Newly Released Software

Avid Pro Tools 9
Retail- $599.00
Greener Store- $299.00

The Next Generation of Pro Audio Production:

Open yourself to the possibilities. Pro Tools 9 redefines the world’s most popular, most advanced music and audio production platform with a completely re-architected, open version of Pro Tools software, giving you what you asked for—and so much more.

No longer exclusively for use with M-Audio interfaces, Pro Tools 9 is compatible with many different interfaces, so you can work with your audio interface—or without. Create bigger, better-sounding mixes with more tracks, Automatic Delay Compensation, and other pro features included as standard. Open your workflow to projects created in other audio and video software—and to the entire Avid Artist Series and Pro Series console/controller line. With Pro Tools 9, you can compose, record, sequence, edit, and mix the way you want—in more ways than ever.

Adobe CS5 Master Collection
Retail- $2500.00
Greener Store- $599.00

 This is the first of a series of reviews that will cover what is contained in the Adobe Creative Suite 5 (CS5) Master Collection. When Adobe releases CS5 this year, they not only will release single version products, but also five separate suites of products. They are Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Production Premium, and Master Collection. You can go online to compare what is contained in each version. The goal of this series it to define what each product does and provide information of what the new version brings to the table.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 9
Retail- $99.99
Greener Store- $69.99

 Photoshop Elements is the perfect image-editing program if you’ve outgrown iPhoto but aren’t quite ready to take on the complexity (and cost) of Photoshop. It offers a great blend of beginner-friendly guidance and sophisticated manual adjustments for the more experienced user. In fact, when you get down to it, there’s not that much you can do in Photoshop that you can’t also do in Elements.

Adobe Lightroom 3
Retail- $299.00
Greener Store- $79.00
  • New RAW conversion engine (same as ACR 6 for Photoshop)*
  • Non-destructive editing
  • 64-bit compatibility*
  • Lens corrections*
  • Flickr integration*
  • Image watermarking*
  • Improved curves tool*
  • Tethered shooting (currently limited to selected Canon and Nikon DSLRs)*
  • Support for video files (organization and tagging only - not editing)*
  • Perspective correction adjustments*
  • Film grain simulation filter*
  • Comprehensive importing, organization and exporting, with multiple output options (DNG, TIFF, JPEG)
  • Easy synchronization of adjustments across multiple images
  • Offline library management (i.e. if your images are stored on an offline external drive)
  • Photoshop integration

Microsoft Office Mac 2011
Retail- $119.00
Greener Store- $75.95

With over 1 billion PCs and Macs running Office, Microsoft Office is the most-trusted and most-used productivity suite ever. And Office for Mac 2011 is here to help you do more with your Mac your way. Use familiar applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to help you take your ideas further. And since Office for Mac is compatible with Office for Windows, you can work on documents with virtually anyone on a Mac or PC. Store your files in a password protected online SkyDrive folder to access, edit, or share your work from virtually anywhere with the free Office Web Apps.