Thanks to Adobe's continued refinement of Photoshop, it looks like the program will retain its leadership position as the essential image-editing tool for graphics professionals.
Adobe CS3 Production Premium is ideal if you handle a mix of design, animation and editing tasks for video, the Web, and mobile gadgets.
Print and Web designers who don't need support for film work will find enhanced integration throughout these updates to InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, and more.
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Both Pages 2 and Keynote 3 up the ante, moving each application, and the iWork suite as a whole, a little bit closer to industrial strength.
Macromedia aims to jazz up Web-based animations, videos and mobile content while better integrating the five apps in its updated suite.
PIXL provides a decent suite of image editing tools for beginners wanting to spice up their photos and Web designers looking for an affordable imaging solution. Read our Australian review.
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While StarOffice is suitable for students and home users, its poor Microsoft compatibility limits its business uses.
Adobe's Media Player is an excellent application that is beautifully designed and easy to use. Shame about the currently available content.
The organization behind OpenOffice on Wednesday released a trial version of one of the first major updates to the free open-source office software. A beta release of version 1.1 of OpenOffice is available now from OpenOffice.org.
Microsoft is aiming higher with the new version of FrontPage, which will be launched later this year and sold as a standalone product.
Current WordPerfect customers should certainly upgrade to Office 11.0. But SOHO users won't need some of the functionality.
With its streamlined tools, enhanced nondestructive editing capabilities, and better performance, Adobe Photoshop CS3 will look very attractive to almost any user.
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