To promote their Creative Days month-long event across Europe, Adobe is coming up with some creative ways to use their software to make people get engaged. One of the most creative that we’ve seen is their “live Photoshop” stunt that they pulled at a bus stop. They would take pictures of people sitting at the bus stop, then Photoshop them live on a screen visible from where they were sitting. The unsuspecting victims would watch helplessly as their images were distorted, contorted, and put into strange situations. Nobody seemed to object, at least in the video. …

Adobe Systems is well known for its graphic design, video editing, and web development applications. Whether developed or acquired, all the applications are collected in the San Jose-based company’s “Creative Suite”. Since its initial release in 2003, millions of people have come to rely on the applications in Adobe Creative Suite (CS) and for many they has become an essential tool for their daily lives. Adobe has released new versions of Creative Suite every one to two years; their latest release was Adobe CS6 in 2011. Because of its popularity and importance, it came as a shock to many…

“Download Photoshop legally for free…” Those are the words that geeks have been wanting to hear for over two decades. The good news is that it has finally come true. The bad news is that it’s the original Photoshop source code that has been released. According to the Computer History Museum: With the permission of Adobe Systems Inc., the Computer History Museum is pleased to make available, for non-commercial use, the source code to the 1990 version 1.0.1 of Photoshop. All the code is here with the exception of the MacApp applications library that was licensed from Apple. There are 179 files in…

Recently, Apple announced and showcased their new vision for 64-bit non-linear editors (NLEs). They called it Final Cut Pro X (FCPX). The news of this NLC sent waves through the industry, quickly appearing to be the biggest feature at NAB 2011. Finally, Apple released FCPX. Letting my inner child’s excitement take over, I went online and download it. Many technology review blogs haven’t yet explored this software deeply; I will show you the complete details and user experience of Apple’s Final Cut Pro X. As the software loaded up, I noticed that the process was much faster than it was on…

Adobe is gearing up to release Creative Cloud, their online edition of the Creative Suite. The San Jose-based company claims it offers all of the benefits of their desktop applications, with the added ability to use anyof their CS software titles. Creative Cloud gives users the freedom to run any Adobe Master Collection application on a multitude of systems and store their work in the cloud. However, critics of the platform claim the cost outweighs the benefits of these Cloud features.Much like its desktop-based prototype, Adobe Creative Cloud enables users to explore, create, publish, and…

While the ebook market sometimes seems like the least sexy segment of the digital world, it’s still a huge deal. After all, last time I checked, books were still a pretty big deal, whether in terms of how many people read or how many people many money off that fact. So while the arrival of Google’s new electronic bookstore may seem a little blah, it’s actually pretty important. Because, although it’s true a group of high school students could have arrived at a better name than the Google eBookstore, Google’s new cloud-based approach is not just their challenge to Amazon and Apple – it’s also part of…

Hot on the heels of not releasing a successful mobile version of Flash, Adobe is turning it’s attention back to Flash for desktop computers. A preview release of a 64bit version of Flash Player, codenamed “Square” is now available for Mac, Windows and Linux. Adobe advises caution when installing the app which has several known issues, including video playback problems with Hulu.com, Audi.co.uk and NBC.com. The release also adds support for hardware accelerated rendering in the recently released IE9 beta, improving performance by up to 35%. The release notes state that the features being…

It would appear that the rift between Apple and Adobe has become so great, that Apple’s ad artists are losing Touch with Photoshop itself. Head on over to Apple’s iPod Touch page, and tell me if you notice anything outstanding. Anything at all. Notice something? Yeah? How about this? Or this? iPod Touch can send messages – and better still, make phone calls? Gracious! Well, don’t throw your iPhone in the trash just yet – this is clearly a Photoshop flub on Apple’s part, and quite frankly, I expect the images to have been retooled by the end of the day. It’s just always fascinating to see one of the largest…

Most people have occasionally stopped to wonder what life was like before computers, but if you use Photoshop, you understand the true power and simplicity that computers bring to every day life. Now we get to see for real what a world without Photoshop would be like, thanks to the cryptically named aworldwithoutphotoshop.com. A team of designers hurry to create a magazine cover in a mere eight hours, and are stumped at the notion of having to add lens flare and drop shadow. As someone who remembers the old days of pasting up hand-cropped artwork using spray mount, this brings back personal demons…

Adobe clearly isn’t out to win any brownie points with Apple or it’s users. Photoshop Express for iPad was finally released on Friday, although the initial reviews were not great. Apparently the app crashes repeatedly, opens other apps when it tries to relaunch and cannot switch to landscape mode. It’s true that the app is free, so perhaps Adobe pushed it out the door quicker than it’s commercial titles, but that still doesn’t seem like a great publicity win for them. Either way, it’s fixed now, so if you grabbed the app (iTunes link) on Friday there’s an update available….