materials already. Get those in soon. There are only so many seats available. When they are gone ... they are gone. Make sure that you get in on this opportunity to get your training from Adobe - at Adobe.

Enjoy.

Lightroom eSeminar

You are invited to join the good folks at Adobe for this eSeminar on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom this Friday, May 30th, at 1pm PST.

Click on the image below for the details on how to access the Connect session. I am curious to see how well attended this session will be. Based on attendance, we may schedule other Connect sessions in the future.