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Written by Andy
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Friday, 22 May 2009 13:09 |
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 Have you heard about Acrobat.com?
I thought is was an online service to create pdf's, but its a lot more. Let me give you a quick preview.
First of all this is a free service offered by Adobe. All you have to do is sign up to take advantage of the free features.
Buzzword - Is an online word processing application much like Google Docs. It looks and behaves like your normal desktop word processor, but it operates inside a web browser. You can share the files so others can collaborate or contribute. Perfect for writing reports, proposals, and anything else you need to access online or work on with others.
Connect Now - This is an online meeting room. Use screen sharing, chat, notes, audio, and video to conduct meetings online.
Create PDF - Provides an online PDF converter so you can easily create PDF documents from your existing files in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and many other applications. Note there is a limited number of pdf’s that you can produce using this free service. The free version only allows creation of 5 pdf's. For unlimited pdf creation you can subscribe to the Create Adobe PDF Online service.
Share - With your free account you have 2 gigs of online space. So if you need to send a large file you can upload, then select the file and click share. This will generated a link to the file that you can send in an email to the person you want to share the file with.
My Files - Shows the files stored in your area. Whether one’s you created using Buzzword or have uploaded. These files can be easily access from anywhere.
Adobe is offering some great features and the price is right free. For more information visit acrobat.com |
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Written by Andy
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 09:27 |
If you are a casual digital snapshooter, this is for you!
 Adobe recently launched a public beta of Photoshop Express, the newest member of the Photoshop "family." Puts the power of Photoshop online and is definitely priced right - absolutely free.
To use this service all you only need a web browser and an Internet connection. Since it's web based it works with Mac, Windows and Linux. The plan is to polish the free version while in beta, and later incorporate additional features and storage on a subscription basis.
Photoshop Express is designed to be a one-stop shop working with your digital images, organizing, editing, sharing, and community. In addition, it's designed to integrate with other services like Facebook, Photobucket, and Picasa. Flickr integration, though not available currently, is already in the works.
Once you log in, you can view your images in a variety of customizable views. Images can be uploaded from your computer or imported in from other services. Images can be sorted and arranged into albums, and tagged for easy searching. Images can then be shared in a variety of ways: private e-mailed links for friends and family or slick Flash-based slideshows on your public-facing Gallery.
Images can be edited with a variety of easy to use, yet powerful tools. Brightness, contrast, color temperature, and color balance are all point-and-click easy. Click on an effect, click on the best option, and you are done. A variety of fun effects, like Sketch, Pop Color, and Distort, are available. Red-eye and touch-up tools are also point-and-click, but the results are high quality. In less than a minute, you have a beautiful image that you can proudly shown off in your Gallery.
All edits are non-destructive and non-linear, like Lightroom. The edits are built up in a sort of stack. If you're not happy with one of the particular edits, you can pull it out of the stack without losing all the other edits.
There are some limits in the current beta of Photoshop Express. Images can only be in JPEG format with a limit of 10MB per image. For most users this shouldn't be a problem. Each account is limited to 2GB of total storage.
Adobe will be evaluating what additional services to add based on user feedback, which you can give by clicking the "Feedback" link on every screen. So look for the beta to continually evolve over time. |
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Written by Andy
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 15:09 |
 I discovered the InDesigner video podcast last fall. I'm always looking for tips and tricks working with InDesign. After watching the videos I picked up quite a few tips, and I'm sure you will too.
If you use InDesign it's well worth taking a look at the tips Michael covers in his video podcast.
Michael Murphy who puts on the Video Podcast has been a hands-on designer and art director for over 20 years. Michael’s real-world experience, The InDesigner video podcast showcases the power of InDesign to automate repetitive tasks, improve productivity and build unprecedented flexibility into the design process. The InDesigner is dedicated to empowering designers to understand and embrace concepts and features that will transform how they work and allow them to both meet their deadlines and satisfy their creative passion. |
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