Adobe

NEW! Adobe Photoshop Elements 8
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 combines power and simplicity so users can go beyond the basics. Easily manage photos and video clips, make photos look extraordinary, and share amazing stories in creative ways.

Product Highlights:

• Transform photos with easy-to-use editing options
• Manage everything from one convenient place
• Step-by-step assistance gives users creative results
• Adobe Photomerge technology to create the perfect photo

NEW! Adobe Premiere Elements 8
Adobe Premiere Elements 8 gives users powerful, automated options to easily manage and protect their videos and photos, make incredible movies with less effort, enhance stories with professional style, and share virtually anywhere.

Product Highlights:

• Make incredible movies with less effort
• Add professional quality effects and sound
• Share your movies virtually everywhere
  

Adobe Licensing Programmes
As Adobe works to improve customer experience, here are some of the new features being introduced to their licensing programmes from October 2009.

PRODUCT POOLS
Adobe is introducing the concept of Product Pools, which are groups of products with a similar deployment model. The Applications Pool will be available in October 2009, with a Server Pool offering server-based products to be available in a later phase of Adobe Volume Licensing (AVL).

CLP ENHANCEMENTS
CLP is a two-year membership programme that offers numerous enhancements with AVL. Highlights include:

• Lower minimum order quantity required for education and government customers to qualify for CLP 5 membership
• New CLP 5 renewal policy - fewer points required to renew at the same level without a minimum order placement
• CLP 5 Upgrade Plan proration of three months (compared to the current six months)
• Expanded CLP 5 online enrollment capabilities

FREE ELECTRONIC SOFTWARE DELIVERY
Electronic Software Delivery (ESD) is included free of charge to both CLP 5 and TLP 5 customers.

UPGRADE PLAN
Upgrade Plan with TLP 5 and CLP 5 is now a percentage of the licence cost.

For further information, contact your Phoenix Account Manager on
0845 265 1265 or email info@phoenixs.co.uk

Acrobat 9 Forms
Use Adobe Acrobat 9 software to create PDF forms, then use the services available from Acrobat.com to easily distribute them. With just a few clicks, you can send virtually anyone a file that they can fill out, save and return in no time.

Learn more - watch an Adobe Acrobat 9 video tutorial:

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/?id=
vid0315&trackingid=ESBBO

SPECIAL OFFER
It's never been easier to qualify for Adobe's CLP - act now and take advantage of a significantly reduced entry level and lock in the current discount tier structure for the next two year membership period, which can help save you money.

• TLP customers who have placed TLP orders from December 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009 can apply the corresponding number of points toward a new CLP 4.5 Commercial or Government membership.
• In addition, as of July 1st, 2009, Adobe is reducing the Adobe Open Options Cumulative Licensing Program (CLP) 4.5 Government entry level to 25,000 points (from 40,000).

For further information, contact your Phoenix Account Manager on
0845 265 1265 or email info@phoenixs.co.uk

Adobe Complimentary Benefits
If you own Adobe Acrobat 9, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Adobe Creative Suite 3, or any of the individual point products, you are eligible for a complimentary benefit when you register from within your product.

Registration is simple. You can register anytime via in-product registration by selecting Help > Registration from your application's menu toolbar.

After registration, you can choose one of the specially selected benefits such as 30 days of online training, new and unique fonts, or up to 40% off training books.

For further information, contact your Phoenix Account Manager on
0845 265 1265 or email info@phoenixs.co.uk

CS4 Deployment Toolkit - now FREE* and easier to deploy

What is it?

• A software toolkit that supports rapid configuration and customisation options for deploying Adobe Creative Suite family of products

What problems does it solve?

• Customisation of install packages: Choose what to deploy, what to exclude
• Pre-install configuration: Pre-serialisation, turn on/off updates, registration etc
• Updates: Chained installation of downloaded update packages.

For further information, contact your Phoenix Account Manager on
0845 265 1265 or email info@phoenixs.co.uk

* Free for all licensing customers

Security Updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Reader 9, Acrobat 9 and earlier versions. These vulnerabilities would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Security updates for Acrobat Reader and Acrobat are available from the Adobe Web site - click here or contact your Phoenix Account Manager for further information.

New Adobe Director 11.5
Explore new dimensions in rich multimedia authoring
Adobe Director 11.5 gives you ultimate multimedia directing freedom. It comes combined with shockwave, allows third party plug-ins. Director provides a powerful platform for programmers as well as designers for simultaneous media creation, integration and publishing.

Adobe Channel Partner of the Year - Education
Phoenix Software has been named Adobe Channel Partner of the Year for Education

This award recognises the contribution Phoenix Software has made to the growth of Adobe's education sales in 2008. It was presented to us at a prestigious ceremony held at the Café de Paris in the heart of London's Piccadilly.

The Adobe Channel Awards were launched in 2007 to recognise the outstanding support Adobe receives from UK software distributors and resellers.

Help us to beat software piracy and only buy authentic Adobe software
When you buy licensed Adobe software from an Authorised Adobe Reseller, such as Phoenix Software, the benefits of ownership far exceed the software functional value.

Most importantly of all, you'll have the reassurance of knowing your software licence is legitimate and legal.

When you buy illegal or pirated Adobe software you get none of these benefits. In fact, in some instances you may not even get a working version of the software itself. Can you afford that risk?

For further information, contact your Phoenix Account Manager on
0845 265 1202 or email adobe@phoenixs.co.uk

adobe Acrobat Pro Extended
Deliver the richest, most engaging PDF communications anytime, anywhere. Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended software now includes Adobe Presenter, Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES, and Adobe 3D Reviewer software. Ideal for business and technical professionals. Use Acrobat 9 Pro Extended to: create interactive presentations, Bring people and ideas together, and communicate with impact.

ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 4
With the tightly integrated tools and services in Adobe Creative Suite 4 software, you can create visually 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.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium delivers a dream toolkit for print, Web, interactive and mobile design.

What's inside?
InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4 Extended, Illustrator CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, Dreamweaver CS4, Fireworks CS4, Acrobat 9 Pro, Adobe Bridge CS4, Adobe Device Central CS4, Version Cue CS

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard focuses on professional print design.

What's inside?
InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, Acrobat 9 Pro, Adobe Bridge CS4, Adobe Device Central CS4, Version Cue CS4

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium combines the best-of-the-best Web design and development tools.

What's inside?
Dreamweaver CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, Photoshop CS4 Extended, Illustrator CS4, Fireworks CS4, Acrobat 9 Pro, Soundbooth CS4, Contribute CS4, Adobe Bridge CS4, Adobe Device Central CS4, Version Cue CS4

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Standard
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Standard serves the professional web developer.

What's inside?
Dreamweaver CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, Fireworks CS4, Contribute CS4
Adobe Bridge CS4, Adobe Device Central CS4, Version Cue CS4

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium is a complete post-production solution for video professionals.

What's inside?
After Effects CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Photoshop CS4 Extended,
Flash CS4 Professional, Illustrator CS4, Soundbooth CS4, Adobe OnLocation CS4, Encore CS4, Adobe Bridge CS4, Adobe Device Central CS4, Dynamic Link

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection enables you to design across media - print, Web, interactive, mobile, video and film - in the most comprehensive creative environment ever produced.

What's inside?
InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4 Extended, Illustrator CS4, Acrobat 9 Pro, Flash CS4 Professional, Dreamweaver CS4, Fireworks CS4, Contribute CS4, After Effects CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Soundbooth CS4, Adove OnLocation CS4, Encore CS4, Adobe Bridge CS4, Adobe Device Central CS4, Dynamic Link, Version Cue CS4

Adobe InDesign CS4

Create high-impact, personalised content and long documents tailored for unique audiences in less time and with fewer steps. Design with ease using customer-inspired enhancements to your everyday toolset and a more flexible layout environment. Create dynamic documents for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime as well as engaging PDF content that both include professional typography and top-quality page design.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended

Take greater advantage of all that Adobe Photoshop Extended software offers with a more intuitive user interface and non-destructive editing freedom so you can achieve the highest quality results. Be more productive by taking advantage of smooth integration with other Adobe software and enhancements that leverage the power of today’s faster graphics processors. Enjoy breakthrough enhancements that now let you paint directly on 3D objects and unleash the editing power of Photoshop software on 3D content.

Adobe Illustrator CS4

Powerful additions such as the Blob Brush tool and transparency in gradients inspire new creativity. The multiple artboards feature prompts new ways of working. Existing features have been polished, and hidden functions have been uncovered to reveal usefulness and depth, enabling you to learn more quickly and take better advantage of the power of Illustrator. Illustrator CS4 offers improved interaction with options and tools, plus you can do more directly on the artboard. Innovations with Smart Guides and Isolation Mode plus new panel behaviors enable a smoother, more efficient workflow.

Adobe Flash CS4 Professional
Quickly create and modify animations while retaining a great degree of control. Powerful new object-based animation, Bezier controls and motion presets make working in Flash easier and more intuitive. Express your creative vision in innovative ways with exciting new design tools. Animate 2D objects through 3D space with 3D translation and rotation. Use the Bones tool to easily create chain-like effects or distort shapes. Add the expressive power of patterns to your designs with the Deco tool.

Adobe Fireworks CS4

Rapidly prototype Web sites, application interfaces and other interactive designs with Fireworks CS4 software. Create, edit and optimise Web graphics more accurately and quickly than ever before with an enhanced toolset. Demo your designs to clients live on the Web or email a PDF file generated from Fireworks. Integrate Live Styles and the improved Common Library for continual leaps in productivity.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4

Work in a real-world view of your rich CSS, JavaScript, SWF and dynamic content directly in Dreamweaver. Quickly integrate third-party Web widgets from the most popular JavaScript frameworks into your pages. Visually design with CSS best practices aided by jargon-free explanations of practical concepts. Create Ajax-driven interactivity while supporting best practices.

Adobe Contribute CS4

Delegate content publishing to content owners without compromising the integrity of your Web sites. Define and enforce custom publishing workflows to meet your organisation's review and approval requirements for published content. Empower end users to quickly and easily publish content to static and dynamic Web sites through true WYSIWYG authoring. Give users the choice of editing Web sites directly from their favourite browsers or composing and publishing Web content from within Microsoft Office applications.Enable easy collaboration between users in the content publishing process.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 software is essential for today's digital photography workflow. Now you can quickly import, process, manage, and showcase your images - from one shot to an entire shoot. With Lightroom 2, you spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens.

adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional for Windows

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro helps you communicate and collaborate more effectively and securely with virtually anyone, anywhere. Unify a wide range of content in a single organised PDF Portfolio. Easily manage electronic document reviews to obtain feedback and build consensus. Create and distribute dynamic forms to collect data electronically for greater accuracy. Help protect sensitive information with robust security features and enable users of Adobe Reader software1 to fill in and save forms, digitally sign documents and participate in reviews.

Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional

Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional software provides scalable Web conferencing with extensive meeting management capabilities that enable users to communicate and collaborate instantly with extended teams and large audiences through easy-to-use and easy-to-access online personal meeting rooms.

For further information and pricing, contact your Phoenix Account Manager on 0845 265 1265 or email info@phoenixs.co.uk

Flexible software licenSing programmes for volume purchases

Adobe Open Options (AOO) programmes are designed to reflect the different purchasing preferences of Adobe customers. Tuned to the needs of different types of organisations, AOO programmes provide valuable benefits.

The TLP program is ideally suited to organisations that want to make easy, one-time purchases. Benefits include a generous discount schedule, a single serial number per product, and online tracking of all transactions

Adobe Transactional Licensing Program 5

Ideal for small organisations

Benefits at a glance
Earn discounts without a contract
Why buy retail software when you could qualify to get the same products at an attractive discount and with additional benefits? For every eligible TLP 5 order of new or upgrade Adobe software licenses or of Upgrade Plan, you receive points. Your discount level is based on the total point value of each volume license order placed, and there is no minimum order size. The more licenses you acquire in a single transaction, the more opportunity you have to save on the entire order. It's that simple.

Gain control of your software licenses
Keeping track of individual retail purchases and subsequent software usage across your entire organization can be resource-intensive. By acquiring Adobe software licenses though TLP 5, you will have a permanent record of the licenses your organization has ordered. TLP 5 provides access to Adobe's Licensing Web Site (LWS), the easy-to-use, password-protected portal that enables you to track and manage your Adobe software licenses online in one central location. With Adobe's LWS, you can run reports, track order history, access serial numbers, and download available software.

Simplify deployment and compliance
TLP 5 orders provide a single serial number per product (per platform) across your entire organization, so IT staff can build a standard image for installation on each computer to get users up and running quickly. By ordering your software through TLP 5 and using Adobe's LWS to manage your licenses, you can eliminate the countless hours it often takes to monitor deployed retail software while ensuring your organization is in compliance with its Adobe software licenses.

Manage software upgrades efficiently
As an AVL customer, you have the option to purchase upgrade coverage for your Adobe software licenses. Upgrade Plan enables you to purchase the right to any future upgrades released during your Upgrade Plan coverage period at a percentage of the license price. Upgrade Plan is offered per product, so you have the option to cover one or all of your Adobe software licenses, and Upgrade Plan purchases contribute to the total points of a TLP order, so you can maximize your discount. By investing in Upgrade Plan, your organization can more efficiently manage software upgrades and achieve budget predictability.

TLP 5 discount levels
As the number of points increases in a single transaction, your TLP 5 discount level may improve.

TLP minimum point levels by industry

* Education point values refer to education versions only; contact your Adobe Authorized Education Reseller for details.

Adobe Cumulative Licensing Program 5
(ideal for midsize to large organisations)

Benefits at a glance
Significant savings
Among the Adobe Volume Licensing programs, Adobe Cumulative Program 5 (CLP 5) offers the most significant savings. Not only do you receive a substantial savings over the retail price with your initial order, but all qualified orders of any size throughout the two-year membership term earn the same - or better - discount level. Orders accumulate points, and as your cumulative point total increases, so does your potential savings.

Budget predictability
As a new CLP 5 member, you can achieve budget predictability by securing your discount position for your two-year membership. In addition, by placing a minimum order at the time of renewal, you can secure your discount position for the subsequent membership period. You may also qualify to renew into a given discount level with no minimum order required if the points you have accumulated throughout the term reach or surpass the given discount level.

Simplified purchasing and deployment
As a CLP 5 member, you can easily track and manage your software licences through Adobe's easy-to-use, password-protected Licensing Web Site (LWS). This portal enables authorised staff to run reports, track order history, access serial numbers, and download available software from one central location, making it easy to deploy Adobe software to multiple users in various departments and locations across your organisation. You can also deploy additional licences of products you have already licensed any time you need them and consolidate them on one comprehensive purchase order at the end of the month.

Easy upgrades
CLP members also have the option to purchase upgrade coverage for their Adobe software licences. Upgrade Plan enables your organisation to purchase any future upgrades of licensed software that are released during your Upgrade Plan term at a percentage of the licence price. You can choose to cover one or all of your Adobe software licences, and Upgrade Plan purchases contribute to your cumulative point total to maximise your overall discount.

Affiliate options
CLP 5 enables members to include qualified worldwide affiliates under the programme agreement and designate them as either Self-enrolled or Member-listed. In both cases, affiliate orders contribute to your organisation’s cumulative point total, providing even greater savings as combined orders reach higher discount levels.

Member-listed affiliate
Member-listed affiliates share the CLP member's software serial numbers, simplifying acquisition and distribution. By selecting this approach, members and affiliates participate in Adobe's CLP with the same Upgrade Plan payment option and have the same designated Adobe Licence Centre. This option is ideal for organisations with a centralised buying environment.

Self-enrolled affiliate
Self-enrolled affiliates enroll separately in their own CLP linked to the programme member's CLP. Once enrolled, they receive their own CLP agreement number, may place their own orders, receive their own serial numbers for each product, and select their own Upgrade Plan options. All Self-enrolled affiliate orders receive the same discount as the programme member and accumulate points toward the programme member's CLP. This option is ideal for organisations with a decentralised ordering environment.

Affiliate qualification and details
"Affiliate" means any corporation, firm, partnership, or other entity that has legal personality that directly or indirectly owns, is owned by, or is under common ownership with the member of at least 50% of its equity (or such lesser percentage that is the maximum allowed to be owned by a foreign corporation in a particular jurisdiction).

Affiliates include Member-listed affiliates and Self-enrolled affiliates. Affiliates that participate in the CLP by ordering through a member (Member-listed affiliates) may do so provided that the member is aware of these affiliates and lists them under the agreement, and the member is responsible for the Member-listed affiliates' compliance with the CLP terms and conditions. Member-listed affiliates do not need to separately enroll and may purchase under the member's CLP membership with the same discount level as the member. Affiliates may also participate by becoming Self-enrolled affiliates. "Self-enrolled affiliate" means any eligible affiliate that enrolls in the CLP separately provided that each such Self-enrolled affiliate references the member's CLP membership agreement number on its enrollment form and complies with this agreement. Self-enrolled affiliates receive their own serial numbers, may designate their own reseller, and choose their own Upgrade Plan payment option. All affiliate ordering and contact information will be visible and available to the member. Members may refuse to allow an affiliate to benefit from this agreement and/or may terminate an affiliate's participation at any time during the term.

CLP 5 discount levels
The number of points in your initial order indicate the discount level at which you will begin your membership term. In addition, you can also increase your discount level during your membership as you place more orders and reach the next level's points minimum. See the CLP 5 discount levels table below for commercial, education, and government members.

CLP 5 discount levels by market segment

* Education point values refer to education versions only

CLP 4.5 is still available to existing customers until November 2011.

For further information contact your Phoenix Account Manager on 0845 265 1265 or email info@phoenixs.co.uk

Acrobat Term Site Licence

This Adobe programme allows an educational institution to distribute a specified number of licences by paying an annual fee. Participating in the Term Site Licence programme ensures that licence holders will receive all updates and upgrades to Adobe Acrobat Pro or Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended software during the term of the licence. It also allows the institution to spread the cost of ownership over several years.

Term Site Licences can be purchased only under the Adobe Transaction Licensing Programme (TLP).

There are 5 price levels, depending on the customer FTE count and the Acrobat product they have chosen to licence.

• Level 1 (FTE 100 - 500)
• Level 2 (FTE 501 - 1,000)
• Level 3 (FTE 1,001 - 4,000)
• Level 4 (FTE 4,001 - 8,000)
• Level 5 (FTE 8,001+)
  

Adobe Upgrade Plan

The Adobe Upgrade Plan offers several benefits including:

• Upgrade Plan is like an upgrade insurance programme. CLP members and TLP participants who purchase Upgrade Plan are entitled to all upgrades for covered products during the Upgrade Plan term
• Adobe automatically sends notifications of available upgrades to Upgrade Plan participants to simplify upgrade planning
• There's an option to include previously acquired licences of current software in Upgrade Plan (as long as no new version has been announced), so you can enjoy organisation-wide technology consistency
• Use of Upgrade Plan simplifies your software ordering and administration processes by covering all upgrades over the typical two-year period in one transaction
• Participation in Upgrade Plan contributes to the points accumulated in TLP and CLP, which helps increase the overall discounts earned