Adobe has announced version 5.5 of it’s Creative Suite which includes updates for several of the programs NOT including photoshop. The headlines are a new subscription service for those who cannot afford the up-front price of the CS applications , and also native RED file support in Premiere Pro! Now that’s a great workflow improvement for RED One and Epic shooters. They have also released an SDK to developers for a new system to integrate tablets like the iPad into CS apps. For example using an iPad as the menu system for photoshop. This has huge potential as well!
An interesting feature of the subscription service is that you can purchase it just for one month at a time. So if you have just a one off project you can pay just one month when you need it! Monthly prices will be slightly more than 12 month subscriptions, but 12 month subscriptions require the 12 month commitment.