Adobe User Research

This will probably be of interest to fellow fellow Photoshop zealots. I received this invitation recently, which presents an invitation to all photography pros to provide feedback to Adobe about their software:

The Adobe Experience Design department is conducting exploratory research to learn about the technologies that photography professionals and enthusiasts are using for their workflows. We need your help to continue to grow and produce products that are what our customer demographics need and want.

This research study will be a conversation with the participant about their technology use and what they would like from products in the future to support their professions and hobbies. These conversations will take roughly 90 minutes to 2 hours and participants will be compensated for their time.

To determine qualification for this study, we have created a survey screener to help us quickly obtain information about your work and technology use. If you are interested in being reviewed for participation, please complete the survey located at the link below.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/phototech

Thanks!

Petra Uebel, User Research Recruiter

Adobe Systems, Inc.

I’m looking forward to the opportunity to tell the folks at Adobe the many things I love about Photoshop and Creative Suite, and those things that I feel could use improvement, such as the gradient tool. If you’d like to do the same, follow the link and join the conversation.

On a related note, trial downloads of CS5 Production Premium just became available. Downloading mine now… Click here for other trial versions.

Update:

I’m headed in to Adobe’s headquarters today to see them demo the new features of Photoshop CS5. I’ve been using it for a few days now, and I find the upgrade to be truly amazing… full of great new features, many of which I have yet to put to use. If you’re on the fence about whether to upgrade or not, I strongly suggest going for it.