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A vector-based
drawing program. Adobe Illustrator is the companion product of
Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop is primarily geared toward digital
photo manipulation and photorealistic styles of computer
illustration, while Illustrator provides superior results in the
typesetting and logo graphic areas of design. |
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A graphics pixel
based editor. It is the current and primary market leader for
commercial bitmap and image manipulation, and is the flagship
product of Adobe Systems. It has been described as "an
industry standard for graphics professionals" and was one of
the early "killer applications" on Macintosh. |
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a bitmap and vector
graphics editor originally developed by Macromedia, acquired
by Adobe in 2005. This software is aimed at web designers and
integrates easily with Dreamweaver and Flash. |
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A web
development application originally created by Macromedia,
acquired by Adobe in 2005. As a WYSIWYG editor,
Dreamweaver can hide the details of pages' HTML code from
the user, making it possible for non-coders to create web
pages and sites. |
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A set of multimedia
technologies formerly developed by Macromedia. Since its
introduction in 1996, Flash technology has become a popular
method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages;
Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements,
various web page components, to integrate video into web pages, and
more recently, to develop rich Internet applications. |
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A professional realtime,
timeline based video editing software application. Premiere Pro CS3
is available for both Windows and Mac OS (only Intel-based Macs are
supported), making it one of the few cross-platform NLEs (Non-linear
editors) available. Premiere and After Effects work closely together to
produce broadcast quality video and motion graphics. |
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a DVD authoring
software tool targeted at semi-professional video producers. Files are
automatically transcoded to MPEG-2 video and Dolby Digital audio. DVD
menus can be created and edited in Adobe Photoshop using special
layering techniques. With the new release, it will be sold along with Adobe
Premiere Pro CS3. |
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A digital motion
graphics and compositing software published by Adobe Systems. Its main
purpose is for film and video post-production. After Effects uses a system
of layers organized on a timeline to create composites from still images
and motion footage, such as video files. Properties such as position and
opacity can be controlled independently for each layer, and each layer can
have effects applied. After Effects is often described as the "Photoshop of
video", because its flexibility allows compositors to alter video in any way
they see fit, as Photoshop does for images. |
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