Blu-ray Disc and DVD authoring with Adobe Encore CS5

Adobe ® Encore ® CS5 software is a versatile, interactive authoring tool you can use to deliver projects for DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or web DVD, which is a full-featured SWF file viewable with Adobe Flash ® Player.

What's new

Integrated search capabilities for web DVD titles
Offer viewers a more engaging experience with the ability to search by keyword within the web DVDs you create. Encore builds a search database for your web DVD using metadata from speech analysis, subtitles, and menu and button names. Viewers can search without interrupting current playback.

Multipage menus
Create a smoother experience for viewers when choosing options from across multiple menus. Browsable multipage menus on Blu-ray Disc projects show options across multiple menu pages without interrupting the playback of audio and video background elements.

Sleek new interface for web DVD titles
Create web DVDs that have a sleek new playback interface, offering easy-to-use playback controls plus the option to watch HD video in full-screen mode.

Web DVD enhancements
Deliver web versions of full-featured Blu-ray Disc productions. With new support for pop-up menus and subtitles, viewers of web DVD titles enjoy all the benefits of the Blu-ray experience delivered online.

4K mastering
Take 4K productions directly to high-definition Blu-ray using a workflow that maintains the original 4K content all the way to output. Work with 4K content in the timeline, even using Dynamic Link to incorporate sequences directly from Adobe Premiere® Pro.

24p support
Maintain the 24p look all the way to output with native 24p project support. Encore supports 24p frame rates for Blu-ray, DVD, and web DVD titles with correct display of 24p timecode in the timeline.

AVCHD output to Blu-ray
Publish content from AVCHD cameras to Blu-ray using the high-quality native camera format. By passing AVCHD content directly to disc without transcoding, Encore preserves the original fidelity of the source content.

DDP Master support
Create replicated discs from Encore using direct DDP Master support for DVD discs. The outputted file can then be sent via FTP directly to the mastering facility.

Cross-platform projects
Share Encore CS5 projects without worrying about platform compatibility. Encore projects can be moved between Windows® and Mac platforms freely, without conversion.

Background transcoding with Adobe Media Encoder
Work more efficiently when transcoding files using Encore CS5. Adobe Media Encoder, a separate 64-bit application included with Adobe Premiere Pro, transcodes files in the background, keeping Encore free to focus on authoring tasks. This separation of encoding is particularly important with 4K workflows that can normally tax your operating system.

Third-party encoding integration
Choose the right encoder for the job without sacrificing workflow efficiency. Integrate third-party encoders you already own with the Encore authoring workflow to take advantage of the latest advancements in GPU-accelerated encoding.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS5

Story for the next generation to bring excellent editing

With revolutionary native 64-bit, GPU accelerated Mercury Playback Engine, Adobe ® Premiere ® Pro CS5 software to provide superior performance for video production, so that you can substantially increase the pace of work. The machine uses the desired video format, from scripting to editing, coding and final delivery, to achieve full production speed.

What's new in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5 software improves every part of the video production process thanks to the revolutionary 64-bit, GPU-accelerated Adobe Mercury Playback Engine, a highly efficient script-to-screen workflow, and native support for the latest tapeless camera formats that lets you begin editing without delay.

Industry-leading performance with the new Mercury Playback Engine new
Work dramatically faster thanks to the revolutionary native 64-bit, GPU-accelerated Mercury Playback Engine. Open projects faster, scrub through HD and higher-resolution footage more fluidly, and play back complex long-format and effects-heavy projects more reliably.

Expanded native tapeless workflows enhanced
Edit video natively in the latest tapeless formats, including RED, AVCCAM, XDCAM HD 50, DPX, P2, XDCAM, and DSLR cameras, without transcoding or rewrapping. Do more with tapeless workflows.

Open workflows with Final Cut Pro and Avid software enhanced
Bring the creative benefits of Adobe tools to your entire project by importing and exporting projects from these other NLEs. Do more with open workflows.

Script-to-screen workflow new
Collaborate on scripts, automatically extract shot lists, and generate metadata-rich assets that speed up editing. Do more with script-to-screen workflows.

Tapeless camera support in Adobe OnLocation CS5 new
Use the powerful logging options in Adobe OnLocation™ when working with tapeless cameras.

Native support for DSLR cameras new
Edit native video from the latest DSLR cameras without transcoding or rewrapping.

Streamlined encoding with revamped Adobe Media Encoder enhanced
Produce content in virtually any format, including DPX, FLV, F4V, H.264, MPEG-2, QT, WM, and more.

Client reviews made simple new
Gather feedback more efficiently by sharing work in progress with Adobe CS Review, a new Adobe CS Live online service.* CS Live services are complimentary for a limited time. (Integration with CS Review will not be available for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 when the software initially ships. Integration capability is expected to be available for Adobe Premiere Pro users later in 2010.)

Eliminate intermediate rendering

Use Adobe Dynamic Link for tighter-than-ever integration and faster project workflows. Share content between Adobe After Effects®, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Soundbooth®, and see changes made in one component reflected immediately in the other, without rendering.

Do more with Creative Suite® Production Premium

Faster editing with metadata enhanced
Gain greater efficiency with powerful new metadata features. Detect faces and turn spoken dialogue into searchable text faster and more accurately.

Dozens of timesaving improvements new
Boost productivity with workflow features and enhancements suggested by users like you. For example, use automatic scene detection to create separate clips from HDV tapes, import assets from DVDs, use new keyboard shortcuts, control keyframes with even more precision, and clean up sequences quickly with new commands for finding and removing gaps. Boost productivity with workflow features and enhancements suggested by users like you.

Ultra keyer new
Experience breakthrough performance and achieve fast, accurate chroma keying — even on challenging HD footage — with the Ultra® keyer.

Searchable web DVDs with Adobe Encore CS5 new

Deliver interactive DVD experiences over the web, complete with chapter menus and search capabilities.

Adobe Contribute CS5

Simplified site management


Adobe® Contribute® CS5 software is a powerful Web publishing and site management tools, it will create, review and release into a simple to use WYSIWYG based HTML editor. Work together to improve the efficiency of Web publishing, while simplifying the task supervision and approval.



What is Contribute?

Adobe® Contribute® CS5 software is a powerful web publishing and website management tool that integrates authoring, reviewing, and publishing in an easy-to-use WYSIWYG HTML editor. Increase web publishing productivity collaboratively while simplifying oversight and approval tasks.
What's new in Contribute

Predefined content types new
Create content types based on design templates, and review new pages or publish them directly.

XML editing new
Edit site-associated XML files natively, without opening an XML editor.

Cross-browser preview new
Preview drafts in any browser. Windows® users can compare three browser previews side by side.

Apple granted patent on capacitive multitouch displays

It's not the mythical pinch-to-zoom patent, but the USPTO just granted a fairly broad Apple patent on capacitive multitouch displays. US Patent #7,663,607 describes a "transparent capacitive sensing medium configured to detect multiple touches" by way of two sandwiched layers of conductive lines hooked up to an appropriate circuit, and also covers a specific type of multitouch display with a similar two-layer capacitive sensor made of glass. Now, there are certainly other types of capacitive sensors out there, so this isn't a total lockdown, but it's certainly one more arrow in Apple's patent quiver, and at the very least it should spur some interesting developments as competitors try to design around it. We'll see how it shakes down.

10/GUI interface looks to redefine the touch-enabled desktop

Redefining the way we interact with computers is a pretty ambitious task as far as things go, but that's just what R. Clayton Miller is looking to do with his so-called 10/GUI project, and he may just be onto something. Miller begins with the notion that the traditional mouse-based interface lacks the "interaction bandwidth" afforded by multitouch interfaces, and that touch-enabled desktops (or laptops) are inherently problematic since they can't be used for prolonged periods of time -- even a flat surface will do a number on your neck if you use it all day. To solve that problem, Miller proposes separating the touch surface from the display and placing it below the keyboard in the form of a large, hybrid capacative / resistive touch panel. That's just the beginning, however, and Miller has also devised a whole new interface that makes use of all your fingers, and a new linear means of displaying windows that strikes a balance ease of use and the ability to manage numerous applications. Of course, there are some drawbacks -- you'd still likely pull out a mouse for Photoshop or a marathon Left 4 Dead session -- but we'd certainly be curious to see how this would play out in practice. Head on past the break for a full video overview.