Ask the Adobe Ones

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What does a new tool named Flash Media Encoding Server, native 4k editing with RED, partnership with OpenTV, clowns and camels have in common? It's all about IBC 2008.

A viewer has trouble marking the calendar for the big date and Kush investigates. Also mysterious spam gives new meaning to customer satisfaction.

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From new and upcoming releases to totally random viewer input, Kush tries to clean his mailbox of a wide spectrum of issues in this "news flash" edition.

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Sure, you might not put your life in the hands of Dr. Kush but he might help alleviate some of your browser plug-in blues. Plus, Victor Vector stars in an infomercial.

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A surprise appearance by somebody who seems to be Kushís evil rap cousin explains the gear needed to run Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 & shows off his own gear.

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Kush and his sidekick "Hell-met" takes a dramatic look at possible ways to bring a play to life well before it is ever made.

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Kush talks about embarrassing public behavior, cheating spouses and also calls Rufus about making interactive PDFs with Adobe InDesign.

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Now that Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 beta is out on Adobe Labs, a special Ask Force asks your help to find the guy who bought the first copy of Dreamweaver V1.0.

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What came first, CS3 or the box? Kush tries to resolve this chicken-and-egg situation using clues from people who designed them.

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4th of July is long gone but it is never too late to honor those for whom it never was a holiday. Plus easy ways to make web videos.

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Coloring black and white pictures in Photoshop can be fun. Coloring black and white video clips frame by frame - not so fun ..... unless you cheat!

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Splash Media, who produces several series for Adobe TV, gives us a quick sneak peek at what it takes to make the virtual set of Caffe Fibonacci work.

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Type "Adobe" in a search engine and you will see our logo, but look it up in a dictionary and it talks about mud bricks. Where did Adobe get its name from?

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Is it a boy? Is it a girl? - Ever since the celebrity couple Adobe and former Macromedia hooked up with each other we started to see a bit of both in most of the products that came. Whats next?