Hoffman Art Design » Release http://www.hoffmanartdesign.com The Creative Ninja Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:04:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Adobe InDesign and InCopy get a refresh to 6.0.4 http://www.hoffmanartdesign.com/2009/09/adobe-indesign-and-incopy-get-a-refresh-to-6-0-4/ http://www.hoffmanartdesign.com/2009/09/adobe-indesign-and-incopy-get-a-refresh-to-6-0-4/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:22:51 +0000 admin http://www.hoffmanartdesign.com/2009/09/adobe-indesign-and-incopy-get-a-refresh-to-6-0-4/ Adobe Systems Incorporated today rolled out updates to their publishing flagship product, InDesign CS4, and its partner program InCopy.

Indesign 6.0.4:

This update fixes many previous issues in the areas of Scripting, Master Pages, Digital Editions, Import/Export Graphics, as well as other miscellaneous issues. Read the release notes (pdf) for a canonical list of fixes.

This update does not address certain issues running Adobe InDesign CS4 on Mac OS X Leopard (v10.5.1-v10.5.5):

  • The Cmd-H keyboard shortcut doesn’t work to hide the InDesign application.
    The Place, Save, Save As or Export commands may cause crashes when using either the Adobe or the OS dialog box.

As a means of fixing these issues, Adobe recommends upgrading to Snow Leopard, OS X 10.6.1.

InCopy 6.0.4:

This update provides fixes several issues in the areas of hyphenation, INCX import as well as other miscellaneous issues.

As mentioned above for InDesign, this update doesn’t address the same Leopard issues, and again, Adobe recommends upgrading to Snow Leopard – OS X 10.6.1 – to solve these problems.

Both updates are available using the Adobe Updater service from with your Creative Suite applications.

]]> http://www.hoffmanartdesign.com/2009/09/adobe-indesign-and-incopy-get-a-refresh-to-6-0-4/feed/ 0 Adobe Releases Photoshop Elements 8 and Premier Elements 8 http://www.hoffmanartdesign.com/2009/09/adobe-releases-photoshop-elements-8-and-premier-elements-8/ http://www.hoffmanartdesign.com/2009/09/adobe-releases-photoshop-elements-8-and-premier-elements-8/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:04:28 +0000 admin http://www.hoffmanartdesign.com/2009/09/adobe-releases-photoshop-elements-8-and-premier-elements-8/ Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the release of Photoshop Elements 8 and Premiere Elements 8, along with bundles and their "Plus" versions.

New features in Photoshop Elements 8 include:

  • Content aware scaling
  • Photo Merge for exposure blending
  • People Recognition (automatically tagging images)
  • Auto-analyzer, editing and other new features within the Organizer
  • Full screen preview in Organizer
  • Synchronize Libraries between computers
  • Previewing of adjustments (a’ la Photoshop’s "Variations")
  • New albums and templates

At $79 (discounted from $99) this is a pretty good deal for the amateur, hobbyist, etc. There are some features I’d like to see in Lightroom (i.e. the Library sync).

New features in Premiere Elements 8 include:

  • All of the Organizer improvements listed above
  • Smartfix feature to correct camera shake, lighting and color problems
  • Smartmix automation feature for audio editing
  • SmartTrim provides fully automated or guided video trimming
  • InstantMovie feature enhanced with new themes
  • Motion tracking synchronizes graphics movement with subjects in the scene
  • Added themes, effects and transitions
  • New online video sharing capabilities

Also $79 (discounted from $99) and also a good deal for the amateur or hobbyist.

The bundle (includes both Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements) is available at $119 (discounted from $149). The “Plus” bundle includes online storage of up to 20Gb, additional online content, and online tutorials, and is available for $149 (discounted from $179).

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