Comments on: Adobe CS5 Launch in East Africa

By: hightechafrica (Chika Okafor)

hightechafrica (Chika Okafor) — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:26:15 +0000

Adobe CS5 Launch in East Africa
http://bit.ly/9i5lmr

By: Jonathan Shuler

Jonathan Shuler — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:58:51 +0000

I’m waiting for Adobe to do something more realistic about the web-end of the creative suite. Photoshop and Illustrator are clearly superior to anything else in their respective fields and so demand the premium price, but when I can buy a great wysiwyg like Coda for 60 USD, it’s hard to justify the cost for the web suite. Especially sense we may not need flash in a year or so to create interactive content with excellent feedback. #html5 That being said, I bet it was a really interesting demo.

By: Obie

Obie — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:20:22 +0000

The Puppet Warp and Content Aware Fill blew me away. Now this is the only reason I still have a Windows install on my dev PC.

By: HASH

HASH — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:05:02 +0000

@E-Nyce – hah. I spoke with one of the very experienced creative attendees after the event, and he lamented that the problem was that those who could afford the schools/training/software weren’t always the most skilled.

By: E-Nyce

E-Nyce — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:59:43 +0000

I really hope the authorized training centers bring alot more credibility and excellence to the “creatives”-users of Adobe products in Kenya. Everyone and his grandmother purport to have done training in Photoshop and Illustrator, but when you see the quality of their work…oh my.

By: HASH

HASH — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:36:56 +0000

@eebrah – Adobe products are the tool of choice for most designers, web or otherwise. It’s a big part of the tech community. Also, the iHub is neutral territory, it’s a great place for creatives to come as well as developers. Equally, it’s a place where we can listen to Adobe or Apple, Google or Microsoft talk about the things that are interesting to the local community. Adobe certainly is that.

By: eebrah

eebrah — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:20:59 +0000

Not to be a downer but seriously! Come on!
Adobe products are beyond the reach ~~most~~ practically all people. I am not sure what all of the iHubs objective are but the emphasis on and promotion of what is essentially an un-affordable tool saddens me.