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Get 30% off Lightroom 3 when purchased with a Creative Suite 5 edition, Photoshop CS5 or Photoshop CS5 Extended.
Save on the purchase of a full or upgrade version of Adobe Photoshop® Lightroom® 3 software along with a full or upgrade version of Photoshop CS5, Photoshop CS5 Extended, or any Creative Suite 5 edition that includes [...]

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Purchase a new single full product of QuarkXPress 8 before 31st January and we’ll give you another license worth £779/€1159 ABSOLUTELY FREE*. QuarkXPress 8 delivers an intuitive new interface, easy Flash® authoring, stunning new typographic features, native Illustrator® and Photoshop® file import and global publishing
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The camera raw functionality in Adobe® Photoshop® software provides fast and easy access to the raw image formats produced by many leading professional and midrange digital cameras. By working with these “digital negatives,” you can achieve the results you want with greater artistic control and flexibility while still maintaining the original raw files.
This new version [...]

New adjustment tools
Aperture now has a curves adjustment  tool in professional digital photography. It can punch up colors, put contrast in the right places, and add pop to even the most stubborn of shots. Better yet, Apple’s implementation of it here is brilliant, with the ability to focus in on the shadow part of the [...]