Adobe Education Technologies

Adobe Digital School Collection,ADSC,Photoshop Elements,Premiere Elements,teacher resources,curriculum,lesson plans,netbooks

The lesson plans on the Adobe Digital School Collection teacher resources web page have been updated to include sample project assets and technical guides for the new release of Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 and Adobe Premiere Elements 8. There is also a new resource page tailored for Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 and netbooks. Finally, the Adobe Education SE team is hard at work creating video tutorials taking you through some of the lesson plans/projects. These can be found on Adobe TV.

Posted by Patrick Koster at 12:01 PM | Permalink

Adobe Digital School Collection,ADSC,Silent Installation,Enterprise Deployment

K-12 school districts across the United States and internationally are embracing the Adobe Digital School Collection as their solution for providing students with a foundational set of digital communication skills for the 21st century workplace. Many of these deployments can require installing the five included applications across hundreds, even thousands of machines. The Adobe Education Technologies blog has compiled a list of helpful resources for school IT personnel:

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Posted by Patrick Koster at 2:23 PM | Permalink

Adobe Education Technologies,Adobe TV,AdobeTV,video tutorials,tips and tricks,Adobe CS4,Adobe Creative Suite,ADSC,Adobe Digital School Collection

If you've never visited Adobe TV before or haven't been back for awhile, I highly suggest checking it out. Adobe TV is your "one stop shop" for free Adobe tutorials, demos, tips & tricks, and general design inspiration. There are various channels which are comprised of different programs, each with multiple episodes (short videos) to choose from - most are less than 5 minutes in length.

Continue reading "Time to Revist Adobe TV" »

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Adobe Education Technologies,professional development,CS4,Adobe Creative Suite 4,Adobe Digital School Collection,Adobe Acrobat Conect Pro,Adobe Presenter

Adobe, in partnership with Knowledge Network Solutions (KNS), is offering expert, instructor-led workshops that focus on integration of Adobe tools into all academic curriculum. The curriculum integration workshops include the use of Adobe Creative Suite and Adobe Digital School Collection software for innovative teaching of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) topics as they relate across the academic curriculum. A staff development workshop addresses the use of Adobe Acrobat Connect and Adobe Presenter software to create and deliver your own rich, interactive staff development to widely dispersed educators. To learn more about this new offer along with terms and conditions please review our professional development web page and datasheet.

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Adobe Education Technologies,Adobe Photoshop Elements,auto adjustments,smart fix,color correction,levels,exposure,contrast,sharpening,red eye removal,cropping,rotation

After importing photos into the Adobe Photoshop Elements Organizer you may need to make adjustments to ensure your photos look their best. You can quickly and effectively resolve common photo issues with a single click of a button. Simply choose the purple Fix tab located in the upper-right of your screen.

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Adobe Education Technologies,Photoshop Elements,Photomerge,Photo Compositing

Just in case you aren't familiar with photo compositing, this technique combines two or more photos into a single new photo. Some examples where this technique would be useful are:

• combining multiple photos to create a more expansive (panoramic) final photo
• creating the perfect group photo from multiple photos
• creating the perfect scenic photo from multiple photos eliminating unwanted elements (like people)

Adobe Photoshop Elements offers powerful, yet easy-to-use Photomerge technology to make these difficult and time-consuming tasks a snap. Here are three Photomerge tutorials (note 5-10 sec pause at the beginning for buffering):

• Photomerge Panorama
• Photomerge Group Shot
• Photomerge Scene Cleaner

Try Photomerge for yourself. If you don't currently own Adobe Photoshop Elements, download the latest trial version from Adobe's website!

Regards,
Patrick Koster
Senior Solution Engineer, Adobe Education

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It never ceases to amaze me how magical many of the Adobe tools, features and techniques can be. One of my all time favorites is the Video Merge feature in Premiere Elements 7; one of five tools that is part of the Adobe Digital School Collection (ADSC). Video Merge as it's called within Premiere Elements 7 is simply another name for a popular video technique often called Blue Screen, Green Screen and Chroma Key.

In this post on the Adobe Education Technologies Blog and with the help of our amazing Captivate 4 software, I will walk you through what basic gear you need to easily create great Chroma key video clips and then show you with one click how to actually make a Chroma Key (Video Merge) video for your movie projects using Premiere Elements 7.

Screen shot example above is two seperate video clips merged together using Premiere Elements 7 Video Merge feature.

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Adobe Education Technologies,Acrobat 9 Pro,PDF Portfolios,ePortfolios,Multimedia,Video,Movies,Flash,Audio,Sound,3D Content,Web Content

With Adobe Flash Player integration within the new Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and Adobe Reader 9, PDF files can become far more than static documents and forms. PDF portfolios (which are special types of PDF files) can be created to deliver a wide range of engaging multimedia content to include music, photos, movies, Flash (SWF and FLV) content, 3D content, and much more. The interface used to experience the PDF portfolio content is a Flash-based navigator with different layouts. Steve Adler (Adobe Acrobat Specialist for Education) has a fantastic blog article explaining how to create PDF portfolios and their possible uses in K-12 and Higher Education environments. Below I have provided five PDF portfolio examples which you can download and view offline using the free Adobe Reader 9 or a trial version of Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. Examples include:

• biology thesis portfolio
• portfolio of college application forms
• design student portfolio
• high student portfolio
• marine biology course portfolio

Once you have viewed these PDF portfolios, try creating one yourself using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. You can use Steve Adler's blog article as a guide or watch a recorded webinar. Also, there are new PDF portfolio navigator layouts you can download and start using for your projects.

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When it comes to creating and sharing your personal or professional digital photo creations with the world there is no better tool or place to do so than with an Adobe tool or Adobe web based service. In this post on the Adobe Education Technologies Blog I'll cover some of our easy to use tools to get you started!

Continue reading "Creating Easy to Make and Share Photo/Web Galleries!" »

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Announced on 8/26/08, Adobe will be shipping updated versions of its consumer-focused image editing and video applications, Photoshop Elements 7 and Premiere Elements 7. They can be purchase separately or bundled together. You can pre-order your own copies on Adobe's website, or check with your reseller if you are buying for your school.

Continue reading "It's twins! New versions of Photoshop and Premiere Elements due soon" »

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