If you are in the market for some new design software then now is the time to buy it! Adobe is promoting a sweepstakes where you get the chance to win a copy of the Adobe Master collection if you buy the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Premium Edition before May 26th, 2008.

Design premium has everything a graphic designer would need, but who wouldn’t want a free copy of the master collection (Valued at $2,500)!

Design Premium Includes:

Adobe InDesign® CS3, Photoshop® CS3 Extended, Illustrator® CS3, Flash® CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver® CS3, Acrobat® 8 Professional, Bridge CS3, Version Cue® CS3, and Device Central CS3.

Also if you are a student check the rules to see if you can use your student discount to buy the Adobe Design Premium Collection and still be entered into the sweepstakes!

Sweepstakes Deadline: May 26th, 2008

The folks over at Sitepoint and the book’s sponsor 99designs are giving away a free download of an extensive e-book for designers for a limited time only! The book is called The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques, By Author Corrie Haffly and it is the ultimate Photoshop compendium for web and graphic designers. While mainly for beginners, the book does cover such a variety of topics that even more advanced users will find it useful.

What Will You Learn?

• Learn the basics of image sizing, layers, vector shapes, transparency, and more
• Automate your workflow with batch commands and actions
• Create seamless tiling backgrounds
• Work with text: style it, create special effects, and wrap it around 3D objects.
• Touch up and restore photographs, match colors, and combine different images
• Design an entire web site and easily switch between different versions
• Create animated GIFs, and much more!

Download The Book!

IF you are interested in downloading the free eBook simply go to the The Photoshop Anthology Home Page. Enjoy!

I am happy to announce the winner of the Page Flip Flash Component Giveaway sponsored by Flipping Book. Flipping Book offers a page flipping component by that provides for software page caching.

Winner – Jonathan Wilson

“Since my brother is deployed in Iraq, I would use the component to make him an online photo book full of memorable family images. The component also allows for video embedding, so I would add personalized support videos from his wife, our parents, and me. Once finished, it would serve as a way to help combat my brother’s homesickness and show our appreciation of his duties overseas.”

Congratulations to the winner of our Page Flip Flash Component Giveaway and be on the look out for more contests and great prizes only at You the Designer!