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Singapore Prices for Adobe CS5 at Roadshow in Suntec City

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Get Adobe CS5 at S$3925 or Photoshop CS5 at S$1057 instead of the street prices of S$5036 and S$1354 respectively. JK Technology is offering the roadshow promotional prices until end of May 2010. I have listed the prices for the other components of CS5 at the end of this post.

Box sets from Adobe CS5 family

Adobe CS5 launched on 12 Apr 2010

The Singapore leg of the 5 nation promotion took place from 0900 to 1720 hrs at Suntec City Ballroom. Judging by the agenda and the selection of presenters and keynote speakers, it is clear that Adobe sees Singapore as the most significant market in South East Asia, followed by Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, and Indonesia. The Thailand stopover, supposed to be the first stop, was postponed indefinitely in view of the political situation there.

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Creative Sushi in Bedok heartlands

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
User interface of GarageBand

Anybody can make music using Apple's GarageBand

A relaxing evening at Bedok Regional Library catching up with fellow creative crew on the local scene. “Sushi chefs” Ivan Chew and Stefano Virgilli put their heads together to produce a short 2-min video slideshow of 40 digital photos, complete with self-composed instrumental soundtrack.

Linus Lim kicked off the evening’s program by waxing lyrical about Adobe Fireworks’ usefulness as a prototyping tool and revealed that the splash screens for the software in Adobe’s CS5 suite were made using Fireworks. He briefed on the enhancements in the CS5 version of Fireworks.

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Android smartphones outsell iPhone in US 2010Q1

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Smartphones have become the next battleground for the technology behemoths to seize pole position. Exciting times lie ahead with the rivalry between Apple’s iPhone/iPad and smartphones based on Google’s Android, while HP plots its next move with the newly acquired Palm’s WebOS, and incumbent leader RIM seeks to preserve its market share.

Google Android Nexus One and Apple iPhone

Google & Android vs Apple & iPhone

According to the NPD Group, smartphones sold during the first quarter of 2010 in the United States stands had the following OS (operating system). NPD’s sales data are based on large consumer surveys:

  1. 36% – Research in Motion’s Blackberry OS
  2. 28 % – Google’s Android OS
  3. 21% – Apple’s iPhone OS

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Microsoft launching Office 2010 on 12 May 2010

Monday, May 10th, 2010

I believe the availability of free competitors, mainly in the form of Google Docs, has forced Microsoft to price its Office 2010 suite at a more affordable level. The Standard Edition of Office 2007, containing Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, debuted with a suggested retail price of US$399. Now, the price for Office 2010 Home and Business, which includes those four apps plus the note-taking program OneNote, costs as little as US$199 for the Hone and Business Suite. Leave out Outlook and the price goes down to US$119 for the Home and Student Suite. No upgrade prices are offered.

For consumer users, which earned Office US$1.8 billion in fiscal 2009, this is a much more affordable price tag, especially for those still on the 2003 version or earlier.

4 box sets of Microsoft Office 2010 Suite

Three different Microsoft Office 2010 suite combinations to choose from + Academic version.

Microsoft launches Office 2010 on Wednesday 12 May 2010 at 11am EDT in NBC Studios, New York. Business customers which make up 90 percent of Office customers, can begin purchasing the software while small businesses and consumers will have to wait till June for the suite to hit the stores.

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Singapore roadshow for Adobe CS5 on 12 May 2010

Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Adobe CS5 in a box

Adobe CS5 Master Collection at US$2599

Event: Adobe Creative Suite 5 Roadshow 2010 in Singapore
Date: 12 May 2010
Time: 0900 ~ 1800 Hrs
Venue: The Ballroom, Level 2, Suntec City

Broad programme:
CS5 features for designers by Terry White
Video production features by Jason Levine
Web design and development by Greg Rewis

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Creative Sushi on 11 May 2010

Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Entrance to the Bedok Public Library

Bedok Public Library on 11 May 2010 from 1845 ~ 2045 Hrs

Event: Creative Crew May Meeting
Date: 11 May 2010
Time: 1845 – 2045 Hrs
Venue: Bedok Public Library

Broad programme:
Fireworks CS5 by Linus Lim
Audio remix by Ivan Chew
Video remix by Stefano Virgilli
MTV style video tricks by Stefano Virgilli

Check out the details here.

Here’s the event report.

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Adobe Photoshop CS5

Friday, May 7th, 2010
Stacked photoshop boxes for CS5 and CS5 Extended

Photoshop CS5 lauched on 12 Apr 2010, shipped on 30 Apr 2010

Photoshop CS5 was launched on 12 April 2010 as part of the Adobe CS5 Suite. It is the flagship product of Adobe’s entire CS5 release and I am impressed by some of its new features.

I will be delving into some of the main features in more detail over the next few weeks.

The main new features are:

  • Content-aware fill – remove objects or fill in space through automatic cloning
  • HDR Toning – create HDR-like effects from a single exposure
  • Painting effects – natural painterly effects with mixer brushes that blend colours
  • Puppet Warp – reminds me of liquify with more control
  • Automated Lens Correction – using database of preset corrections based on camera model and lenses
  • Mini-Bridge Panel – Bridge right within Photoshop

The enhanced features are:

  • Intelligent selection tools – select hair easier
  • HDR Pro – combine bracketed exposures with more control
  • Adobe Camera Raw 6 – including better sharpening and noise reduction
  • Black-and-White conversion – using Lab Black-and-White technique
  • User-inspired productivity enhancements – things users have been asking for

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