Author Archive: Patrick Koster

Create Now Live on December 11

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Patrick Koster | Comments (0)

Since we announced the Adobe Creative Cloud this Spring there has been a steady number of updates in terms of new and updated tools and services. Even more exciting news is now imminent so make sure to enroll for the upcoming Create Now Live event and share with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. And in case you aren’t aware what Adobe Creative Cloud has to offer check this introduction from Adobe TV:

Updated Adobe Acrobat X PDF Portfolio Layout

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Patrick Koster | Comments (0)

In Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro we introduced PDF portfolios with which you were able to create a welcome screen as well as a banner at the top of the navigation screen for a portfolio title, contact information, head shot, etc. With Adobe Acrobat X Pro we made changes to the layout options which removed these features. Well the good news is that Joel Geraci, Adobe Acrobat technical evangelist, has created an Adobe Acrobat X billboard layout adding these features back in. Check out Joel’s blog and download the file!

Attention All System Administrators!

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Patrick Koster | Comments (0)

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If your responsibilities include the enterprise deployment (installation and updates) of Adobe Creative Suite 4 and/or the Adobe Digital School Collection, or if you deal with tech support issues related to Adobe deployment and licensing, this article should be useful for you.

First, two existing Adobe Education Technologies articles provide consolidated lists of Adobe Creative Suite 4 and Adobe Digital School Collection deployment resources. It is important to note that there is updated information for Adobe Creative Suite 4 to include revised deployment guides and the addition of deployment planning worksheets.

Second, there is a dedicated Adobe Installation and Licensing blog designed to facilitate communication between Adobe’s deployment/licensing engineering team and you. The team is currently soliciting feedback in order to improve
the Enterprise Deployment Toolkit for future Adobe Creative Suite releases.

Lastly, the Adobe Installation and Licensing blog is a great source of information and illumination. Comments following each article also provide great insight. Here’s a list of topics covered thus far on the blog that might of interest:

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Updated Adobe Digital School Collection Enterprise Deployment Resources

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Patrick Koster | Comments (0)

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The Adobe Digital School Collection recently had an update to its Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements components. The purpose of this Adobe Education Technologies blog article is to update the previous enterprise deployment information with the latest technotes for installing these applications.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 8

Adobe Premiere Elements 8

Details are provided to enable or disable access to online services ( Photoshop.com) as well as additional Adobe Premiere Elements content (movie themes, DVD menus, and title templates). Note that these instructions are unique to version 8. If you are installing version 7, please refer to the previous technotes by clicking the link in the introductory paragraph.

Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro and PDF: Happy Together!

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Patrick Koster | Comments (0)

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Connect Pro  Loves  Acrobat / PDF

In case you haven’t heard there is a new version of Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro. "Connect" is a cornerstone of Adobe’s K-12 and higher education solutions for web conferencing, online collaboration, and e-learning. Previously, in a meeting room Share pod you were able to upload and deliver SWF, JPEG, MP3, FLV, and PPT content. Support for PPTX (Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and later) was spotty and if you wanted to share other types of files – say a Word document or a PDF file – you had to share your desktop.

Good news! The current version of "Connect" supports both PPTX and PDF in a Share pod. Since you can convert pretty much any file type to PDF, you can now upload and share it live or make it available on-demand in a meeting room. When you share a PDF you can flip though multiple pages, zoom in/out, move around within a magnified document, rotate, and even initiate a Whiteboard session using the file as a backdrop.

Every navigation option you choose within the shared PDF will be synchronized on attendees’ screens. What’s even better is that you can "unsynch" the file and attendees can interact with it independently on their computers. They even have the option to download the PDF locally to their computer. One last thing – the PDF files you share will not only maintain visual fidelity, but also preserve any web hyperlinks that were added.

Updated Teacher Resources

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Patrick Koster | Comments (0)

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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.

Check Out the New Video Production Resource Center

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Patrick Koster | Comments (0)

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CS4 Master Collection box shot  CS4 Production Premium box shot

The Adobe Education Technologies blog presents a fantastic new resource for faculty teaching digital video. The new Video Production Resource Center is a robust collection of sample projects, curriculum, professional development resources, tips & tricks, and more. You can also access video production resources for students with a wealth of free tutorials and inspiration from work created by their peers.

Adobe Digital School Collection Enterprise Deployment Resources

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Patrick Koster | Comments (0)

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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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Time to Revist Adobe TV

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Patrick Koster | Comments (0)

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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.

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Adobe CS4 Deployment Resources

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Patrick Koster | Comments (0)

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Adobe CS4 Mnemonic

One of the goals of the Adobe Education Technologies blog is to provide access to Adobe resources in a concise form. Adobe.com has many great resources to help education IT departments deploy Adobe Creative Suite 4 across their enterprise, yet this information is not consolidated. So here you go:

Adobe Creative Suite Help and Support Home Page
http://www.adobe.com/support/creativesuite/

Adobe Creative Suite Forums
http://forums.adobe.com/community/creativesuites

Adobe Installation and Licensing Blog
http://blogs.adobe.com/OOBE/

Adobe Support Advisor
http://www.adobe.com/support/loganalyzer/

Adobe CS4 Deployment Toolkit and Guide
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/creativesuite/

Adobe CS4 Enterprise Manual Deployment Guide
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/openoptions/pdfs/manualenterprisedeployment_cs4_help.pdf

 

Happy Installing!