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Digital communication skills give you a competitive advantage — no matter what career you are pursuing.

Being successful in school or in the workplace means knowing how to select the right medium for your message as well as knowing how to design and create different forms of communication.

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Education Upgrade Promotion

For a limited time, get 15% off when purchasing licenses of select products with the Adobe Upgrade Plan.

ADAA 2007 – Call for entries: Submit your best work to the Adobe Design Achievement Awards. Top prize is US$5,000 in each category.
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Adobe certification programs: Announcing a new certification to validate entry-level digital communication skills —creating, managing, integrating, and communicating information using Adobe's dynamic multimedia, video, graphic, web, or design software.
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New Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium: Get Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium software — with all-new Acrobat 8 Professional plus Dreamweaver 8.
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Student discounts

Purchase Adobe products at discounted student prices:

College campuses in North America can negotiate even lower prices on Adobe software for their students. Check with the bookstore or academic services group on your campus to see if your school has student licensing on campus.

Adobe Education Store

Visit the Adobe Education Store to purchase Adobe Creative Suite 2, Adobe Production Studio, and other products at student prices.

Adobe authorized Education resellers

Our Education resellers offer some of the best discounts on Adobe and former Macromedia products.

Adobe products

Creative tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Explore limitless creative possibilities.

Adobe Illustrator CS2

The essential design tool to express ideas visually — in print, on the web, and in any other medium.

Adobe InDesign CS2

Take page design to a new level.

More creative tools

Adobe Photoshop CS2

Web design and development

Macromedia Studio 8

Use the essential software suite for creating rich online content and applications.

More web/multimedia design and development tools

Adobe Web Bundle
Macromedia Flex
Macromedia ColdFusion
Macromedia Director MX 2004
Adobe GoLive CS2
Ultra 2
Vlog It!

Communication

Adobe Acrobat

Exchange, review, and output documents with Adobe solutions based on Adobe PDF and Acrobat software.

Macromedia Captivate

Automatically record all onscreen actions and instantly create professional quality Flash simulations.

Ovation

Turn lifeless PowerPoint slides into a stunning visual experience.

Adobe Photoshop CS2

Create with the industry-standard image editing software.

More digital imaging

Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 for Windows
Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 for Macintosh

Digital video and audio

Adobe Production Studio

The complete post-production environment for student film, video, DVD, and web projects.

Resources

Design and film schools

The Adobe Design and Film School Connection is where students can find free resources for using Adobe software products in coursework, projects, and career preparation.

Digital Communication Instructional Resources

Being successful in school or in the workplace means knowing how to select the right medium for your message — as well as knowing how to design and create different forms of communication.

A Study in Motion Graphics

Learn to prepare graphics for broadcast using these video modules about AfterEffects.