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Discover how video and audio professionals in all media rely on Adobe software to produce outstanding results for nonlinear video editing, visual effects creation, advanced audio editing, and DVD authoring.

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Customer stories

Almost Human

Almost Human

Robert Hall, founder of Almost Human and one of Hollywood's hottest special effects makeup artists, puts Adobe® Photoshop® CS and Adobe Premiere® Pro software to work while creating his own independent feature film, "Lightning Bug."


The Aviator

The Aviator

Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" re-creates the high-flying world of Howard Hughes with more than 300 shots created by visual effects artists armed with Adobe After Effects® and Adobe Photoshop software.


The Basement

The Basement

Top VFX artists adopt Adobe® OpenHD™ workstations and Adobe Video Collection software to deliver HD for broadcast and film.

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Big Machine Design

Learn how Big Machine Design developed a fresh, elegant broadcast graphics package for the ABC News show "20/20" that is flexible enough to allow the show's staff to update graphics weekly.

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CAVU Pictures

Film distributor turns to Adobe video software, Adobe OpenHD workstations, and a digital intermediate workflow to polish Lbs. for theatrical release.

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Cinergy Creative

Small, quality-conscious clients such as KZ Golf (KZG) count on Cinergy Creative’s HD workflow and use of Adobe’s digital products to create stunning, broadcast-quality TV spots.

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Dust to Glory

Dust to Glory

See how IFC Films' "Dust to Glory" utilized a groundbreaking workflow to bring HD post-production to the desktop.

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Image Line Productions

Image Line Productions edits the Robert Altman tribute for the Academy Awards using Adobe Premiere Pro software.

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Pavlo and Tuersley

Joe Pavlo and Paul Tuersley

Visual effects artists wield Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop software to create Emmy-award-winning effects for the HBO film "The Life & Death of Peter Sellers."

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Ken Koenig's "Jazz"

Using a home computer and Adobe Video Collection software, independent documentary filmmaker Ken Koenig is successfully creating "Jazz on the West Coast: The Lighthouse," a documentary highlighting the West Coast's premier jazz club during the 1950s.

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On the road with Cher

On the road with Cher

Jason Harvey of video and sound company Short & Spikey delivers stunning graphics and music videos on the go with the Adobe Video Collection.

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Orange County Choppers: Center stage

Orange County Choppers

Adobe software plays vital role for Orange County Choppers and the popular television show "American Chopper".

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Panic Struck Productions: Creative stars

Panic Struck

Rather than use expensive, proprietary systems to produce the overwhelmingly successful "Star Wars" fan film "Revelations," Panic Struck Productions turned to the powerful desktop filmmaking, effects, and DVD authoring tools included in the Adobe Video Collection.

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Perkins Eastman

Top architecture firm brings its best ideas to light using Adobe Creative Suite 2 and Adobe video products.


REZN8

REZN8

REZN8 Productions delivers HD projects with flair and ease using Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects software and Adobe OpenHD workstations.

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Rooster Teeth

Burnie Burns and Matt Hullum of Rooster Teeth Productions rarely take things too seriously. Fortunately, their lighthearted approach is paying off not only for them, but for audiences worldwide. The two are the comic geniuses behind the hilarious machinima series "Red Vs. Blue".

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Sechman & Associates

Discover how Sechman & Associates create architectural renderings and animations — crucial communication tools within the architectural industry — using Photoshop CS, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects.

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Sheridan College

The award-winning Adobe Video Collection enables students enrolled in Sheridan College's animation programs to spend more time on creative processes and less time struggling to learn technology.

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San José State University

Students use Adobe video software to create "Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot," one of only six domestic animated films accepted to the prestigious 2006 Sundance Film Festival.

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UnitEleven: No locations, no sets

Sky Captain

Relying on After Effects and Photoshop, Stephen Lawes, compositing supervisor of the recently released "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," was able to produce the movie with no locations, no sets, and minimal props.

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STEAM

STEAM and Discovery HD

Learn how STEAM worked with uncompressed HD footage to produce an exceptionally creative, cost-effective HD television spot promoting Discovery HD Theater.

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Sundance Online Film Festival

Sundance Online Film Festival

With the help of Adobe video products, Sundance Online Film Festival brings the annual Park City, UT Sundance Film Festival to millions via the Internet.

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UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts

UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts

High school students gain college experience with Adobe® video and design software.

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USC School of Cinema-Television

By focusing on visuals and sound to create compelling stories, students at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinema-Television use the Adobe Video Collection to achieve their creative visions.

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Vision FilmWorks

Independent filmmaker sheds light on Kosovo in feature film documentary produced using Adobe Production Studio software.

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When Do We Eat

When Do We Eat?

Using the Adobe Video Collection, Cinergy Creative produced extensive visual effects for this independent feature in HD resolution while staying within a tight budget.

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