It’s GiveAway Time – Win Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended.

by Josh on July 20, 2008 · Comments

The giveaway is now closed. The winner will be announce Monday July 28th! Thanks for entering and be on the lookout for more contest coming up soon!

This is the 500th post here at SolidSmack and what better way to celebrate than giving away an expensive piece of software that will make you so productive you will probably start shaking and fall to your knees… in a happy, unpainful way.

I’ve been using Acrobat 8.0 with all the 3D features added to that version. I’ve been thoroughly impressed. It’s simply provided one of the best collaboration experiences I’ve had with clients and vendors.

After looking inside the new version of Acrobat and Acrobat.com I knew I had to provide an opportunity for you to get a copy of your own. So let the fun begin. The giveaway is super easy to enter. Here’s what’s included and how to win your copy of Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended.


Acrobat 9 Pro Extended includes:

  • Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES
  • Adobe Presenter
  • Adobe 3D Reviewer
  • Adobe 3D Capture Utility for UNIX®

This is the top of the line version that includes all the Adobe Acrobat software ever devised by the Acrobat team plus all the great 3D capabilities.
Value: $699.00 US

The overview on the Adobe Acrobat site is stupendous, so be sure to check out all the new features in Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended. Here’s the quick run-down of the new things you’ll see including some amazing new capabilities for 3D data.

Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Extended NEW features
Seriously? Video in a PDF? Yes. Maps in a PDF? Yes. All of your project files consolidated into on single, customized PDF Portfolio? Heck YEAH.

  • Create interactive, on-demand presentations
  • Easily insert and share video in PDF
  • Create PDF maps
  • Work with Acrobat.com
  • Unify documents, drawings, media and 3D into a PDF Portfolio
  • Use professionally designed templates
  • secure PDF documents with 256-bit encryption
  • Easily review video
  • Track, modify and end reviews
  • Synchronize document views
  • Easily create and manage electronic forms
  • Compare PDF documents
  • Verify compliance with PDF standards

New feature for 3D data
The 3D capabilities are available ONLY in the Extended Version. You can see the version comparison here.

  • Convert virtually any CAD file to a PDF document using templates
  • Combine heterogeneous CAD data in one assembly
  • Measure and cross-section on precise geometry
  • Perform physical properties calculations
  • Repurpose CAD design data to publish richer technical documentation
  • Generate mold parting lines and analyze draft angles quickly

Here’s how to win
In order to win, simply enter a comment in this post! In your comment, please tell me your how you would use video in a PDF. For two extra entries, subscribe to SolidSmack feed by either RSS or by email, and email me the secret code you see at the bottom of all the posts (see note below if you want further explanation). You don’t have to be a new subscriber to get a second entry – just email me the code! To get a third entry, post about this giveaway on your blog, and let me know about it.

That’s it! This is open to anyone since I’ll ship it worldwide. You don’t need a blog to enter, but make sure you provide a valid email address with your entry. Go for it!

This contest will be open until Friday, July 25 at midnight Central Standard Time.

Note: Here’s an explanation about the whole “secret code” thing, for future reference: If you’re a subscriber, you’ll most likely read SolidSmack from your RSS reader, or straight from your e-mail inbox (depending on how you subscribed). At the very bottom of each post, there will be a footer with some additional information privy only to subscribers. For example, right now there a copyright notice, links and – the giveaway code. In your reader, it should look something like this: !!!!SecretCode!!!! – _______

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Comments
  • melvynm
    Count me in! Wow what a prize! I'm a freelance technical writer and I write a lot of support documentation. Being able to insert a video showing part or all of a procedure for field support engineers sounds like a really good way forward.
    Additionally, I produce descriptive documentation explaining systems and their internal flows. A flash movie animating these would really draw attention and set my productions apart.
  • Federico Cantoni
    Would use video in PDF to add 3D overviwe of projects in documentation submitted to clients.
    Anyway, I've never used those advanced PDF features, so maybe could come up with something else after a few practice...
  • We are one step away from interactive teaching! I could use it for adding text information next to how to video.
  • Jeff Kuchta
    We use PDF's of CAD drawings mainly for legacy archiving. Sometimes to communicate with vendors. however...Video in PDF... now that could bring yet another way for us (designers) to communicate our 'design intent' to our shop floor (fabricators, assemblers, etc. Gets us away from bad interpretations of drawings, etc. Would be great for vendors too.
  • We use PDF for just about everything outside the designer's cube. Video in PDF would be so cool to show assembly order to the shop floor. Or sales brochures
  • John D.
    We would use video in PDF's to demonstrate the use of our gages and assembly procedures of our gages.
  • Michael M
    I am constantly writing installation instructions and other PDF documents for the designs I do. Being able to show of video of how it works would save me several pages of explanation and a lot of time.
  • As an Instructor for a Technical school, using video in PDF would help our students as they enter the field of Design. From the High School students to the most advanced students, every edge we can give them will benefit our community.
  • Video in a PDF? I'd use it to embed fly-arounds, explode steps, and simulations of stuff I've designed in SolidWorks. Mostly it'd be off-planet stuff like a lunar mining machine or a spacecraft life support system.
  • Video in a PDF? I'd use it to embed fly-arounds, explode steps, and simulations of stuff I design in SolidWorks. It'd mostly consist of off-planet stuff like lunar mining machines and spacecraft life support systems.
  • whagen
    This sounds like a winner, it would be great for making work instructions on how to put equipment together
  • wulfheir
    I'd embed a video of my cnc router running as part of a marketing package.
  • Jon Bravard
    The ability to demonstrate our products and have a client see it in action would be a great tool for sales.
    The added plus of being able to show the factory floor how to assemble something is an easy bonus.
  • Karen B
    Our maintenance manuals could be greatly simplified with a video clip as well as making us look high tech. Every little bit helps in a tight market!
  • We use pdf for archives at work. But I would use it for showing animations for traing and maintenance manuals.
  • JABIRNER
    COOL SOFTWARE!!!! i WOULD USE VIDEO TO SHOW PARTS OF THE SOLIDWORKS MODEL, TO USE AS TRAINING TOOLS FOR NEW HIRES AND FOR UPDATE TRAINING
  • DanO518
    SOLID-ACROBAT-SMACK I would use the 3d and animation capablities to convey our designs quickly to our clients. We could quickly show why a part needs to be molded a particular way, with Acrobat v9 we would get a lot more "OH I get it" s from out clients.
  • Mark Kaiser
    PDF video? It depends on how easy it is for others to view. If it's like any other pdf, it'd be awesome. I'd use it for showing vendors new parts, quote requests, I've made an instructional/informational DVD, I imagine I could PDF that also! Sign me up!
  • Jason
    Videos in PDFs...animations of the model would be cool....maybe photo render fly-thru....or perhaps how to assembly the darn thing. Better yet.....maybe I could send grandma a pdf video of the grandkids.
  • Brice
    I work at a research and design firm, and frequently am required to present design concepts and ideas that are often far too complicated to visualize with a 2D drawing. In the research world you live or die based on how well you are able to collaborate and communicate with your peers.

    E-Drawings has been an invaluable tool to circumvent the limitations of designing in a 3D world but presenting the ideas to a 2D audience; however, it is a specialized software that many people do not have or are unwilling to install.

    Adobe, with the recent implementation of the 3D model viewer embedded in their software, has drastically made my life easier because I can send part designs to the entire project team knowing that they will be able to view the file with software they already have on their PC.

    The addition of PDF video is huge. Imagine sending a relatively small file that anyone will be able to open with little to no difficulty containing a video where you are able to precisely control what information you want to present. Relevent features and design decisions can be featured by the designer, outlining what is most important in the part. It would be the closest thing to standing over the shoulder of the designer while they discuss the part as you can get.

    The portfolio is an added perk which will allow for very high levels of professionalism when communicating with other companies or contracters, and would greatly simplify keeping track of complicated designs with large numbers of parts and features. I can imagine this being very handy for giving the design to a build team with a single document containing detailed 2D drawings, easy to manipulate 3D models, and static documents such as bill of materials and comments.

    So yes, I'm fairly excited about the opportunities presented by this software!
  • Ivan
    Peaceful stuff Josh... I would use video to show walk-throughs and fly-bys of art and architectural projects, as well as simulations, explodes, etc. This gives clients the clear understanding of processes, work flows, you name it. Huge tool!!!
  • bvrclvr24
    I would use video in a PDF portfolio to put together the business proposal I've had on the back-burner for almost a year now. This would be the perfect utility set to create the proposal - The company would be built around closely integrated hardware and software.
  • Wow, video in a PDF would be a great way to show assembly details in instruction manuals. I've developed several installation manuals for custom automotive products and it's difficult to clearly show installation details with only pictures and text descriptions. Video clips would enable actually demonstrating the operation rather than just describing it.
  • mingsish
    I would use it to circulate videos of drunken caroling from last years Christmas party.
  • iQ
    I sat in a discussion group meeting at SolidWorks World on EDrawings. The question was brought up on how was the usage of this software going in the community. It was posed to me and I stated, “the software runs great but I was having difficulty getting this as an accepted software in some corporate ran engineering departments due to IT approving requirements at these locations.” They would filter many filetypes so no file from unaccepted software would be allowed for use in one of their corporate locations. We could not even send them an EDrawings file (this was with the embedded EDrawings, their computers would not access them and the file was moved to a quarantined location. I told the group that I could get a PDF file into the company. If they could just embed the capabilities of EDrawings into a PDF file. Now this was quite a few years ago now. It is amazing how these little items come true.

    I also would like to get more paperless. And one of the items that I look forward to is the paperless assembly document that is a movie or animation. This capability in a PDF file is just the item that I am looking forward to.
  • chudson1226
    Rock on! Sign me up!

    At my company, we produce a large number of documents. Most of these are static images with text out the proverbial, and not-so-proverbial whazoo. All this text has to be translated into dozens of languages because we ship products worldwide.

    With video we can make a more informative document without any translation.

    Thanks!
  • mbacon
    We use Acrobat every day to post our documentation online for others to download and print. It saves us from having to send all of the associated SolidWorks files via the internet when all a customer or engineer needs is a few dimensions off of the technical drawings. With video, we could have fantastic presentations that would help make our products even that much more understandable. Most important when you're dealing with a manufacturer that doesn't speak your language well. It would also be a fantastic sales tool when we launch a new product. Our marketing department would go crazy with a tool like video embedded .pdf file! The possibilities are endless. I'd love to be able to have a go at that!!!
  • LWK
    I have been sooo considering going off on my own -full time.
    The initial cost of buy in for all this software adds up fast.

    This would be a nice addition to SW for a small, one man start up!
  • Wow this a great giveaway, I haven't try any video emdedded before. It should be fun!
  • jnpeter
    Videos of exploded views embedded in a PDF would make it so much easier to describe an a assembly.
  • TX80
    I would use video to update my coworkers and superiors of my work progress.
  • I would use video to reduce my carbon footprint, and reduce global warming, save polar bears, get rid of harmful NOx gases, build a refuge for pandas and penguins, freeze the thawing ice caps, rebuild the ozone layer, bring back the do-do bird, and U.S. americans like such as...

    Or I might do something useful like make a video of the latest CAD project I'm working on.
  • Gwen L
    Wow! I could distribute PDF sewing patterns that include video instructions for assembling the pieces.
  • Tammy Kennedy
    I really want to win this for my 12 and 16 year old. They take online class's and they are in advanced class's at school. My son was voted student of the year for his work at school with their video news show and programs. They are always complaining about my pc not having the correct programs to do their homework assignments. So the video would be one of the projects required by my children's teachers.
    I know they would use the program so much and with this their assignments would be a top notch.
    My children strive for better grades and are maintaining a 4.0 and 3.65 with the coming school year approaching their school work will be even more demanding. So winning this will not only do one video on PDF but many for maybe years to come with what they will learn form this program.
  • jeffreymehr
    Our field engineers are constantly asking for better visuals demonstrating our maintenance procedures. Video would really enhance our products!
  • scubapop1
    use it to amuse people andme also
  • Tina hartley
    Every-one in my house would and could use this everyday
  • jkrisken
    I could use this to easily send my massive family all of the kids home made movies.
  • Dave K
    A 3D overview of design specs or a requirements document's swimlanes presented with moving graphics, or video, would be a tremendous tool!
  • weblynx
    I would love to use this for training on embedded videos
  • Ruth C.
    I'd use it to document CosmosWorks stress simulations.
  • Dena Oliphint
    I did not know that it was even possible (video in a PDF). WOW! I could use this on projects for my nephews motocross racing (which he will be turning pro at the end of the month). Would love to give it a shot. What a great contest!
  • Pamela White
    I would use this program to make interactive displays. I would love to import pictures and images to our presentations.
  • Babalu
    I would use it to compilate a movie with the family members that have passed away, and distribute it to the cousins.
  • sweetsue
    Oh my gosh! I wanted to take this class for the fall semester, but can't afford this. I would use it to learn on.
  • James
    This is a wonderful software
  • peggy1116
    I would use Video in a PDF in a project for a class to teach "how to's" I would be so much easier teaching if the students could see a project from start to finish. I give Video in PDF the WOW factor!! Please count me in to win
  • Chris
    Awesome!
  • I will use it for learning. The truth is I have no idea with this and Im planning to study it by myself.

    Afterwards, when I know how to use it, I'll make some video tutorials :)
  • tinkmh
    I have to transfer art from Graphic Designers to neg format, this would make my life so much easier!! I'll send you cookies!!!
  • Like many of the comments, I spend as much time explaining how to download and use eDrawing as I do trying to get people to accept my designs. Now I have the choice, make a video on how to use eDrawing Or make a video of my project!!!!
  • craigsink
    It seems as if many customers will only look at files you send them if its something familiar, and for many eDrawings is not. Soooo......unless they can "click & look" they just ignore what I send them. I'd use video to demonstrate installation and/or procedures in new software. Also I could record some video of my screen while interrogating an assembly and send that to them as well.

    As CAD Manager I would also use this for training videos or "tech support" help. It seems like creating videos accessible to everyone without being bloated can be finicky. Buried in PDF sounds like a breeze.
  • Charles Culp
    I would use it to interact in 3D with everyone. Customers, our machine shop downstairs, everyone needs 3D.
  • Geez, I'm late in the game. But PDF is definitely the most useful in terms of collaboration with people, especially those outside your organization.

    Now as far as video, geez, the possibilities are endless. For one, I could thing of assembly instructions, for the manufacturing plant, or even the end customer. These of course could be animations created in SolidWorks or some other program, or raw video shot by corporate. Currently work at a place that designs car shredder plants. These are huge, complicated plant installations, and no doubt, plant layouts with general assembly videos and installation videos would be a HUGE benefit. Good stuff. I know for sure if I got my grubby little hands on this, I'd be able to whip something up to so its usefulness to the big wigs where I currently work to convince them to invest in it company wide. You listening, Adobe?
  • solidworm
    i would create an interactive \ documentation for each part i send to the machine shop and let them extract the model from the pdf file.
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