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“Astro” Is The Codename For Flash 10

charles — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:55:56 +0000

Ajaxian.com features a look at the prerelease of the new version of Flash. Code named “astro”, the new Flash offers a new drawing API, advanced text layout, and 3D effects.

Here’s a YouTube video of the astro in action. I love the retro-space graphics!

Two versions of Photoshop coming soon

charles — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:08:10 +0000

According to the official Adobe site, there will be two versions of Photoshop CS3.

Photoshop CS3 is for print, web design and other 2D imaging projects.

Photoshop CS3 Extended has additional features designed for film editors, architects, and other users who deal with 3D imaging and video.

More details will be announced by Adobe at the big C3 unveiling on March 27.

Adobe Apollo in action

charles — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:35:21 +0000

Here is video explaining the uses for Adobe’s Apollo web applications and shows Apollo in action. It is about 13 minutes long, but worth watching.

Adobe asks “What’s in the box?”

charles — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:07:05 +0000

According to The Apple Insider, the new version of Adobe Creative suite, or CS3, now has an official launch date of March 27.

To promote the new suite, Adobe has posted this video on YouTube. A glowing cube is passed around by users in the video, representing the creative energy and flexibility of Adobe’s new software.

The Apple Insider also reports that there will be six versions of the the suite, offered at different prices and combinations of programs.

I know this will reveal my geek nature, but I think the glowing cube in the Adobe video does bear an unsettling resemblance to a dangerously radioactive alien buoy in the Star Trek episode The Corbomite Maneuver, featured in the preview below.

Let’s hope that the new version of Creative Suite is more friendly to designers than the glowing space cube was to the USS Enterprise.

Another disturbing take on the Adobe commercial is the slogan “What’s in the box?”. I’m sure they didn’t mean to make this comparison, but every time I hear “What’s in the box?”, I think of a gut-wrenching scene in the movie Seven.

Killer space cubes and references to gloomy David Fincher films aside, I am still happy that CS3 is almost here and how Adobe kept Fireworks around after buying out Macromedia.

Adobe brings the web to the desktop…and Photoshop to the web

charles — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:48:21 +0000

Read/WriteWeb features coverage of the Engage event hosted by Adobe Systems, introducing the Apollo web application platform. According to the entry, Apollo mixes Flash, Flex, Actionscript, and XML to create Rich Internet Applications, or RIAs.

Another entry on Read/WriteWeb features more in-depth coverage of the Apollo introduction, including screenshots of Apollo applications in action.

PC World’s blog reports on the news the upcoming web-based version of Adobe Photoshop and what web-based applications might be on the the horizon.