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Find out how to get Creative Suite 5.5 software now at 20% off and protect your upgrade path pricing in the future before it’s too late.
Whether you’re using CS2, CS3 or CS4, you can take advantage of upgrade pricing for CS5.5 right now and get the latest software capabilities and performance. But don’t wait too long. With future versions of Adobe Creative Suite software you’ll only receive upgrade pricing if you’re on the latest version.

Don’t risk paying full price later on. Upgrade to the latest version now – and for a limited time get a 20% discount – while protecting your ability to enjoy lower upgrade pricing in the future.

With future versions of Creative Suite, customers will only receive the upgrade price if they are on the latest version.

• Offer Time Frame: 3rd October until 31st December 2011
• For customers currently on CS2, CS3 and CS4

Contact your Trams Sales Representative, who will be happy to help, on 020 7820 7111.

10-Bit Field Recorder, Monitor and Playback & Playout Device

The revolutionary Samurai is a portable touchscreen Professional 10bit HD Recorder, Monitor, & Playback device that captures pristine video and audio direct from any camera with HD/SD-SDI. It encodes in real-time to the visually-lossless Apple ProRes format, onto low-cost, removable 2 ½ inch hard disks. You can then review your footage in realtime onto the pristine 5″ display or out onto any HD-SDI capable device, including directors monitors & broadcast equipment. With up to 10 hours battery from the 2 included Lithium Ian Camera batteries, you truly have a deck & monitor in the palm of your hand, a super high quality deck & monitor.

Visit the Atomos website for more information or contact your Trams Sales Representative, who will be happy to help, on 0845 330 1600.

The 13-, 15-, and 17-inch MacBook Pro notebooks now feature state-of-the-art quad-core and dual-core Intel processors for up to 2x faster performance.* New graphics on the 15- and 17-inch models are up to 2x faster than before.* New Thunderbolt I/O connects high-performance peripherals and high-resolution displays, and transfers files at lightning speeds. And now MacBook Pro comes standard with OS X Lion, the latest release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system.

*Up to 2x faster compared with previous-generation MacBook Pro.

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There’s never been a better time to upgrade. Benefit from the latest in software capabilities and performance, and save 20% when you upgrade to the most recent Creative Suite edition or individual product from CS2, CS3, or CS4.

Save 20% off the standard price of an upgrade version of Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Design Premium, Design Standard, Master Collection, Production Premium and Web Premium software when upgrading from Creative Suite 4.x Creative Suite 3.x, Creative Suite 2.x or certain other Suite products when purchasing between 3 October 2011 and 31 December 2011.

Qualifying products are: Adobe Creative Suite 4.x Design Premium, Design Standard, Master Collection, Production Premium, Web Premium and Web Standard; Creative Suite 3.x Design Premium, Design Standard, Master Collection, Production Premium, Web Premium and Web Standard; Creative Suite 2.x Premium and Standard; Adobe Production Studio Premium and Production Studio Standard; Adobe Design Bundle, Video Bundle and Web Bundle; and Macromedia Studio 8.

Contact your Trams Sales Representative, who will be happy to help, on 0845 330 1600.

Version 10.0.01 introduces new features that make Final Cut Pro X even more flexible, powerful, and compatible.

Some of the new features include:

Rich XML Support: Now you can import and export Final Cut Pro X project and Event information via a rich XML format. XML interchange enables a wide range of third-party workflows, including high-end visual effects, color grading, and media asset management.

Projects and Events on Xsan: Create and edit your Final Cut Pro X projects and Events on Xsan. Ideal for multi-user workflows, you can import media through Final Cut Pro X and place it directly on the SAN.

Full-screen view in Lion: Use every inch of your display when working in Final Cut Pro X. And easily navigate to other applications with a swipe.

One-step Transitions on Connected Clips: Add a transition to a connected clip or between multiple connected clips without manually creating a secondary storyline.

Camera Import SDK: Camera manufacturers can use the Camera Import SDK to write plug-ins for importing media from a wide range of cameras.

Download the update free from the Mac App Store.

Visit the Apple website for more information or contact your Trams Sales Representative, who will be happy to help, on 0845 330 1600.