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Insider Software unveils its plans to activate fonts for Adobe CS3 apps

fontagent 20070516 205211 Insider Software unveils its plans to activate fonts for Adobe CS3 appsInsider Software today announced its roadmap for providing font auto-activation to users of Adobe Creative Suite 3 for Mac OS X. Insider has completed development of plug-ins for InDesign, InCopy and Illustrator and has also implemented a plug-in-free auto-activation architecture for Photoshop CS3.

Insider will release the new Adobe CS3 plug-ins as part of an update to FontAgent Pro. As the new plug-ins take advantage of forthcoming enhancements to FontAgent Pro, the plug-ins will be available later this Spring and will require an upgrade from previous versions of FontAgent Pro. Pricing and eligibility for free upgrades will be announced upon release.

FontAgent Pro for Mac OS X is priced at USD$99.95 and is available directly from Insider Software and resellers worldwide.

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Adobe announces live CS3 events and online resources

Now that Adobe dropped its largest software release ever with last week’s Creative Suite 3 bomb blast, the company’s leveraging the hype with a series of live events and online activities designed to bring users up to speed with all that Adobe Creative Suite 3 has to offer so they understand which product is best suited for their needs.

With 13 new stand-alone applications and 6 new suites the Adobe Creative Suite 3 can be overwhelming at first glance (and so can the prices). To help customers learn more about the products and various tips and tricks, Adobe will host a series of live and online product demonstrations over the next six months that will include…

  • CS3: The Creative License Conference — A series of conferences that include a two-day event in Los Angeles, June 19-20, and another in New York, June 25-26, where attendees will be immersed into an innovative environment to learn how to use the new CS3 products in their workflow.

Adobe will also be hosting a series of one-day conferences offered across the country May 16 through June 14, 2007, to provide educational information and demos of the new Creative Suite family.

  • CS3: The Creative License Podcast series — A weekly podcast series, including a monthly interview with Adobe’s head of creative solutions, John Loiacono, to discuss hot topics and trends in the marketplace.
  • CS3: The Creative License eSeminar Series — A variety of live online seminar sessions designed for users to learn about specific CS3 applications specific to design, print, video, web and photography. The sessions will be archived and fully accessible on Adobe’s web site for people who are not able to attend the live events.

The Adobe Creative Suite3 product line is a revolutionary offering of tightly integrated, industry-leading design and development tools for all facets of print, web, mobile, interactive, film, and video production.
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Total Training adds Adobe Creative Suite 3 training

Total Training today announced five new DVD-ROM-based training series:

  • Total Training for Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended: Essentials (USD$199.99), hosted by Chad Perkins, an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop
  • Total Training for Adobe Illustrator CS3: Essentials (USD$149.99), hosted by Steve Samson, the author of numerous leading graphic design guide books, including Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite All-in-One
  • Total Training for Adobe Flash CS3 Professional: Essentials (USD$199.99), led by John Ulliman, an Adobe Authorized Instructor and Certified Expert for the Creative Suite of tools, and principal of his own project development company
  • Total Training for Adobe InDesign CS3: Essentials (USD$199.99), presented by Adam Pratt, Senior Systems engineer at Adobe who works on all of the Creative Suite Products, including InCopy and InDesign
  • Total Training for Adobe Dreamweaver CS3: Essentials (USD$199.99), featuring web guru, Janine Warner, author of more than a dozen books about the Internet, including the best-selling Dreamweaver For Dummies

The Creative Suite 3 training series offers a visual learning experience, hosted by Total Training’s industry experts on Adobe products. These pros draw from their real-world experiences so that viewers learn the right way, the first time. Each video tutorial is filled with useful tricks of the trade to help viewers further discover the software’s extensive capabilities.

The Creative Suite 3 training series ships later this month.

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