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Adobe’s First Full-Blown Flash Player for Smartphones Announced, No iPhone

Adobe Systems has announced that its first full-blown multimedia Flash player aimed at smartphones will be released by the end of the year, yet Apple remains steadfast in its opposition against the media player making its way to the iPhone.

Adobe is claiming that Google, Microsoft, Palm and Nokia will all be releasing either platforms, or [...]

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Now Shipping, Flash 10 Released

Adobe has finally announced that its new Creative Suite 4 bundles of software have now begun shipping, or available for direct download. Alongside the vast improvements to Adobe’s flagship products, the ubiquitous Flash player has been upgraded to version 10.

New in Adobe CS4 is an improved version of Photoshop CS4, which gained some additional Mac [...]

If Apple’s iPhone Gets Flash, It Better Have An “OFF” Setting

Adobe’s Flash has been a heavily debated topic of discussion amongst Apple and iPhone users alike. While some users demand the ability to view flash content on the iPhone, open standards advocates think it’s a step in the completely wrong direction. Apple has maintained its firm stance on keeping Flash off of their platform, and [...]

Photoshop CS4 Adds Support For Current Multi-Touch Trackpads

Adobe unveiled their much anticipated Creative Suite 4 series of applications yesterday. Of note was a new and improved version of Photoshop CS4, which gained some additional Mac support, as well as some much needed improvements.

Contrary to some other applications within the CS4 suite, Photoshop actually has been improved. Even though there were some interface [...]

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Available, Photoshop Gets A Boost

Adobe has unveiled Creative Suite 4, its latest software packages aimed at creative and production professionals. Many details have emerged and the entire creative suite is available via Adobe’s online store.

Back on September 3rd, we gave you a Sneak Peak at Adobe’s CS4, as well as a video interview with John Nack (Adobe Photoshop’s [...]

Feature: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Sneak Peak on September 23; Video: John Nack Interview

On September 23, 2008 Adobe will be offering a sneak peak of its flagship product, Creative Suite 4. Users can signup for a webcast, which will feature the new applications being used, as well as showcase new enhancements and “major improvements” to Adobe’s popular application suite.

In May, Adobe made three betas available for download, DreamWeaver, [...]

[video] Photoshop CS4 Interface (Adobe says not mandatory to use)

A few weeks ago, I read John Nack’s personal blog discussing Adobe’s intentions to release CS4, along with a new and “improved?” interface.

“We’ve been working hard to make the interfaces of the various apps more consistent. Because the Adobe Fireworks and Dreamweaver betas are available on Adobe Labs, you can now see some of [...]

Is Flash on the iPhone a dead end?

While Adobe’s Flash animation/video player is still not supported by the iPhone, rendering many sites unreadable, it has been a feature that people have expressed great interest in. Yet up until now, Steve Jobs has been critical of supporting a mobile version of Flash, suggesting that it wouldn’t be powerful enough for the iPhone.
However, [...]

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 still smells like Windows.

Adobe takes great pride in the Creative Suite applications they produce and sell. Targeting all creative and production professionals, Adobe’s applications are an industry standard, as well as heavily relied upon work-flow staples. A full list of the applications that Adobe sells can be found here. Adobe sells all of these applications as bundles they [...]

[update] Adobe CS4 right around the corner.

Three new betas from Adobe have been released and made available for download including Dreamweaver (web-design software), Fireworks (web-optimization software), and Soundbooth (audio-production software). Although the next version of Photoshop (photo-editing software) has not been made available for download, enhancements such as taking advantage of hardware it hasn’t tapped before: graphics cards and physics processors, [...]