Welcome to the latest Pugh Computers Newsletter

1. FREE Pugh/ Adobe eLearning Seminar, Cardiff
2. New Corel Paint Shop Pro X2
3. CodeGear by Borland
4. Autodesk release AliasStudio to Education
5. Quark 4 for 1 offer
6. New Audition 3
7. New Autodesk Maya 2008

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FREE Pugh/ Adobe eLearning Seminar

Would you like to learn more about eLearning, Web conferencing and content creation?

Join us at our FREE seminar, showcasing Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional and new Captivate 3. Learn how to create online SCORM compliant training material in minutes rather than days with little or no technical knowledge. Hold live on-line training and meetings, and record for anytime viewing. Increase training effectiveness by integrating Captivate 3 simulations.

For further information and registration visit www.pugh.co.uk/events or call 01974 200 219

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New Corel Paint Shop Pro X2

The easiest way to get professional-looking photos fast

Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo X2 Education Edition is the photo editor that grows with your skills. It's filled with easy automatic photo fixes and precision editing tools to fix brightness, colour and photo flaws, hundreds of special effects, and a built in Learning Centre that's like having a digital imaging instructor on the desktop. Plus, there's the all-new, one-of-a-kind Express Lab to help quickly view and fix dozens of photos in the time it used to take to edit a few.

Learn more about this new product at www.pugh.co.uk/products/corel


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CodeGear by Borland

Pugh appointed CodeGear Master Education Reseller

We are pleased to announce our appointment as CodeGear's Master Education Reseller for the UK. CodeGear, a subsidiary of Borland, is totally dedicated to delivering innovative, high productivity development tools to a wide spectrum of software developers. Current portfolio of development tools include JBuilder 2007, Delphi 2007 and C++ Builder 2007, and its forthcoming product launch roadmap includes JGear, Ruby IDE and the recently announced RAD Studio 2007

CodeGear™ RAD Studio 2007 combines Delphi, Delphi for .NET, and C++ Builder in one environment for rapidly developing Windows and .NET 2.0 applications on and for Windows 2000, XP, and Vista. You get all the tools you need to create AJAX powered web pages using ASP.NET 2.0 and VCL for the Web and database applications with local database connectivity. And deploy your applications, with no additional charges, on the Windows platform or your choice.

For further product information and /or pricing visit www.pugh.co.uk/products/codegear

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Autodesk release AliasStudio to Education

Autodesk® AliasStudio™ product line optimises the design process with industry-leading sketching, modeling, and visualization tools that quickly bring ideas to reality in a single environment and in less time.

Autodesk Studio 2008 software provides advanced features for precision surfacing, with powerful conceptual modelling and rendering tools from concept design to production surfaces.

Autodesk AutoStudio 2008 software, the industry-standard for automotive design and styling, is a comprehensive solution for the entire shape definition process, from concept sketches to Class-A surfacing.

Autodesk AliasStudio also has a set of companion products, offering a complete suite of industrial design and visualisation tools.

Autodesk ImageStudio 2008 - Clearly capture and convey design intent by easily transforming 3D models into sophisticated rendered imagery without extensive rendering expertise.

Autodesk PortfolioWall 2008 provides easy-to-use presentation and organisational tools that help users make design assets more accessible - for collaboration, review, iteration, or inspiration.

Autodesk Showcase 2008 - Facilitate informed decision-making using realistic imagery from 3D design data, and an environment in which to present and review designs

Autodesk Showcase Professional 2008 software addresses the content creation and presentation needs of visualization specialists. It includes all of the Showcase technology plus additional tools to automate the visualization workflow, enhanced content and presentation authoring, and support for high-end visualization environments.

For more product information and/or pricing visit www.pugh.co.uk/products/autodesk

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Quark 4 for 1 offer

Limited time offer exclusive to Pugh!*

Don't miss out on this limited time offer exclusive to Pugh, and get FOUR Quark products for price of ONE! This special offer combines all:
- QuarkXPress 7
- Print Collection
- Interactive Designer
- Xpert Tools

At a special price of only £84.26 (ex VAT)

*Offer applies to box product only, while stocks last.

To learn more about the products visit www.pugh.co.uk/products/quark or call 01974 200 201

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New Audition 3 - Shipping 29th October

Professional audio recording, mixing, editing, and mastering

Adobe® Audition® 3 software is the all-in-one solution for audio recording, mixing, editing, and mastering. Whether you are creating your own music, recording and mixing a project, producing a radio spot, cleaning up production audio for a movie, or editing a soundtrack for a business presentation, Adobe Audition 3 gives you the tools you need to sound your best.

Support for VSTi virtual instruments means you have even more flexibility in music creation, while new healing and phase restoration tools allow you to clean up and correct noises as well as phase problems in your recordings. Edit audio more effectively with enhanced editing tools such as new crossfade options, and work faster with improved multicore support and enhanced efficiency in the mixing engine.

For further product information visit www.pugh.co.uk/products/adobe

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New Autodesk Maya 2008

Autodesk® Maya® software is a powerful, integrated 3D modelling, animation, effects and rendering solution.

Maya Complete 2008 software is a comprehensive suite of 3D tools for modeling, animation and rendering within a single, production-proven workflow. Introducing considerable improvements and new features that include the ability to position objects along a curve, replace objects within a scene and convert instances to objects; faster, more accurate Viewport/ Hardware rendering; the API for hardware shaders; a mental ray 3.6 core and Vista support.

Maya Ultimate 2008 software includes all the functionality found in Autodesk Maya Complete and provides professional artists and animators with additional industry-leading innovations such as Maya Fluid Effects, Maya nCloth, Maya Hair, Maya Fur and Maya Live for the creation of superior digital content.

For further product information visit www.pugh.co.uk/products/autodesk

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