Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium Student & Teacher Edition[OLD VERSION]

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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium Student & Teacher Edition[OLD VERSION]

  • Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium combines Photoshop CS5 Extended, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5, Flash Catalyst CS5, Flash Professional CS5, Dreamweaver CS5, Fireworks CS5, and Acrobat 9 Pro
  • Achieve painterly effects with lifelike brush strokes in Photoshop Extended and with expressive vector-painting tools in Illustrator, or easily create eye-catching 3D artwork with new Repousse in Photoshop CS5 Extended.
  • Work faster and more efficiently using more precise image selection tools in Photoshop Extended, variable-width strokes in Illustrator, and intuitive object selection features in Adobe InDesign.
  • Use new Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 to transform Photoshop and Illustrator artwork into high-quality interactive content and navigation components for web pages and user interfaces without writing code.
  • CS Live online services link your desktop design software to the Internet to boost efficiency in activities that support day-to-day design and production. CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time.

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium software is the ultimate toolkit for designers who need to express their wildest ideas with precision; work fluidly across media; and produce exceptional results in print, web, interactive, and mobile design. Craft eye-catching images and graphics, lay out stunning pages, build standards-based websites, create interactive content without writing code, and extend page layouts for viewing with eBook reading devices.

Truer edge selection technology in Photoshop CS5 Extended – Produce highly accurate masks and make selections faster and more easily than ever before with powerful new controls for refining selection edges in Photoshop CS5 Beautiful strokes with Illustrator CS5 – Avoid time-consuming workarounds by using convenient width handles to adjust stroke width interactively; precisely size and position arrowheads, and align dashes symmetrically System Requirements – Windows Vista/7/XP; DVD-ROM Drive Note – Adobe Student & Teacher Editions are for use by university and college students, primary and secondary school students, faculty and staff ONLY. Before the software can be installed, students must obtain a serial number by submitting proof of eligibility for this Program to Adobe. If the student cannot provide proof of eligibility, the end User will not be able to use this product. Students will receive instructions for completing their validation in the Student Edition box. These instructions will direct them to the Identit-E website to submit their verification. www.myidentit-e.com/adobe-student-edition. Required Proof of Eligibility – You must provide a photocopy of a valid, current student ID that includes your name, a date, and a photo. Students who are under 18 and do not have a valid photo ID may provide an official letter from their eligible educational institution stating their name and current enrollment status.New Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium software and supporting resources build the digital communication and creativity skills students need for today’s technology-driven workforce. Students and educators can more easily create print, web, and mobile content–with the support of a standards-aligned curriculum for graphic design and print production, professional development resources, and certification opportunities. Using Design Premium, students can produce interactive content without having to learn how to write code, and they can express ideas–in print, PDF, and online–faster and with greater control. Flexible volume licensing programs and low pricing for students and educators make Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium affordable for institutions of all sizes.

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium combines:

  • Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended
  • Adobe Illustrator CS5
  • Adobe InDesign CS5
  • Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5
  • Adobe Flash Professional CS5
  • Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
  • Adobe Fireworks CS5
  • Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

Additional components:

  • Adobe Bridge CS5
  • Adobe Device Central CS5
  • Integration with new Adobe CS Live online services

Deliver innovative ideas in print, web, interactive, and mobile design

The ultimate toolkit for designers
Work with the latest versions of professional design software to deliver innovative ideas in print, web, interactive, and mobile design.

State-of-the-art image editing
Use industry-standard Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended to edit, manipulate, enhance, and refine eye-catching images for print layouts, web pages, interactive content, digital documents, and mobile devices.

Creative 3D possibilities
Quickly add depth and create unusual effects using 3D editing tools in Photoshop CS5 Extended. Create attention-getting 3D logos and artwork from text and shapes, and edit, manipulate, and paint directly on 3D models.

Versatile graphics for print, web, interactive, and mobile design
Produce resolution-independent graphics that can be incorporated into projects that span a wide variety of media with Adobe Illustrator CS5.

Efficient, high-quality print design and production
Design, preflight, and produce a broad range of printed material with Adobe InDesign CS5. Precise control over typography, built-in tools for creative effects, and an intuitive design environment let you create stunning page layouts fast.

Dynamic digital documents
Add attention-grabbing interactivity, animation, video, and sound to your digital documents and presentations with InDesign CS5. Export documents directly from InDesign to SWF format for viewing in Adobe Flash Player software.

Extension of Adobe InDesign content for mobile, web, and eBook reading devices
Extend the reach of the content in your InDesign documents beyond print. Open InDesign documents in Adobe Flash Professional CS5, maintaining the fidelity of your designs so that you can add complex interactivity and animations. Use the Export for Dreamweaver command to incorporate the content in your InDesign documents into web pages, or prepare InDesign pages for viewing on devices such as the Apple iPad, Barnes & Noble nook, and Sony eBook readers by exporting to the EPUB format.

Versatile PDF workflows
Use Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro to combine PDF documents and package layouts, drawings, images, animation, movies, audio, and other files in a single PDF Portfolio. Also apply extensive preflight checks and automatic correction features for reliable print production.

Interactive content creation without writing code using new Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5
Start with artwork created in Photoshop or Illustrator and use Flash Catalyst to transform it into high-quality interactive content for web pages, user interfaces, and applications. Flash Catalyst lets you define buttons, scroll bars, sliders, page transitions, video players, and more–without touching a line of code.

Website and application prototyping with Adobe Fireworks CS5
Repurpose Photoshop and Illustrator assets, generate PDF or HTML comps, and then export final designs for development with Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash Professional, or Flash Catalyst.

Creation of immersive interactive experiences with Adobe Flash Professional CS5
Deliver immersive interactive experiences such as microsites and games that are presented consistently across computers, browsers, and mobile devices. Import your design from Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign, and then add interactivity and motion with Flash Professional to bring your design to life.

Building of standards-based websites and applications
Design, develop, and maintain standards-based websites and applications with Dreamweaver CS5. Jump-start your designs with built-in page templates using cascading style sheets (CSS), and work visually in Design View or edit code directly in Code View.

Brand new in CS5 Design Premium, Flash Catalyst CS5 equips you to design interactive content using intuitive tools that leverage skills you already have–and without writing code. Click to enlarge.

Paint freely in Illustrator CS5 with the vector-based Bristle Brush to produce lifelike brush strokes. Click to enlarge.

With Adobe Repoussé, you can extrude, bevel, bend, shear, and twist any text layer, selection, path, or layer mask. Apply lighting and materials to create effects never previously possible in Photoshop. View controls.

Easily troubleshoot CSS-based page elements–Dreamweaver CS5 highlights box model properties with colors so you can visually inspect individual page elements. Click to enlarge.

Content testing for mobile devices
Plan, preview, and test rich media and HTML content across a wide spectrum of devices from mobile handsets to gaming systems and television screens. Easily create and share snapshots of screens with fellow designers or clients to hone design ideas.

Adobe CS Live online services integration
Connect the power and reach of the Internet with the design software you use every day to streamline critical, time-consuming processes such as creative reviews, web page previewing, and collaborative content authoring. CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time–visit www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.

Visual media management
Find files fast by browsing thumbnails instead of filenames with Adobe Bridge. Find and place files without leaving your design software using Adobe Mini Bridge, a convenient panel accessible from within Photoshop CS5 Extended and InDesign CS5.

Adobe Community Help
Find exactly the answers you need using an online search engine accessible from within components of Design Premium. Searchable content includes in-depth, product-specific Help from Adobe, plus additional Adobe and third-party expert content.

Consistent Adobe user interface
Work quickly and intuitively thanks to a consistent approach to the user interface across all CS5 Design Premium components. Enjoy a shorter learning curve and stay more focused on the art of design.

Compatibility with the latest operating systems
Take advantage of the power and performance of the latest Apple and Microsoft operating systems. In Photoshop Extended, enjoy 64-bit support for faster image editing across platforms.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended–Create powerful images with the professional standard

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended software helps you create the ultimate images for print, the web, and video. Enjoy all the state-of-the-art editing, compositing, and painting capabilities in industry-standard Photoshop CS5, and experience fast performance thanks to cross-platform 64-bit support. Also create 3D extrusions for logos, artwork, and motion graphics; edit 3D objects with advanced tools; and create and enhance motion-based content.

Innovate in 3D
Go beyond traditional image editing by bringing 3D elements to your 2D artwork directly within your favorite digital imaging application, which now offers an easy on-ramp to 3D image creation.

Maximize creative impact
Explore new creative possibilities with breakthrough tools that enable you to select, adjust, paint, and recompose images with tremendous precision and freedom.

Boost productivity
Accelerate your workflow with fast performance on 64-bit hardware systems, smoother interactions thanks to GPU acceleration, and dozens of time-savers throughout the application.

Adobe Illustrator CS5–Explore new paths with the essential vector tool

Create distinctive designs for any project. Used by creative professionals worldwide, Adobe Illustrator CS5 software provides precision and power. Paint expressively with vectors, draw in perspective, and explore designing for interactivity. Move easily between Illustrator, other Adobe products, and Adobe CS Live online services. Get the job done efficiently but beautifully, moving quickly from multiple ideas to multiple outputs with complete control and delivering exactly what you had in mind.

Design with powerful creative tools
Take advantage of exceptional precision and power to create distinctive vector artwork. Combine highly controllable drawing tools with expressive natural brushes and dramatic effects to make unique, striking designs.

Work smoothly and efficiently
Speed up your workflow with innovations that encourage efficiency. Get the job done with purpose and agility using shortcuts and time-savers to take multiple ideas to multiple outputs.

Deliver virtually anywhere
Incorporate vector artwork into essentially any project and deliver resolution-independent graphics across media. Enjoy tighter-than-ever integration with other Adobe products and go anywhere your creativity takes you.

Adobe InDesign CS5–Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing

Adobe InDesign CS5 software provides precise control over typography and built-in creative tools for designing, preflighting, and publishing documents for print, online, or to mobile devices. Bring documents and presentations to life with interactivity, animation, sound, and video. Leading industry tools, and productivity enhancements make page layout simpler and faster. Access Adobe CS Live online services* from within InDesign to streamline critical review processes.

Streamline review processes
Build powerful documents as a team. New integrated tools and the availability of efficient online services make review processes more efficient, whether your clients and colleagues are across the hall or around the world.

Do more in less time
Create, edit, and publish documents faster. A wealth of new productivity features help make page layout simpler, easier, and speedier.

Create powerful, innovative digital documents
Engage, inform, and attract readers with documents that include interactivity, animation, video, and sound. Develop stronger, more compelling communications with rich interactive documents.

Designers who love fine typography will be thrilled by extensive type controls in Flash Professional CS5. Click to enlarge.

Integration between Fireworks CS5 and Device Central CS5 means you can begin a Fireworks project using the exact specifications of a target mobile device, then preview in Device Central before handing it off to a developer. Click to enlarge.

Adobe BrowserLab is a fast, flexible, and convenient way to make sure your web designs look exactly the way you intend them to look, no matter what browser, computer, and operating system is used to view them. Click to enlarge.

Adobe InDesign CS5 software provides precise control over typography and built-in creative tools for designing, preflighting, and publishing documents for print, online, or to mobile devices. Click to enlarge.

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5–Create expressive interfaces and interactive content without writing code

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 software is an approachable new interaction design tool. Use it to transform Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks artwork into expressive interfaces and fully interactive content without writing code, and publish as SWF or Adobe AIR files. Collaborate with developers who can open your project files with Adobe Flash Builder software to extend functionality, and leverage the reach and consistency of the Adobe Flash Platform.

Leverage the power of the Adobe Flash Platform to create interactive projects
Rapidly create expressive interfaces and interactive content to your exacting design standards. Deliver your creative vision with the reach and consistency of the Adobe Flash Platform.

Approach interaction design without writing code
Transform static designs from Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or Fireworks software into fully interactive projects without requiring development or coding skills. Define behaviors and control sophisticated interactions with simple yet powerful menu-based commands.

Speed the design and development process
Use familiar design applications to easily create and edit artwork. Developers can open Flash Catalyst projects directly in Adobe Flash Builder software, preserving design fidelity and interactions defined by the designer.

Adobe Flash Professional CS5–Create and deliver rich interactive content

Adobe Flash Professional CS5 software is the industry-leading environment for interactive authoring and delivery of immersive experiences that are presented consistently across personal computers, mobile devices, and screens of virtually any size and resolution. Design expressive content with professional typography and pixel-precise drawing tools, write code precisely and efficiently with code completion and customizable code snippets, and deliver superior-quality video to audiences practically everywhere.

Design with expression
Communicate your creative vision without sacrifice and set the bar for interactive design with typographic precision, layout fidelity, and expressive motion-editing capabilities.

Write code quickly and easily
Quickly and efficiently write code with powerful authoring tools and integration with Adobe Flash Builder software. Easily add interactivity directly in the ActionScript language by injecting extensible code snippets.

Deliver in fewer steps and in more places
Save time and reduce the number of required steps when moving content from design, to development, and ultimately to delivery. Distribute consistently across personal computers, mobile devices, and screens of virtually any size and resolution.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5–Design, develop, and maintain standards-based websites and applications

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 software empowers designers and developers to build standards-based websites with confidence. Work visually or directly in code, develop with your existing content management system like WordPress, Joomla!, or Drupal, and design productively with CSS inspection tools. Simplify advanced website development with integrated support for Subversion software and custom PHP code hinting. Get fast and accurate browser-compatibility testing and test dynamic content thanks to integration with Adobe BrowserLab, a new Adobe CS Live online service.

Develop with content management systems
Build dynamic standards-based websites and applications quickly and easily. Leverage powerful content management systems with integrated authoring and testing support for your existing frameworks like WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal.

Design websites more productively
Inspect, track, and preview web designs with powerful CSS diagnostics and functions. Improve your layouts and designs, and reduce the need for manual tweaking in the CSS code.

Extend Dreamweaver through integration with CS Live online services
Some of the new CS Live online services integrate with Dreamweaver, such as fast and accurate browser-compatibility testing with Adobe BrowserLab. CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time—visit www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.

Adobe Fireworks CS5–Rapidly prototype and design for the web

Create expressive screen graphics for virtually any device rapidly with Adobe Fireworks CS5 software. Design websites, user interfaces, or rich media applications using both vector and bitmap tools. Import assets from Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator software and export to HTML and CSS, Adobe Flash Catalyst software, or the Adobe AIR runtime. Optimize final imagery with the industry’s leading screen graphics software.

Combine the power of vector and bitmap tools
Design with vector and bitmap tools together to achieve optimal imagery quickly. Enjoy pixel precision that maps to your resolution requirements, using graphics tools designed for screen-based output.

Produce better screen graphics, faster
Create rich, interactive screen graphics with fewer steps. Create and name slices efficiently, and then deliver superior-quality graphics optimized for the web and a wide range of devices.

Design once for multiple deliverables
Quickly optimize designs for websites, rich media applications, and mobile devices. Edit assets from other graphics programs for wider deployment with Fireworks. Integrate client review into the design process.

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro–Protect documents and accelerate information exchange with PDF

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro software builds on the foundational feature set of Acrobat 9 Standard to provide business and creative professionals with additional capabilities, including enhanced security features, high-end print production support, and easy-to-manage electronic document reviews.

Deliver polished, professional documents
Quickly integrate content, insert company logos, define navigation, and add polish to your PDF Portfolio using one of many customizable templates.

Create dynamic electronic forms
Use included Adobe LiveCycle Designer software–a professional form design tool–to create, customize, and automate dynamic forms.

Collaborate and share with virtually anyone, anywhere
Gain the input you need–in real time–through interactive, shared document reviews that help participants see and build on each other’s comments.


Adobe Creative Suite 5

With powerful new creative tools, enhanced performance and workflows, and the ability to integrate with timesaving new Adobe CS Live online services, Adobe Creative Suite 5 software provides the edge you need to create rich content for virtually any media–print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile. Whether you need to produce printed pages efficiently or design and distribute engaging content online, on film, on air, and on device, you’ll find the right combination of Adobe tools to increase your productivity and keep pace with your creative vision.

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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium Classroom in a Book

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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium Classroom in a Book

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Creative Suite 5 choose Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press.

The 8 project-based lessons show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working with all the applications in the Creative Suite. Readers learn what they need to know to create engaging layouts for print or web publishing.

This completely revised Creative Suite 5 edition covers designing for mobile devices and creating animated Flash documents. The companion DVD includes all the lesson files readers need to work along with the book.

This guide is ideal for beginning to intermediate users and provides countless tips and techniques to help them become more productive.

“The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-by-step instructions, and the project files for the students.” –Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rocky Mountain Training

Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does–an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Note from the publisher:

FREE Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 updates are available for this title. Simply register your product at www.peachpit.com/register and you will receive the updates when they become available.

Data Analysis and Decision Making with Microsoft Excel, Revised (with CD-ROM and Decision Tools and Statistic Tools Suite)

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Data Analysis and Decision Making with Microsoft Excel, Revised (with CD-ROM and Decision Tools and Statistic Tools Suite)

Master data analysis, modeling, and spreadsheet use with DATA ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL! With a teach-by-example approach, student-friendly writing style, and complete Excel integration, this quantitative methods text provides you with the tools you need to succeed. Margin notes, boxed-in definitions and formulas in the text, enhanced explanations in the text itself, and stated objectives for the examples found throughout the text make studying easy. Problem sets and cases provide realistic examples that enable you to see the relevance of the material to your future as a business leader. The CD-ROMs packaged with every new book include the following add-ins: the Palisade Decision Tools Suite (@RISK, StatTools, PrecisionTree, TopRank, and RISKOptimizer); and SolverTable, which allows you to do sensitivity analysis. All of these add-ins have been revised for Excel 2007.

Anaerobic Digestion: Decision Support Software: Decision Making Tool to evaluate technical, economic and environmental aspects of AD plants development in Ireland

Animal wastes are a significant environmental concern in countries such as Ireland, where meat production activities are an important sector of the national economy. The purpose of this work is to develop a decision support system (DSS) for policy makers to evaluate technical, economic and environmental aspects of anaerobic digestion development in Ireland. The approach involves the production of a livestock and abattoir national database and the development of an algorithmic data- model which allows estimation of the biogas potential production in a given area. This algorithmic approach is supported by a technical, economic and environmental analysis of the technology. Part of the model is a site selection model that helps identify suitable areas for anaerobic digestion plants. The aim is the proposal of a successful method of animal waste management matched with biogas production for means of transport.

Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006 [Old Version]

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Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006 [Old Version]

  • Digital Image Suite Library helps you quickly organize and safekeep your photos.
  • Protect and preserve your memories using state-of-the-art archival technology in the Digital Image Library to archive photos easily.
  • The Suite Editor contains fast Auto Fixes and powerful correction tools, so you can easily enhance your images.
  • All the tools you need to create unique images are here, including special effects, custom projects, and smart erase.
  • Supports RAW files and includes a state-of-the-art archival technology that allows you to burn your photos and videos to CD, and more.

Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006 brings together all the sophisticated tools you need to organize, enhance, create, and share your digital photos. Digital Image Suite offers powerful tools that are intuitive and easy to use no matter what your skill level. It’s the complete photo solution that grows with you.Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006 will give you the powerful digital photography tools you need to take the perfect shot. And once your camera work is done, new and easy-to-use features will help you organize, creatively enhance and share your pictures with the world. As your passion for great photography grows, Digital Image Suite gives you exactly what you need to bring your vision to life.


Get powerful digital photography tools and perfect your shots — whether you’re a beginner or a pro.


Stitch images together seamlessly to create a breathtaking panorama.

The Digital Image Library makes finding pictures and videos fast and easy. View larger.

Use the Levels Auto Fix to change the levels and curves of your photos. View larger.

Instantly Organize and Archive Your Photos
Imagine having every picture you’ve ever taken or received from a friend accessible in an instant. Digital Image Suite lets you retrieve any picture by searching your collection by date, subject, size, keyword, 5-star rating and more. You can keep your memories safe on CD, DVD or other formats, organized so you’ll always know exactly where to find the shots you want. The Digital Image Library makes finding pictures and videos fast and easy. For ultra convenience, Digital Image Suite lets you flag your photos for later printing, sharing, or editing.

Make Good Pictures Look Great
If your shot is almost perfect, but you’re not quite sure how to finish it, use easy one-click Auto-Fixes to correct exposure, color and issues common to digital and phone cameras. Create gallery-ready shots with easy tools to fix red eye, reduce digital glitches, and snip out unwanted background objects. You can even sharpen your pictures to perfection using pro-level features that permit detailed level and curve adjustments. Digital Image Suite even allows you to create unique panoramas automatically by stitching together any number of shots.

But taking great shots and improving them are just the beginning. With over 5,000 built-in images and templates, you can turn your photo into greeting cards, calendars, and collages — just about anything you can imagine. You can also turn your images into moving video slide shows viewable by anyone with Photo Story 3, using music, narration and transitions to show off your memories in style.

Digital Image Suite works well with others. With it you can load your shots quickly from virtually any source: digital cameras, scanners, cell phones, digital memory cards and many other devices. To hang onto your memories in the way that you want, the software lets you save and print photos and projects in the right size and format for your needs. And Digital Image Suite turns the world into your gallery instantly; you can show off your favorites to friends, family and anyone else instantly via e-mail, cell phone, PDA or the Web.

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Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Suite [OLD VERSION] Reviews

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Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Suite [OLD VERSION]

  • Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Production Suite enables HD video
  • And audio production with tools for professional-level sound design, video effects and transitions, and more
  • Edit video in nearly any format including high-definition HDV and AVCHD;
  • Work simultaneously with standard-definition and high-definition video and the same project
  • And Blu-ray Discs using beautifully designed themes or custom menus and graphics
  • Use the included tutorial DVD or the exclusive Sony “Show Me How” interactive tutorials to help you get started fast

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Production Suite takes HD video and audio production to the next level with additional tools for professional-level sound design and more video effects and transitions. Use the included Sound Forge Audio Studio software for precise audio editing; then enhance your multimedia projects with 400 exclusive music soundtracks. Quickly learn essentials with the included tutorial DVD.Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Production Suite takes HD video and audio production to the next level with tools for professional-level sound design and more video effects and transitions. Edit video in nearly any format including high-definition HDV and AVCHD. Use the included Sound Forge Audio Studio software for precise audio editing; then enhance your multimedia projects with 400 exclusive music soundtracks. To share, upload movies to YouTube or author DVDs and Blu-ray Discs using beautifully designed themes or create custom menus and graphics. Use the included tutorial DVD or the exclusive Sony “Show Me How” interactive tutorials to help you get started fast.

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Production Suite

Take HD video and audio production to the next level with tools for professional-level sound design and more video effects and transitions. Click to enlarge.

Product Highlights

Standard or High Definition
Edit video in nearly any format including HDV and Sony AVCHD video. You can even work simultaneously with standard-definition and high-definition video and the same project.

Create Stunning HD Movies
Vegas Movie Studio Platinum software has everything you need to produce movies in spectacular high definition. Editing HD is simple; just drop your clips on the timeline and go to work. Its high-performance engine is beyond fast–see your changes happen in real time. When you’re done, export your movie in a variety of HD formats for easy sharing.

New–Zplane élastique Timestretching
With élastique Pro technology, you can perform dramatic time stretches and pitch-shifts while retaining maximum sound quality.

New–Project and Make Movie Wizards
The New Project wizard provides a simple approach to ensuring new projects are created correctly from the start. The new Make Movie wizard eliminates the guesswork for delivery and provides optimized for Web, DVD, e-mail, or for publishing movies to YouTube.

New–Image Stabilization
Use image stabilization technology to reduce jitter and shaky video footage. Users with shaky video footage, commonly shot from handheld camcorders and inexpensive portable pocket devices, have the ability to quickly salvage this media using several optimized presets.

New–Slideshow Creator
This new feature provides users with the ability to quickly create a dynamic slideshow from a set of images with a few simple clicks. It is designed to be simple, easy to use, and can quickly create pan/zoom effects and transitions across a collection of still images.

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Explorer

Use the new Device Explorer window to quickly browse the contents of AVCHD, Hard Disk and Memory Stick devices.

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Titler

Enhance your video with hundreds of professional 2D and 3D video effects, titles, and filters.

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 elastique Pro

With élastique Pro technology, you can perform dramatic time stretches and pitch-shifts while retaining maximum sound quality.

New–Device Explorer
Use the new Device Explorer window to quickly browse the contents of AVCHD, Hard Disk and Memory Stick devices. Users can quickly view media on the device and import the files natively into the software, maximizing workflow speed by only importing the files they need without conversion.

New–Secondary Color Corrector
The Secondary Color Corrector tool provides users with a detailed toolset for adjusting differences in video shot with different camera setups or lighting situations; enhance dull, washed-out footage; or make specific color ranges stand out.

New–White Balance
White Balance provides users with the ability to quickly make video look great when originally shot with poor white levels. Users can use the eyedropper tool adjust the white levels within a video clip and the entire clip is automatically color adjusted.

New–Burn DVD From Timeline
User can burn a DVD directly from the timeline. This is a fast method to create a single movie DVD and provides an alternate distribution option in addition to Blu-ray Discs and traditional file-based hard disk and streaming media formats.

Burn Blu-ray Disc From Timeline
Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 software provides functionality to burn a single-title Blu-ray Disc directly from the timeline. These discs are burned in BDMV format to BD-R, BD-RE, and DVD recordable media. Projects can be encoded as either MPEG-2 or AVC utilizing Dolby or PCM audio in stereo or 5.1 modes. Blu-ray Discs provide an alternative to streaming and file-based distribution for high-definition content. Beyond support for 25GB and 50GB Blu-ray Discs, Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 supports burning BDMV on 4.7GB and 8.5GB standard DVD media, providing a low-cost opportunity for users to distribute high-definition content with traditional DVD burners and media

Upload Movies to YouTube
Users can easily upload movies directly to YouTube for online sharing. The Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 publishing feature uses a high-quality encoding process for optimal YouTube quality.

400 Exclusive Music Soundtracks
This professionally developed collection of royalty-free production music provides the perfect accent to your project.

Enhanced Sony AVCHD Support
New functionality includes importing files directly from Sony AVCHD camcorders and most other brands. In addition, Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 supports editing all types of AVCHD camcorder files, including files from the latest generation of 1920 x1080 AVCHD camcorders. Support for 1920 x 1080 ensures that the footage from the latest 1920 cameras can be edited natively on the timeline.

Improved Native HDV .m2t Playback
Improved memory and playback performance allows users to edit HDV footage natively without the time-consuming process of converting to an intermediate file type such as Cineform. Smart rendering provides faster encoding for cuts-only projects or projects with minimal changes while providing less generation loss because video frames pass through the engine unaltered.

Surround Sound Mixing and Encoding
Import multichannel (5.1) source files from your camcorder including Sony DVD and AVCHD Handycam models. Use the surround sound mixing and panning tools to create surround DVD soundtracks. Encode AC-3 stereo or 5.1 mixes without leaving the software using the included Dolby Digital AC-3 encoding software.

Enhance Video and Audio
Advanced color-correction tools enhance washed-out footage, make specific colors stand out, and balance differences in video due to camera setup or lighting.

Add Professional Effects
Enhance your video with hundreds of professional 2D and 3D video effects, titles, and filters–including over 100 effects and transitions from NewBlue, maker of professional video effects plug-ins. Customize your soundtrack with over 20 real-time DirectX audio effects.

Create Hollywood-Style DVDs
It’s easy to produce your own professional-quality DVDs with multiple motion menus, buttons, and music beds. Includes 56 themes to get you started. Add your own behind-the-scenes features, director’s cuts, outtakes, bloopers, and more.

Support for FLAC and LPEC Files
The FLAC audio format is perfect for archiving and sharing audio at high quality, without consuming large amounts of storage space. Users with supported portable digital voice recorders can import LPEC files and edit the audio directly on the Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 timeline.

ATRAC .aa3 Format Support
Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 software includes ATRAC (.aa3) and ATRAC lossless format editing and encoding, surround encoding and decoding support, and the ability to encode up to 512 Kbps, 48 kHz. This feature allows users of Sony devices including MP3 players, NET-MD players, and HI-MD players can natively edit and export ATRAC formats without needing another conversion tool.

Insert I-frames at Markers
The MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder supports I-Frame insertion at timeline markers. (I-Frames are a representation of a complete frame that following frames are derived; more I-frames means a larger file) By providing I-Frames at timeline markers, a rendered file has precise chapter and navigation point placement for DVD Architect Studio software.

Envelope Brush Paint Tool
Track envelopes such as audio volume and pan, and video composite levels are customized via points over time. The envelope brush tool provides user with the ability to paint an envelope curve over time by holding down the shift key. This provides a quick way to outline the general shape of the envelope without placing and modifying many distinct points. The auto-thinning feature provides a mathematical approximation of the drawn curve with as few points as possible. The resulting points can be further optimized independently.

Single-Monitor Full-Screen Preview:
Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 enhances the preview experience by providing functionality to view the timeline on both the Preview window and an external device (or secondary display) simultaneously. Additional Preview window enhancements included new scaling options and “auto-fit” to maximize the preview experience with available window space. Simultaneous preview provides editors with the ability to setup a large scale viewing environment while preserving the editor’s on-screen editing environment. In particular, laptop systems can easily switch between editing and full-screen preview modes.

View Media Marker Names in Events:
Media used in the timeline may contain markers. This product can enable the display of these media markers directly on the timeline event. Individual media will have individual markers. By displaying the individual media markers on the explicit media event and editor can quickly focus on key points of interest without cluttering the entire timeline workspace.

Multithreaded Audio Engine
The multithreaded audio engine is an optimized system that takes advantage of new multicore and hyperthreading computer systems to fully utilize available hardware resources. By leveraging the full capabilities of the hardware and reducing direct CPU load, users will benefit from a greater number of tracks and audio/video effects for real-time preview, improved performance at lower latencies, and faster audio render times.

Gracenote MusicID:
The Gracenote MusicID media recognition service can be used when ripping content from CDs. Users can automatically view information about a CD track including, title, artist, and song name, and can also submit data.

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Features

General

  • New–Microsoft Windows 7 certified
  • New–Streamlined New Project creation wizard
  • New–Darker color palette
  • New–Customizable windows layouts
  • New–Device Explorer Window
  • New–Slideshow Creator
  • New–Save As dialog with Copy media with project check box
  • New–Media Generator Match Event Length
  • New–Keyboard modifiers
  • New–Time Selection Envelope editing
  • New–Automatically crop still images
  • 400 exclusive music soundtracks
  • Improved native HDV .m2t playback performance and improved memory handling for HDV longform projects
  • Sony AVCHD enhancements
  • Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline.
  • Display of media marker names in events.
  • Color-coded visual snap indicator and the ability to snap to event edges on other tracks
  • Multitrack video and audio editing
  • Real-time editing of parameters during playback
  • Support for any aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9, etc)
  • Supports multiple file formats and frame rates
  • High-definition editing and output
  • Simple drag-and-drop operations
  • Built-in Show Me How interactive tutorials
  • Explorer view
  • Project media bins
  • Track markers and regions
  • Unlimited undo/redo

Audio Features

  • New–Up to 10 audio tracks
  • New–Zplane élastique audio timestretching and pitch shifting
  • New–Place audio without quantizing to frame boundaries
  • New–Improved Audio Waveform drawing
  • Multithreaded audio engine maximizes performance
  • Gracenote MusicID CD album identification
  • Basic surround support
  • Support for multichannel (5.1) source files for Sony HDV Handycam camcorders
  • 16-bit, 44.1 kHz song quality for exceptional performance
  • Volume and pan envelopes
  • Audio time stretching
  • Event normalization
  • CD audio extraction

Video Features

  • New–Up to 10 video tracks
  • New–Image stabilization
  • New–White Balance video plug-in
  • New–Secondary Color Corrector plug-in
  • New–Subclips in the Trimmer window
  • New–Automatic Video Preview playback optimization
  • New–Adjust source media to automatically match project or render settings
  • New–Gradient Wipe transition
  • Full-screen preview to a primary and secondary Windows display
  • Real-time playback of effects, processes and transitions to external monitor
  • Color-correction tools
  • MPEG-1&2 support
  • Superior frame rate conversions
  • Credit rolls and text animation
  • Over 500 video effects and transitions
  • External monitor preview
  • Ripple editing across tracks

Capture/Export/Hardware Features

  • New–Integrated DVD burning from the timeline
  • New–Render As dialog templates display templates matching the project with a “=” symbol
  • New–Custom render template creation
  • New–Improved support for AVC/AAC (MPEG-4) video
  • New–Support for GPU-accelerated AVC rendering using the Sony AVC plug-in
  • Burn to Blu-ray Disc from timeline
  • Integrated upload to YouTube
  • Import and export support for FLAC files
  • Import support for LPEC files
  • Import support for MJPEG-encoded AVI files
  • Sony AVCHD import and edit support
  • Import and export ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless files
  • Insert I-frames at marker positions when rendering MPEG-2 (works in conjunction with I-frame viewer in DVD Architect Studio 5.0)
  • Gracenote MusicID CD album identification
  • AC3 stereo and 5.1 encoding
  • MainConcept AVC/AAC, read/write (templates only) iPod format
  • PSP (PlayStationPortable) integration
  • Sony AVC/AAC (templates only)
Sound Forge Audio Studio

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Cartoonr Before and After

Includes the Cartoonr effects plug-in and a select group of essential audio and video effects by NewBlue, a leading manufacturer of audio and video plug-ins.

Additional applications and tools for Product Suite

Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 Software
Sound Forge Audio Studio software is the easiest way to record, edit, encode, and master audio on your home computer. Customize your creations with built-in effects such as EQ, reverb, delay, and chorus. Restore old vinyl and cassette recordings. To share, simply burn your own CDs or convert audio to formats ideal for Web streaming or portable music players including the PSP, iPod, and iPhone.

Vocal Eraser Plug-in
Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 software includes the Vocal Eraser plug-in so you can easily remove vocals from most recordings. You can also use this plug-in to extract vocals from songs for remixing and to create custom karaoke tracks.

Video Tutorial DVD
The included video Tutorial DVD provides a quick overview of Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10. This Tutorial DVD covers the essential workflows needed to quickly edit audio and video projects from start through final delivery. The tutorial topics also include several advanced sections on how to fine tune settings for that added professional touch.

NewBlueFX Audio and Video Effects
The Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Production Suite includes the Cartoonr effects plug-in and a select group of essential audio and video effects by NewBlue, a leading manufacturer of audio and video plug-ins. Once installed, the tools are available directly from the Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 effects windows providing a seamless editing experience without leaving the application. Additional transitions and effects provide more options to enhance both audio and video projects with a professional look and feel.

DVD Architect Studio 5.0 Features

General

DVD design and authoring

  • Menu-based and single-movie DVD creation
  • Picture slideshows and music compilations
  • Easy to use drag-and drop interface
  • Unlimited number of undo/redo
  • Media Explorer
  • Adjustable project and file optimization settings
  • Multimonitor support
  • Multiprocessor support
  • Fully customizable toolbars
  • Get Media from the Web
  • DVD editing and layout
  • Still and motion menu creation
  • Support for multiple video titles
  • Multiple menus with up to 36 buttons per menu
  • Menu object editing, alignment, and sizing tools
  • Text editing and shadow effects
  • Object snapping
  • Slide image rotation
  • Add, edit, and move chapter points
  • Title and Action safe grid area
  • Customizable themes
  • Menu looping

Video

  • Fit-to-disc compression
  • DVD movie creation
  • Picture slideshows
  • NTSC and PAL in standard (4:3) and widescreen (16:9) formats
  • Imports AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MOV, WMV, and a variety of still image formats

Audio

  • Music compilations
  • Attach audio files to menus
  • Media file previewing
  • Import WAV, MP3, WMA, PCA, AIF, MPEG audio

Testing and Burning

  • Dual-layer drive support
  • Real-time project previewing with virtual DVD remote control or to external monitor
  • DVD project verification and preparation
  • Supports a wide variety of DVD burners

Box Contents

Application DVD includes Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 software, DVD Architect Studio 5.0 software, Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 software with Vocal Eraser, NewBluFX Audio and Video Effects, 400 Music Soundtracks, Tutorial DVD, 44 DVD themes, 12 additional DVD Themes provided by Eye Scream Factory, Inc., and online help

Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 Reviews

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Corel WordPerfect Suite 8

  • Includes, WordPerfect 8, Quattro Pro 8, Presentations 8, CorelCentral 8

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Sony Imagination Studio 2.0 Suite [OLD VERSION]

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Sony Imagination Studio 2.0 Suite [OLD VERSION]

  • Includes Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 to edit standard and high-definition video, with hundreds of built-in video effects and transitions
  • Includes ACID Music Studio and Sound Forge Audio Studio to turn your PC into a complete studio for recording, editing, and mastering professional-quality audio
  • Includes DVD Architect Studio to create DVDs and Blu-ray Disc projects with menus, titles, special features, and music
  • Includes Photo Go software to import and organize photos, fix common flaws, and easily share with friends and family
  • Includes 360 royalty-free music soundtracks for personal or professional use

Imagination Studio Suite is the easiest way to get the most out of your digital video, music, and pictures. Turn your video shoots into Hollywood-style movies, make your own original music, and organize all your photos. Author your project to CD, DVD or burn it to Blu-ray Disc. Includes interactive Show Me How tutorials.

Imagination Studio Suite is the easiest way to get the most out of your digital video, music, and pictures. Turn your video shoots into Hollywood-style movies. Make your own original music or create remixes and mash-ups of your favorite songs. Organize all your photos. Then, author your project to DVD or burn it to Blu-ray Disc and share your digital life with family and friends. This complete suite of multimedia applications is everything you need to get started quickly, including Sony’s innovative Show Me How tutorials. This unique teaching system provides interactive, step-by-step help so you can learn, create, and have fun–all at the same time!

Imagine What You Can Do


Edit HD Video

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum software has everything you need to produce movies in spectacular high definition. Simply drag HD or SD video to the timeline and start editing. Easily apply hundreds of built-in video effects and transitions for a polished look. When you’re finished, burn your movie to DVD or high-definition Blu-ray Disc. Included tools make efficient work of video compositing, advanced color correction, and 5.1 surround mixing.

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum
Professional quality video editing and DVD authoring with Movie Studio HD Platinum.

ACID Music Studio
ACID Music Studio is the perfect tool for original song creation, audio recording, MIDI production, studio-quality mixing, and effects processing.

DVD Architect Studio
Make DVD and Blu-ray disc projects that will play on almost any DVD/BD players or DVD/BD-capable computer with DVD Architect Studio.

Sound Forge Audio Studio
Record, edit, and master professional-quality audio on your PC with Sound Forge Audio Studio software.

Photo Go
Photo Go helps you stay organized with a simple, easy-to-navigate interface and essential editing tools for photo management.

Make Original Music

ACID Music Studio is the best way to bring your music to life and share it with others. Record vocals, guitar, keyboard, MIDI, and other instruments on unlimited tracks. Import your own songs for beat-matching and remixing. Change tempo and pitch in real time. Enhance your mix with built-in effects and over 1,300 studio-quality music loops. Burn CDs or export songs to MP3 for portable devices such as the PSP, iPod, and iPhone.

Record and Edit Audio

Record, edit, and master professional-quality audio on your PC with Sound Forge Audio Studio software. Expertly balance sound levels, trim unwanted sections, and synchronize audio with video. Customize your audio with built-in effects such as EQ, delay, chorus, and reverb. Digitize and restore vinyl and cassette recordings. Audio restoration tools remove clicks, pops, and other noise. You can even remove vocals from most songs to create custom karaoke tracks.

Exclusive Music Soundtracks

The Imagination Studio Suite includes 360 exclusive music soundtracks. This collection of royalty-free music provides the perfect accent to your movie. These soundtracks, in varying lengths, work great for action sequences, wedding videos, family vacation movies, and more. High-fidelity, professionally produced, and royalty-free. Simply add the music to your project and then share your creation with the world.

Create Dazzling DVDs

Now available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc: your own captivating home movies, multimedia photo albums, and music compilations. Quickly create professional-looking DVDs in fullscreen or widescreen format with menus, titles, special features, and music. DVD Architect Studio software includes 56 beautifully designed DVD themes with coordinated menu buttons. You can also import photos and graphics to create your own custom themes.

Get the Picture

Organize and sort all your pictures with Photo Go software. Quickly fix common photo flaws so your memories always look their best. Adjust color, brightness, and contrast. Rotate, crop, and remove red eye. Convert photos to black and white or sepia tone for a classic look. Find photos fast with ratings and keyword tags that you assign. Sort your photos into convenient views and create captivating slideshows to watch on your PC. E-mail pictures to friends and family.

Includes These Powerful Sony Applications


Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum
  • Edit standard and high-definition video
  • Mix and encode 5.1 surround sound
  • Enhance movies with effects, transitions and titles
  • Restore shaky footage with video stabilization
  • Share movies on PSP, iPod, iPhone, online, and more
ACID Music Studio
  • Turn your PC into a complete recording studio
  • Record, edit, and mix live vocals, instruments, and MIDI
  • Use over 1,300 ACIDized loops to add virtual musicians
  • Includes Studio Devil British Valve Custom guitar amp and TruePianos Amber Lite piano plug-in
  • Share your music on CD, PSP, iPod, iPhone and online
Sound Forge Audio Studio
  • Record audio from virtually any source
  • Digitize and restore vinyl and cassettes
  • Remove vocals from songs to create karaoke tracks
  • Perfectly synchronize audio with video
  • Create your own music CDs in minutes
Exclusive Music Soundtracks
  • 360 royalty-free music soundtracks for personal or professional use
  • Wide variety of music styles
  • Professionally developed with super high-fidelity sound quality
  • Variety of lengths to provide the perfect accent to your projects
  • Music for special occasions provided–including action, wedding, new baby, family vacation, and more
DVD Architect Studio
  • Create DVDs and Blu-ray Disc projects with custom menus and graphics
  • Works with standard and high-definition video
  • Make your own DVD menus so viewers can select their favorite scenes
  • Author multimedia DVDs with a movie, slideshow, and music all in one
  • Choose from 56 beautifully designed themes
Photo Go
  • Automatically import photos from your camera
  • One-click fixes make pictures look great
  • Organize and rate your photos
  • Create compelling picture slideshows
  • E-mail photos to family and friends

Box Contents

Application DVD includes Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10, DVD Architect Studio 5, ACID Music Studio 8, Sound Forge Audio Studio 10, 360 exclusive music soundtracks, Photo Go, Studio Devil British Valve Custom software, TruePianos Amber Lite software, and online help