Adobe CS6 Shipping Without Muse and Edge

Adobe Creative Suite 6 is shipping this week,  (May 8th 2012). Along with a passel of new features in the Creative Suite standbys (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks) there are two new products to keep your eyes on: Adobe Edge and Adobe Muse.

Adobe Edge  outputs HTML 5, CSS3 and Javascript  (the group often just abbreviated to HTML5) the technology that is touted by some as the  replacement to Flash for both simple animations (note the word "simple") and interactive productions for the web.

Adobe Muse is presented as a product for creating web site without having to  write code or even look at the code (or presumably having any knowledge of  HTML and CSS).

However, if you look for Edge and Muse in any of the Creative Suite bundles (Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium suites)  you wont find them there, not even in the "Master Collection".

No, Muse and Edge will only be available in the "Creative Cloud".

The Creative Cloud is Adobe's subscription based service whereby you pay a monthly fee and have access to all the Creative Suite products and Edge and Muse.

When subscribing to the Creative Cloud you download the product or products that you need to your computer, install them there and work on them there, locally on your computer not on the "cloud"; you just download them from the cloud and pay on a monthly basis.

If you don't pay,  they stop working.

Obviously Adobe would like more people to use the Creative Cloud and hence are perhaps enticing people with Edge and Muse.

Note also that Edge and Muse can also be purchased separately  outside of the Creative Cloud.

The Creative Cloud is set to launch Friday, May 8th.

We will be writing more about Muse and Edge in the near future.

Best Discount for Adobe Products

As an Adobe Developer and Trainer I often get asked regarding discounts for Adobe products. Here's my, unfortunately, short list to all the ways I know of legally getting a discount for Adobe products.

There are three possible discounts for Adobe products that you may qualify for:

Your Uncle's Neighbor's Son Works for Adobe:

one: you have a friend or relative who works for Adobe.
Typically they'll be able to get the entire suite of products for about $100. 

Your nine your old daughter needs to learn InDesign

two: you are a student. Check out  the educational discounts for Adobe Products:
This link will take you to the educational discount page on the adobe web site. 

 

Your Aunt Louise Volunteers at a the Local Community Center

three: you work for a non-profit organization. Check out the organization Tech Soup (formerly named Compumentors) which specializes in providing support and services for non-profit organization: 

Here's a link to the products page:

The url to their home page is: http://www.techoup.org (from there click on "Get Product" link.

Tech Soup has relationships with many software vendors (including Adobe) to provide highly discounted products to non-profit organizations.

Also don't forget the 30 day free most Adobe products. The "Try It" link can typically be found on the product page for each Adobe product. This is a full version of the product good for 30 days after which it will stop working, at which point you can buy it (at full price) or uninstall from your computer.