You know all the usual reasons software makers give to register your software – to receive tech support, news, updates, offers, bugfixes, etc. Now Adobe is adding another reason – to get free gifts. They’re called “complimentary benefits.”
For example, if you register your CS4 product, you can choose from one of these bonuses: 30 days of free training at Lynda.com, free or discounted books or magazines, or access to download 16 free fonts.
Doing the same for Acrobat gets you similar choices, or a 5% discount coupon for anything at the Adobe store. CS3 users can qualify for benefits as well.
Note that to get these gifts you need to use “in-product” registration (the easiest)… Typically this is offered at the time of installation of the application, when a screen prompts you to register by completing just a few fields. Or, if your software is already installed, you can register at any time by selecting Help > Registration from your application’s menu toolbar.
Also BTW, with any product registration, you also get on the list to receive invitations to Adobe events. Just another reasonable benefit.
(It should be noted that complimentary benefits do vary by region and product and are subject to availability.)
Just a quick post because I thought you might be interested in this, on the making of Avatar:
– Watch a full-screen video from the movie’s producer on how Adobe software was used throughout.
– Download the free interactive Avatar app.
(The first link comes from the new AdobeTV site where you can check out dozens of free online training videos for all of Adobe’s products, covering everything from “getting started” tutorials to advanced “how-to” guides with tips and tricks, etc.)
Adobe is offering free Fedex shipping on all Education products at select Adobe Education Stores. Offer valid until February 22, 2010. Plus, students, teachers, and faculty can still save up to 80% off regular prices at the Adobe Education Store.
Offer good for the following Adobe Education Stores:
- North America
- United Kingdom
- France
- Germany
- Other European Countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland)
Also there’s another promotion where if you’re a teacher or K-12 student in North America, you can save $50 instantly on the already-reduced price of a “Premium” version of CS4… This one is valid through February 28, 2010.
Adobe has just launched a new Volume Licensing Store in the UK and Europe, to go along with the one it opened online last year for North American customers. These sites can save you money, time, and provide benefits not found elsewhere – and make it easy for organizations of all sizes large or small to gain the advantages of volume ordering.
If you use multiple copies at your location (or may in the future), volume licensing is a good idea to consider – in addition to getting a discount on your software, you also simplify maintenance and upgrades enormously, as there is only one license key to deal with for all your systems… Administration becomes a snap and almost all Adobe products are eligible – and discounts can begin with as little as one copy.
It’s simple because it’s all online, and there are no membership requirements or signature “contracts” to sign. Plus you can conveniently charge your order instantly to a major credit card or PayPal, and download your software right away. Then once you’re registered it’s easy to add users via the flexible online management tool.
Further there is an option called Upgrade Plan where you are assured of automatic access to all Adobe upgrades for your covered products during the life of your plan – at your convenience and all at a single cost per licensed product.
If you like, there’s a new tool to get an Instant Quote for the products you’re interested in. And right now there’s also an offer going on where you can get 5 copies for the price of 4 – check it out at the Adobe Specials page.
Yesterday we got a new update to Photoshop Lightroom, bringing the popular photo management package now up to version 2.6… Adobe has added support for new and additional cameras, as well as some enhancements and corrections for issues in previous releases.
If you already own Lightroom 2, then the update to 2.6 is free and can be downloaded here for Windows or here for Macintosh. If you still have Lightroom 1 those same links can get you to version 1.4, though a full upgrade to version 2.6 is only $99. Or you can try it out first for free.
It’s that time of year again, and as has been the case in recent Decembers past, Adobe is offering free FedEx ground shipping to its commercial and education store customers for the holidays, pretty much worldwide… Just choose the store you want here and take it from there.
The offer runs through Monday, December 21st, and you should be able to see the details on each page of your store. If not, you can find the complete terms for North America in English here, and for the UK and Europe here: in English, French, or German.
Adobe has just put out some great new deals for the big shopping week… Please note these offers are only for orders direct from Adobe.com (see links below) and most require a coupon code…
All the promos and their codes are listed here for easy reference:
- Save $50 on all Adobe orders of $500 or more! Coupon Code: BLKMON50
- Save $20 on all Adobe orders of $250 – $499! Coupon Code: BLKMON15
- Free Shipping on all Adobe products with Coupon Code BLKMONFS
- Save $50 + Free Shipping on Adobe Elements 8 Bundle. Only $99.99!
- Save $40 + Free Shipping on Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for Win. Only $59.99!
- Save $40 + Free Shipping on Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac. Only $59.99!
These specials are good for seven days only, until Cyber Monday, November 30th.
And if you prefer to try before buying, you can immediately download any Adobe application you like as a fully-functional 30-day free trial, then later activate it within the period for the discount.
For Black Friday Deals on anything else, well there’s always Amazon!
Most people know that “CS4″ is both a version number for major Adobe applications (thirteen of them), as well as the given name for a number of suites or collections of those applications. But with six differing suite choices out there, what is less well known is what’s actually in each of them – and which one is right for what you want to do?
The CS4 collections come in several flavors – two for Web (Standard/Premium), two also for Design (Standard/Premium), Production Premium (which adds audio and video), and Master Collection (which includes every single CS4 app together in one big integrated bundle).
Now, as for exactly which applications are in each of these, the complete descriptions, and how much they cost, happily the answers are right here, all on a single page: www.CS4selector.com
Of note: The larger suite you buy, the more money saved. For example, with the Web Standard edition, you save 37% off the price of each of its products sold separately. But in going all the way up to Master Collection, you save over 60% off the individual components.
