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Black Friday: Best Deals For Architects and Designers

November 26, 2010 by Dan

Black FridayThis is a special occasion, and not only because it’s a holiday, but because now you have the chance to acquire the things you desire at the best prices available.

And because we like to find buy stuff now and then, and also help our fellows architects and designers out there, we’ve selected the best deals we could find on the items we would like to buy for our personal use.

So here it goes, a list sorted in descending order:

1. Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection Student & Teacher Edition

List Price: $2,599.00
Price: $824.99
You Save: $1,774.01 (68%)

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection Student and Teacher Edition Product Description

Tell your story using Adobe’s full range of creative tools with Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection software.

Move projects easily among applications for print, web, and interactive design. Take them to video production and create stunning motion graphics and effects.

Benefit from integration with new Adobe CS Live online services, which can further enhance your productivity.

From start to finish, design amazing work, collaborate effectively, and deliver virtually anywhere.

This product needs not introduction, and it’s a must have item if you’re serious about design, photo, video or audio editing, this is the all in all product.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended for digital image editing

Make an impact with your images using Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended, the professional digital imaging standard. Enhance your photos with realistic paint strokes and artistic filters, or create gorgeously surreal 32-bit HDR images.

Adobe Illustrator CS5 for vector-drawing graphics
Create compelling graphics for any type of project using Adobe Illustrator CS5, the vector-drawing environment preferred by design professionals worldwide.

Adobe InDesign CS5 for web design
Design, preflight, and publish documents in print, online, and to mobile devices using Adobe InDesign CS5. With precise control over typography, built-in creative tools, and an intuitive design environment, you can create stunning page layouts, long documents, and rich presentations for any audience.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
Design, develop, and maintain standards-based websites and applications using Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. Work visually or in your code, taking advantage of visual CSS inspection and reliable testing through integration with Adobe BrowserLab, a new CS Live online service.

Adobe After Effects CS5
Create extraordinary motion graphics and visual effects using Adobe After Effects CS5, which provides everything you need to create opening titles, animated graphics, and visual effects.

There is so much to this product, that I would have to write about it all day and wouldn’t be able to describe its value. You can find the complete version for PC on Amazon HERE, and the MAC version HERE. The money you save buying the whole package is well worth the deal, but you know your budget.

2. Adobe Photoshop CS5

List Price: $699.00
Price: $565.00
You Save: $134.00 (19%)

Adobe Photoshop CS5Product Description

Adobe Photoshop CS5 delivers breakthrough capabilities to help you create images with impact.

Refine your images with reengineered photography tools for removing noise, adding grain, and creating high dynamic range (HDR) images.

Get precise results when making complex selections. Remove any image element and see the space fill in almost magically.

Paint with naturally textured brushstrokes and realistic color blends. Also work fast with cross-platform 64-bit support and dozens of other time-savers.

Product Features

Easy access to core editing power
Get just the tools you need–exactly when you need them–as you perform common editing activities. Adjustments and Masks panels guide you in making precise adjustments and masks.

Extraordinary creative tools
Achieve realistic painting effects with the ability to mix colors on canvas and create natural brushstrokes. Merge multiple exposures into stunning high dynamic range (HDR) images. Move, remove, warp, or stretch any image element.

State-of-the-art photography
Easily merge multiple exposures to extend the dynamic range with more power, precision, and fidelity than ever before. Convert to black-and-white in new ways. And use Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools that intelligently preserve color and tone details.

Industry-leading raw image processing
Enjoy superior results when you convert raw images with the Camera Raw 6 plug-in, which offers support for over 275 camera models plus nondestructive editing so you can experiment without harming your original photo.

You can find this deal on Amazon.com. Buy Photoshop CS5 for PC HERE, and Photoshop CS5 for MAC HERE.

3. Autodesk SketchBook Designer 2011

List Price: $495.00
Price: $394.99
You Save: $100.01 (20%)

Autodesk SkechBook Designer 2011Autodesk SketchBook Designer

boasts a unique hybrid paint and vector platform that creative individuals need to quickly transform ideas into compelling artwork and design iterations.

Built to enhance the creative process, SketchBook Designer provides a new approach to digital sketching and illustration, a powerful asset for design professionals and illustrators of all levels.

This software is extremely useful for illustrators and web designers since will allow you to create and transform incredible digital sketches or illustrations.

This will be a gift for a friend designer of archtopia.com. We know he’ll love it.

Product Features

  • Unique Hybrid Raster/Vector Environment
  • Optimized for both pen-based (freehand) and mouse interactions
  • Highly discoverable interface; easy to use without compromising quality or functionality
  • Easy-to-use curve creation and editing
  • Simultaneously warp paint and vector layer contents
  • Library of brushes that can be used on both paint and vector layers
  • Import and export curve data (DWG)

You can check this software HERE on Amazon, where we found the best price.

These are our top picks, and we hope you have the best time shopping for the things you love!!! Best wishes, and if you find better deals, or have any deals you want to suggest to us, feel free to do so in the comment section bellow.

Cheers!

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