Peachpit Announces Free Online Resource Center for Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 And New Line of CS5 Books and Videos

Berkeley, CA April 21, 2010 Peachpit announced today the launch of an Adobe® Creative Suite® 5: online resource center and the publication of new books and videos designed to enable readers to get the most out of the powerful features of CS5, Adobe’s latest software release. The resource center, books, and videos are aimed at all levels of users and cover all that’s new in CS5, including Adobe® Photoshop® CS5, Adobe® InDesign® CS5, Adobe® Illustrator® CS5, Adobe® Flash® Catalyst™ CS5, and more.

The new Creative Suite 5 online resource center offers complimentary excerpts, video tutorials, detailed book descriptions (with pricing and availability), and articles from CS5 experts, including Matt Kloskowski, RC Concepcion, and Richard Harrington.

New Peachpit titles include: Professional Portrait Retouching with Adobe Photoshop CS5, by Scott Kelby;: The Zen of Illustrator, by Sharon Steuer; and: Animation with Adobe Flash Professional CS5 Studio Techniques, by Chris Georgenes. In addition, the critically acclaimed: Learn by Video series from Adobe Press and video2brain will be expanded to include 9 titles, covering Flash Catalyst, Illustrator, InDesign, and more. The first titles from Peachpit are scheduled to ship on May 17, closely following the ship date of the new CS5 software.

Peachpit’s CS5 lineup of books and videos currently features nearly 50 titles, including the bestselling: Classroom in a Book series, officially backed by Adobe, and theVisual QuickStart Guide series Peachpit’s classic task-based series which has been a market leader for over 15 years and has sold more than 12 million copies.

For CS5 users who can’t wait for the printed book, 15 titles will be available as Rough Cuts through Creative Edge, including: Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 Classroom in a Book,: Dreamweaver CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide and: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book. Available as a benefit to subscribers of Creative Edge, Rough Cuts provide access to an author’s developing manuscript before the final product is published and are regularly updated as new material becomes available. To learn more about Creative Edge, go to: www.creativeedge.com.

About Peachpit

Peachpit has been publishing the industry’s best-selling books on the latest in graphic design, new media, Web design and development, digital video, digital lifestyle, and all-things Mac-related since 1986. Its award-winning books feature authors who are at the top of their field, pioneering new techniques and new approaches. Peachpit is part of Pearson (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Pearson’s primary operations also include the: Financial Times Group and the: Penguin Group. Learn more at: www.peachpit.com and: www.pearson.com.