*adobe creative suite* - -KINGDOM OF JOGA-

(final release on ‘7 may 2012’)

*replaced by ‘adobe creative cloud’*

*OFFICIAL LINK*

*LIST OF APPLICATIONS*

“ADOBE PREMIERE PRO”

“ADOBE ACROBAT”

“ADOBE PHOTO-SHOP”

“ADOBE FLASH”

“ADOBE DREAM-WEAVER”

*’adobe creative suite’ (CS) is a ‘software suite’ of (‘graphic design’ / ‘video editing’ / ‘web development applications’) developed by ‘adobe systems’*

(each edition consists of several ‘adobe’ applications…)

‘photoshop’

‘acrobat’

‘InDesign’

‘premiere pro’

‘after effects’

‘illustrator’

(many of these applications are the ‘industry standard applications’ for many ‘graphic design positions’)

(the last version (‘adobe creative suite 6′ (CS6)) was launched at a release event on ’23 april 2012’ + released on ‘7 may 2012’)

(on ‘6 may 2013’, ‘adobe’ announced that ‘CS6’ would be the last version of the ‘creative suite’, and that future versions of their ‘creative software’ would only be available via their ‘adobe creative cloud’ subscription service)

(‘adobe’ also announced that it would continue to support ‘CS6’ and would provide ‘bug fixes’ + ‘security updates’ through the next major upgrades of both ‘mac’ + ‘windows’ operating systems (as of ‘2013’))

(the ‘creative suite packages’ were pulled from adobe’s ‘online store’, but still remain available via a section of their website)

(the following are brief descriptions of the core applications in the various ‘adobe creative suite’ editions)

(each edition may come with ‘all’ or ‘a subset’ of these apps)

*‘adobe acrobat’*
(‘creates’ / ‘edits’ / ‘manages’) documents in ‘portable document format’ (PDF))

*’adobe photoshop’*
(a ‘raster graphics editor’)

(a large portion of its features are geared towards ‘editing’ + ‘retouching’ digital photographs)

(however, it is also capable of…)

editing ‘digital video frames’

rendering ‘text’

‘3D modeling’

*developing contents for the ‘web’*

*’adobe premiere pro‘*
(a *real-time + timeline-based video editing app*)

(‘premiere’ is optimized for working on computers with more than one ‘CPU’, ‘graphic cards’, and ‘computer monitors’)

(its supports the contemporary ‘digital camera’ + ‘capture card’)

*’adobe flash professional’*
(a ‘multimedia authoring program’ used to create (‘web apps’ / ‘flash games’ / ‘films’ / ‘mobile widgets’) in the eponymous ‘adobe flash’ format)

(its features include a ‘scripting language’ called ‘ActionScript’ and ‘bi-directional streaming’ of ‘digital audio’ + ‘digital video’)

*’adobe dreamweaver’*
(an ‘HTML editor’ geared towards ‘professional web development’)

*‘adobe after effects’*
(a *digital ‘motion graphics’ + ‘compositing’ software’* published by ‘adobe systems’)

(it is often used in *film / video post-production*)

*‘adobe audition’*
(a ‘digital audio editor’)

(it has more ‘editing features’ than its sibling (‘adobe soundbooth’))

*’adobe bridge’*
(an ‘image organizer’ + ‘digital asset management app’)

(it features limited integration with other ‘adobe apps’ but has no ‘editing capabilities’ of its own)

*’adobe contribute’*
(an ‘HTML editor’ and a ‘content management system’)

(it allows a wide variety of people within an organization to update ‘web pages’)

*’adobe device central*’
(helps ‘preview’ + ‘test’ (‘web pages’ / ‘raster image’ / ‘digital video content’) for ‘mobile devices’)

*’adobe dynamic link’*’
(integrates ‘after effects’ with ‘premiere pro’ + ‘encore’, allowing files to be transferred between the 2 without ‘re-rendering’)

*’adobe encore’*
(a ‘specialized transcoding app’)

(it converts the output of ‘adobe premiere’ + ‘adobe after effects’ to a format suitable for ‘DVD’ + ‘blu-ray’ players)

(files are automatically transcoded to ‘MPEG-2’ or ‘H.264’ / ‘MPEG-4’ AVC video + ‘dolby digital’ audio)

(‘DVD’ + ‘blu-ray’ menus can be ‘created’ + ‘edited’ in ‘adobe photoshop’ using ‘layering techniques’)

*’adobe fireworks’*
(a ‘raster graphics editor’ for ‘web designers’)

(it can create ‘interactive contents’)

(.e.g. -‘ ‘buttons’ that ‘change shape’ when the ‘mouse cursor’ is hovered on’ / ‘animations’)

‘*adobe flash builder’*
(formerly ‘adobe flex builder’)

(an ‘integrated development environment’ (aka ‘IDE’) built on the ‘eclipse platform’ meant for developing ‘rich internet applications’ (aka ‘RIA’) + ‘cross-platform desktop applications’ in the ‘adobe flash format’)

*’adobe illustrator’*

(a ‘vector graphics editor’ geared towards ‘print publications’)

‘adobe indesign’

(a ‘desktop publishing application’)

*OFFICIAL LINK*

*’adobe media encoder’*

(a ‘general-purpose transcoding app’)

*’adobe version cue’*

(a ‘revision control system’ for maintaining multiple revisions of works among ‘teams’)

*’adobe OnLocation’*

(a ‘direct-to-disk’ recording + monitoring software)

*’adobe prelude’*

(a tool for (‘importing’ (or ‘ingesting’) / ‘reviewing’ / ‘logging’) tapeless media feeds – -as well as their ‘file formats’ — as ‘input’)

*’adobe SpeedGrade’*

(a ‘color grading app’ that integrates with ‘adobe premiere’)

*‘DISCONTINUED APPS’*
*6 APPS*
(as of ’11 september 2019′)

*’adobe flash catalyst’*

(an ‘interaction design tool’ that allow users to transform (‘adobe photoshop’ / ‘llustrator’ / ‘fireworks’) artwork into interactive ‘adobe flash projects’ without writing ‘code’)

(‘flash catalyst’ was discontinued in ‘2012’ (‘vCS 5.5’) + not included in ‘vCS 6’)

*’adobe GoLive’*

(a discontinued HTML editor geared towards ‘professional web development’)

(it was discontinued in favor of ‘adobe dreamweaver’)

*’adobe sound-booth’*

*a ‘digital audio editor’*

(discontinued in ‘2011’)

(its features were integrated into ‘adobe audition’)
(which is a much more ‘capable’ digital audio editor’)

‘adobe ImageReady’

(a discontinued ‘raster graphics editor’ for ‘web designers’)

(it was discontinued in favor of ‘fireworks’)

*’adobe story’*
(discontinued on ’23 january 2018′)

(a ‘screenwriting’ / ‘production scheduling’ / ‘reporting app’)

*’adobe ultra’*
(a discontinued ‘chroma key compositing app’)

(it removes the ‘background’ of video usually recorded on a (‘blue’ / ‘green’) screen and combines it with another ‘video background’)

(‘adobe ultra’ is only available via the ‘CS3 package’)

(it was later incorporated into ‘adobe premiere elements’ + ‘adobe visual communicator’)

(later versions of ‘adobe premiere pro’ + ‘adobe after effects’ have built-in chroma key compositing features)

(‘applications’ in the ‘creative suite family’ were capable of accessing a ‘stock photography service’ called ‘adobe stock photos’ before the service was discontinued in ‘2008’)

(in ‘2015’, after acquiring microstock company ‘fotolia’, ‘adobe’ once again launched a stock photography service called ‘adobe stock’ along with its ‘creative cloud’ service)