ColorVision Spyder2 Express Win Mac

ColorVision Spyder2 Express offers photographers, designers, and gamers the best color experience on screen. With just a few steps, you’ll get accurate, reliable and consistent color. The quick, easy, and accurate monitor calibration delivers true-to-life flesh tones, well-defined shadows and realistic highlights. It’s a must-have for photographers, designers, gamers, and anyone who wants accurate color on screen.

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5 Stars I should have done this a year ago!!!
I recently purchased the spyder2 express to calibrate my ibook monitor. WOW what difference it made. I have used several shareware calibrators and they aren’t even close. Now what I see is almost exactly what the lab prints. I wished now I had done this months ago.

5 Stars No problems
Very good color correction. I use it for photoshop editing and with lightroom. It niceley corrects the color even with the FL. sun behind me all day.

4 Stars Can’t Believe I Didn’t Do This Sooner
I have owned a lot of really nice monitors. I use an Apple MacBook Pro and have had Apple monitors and then some. I used the Spyder 2 Express to calibrate my MacBook Pro today and what a difference it makes. I always thought the default display was the way Apple set it up, so that’s the way it should be. In fact, I judged my new Dell 2408WFP monitor against my MacBook Pro display and found the Dell to be very saturated.

Now, it’s a fact that that monitor is very saturated out of the box, but looking at the uncalibrated MacBook display I thought the Dell would have to go back because it was horribly saturated. When in reality, my MacBook Pro display was simply dull and lifeless. That isn’t to say that the Dell was correct, only that the MacBook was muted and not vibrant, or contrasty in any way. I fixed that in 10 minutes with the Spyder 2. My display is now gorgeous. The colors pop, but are not saturated, the contrast is beautiful and the whole thing just seems more lifelike to me. I can’t wait to get the Spyder 2 home to work on my Dell 2408WFP which I have played with and gotten great results with, without this tool.

I highly recommend this to anyone looking for more lifelike colors, better contrast and more control over the default settings from the manufacturer. The manufacturer’s settings are nothing compared to what this creates. My only problem is that this version doesn’t control Gamma and I think that’s the main issue with the Dell 2408WFP. We’ll see.

5 Stars Serial Number Help
I recently changed over from a PC to latest iMAC. Transferring software for this product I found a prompt for a serial number. However I had long since thrown the packaging. Reading general customer comments on the web I found a lot of negative press for Data Color help desk and complaint that customers could not get the serial number. However my experience was very good. I got a quick response, you just need to quote them the number on the USB plug. Calibration worked great!

5 Stars Great value, although not compatible with DUAL DISPLAYS
Cheap, quick, and easy to use (on my Mac, and until I get around to calibrating my Windows machines, I’ll assume the Windows functionality is at least as good). BE WARNED that this is only set up to do ONE MONITOR PER COMPUTER, and on a laptop it doesn’t let you choose, and of course laptop displays are not particularly suited to colour-critical applications. There are complicated ways around this, but it is simply not what this product is intended to do, and it is not a particularly well-advertised fact. That said, you absolutely get your money’s worth here: This is the same hardware as in ColorVision’s professional-level Spyder2 products, they just took some of the professional features out of the software to force pros to buy pro-level while giving everyone else an incredibly good value.

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Nitro PDF Professional

Create, Convert & Edit PDF Documents 300% Faster than Adobe Acrobat. Nitro PDF Professional is everything you need to create, convert and edit PDF files. All files are 100% industry standard and compatible with other PDF viewers. FEATURES: Fast, High-Quality Document Conversion. Convert any kind of file to PDF – alone or in batch. Convert PDF files back to Word while retaining text, graphic and pages. Combine multiple documents into one PDF. Convert Word, Excel®, and Powerpoint® to PDF with one click. Convert paper to PDF by scanning and converting documents. Comment and review PDF documents just like paper documents. Insert sticky notes – just like Post-it® notes – on your PDFs. Highlight, underline, and strike-through text on your PDFs. Use pens, shapes, and other drawing tools and apply stamps like “Approved” or “Draft.” Take charge of the PDF document review process – record, view, sort, and import and export comments. Quickly edit any PDF file with the best-in-class manipulation tools. Insert, edit, move, resize, and delete text and graphics in PDFs. Shuffle pages to create client-ready PDF files. Apply headers, footers and watermarks. Insert text, numbering, and graphics in your PDFS. Generate PDF hyperlinks and bookmarks automatically. Protect documents with passwords and digital certificates. Protect your PDFs with powerful 128-bit encryption. You decide if your PDFs can be printed, edited, copied, commented, and more. Use digital signatures and digital IDs to ensure the integrity of your PDFs. Profiles make it easy to apply the right security to your PDFs, every time.

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4 Stars positive
this product works fine. i was looking for a PDF editor and it was inexpensive and works great.

5 Stars NITRO PDF, Excellent Product
Excellent product. I have used all of the Adobe suit in my business and I would say that this matches up very well for the price. I had some trouble registering it online which is kinda normal these days, also the fact that it “stamps” pdfs with its brand name can erk sometimes. Overall though, very easy to use and a nice product for the price point.

5 Stars Happy to recommend
I have not used PDF software before and this was very simple to use. Now I can create PDFs, change text and use sticky notes and stamps.

The software is pretty cheap for what it does.

1 Star No 64-bit Vista/XP support–FYI!
Just FYI–I bought this, waited on it, and tried to install on my 64-bit Vista system (it said ‘Vista’ compatible on the description), but informed me that it had no support for 64-bit XP or Vista. So, i had to return it and begin looking for ANOTHER PDF-solution for Vista64.

I may be perfect for 32-bit usage, but i couldnt test it. I just wanted to let others know about this limitation, so they wont waste time.

5 Stars Great Product! Wish I had bought it years ago!
I have never been able to justify spending the money on Adobe products, and have always been looking for an alternative that would not break the bugdet. It is a real shame I did not find Nitro PDF sooner. Very solid product, great price and all the functions I need.

Highly recommended.

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Adobe Photoshop Upgrade CS2 9 0

– Marketing Information: Adobe Photoshop CS2 software, the professional image-editing standard and leader of the Photoshop digital imaging line, delivers groundbreaking creative tools; unprecedented adaptability; and more efficient editing, processing, and file handling. Product Information – Software Sub Type: Graphics/Designing – Software Name: Photoshop CS2 – Upgrade – Features and Benefits: – Timesaving file handling with Adobe Bridge – Revolutionary Vanishing Point – Image Warp – Advanced noise reduction – 32-bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) support – Customizable workspaces and menus – Enhanced automation – Variables – Event-based scripts – Adobe Help Center – Smart Objects – Multiple layer control – Multi-image digital camera raw file processing – Instant video preview – WYSIWYG font menu – Language Support: English – Platform Support: PC License Information – License Type: Product Upgrade – License Pricing: Standard – License Quantity: 1 User

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars very good
Just received product. Very easy to use. Still uses the previous version’s format but with more features. I am still reading the manual and tutorials for what’s available now.

5 Stars Photoshop CS2
Needs a lot of study and practice like a foreign language but the rewards are terrific.

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Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Design Premium Mac OLD VERSION

– Marketing Information: Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium software is the designerandquot;s dream toolkit for print, web, and mobile publishing. It combines all-new versions of essential tools for producing everything from professional page layouts to rich interactive experiences in a unified, intuitive environment. Product Information – Software Sub Type: Graphics/Designing – Software Name: Creative Suite v.3.0 Design Premium – Complete Product – Features and Benefits: All-new versions of essential creative tools: – Experience the ultimate creative toolset with Adobe InDesign CS3 for page layout, Photoshop CS3 Extended for specialized image editing, Illustrator CS3 for vector graphics creation, Flash CS3 Professional for interactive design, Dreamweaver CS3 for web design and development, and Acrobat 8 Professional for Adobe PDF workflows Unparalleled integration: – Use native files any way you need to: Open native Photoshop files in Illustrator, import them into InDesign layouts or Flash projects, and copy them into Dreamweaver. Open Illustrator files in Photoshop and import them into InDesign layouts and Flash projects. Open and edit Adobe PDF files in Illustrator and Photoshop, and place them in InDesign layouts Efficient, powerful page design with Adobe InDesign CS3: – Explore more creative possibilities and experience new levels of productivity using InDesign CS3, which offers powerful features for creating graphically rich, complex documents; profes

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4 Stars Super products, but the licensing is a surprise
All products are superb. e,g the Workspace feature in Photoshop is a dream, it opens preselected floating windows that relate to the type of tasks you are performing.

But the licensing is draconian. I thought I was buying a product bundle that I can install on different machines. But it turns out that you need to install all products in the suite on the same machine.This needs to be very clearly declared in all promotional materials for this suite so people like me can make better purchase decisions.

3 Stars Bloatware CS3
As a Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign user since the very start Adobe has it easy. They have made the dominant series of software for so long it is a given that they should continue their regime.

The problem is they have gotten insane with power. Without anyone to check them, the price grows along with the absurd use of memory.

Examples:

- Adobe used the worst installation process ever created by man and made a quick joy of using new programs into a day or two slog through hell. If there ever was a reason to pirate software, this punishing of paid users is definitely it.

- You can’t throw this application away. You need to find a hidden program in your computer to uninstall it first, then trash.

- If you accidently trash it you need to run a script that they provide. The problem is this script (which isn’t exactly simple) could erase you hard drive. Have fun!

- If you decide that you’d just like to reinstall after trashing you can’t. You need to use the script. A bit of DRM will not allow this to be installed, thus forcing you to potentially destroy your computer so they can avoid possible piracy.

- Bridge while in concept is nice, is in functionality, less then useless.

- Stock Photos? See above.

- And Acrobat is the crown jewel of uselessness. It is so bloated and unintuitive it makes me wish Adobe had some real competition. When every other program can open a PDF faster then the company who created the file type you know there is an issue here.

- Updates are welcome. Auto-updates are even nicer. That is until you learn the hard way that auto-updates delete preferences and color-palettes. So behind the scenes you are about to lose all of your work randomly. Sweet.

- The improvements to all other applications are fairly minor outside some solid GUI tweaks

My main complaint here is that the much touted connected community of applications still doesn’t work. Transferring from one application to another is meant to be seamless and quick, but it is still a chore. These are not streamlined apps nor are they speedy workhorses – they are stuck in between and set to make very few power users happy. Even less for first time folk.

On the plus side, the intel boosts are wonderful. And the rewritten InDesign makes me love that I switched from Quark so long ago. The new Flash is nice, and it integrates the best of all, but Actionscript 3 is a major step backwards in my opnion. It is far too code oriented for designers, and almost useless to coders.

But in total, if you have a version of any of these apps on your computer this simply isn’t worth your money or your time.

5 Stars Love it.
Great product. I use CS3 every day and I’m still learning better ways to use it. I rely on Illustrator and Photoshop for most of my work, but I’m also using InDesign.

4 Stars Incredible software, less than incredible company
The CS3 software is, as previous Adobe releases have been, great. Very great potential for creating and altering your own work, easy to use once you got your head around it, and with good interconnectivity.

However, there are a couple of problems, as one reviewer also points out. Firstly this software is rather pricy and quite greedy memory wise, which is a bit of a bother. Secondly, as the same reviewer also remarks on, installing and uninstalling these products can quite quickly turn into a proper nightmare finding small obscure files in obscure places on your harddrive and risking your entire hard disk in the process. Thirdly, and this is connected with my second point, Adobe dosen’t seem to care about anything but themselves. Their obsession with anti piracy implementations becomes a weight around the paying users ankles, and, as far as I know, dosen’t slow down the pirates. Their customer service is unfriendly at best, and their greed second to none (this is sort of expensive software).

In the end though, I wouldn’t recommend any other software because this is the best out there, but it would be nice with an alternative. If only for the sake of shaking up the people at Adobe.

5 Stars Great package, great price
This is a must-have package for creative professionals. Amazon offers this suite at the most competitive price I know of.

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Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Design Standard Mac OLD VERSION

– Marketing Information: Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard software is the indispensable toolkit for professional design and print production, offering all-new versions of essential tools for page layout, image editing, illustration, and Adobe PDF workflows. Product Information – Software Sub Type: Graphics/Designing – Software Name: Creative Suite v.3.0 Design Standard – Complete Product – Features and Benefits: All-new versions of essential creative tools: – Experience a highly productive creative toolkit with Adobe InDesign CS3 for professional page layout, Adobe Photoshop CS3 for unrivaled image editing, Adobe Illustrator CS3 for inspired vector graphics creation, and Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional for efficient Adobe PDF workflows Unprecedented integration for exceptional productivity: – Enjoy a consistent design experience across InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop with shared interface elements such as self-adjusting panels that dock out of your way when not in use. And use native file formats smoothly across software component to streamline design and production Efficient, powerful page design with Adobe InDesign CS3: – Explore more creative possibilities and experience new levels of productivity using InDesign CS3, which offers powerful features for creating graphically rich, complex documents; professional typographic controls; and robust, reliable printing Powerful color and printing capabilities: – Print Photoshop composites, Illustrator

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5 Stars Perfect
This is just what I was looking for. And it’s comforting to know that it’s legit, it’s the real thing. It was great because I could track where the package was at and it was fast. Thanks so much!

1 Star Watch Out!
Be careful!

Adobe seems to have gone out of their way to infuriate their long time customers through an arcane, illogical and ultimately deceptive upgrade offer. You can spend hours on their website trying to make sure that you have the required products for an upgrade. Besides the obvious CS1 and CS2 versions that will let you successfully install CS3, you see listed everywhere you can upgrade from Macromedia’s Studio MX or Studio 8 all over their website and marketing materials. Well, guess what? If you buy any of the print focused CS3 Design Suites you can’t use the Studio MX or 8 serial numbers! After a long phone call with a polite Adobe rep who had to spend quite a bit of time himself checking with others to make sure the information was right, I was told that the ONLY CS3 upgrade package that will work with the Studio serial numbers are the CS3 Web Design packages. Not the regular print focused Design packages.

By the time I got off the phone I was totally perplexed at their lack of logic not allowing Macromedia Studio customers who use Freehand to upgrade to a product that has Illustrator included. If you buy CS3 Design Standard or Premium and expect to upgrade from a Macromedia Studio package you can get stuck with an unusable upgrade that costs nearly $400.

I’ve been working with Adobe’s products for since beta testing version .7 of Illustrator over 20 years ago. Obviously, I’ve been a supporter of them for a very long time. Today I walked away from Adobe furious.

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Adobe After Effects Standard 6 5 Upgrade Mac

Adobe After Effects 6.5 Standard Upgrade for MAC from Standard Edition . Loaded with powerful new features, Adobe After Effects 6.5 Standard helps motion graphic designers, compositors, and visual effects artists produce content for film, video, DVD, or the Web. With superior performance tools that enable you to be visually innovative, meet production challenges, and deliver the quality your clients expect, Adobe After Effects 6.5 enables you to:

Work Faster, Work Smarter After Effects 6.5 introduces new intelligent disk caching that extends power of RAM previews so you spend less time re-rendering as you make changes.

Expanded integration with Adobe Photoshop CS and other products in the Adobe Video Collection offers new workflow flexibility.

OpenGL support has been expanded, and comprehensive scripting capabilities have been added.

Be Visually Innovative Use the new Animation Presets palette to save your favorite animation settings for instant reuse in any composition, and use any of the more than 250 professionally designed text Animation presets to create sophisticated animations simply by dragging and dropping a preset onto a text layer.

Adobe After Effects 6.5 includes more than 60 new effects, including Particle World and Light Sweep.

Meet Production Challenges Advanced cloning features in After Effects 6.5 make retouching footage easier than ever. New high-quality grain management tools can help make video look more like film (Professional edition only), and new automatic color correction tools allow you to instantly make a range corrections.

Motion tracking enhancements (Professional edition only), AAF and OMF file format support Professional edition only), and MPEG-2 file export (Windows only) deliver new workflow flexibility.

Adobe After Effects 6.5 Standard System Requirements

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Adobe After Effects Standard 6 5

Adobe After Effects v.6.5 Standard for Windows – Complete Product – Graphics/Designing – 1 User(s) Complete Product – Standard – English – PCAdobe After Effects 6.5 software delivers the speed, precision, and power you need to produce visually innovative motion graphics and effects for film, video, DVD, and the Web. Nice electronics is your source for everyday low prices on the Adobe 22040120 – AFTER EFFECTS STD 6.5 1U V6.5 FOR PC and all other Adobe Software – Multimedia

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Inside Adobe After Effects 7 Project Based Training DVD Rom Mac

The release of After Effects 7 offers new power and flexibility to designers in the creation of motion-graphics on both Mac and PC. From the ability to work in 32-bit color space to the powerful new Graph Editor, After Effects 7 offers a range of features

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Adobe After Effects 7 0 Professional Upgrade from AE Standard Mac

– Marketing Information: Animate your ideas. Adobe After Effects 7.0 software helps you create compelling motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects with efficiency, precision, and infinite variety. Take advantage of unmatched integration with other Adobe software, flexible 2D and 3D compositing, and hundreds of effects and Animation Presets to bring a new dimension to your film, video, DVD, and Macromedia Flash productions. Product Information – Software Sub Type: Graphics/Designing – Software Name: After Effects v.7.0 Professional – Upgrade – Features and Benefits: – Flexible 2D and 3D compositing environment – Unrivaled creative text animation tools, including hundreds of text Animation Presets – Powerful animation and keyframing including the new Graph Editor and professionally designed Animation and Behavior Presets – Visual effects plug-ins to enhance, stylize, and otherwise manipulate the appearance of any layer*, including new Blur effects (more than 230) – Vector Paint support based on Adobe Photoshop technology for cleaning up footage – Professional output options for film, video, DVD, Macromedia Flash, and other streaming media formats for the web – Masking tools for controlling which parts of a layer are visible – Advanced keying and matte tools for seamless compositing, including Keylight, Matte Choker, and Spill Suppressor, as well as the Smart Mask Interpolation keyframe assistant for animating complex masks – 32-bit HDR and 16-bit color su

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Adobe After Effects Standard 6 5 Mac

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