I got a shocked when I got home from school today. I got a package from Adobe Singapore and in the package contains Adobe Creative Suite 3: Master Collection. IT IS THE FULL VERSION with license. I was shocked and happy beyond words. I did a check with Adobe Online Shop and it cost a whopping USD$3.2K but here I have it right in front of me and right in my hands. I will install it when I get my new quad core computer sometime this year.

Adobe CS3 Master Collection - Front View

Adobe CS3 Master Collection - Side View

I would like to thank Sue Lynn from Text 100 for the surprise that she told me I would get 2 weeks ago and thank you Fiona and Audrey from Adobe Singapore for the Adobe CS3 Master Collection. I really appreciate it.

THANK YOU SO MUCH GIRLS!

Went down to Singapore’s Adobe office located at Suntec City Tower Three, #06-02 for an hour worth of Photoshop CS 3 tips. The title of the workshop is called “Exploit Photoshop CS3″ and it is conducted by Shirley Tan who is a Adobe Evangelist at ACE Training Pte Ltd.

There are a total of 6 tips in the workshop which took my breath away.

1. Making your images “Shout” by changing blending mode to “Soft Light”
2. Bright out Details by using Hight Pass Filter (Filter > Other > High Pass Filter)
3. Remove Colour Cast by using “Average Blur Filter” (Filter > Blur > Average), followed by inverting the layer and changing the blending mode to “Color”
4. Perspective Crop by checking the “Perspective” checkbox located below the top menu after cropping
5. Using Blend If (Layer Style > Blending Options > Blend If
6. Image Stacks (Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to Smart Object) followed by (Layer > Smart Objects > Static Mode > Median)

Last but not least, I learned a new shortcut, by pressing Ctrl J, it will allow you to duplicate (the technical term is called float) a layer.

They wanted to keep this workshop very small and hence there are only 5 people that is invited. Adrianna, Li Xiang, Me and 2 other guys.

After the workshop, we had dinner at Imperial Treasure which is just located at the basement of Suntec City.

I love the goodies bag that Adobe gives:

Adobe Paper Bag Front And Back View

2008 Calendar, License Brochure, Small Figurine

Cheers to Audrey Too, Bruce Persaud and Fiona Ng from Adobe, Steven Chua and Shirley Tan from ACE Training.

Thanks to Sue Lynn from TEXT100 for the invite =D

Adobe Creative Suite 3 has finally hit the shelves in stores. There are a total of 6 favors to it.

1. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard
   1. InDesign CS3
   2. Photoshop CS3
   3. Illustrator CS3
   4. Acrobat 8 Professional
2. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium
   1. InDesign CS3
   2. Photoshop CS3 Extended
   3. Illustrator CS3
   4. Flash CS3 Professional
   5. Dreamweaver CS3
   6. Acrobat 8 Professional
3. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Standard
   1. Dreamweaver CS3
   2. Flash CS3 Professional
   3. Fireworks CS3
   4. Contribute CS3
4. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium
   1. Dreamweaver CS3
   2. Flash CS3 Professional
   3. Photoshop CS3 Extended
   4. Illustrator CS3
   5. Fireworks CS3
   6. Acrobat 8 Professional
   7. Contribute CS3
5. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium
   1. After Effects CS3 Professional
   2. Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
   3. Photoshop CS3 Extended
   4. Flash CS3 Professional
   5. Illustrator CS3
   6. Soundbooth CS3
   7. Encore CS3
6. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection
   1. InDesign CS3
   2. Photoshop CS3 Extended
   3. Illustrator CS3
   4. Acrobat 8 Professional
   5. Flash CS3 Professional
   6. Dreamweaver CS3
   7. Fireworks CS3
   8. Contribute CS3
   9. After Effects CS3 Professional
   10. Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
   11. Soundbooth CS3
   12. Encore CS3