Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate
availability of Adobe®
eLearning Suite 6, the company’s tightly integrated toolbox for
rapidly creating professional-grade eLearning and HTML5-based mLearning
content. The suite enables eLearning professionals, educators and
trainers to create immersive, interactive eLearning courses complete
with simulations, product demos, digital imaging, rich animations and
audio production. Anchored by Adobe
Captivate® 6 and the new Adobe
Presenter 8, Adobe eLearning Suite 6 includes several
industry-leading titles including Adobe
Flash® Professional CS6, Adobe
Dreamweaver® CS6, Adobe
Photoshop® CS6 Extended and Adobe
Acrobat® X Pro.
“Today’s eLearning professionals, educators and trainers are dealing
with a growing mobile population, platform fragmentation and the need to
communicate through video,” said Naresh Gupta, senior vice president,
Print and Publishing, Adobe. “As a result, efficiency in mobile
authoring and delivery, and ease in video creation are among the top
considerations when they select an authoring solution. Adobe eLearning
Suite 6 delivers on both.”
Adobe eLearning Suite 6 enhances productivity with robust roundtripping
workflows between Adobe Captivate and Adobe Audition® CS6, Adobe Flash
Professional CS6, Adobe Photoshop Extended CS6 and Acrobat X Pro. For
example, users can open Adobe Captivate files in Adobe Audition CS6 to
quickly adjust speech pitch and alignment or Adobe Photoshop Extended
CS6 to retouch images and create 3D graphics. Prebuilt native extensions
with Adobe Flash Professional CS6 enable users to generate sprite sheets
and more. With Acrobat X Pro users can embed Adobe Captivate movies into
PDF documents and PDF portfolios, bringing text-based learning materials
to life, and make the finished project accessible via Adobe Reader®.
Adobe Presenter 8
The new Adobe Presenter 8 empowers business professionals, trainers and
educators to create video presentations right from the desktop, without
the need for specialized equipment or training. With Adobe Presenter 8,
users can streamline projects and lower costs of producing and editing
videos with a single desktop solution. In addition, they are able to
simultaneously capture slide presentations, webcam video and audio and
dynamically mix components without a separate video editor. The
intuitive interface makes it easy to edit and trim video, pan and zoom,
adjust brightness and sharpness levels and enhance audio quality by
reducing background noise. A host of video add-ons, including the
ability to highlight select portions of a screen, insert annotations and
apply text overlays, makes it easy to polish a presentation while the
“Adobe Presenter to YouTube” feature allows users to publish a completed
project with one click.
Adobe Captivate 6
Adobe Captivate 6 enhancements improve mobile access and boost learner
engagement while ensuring effortless publishing to leading SCORM- and
AICC-compliant Learning Management Systems (LMSs) such as Moodle,
Blackboard, Plateau, Saba and SumTotal. It introduces the ability to
publish content as both SWF and HTML5, enabling learners to begin a
course on their desktop, pause and later resume on a mobile device,
including iOS and Android™ based tablets and smartphones. Users can also
quickly create and edit HD-quality demos within the new
“capture-as-a-video” workflow, insert videos in a picture-in-picture
format and publish projects to YouTube – all within the same UI. A full
library of out-of-the-box assets, improved Microsoft™ PowerPoint
integration and enhanced quizzing capabilities complete the top new
features in Adobe Captivate 6. For more information, please refer to the
Adobe Captivate 6 press
release and visit www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html.
Pricing and Availability
Adobe eLearning Suite 6 is immediately available through Adobe
authorized resellers and the Adobe Store for an estimated street price
of US$1,799. Users of eLearning Suite 2 and 2.5 can upgrade at a
discounted price of US$599. Upgrade pricing from Adobe Captivate 5.5, 5
or 4 to Adobe eLearning Suite 6 is US$1,199. Qualified education users
can purchase eLearning Suite 6 for US$599. For a complimentary trial,
visit www.adobe.com/products/elearningsuite/trial.html.
Adobe Presenter 8 is also immediately available as a standalone product
for an estimated street price of US$499, with US$299 education and
upgrade pricing from Adobe Presenter 7. For a free trial, visit www.adobe.com/go/trypresenter.
About Adobe Systems Incorporated
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