According to an Adobe press release, on April 23rd, "Shantanu Narayen, chief executive officer, Adobe, and David Wadhwani, senior vice president, Digital Media Business, Adobe, will host a launch event and press conference to announce how the company is reinventing creative software with the first release of Adobe Creative Cloud and the new Creative Suite 6."

Seriously, "reinventing creative software"? It's a product upgrade for heaven's sake. Save the hype for the actual product Adobe.

Still no date for the actual availability of either product but a 4 to 6 week lag time between announcement and launch isn't unheard of.

Responsive design is all the buzz these days and Adobe has jumped on the bandwagon with Dreamweaver CS6. John Jack has just posted a preview of the feature on the Adobe Blogs. Check out the Sneak Peak here…  But remember the presenter, Greg Rewis can make anything seem effortless. We'll have to wait to see how well this new feature will behave in the wild .

Adobe has announced that users who purchase Creative Suite CS5.5 between March 26 and May 6, 2012 will receive a free upgrade to the equivalent Creative Suite 6 product when it ships. The offer is valid for commercial, education, government, and volume licensing customers. Please see the FAQ for complete details.

If you have questions about the offer, contact Adobe Special Offers.

Adobe Labs

On March 22, Adobe publicly announced Adobe® Photoshop® CS6 beta is available as a free download from Adobe Labs. Please encourage your customers to download the beta, try out the experience and provide feedback to the product team.

Availability

The Photoshop CS6 beta is available immediately in English and Japanese. For information on how to install Photoshop CS6 beta visit Adobe.com. Customers can submit feedback via the Photoshop CS6 beta forum.