# Price: Free
# Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
# Date added: July 26, 2010
# Total Downloads: 41,518,298
# Downloads last week: 923,007
# Product Ranking: #1 in Download Managers
This simple freeware application works pretty well, given how basic the interface is. It has two main features: to download FLV files from YouTube, and to convert them to most major formats. If there's a YouTube URL in your clipboard, it will automatically paste it for you when you click on the dialog box. From there, just hit OK and the downloading will commence. One more left-click is all it takes to load the file in the converter, which supports iPhone, iPod, PSP, cell phone, AVI, MP3, WMV, and Xvid. Surprisingly, there's also a basic video editor for cropping videos by time stamp. You can also cut out the sound when converting.
This is one of the lightest editors around, but the simplistic interface belies its functionality and it performs exactly as advertised. We'd like to see support in future editions for hunting down missing codecs, and version 2.1.5 and earlier won't work because of embed code changes on YouTube itself. Still, the YouTube Downloader is proof that not only is video-making accessible to everyone, so is video downloading and editing.
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It's software that allows you to download videos from YouTube, including HD and HQ videos, and many others and convert them to other video formats. The program is easy to use, just specify the URL for the video you want to download and click the Ok. It also allows you to convert downloaded videos for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, XVid and MP3. Allows you to access YouTube videos for which you need to be 18+ years of age. Now, plays videos downloaded.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.5.7 fixes downloading videos from YouTube after the July 22 change to YouTube.com
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Trillian 5 beta for Windows is now here, looking good
We caught wind of a refresh to the Cerulean Studios' Trillian all-in-one IM app a month ago, and starting Monday, the refurbished Trillian 5 beta for Windows is open to all.
As promised, Trillian 5 beta (download) now integrates with LinkedIn and Foursquare social networking services (access this from the handy accounts ribbon on the buddy list), and it improves the behavior of Facebook and Twitter feeds. Foursquare users on Windows 7 computers will be able to check-in from Trillian 5 beta thanks to Windows 7's GPS support. In addition to reading feeds, you're able to set your status as well.
Using the social feeds wasn't as intuitive as we would have liked. You have to hover the cursor over the account listing and select the "pin" option from the context menu to get your feed to appear in the buddy list. You'll need to choose "share a message" to update your status.
We like being able to reorder the icons around the account ribbon on the top of the buddy list.
Trillian 5 sports a completely refashioned interface, from the buddy list to the chat windows, though some changes are subtle. You're now able to optionally disable toolbars to keep Trillian even lighter and leaner, and differentially resize separate areas of the buddy list. A "simple" view strips away avatars and friends' status updates to give you a condensed view of the buddy list. There's also a no-skin option for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users who choose the native glass border instead of either of the two of Trillian 5's skinning options (we vastly prefer Cobalt over Cordonata on Windows XP).
Though Trillian still took a fair amount of time to install, exiting and restarting the instant messaging client felt faster than previous builds, as promised. The company has also made efforts to streamline its registration process.
There is one more beta feature we'll all have to be patient to try out. Synchronizing chat history through your account so you can view it on any Trillian installation is one of the more-major features we anticipated. That one will appear in a subsequent beta build, along with a black theme, we're told.
Though we're saving our full judgment for the final release, we will say that this iteration is looking pretty good so far, minus a few usability quirks.
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As promised, Trillian 5 beta (download) now integrates with LinkedIn and Foursquare social networking services (access this from the handy accounts ribbon on the buddy list), and it improves the behavior of Facebook and Twitter feeds. Foursquare users on Windows 7 computers will be able to check-in from Trillian 5 beta thanks to Windows 7's GPS support. In addition to reading feeds, you're able to set your status as well.
Using the social feeds wasn't as intuitive as we would have liked. You have to hover the cursor over the account listing and select the "pin" option from the context menu to get your feed to appear in the buddy list. You'll need to choose "share a message" to update your status.
We like being able to reorder the icons around the account ribbon on the top of the buddy list.
Trillian 5 sports a completely refashioned interface, from the buddy list to the chat windows, though some changes are subtle. You're now able to optionally disable toolbars to keep Trillian even lighter and leaner, and differentially resize separate areas of the buddy list. A "simple" view strips away avatars and friends' status updates to give you a condensed view of the buddy list. There's also a no-skin option for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users who choose the native glass border instead of either of the two of Trillian 5's skinning options (we vastly prefer Cobalt over Cordonata on Windows XP).
Though Trillian still took a fair amount of time to install, exiting and restarting the instant messaging client felt faster than previous builds, as promised. The company has also made efforts to streamline its registration process.
There is one more beta feature we'll all have to be patient to try out. Synchronizing chat history through your account so you can view it on any Trillian installation is one of the more-major features we anticipated. That one will appear in a subsequent beta build, along with a black theme, we're told.
Though we're saving our full judgment for the final release, we will say that this iteration is looking pretty good so far, minus a few usability quirks.
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Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac
Itching to run even more software on that new MacBook Pro? With Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac whole new worlds open up to you as you will be able to install additional operating systems on your Intel based Mac and run them side-by-side with Mac OS X. With Parallels' award-winning virtualization wizardry, you can run Mac OS X and Windows at the same time 50% faster than before. You can even drag-and-drop files between desktops or open Windows files in your Mac application and Mac files in your Windows solutions.The Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac is a great value in that it comes with full versions of three great Windows products: Kaspersky Internet Security, Acronis True Image, and Acronis Disk Director Suite. Pretty much everything you will need to manage and secure that Windows partition from some top ranked software companies.
With the help of Parallels you will be able to able install Microsoft Windows on your Mac and make it into iWindows.
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Markzware Q2ID 4 MAC
#Preserves intellectual property investment# Enables easy data migration
# Eliminates time re-creating content
# Reduces costs re-creating content
# Freedom to choose your authoring system
# Supports Adobe InDesign CS4 & CS5
# Converts QuarkXPress v3.3 - v8.x
# Simple to install
# Quick & easy to use
# Swift return on investment
Q2ID (QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign) is an Adobe plug-in for InDesign. It provides a quick, easy and affordable method for you to migrate all your QuarkXPress content into a new Adobe InDesign document. The data conversion is enabled with a single click using InDesign File->Open. No more re-creating documents from scratch, Q2ID gives you a big head-start.
Q2ID provides intricate details of the content within the QuarkXPress document to be instantly re-created within InDesign. Items converted from Quark include: page positioning, color models, fonts and styles, images, and text attributes as well as tables, layers, blends, runarounds, linked text boxes & anchored boxes, pantone colors and other color models.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
FOR MACINTOSH:
• G5 or Intel based Mac
• 2 GB RAM
• 1280 x 800 screen resolution
• Mac OS v10.5 to v10.6x
• Adobe InDesign CS4 or CS5
• Internet Connection for product Activation
FOR WINDOWS:
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Markzware FlightCheck Professional 6 Mac
FlightCheck is the essential tool for Print Shops, Creative Designers, Prepress Departments, Customer Service Reps and Graphics Professionals within the digital print and publishing industries; helping you prepare PDF and other document types for commercial printing. Markzware FlightCheck Professional is your prepress application used to manage quality control for print jobs. This solution provides both native file and PDF preflight checking and is backed by a United States patent.FlightCheck helps you create excellent PDF files for magazines, catalogs, brochures, advertisements, manuals, and virtually any printed document. It provides complete quality control saving printers and publishers time and money by avoiding re-printing jobs.
FlightCheck preflights digital files thoroughly and warns you about potential printing problems while guiding you directly to them for repair. It issues a complete analysis of the print job highlighting potential errors, item by item, including wrong document size, missing fonts, incorrect colors, transparency of spot colors, incorrect image resolution and much more. FlightCheck then collects all required elements of the print job, such as images and fonts, to insure that jobs print as expected.
One of the key capabilities of FlightCheck Professional is its power to preflight a wide variety of file formats and image types. A partial list includes - QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign, Acrobat PDF, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe FreeHand, Microsoft Office, CorelDRAW, EPS, TIFF and many more.
The FlightCheck Ground Control tool gives you full control to create and manage hundreds of preflight checklists. Simply by turning on warnings or errors, you can customize inspection to focus on certain aspects of the document. Print production managers can save these profiles, or rule sets for specific print or publishing workflows. The Ground Controls Sets can then be shared by importing them into other user FlightCheck applications.
Industry standard specifications for PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 for print compliancy as well as the Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG) PDF/X PLUS V2 are special Ground Control Sets built directly into FlightCheck ready for use.
After verification of the print job, FlightCheck Professional generates a detailed preflight report highlighting specific print problems; providing a quick and easy means to navigate to the error for repair. Print shops can review these reports with customers; helping to communicate their print requirements. This communication process helps to educate everyone involved in the print process to create better print-ready documents.
BENEFITS
- Preflights both PDF and non-PDF files
- Preflights multiple print jobs in one session
- Preflights wide range of file types for print
- Minimizes time to identify print errors
- Minimizes time to correct print errors
- Maximizes printing operations capacity
- Maximizes feedback to your customers
- Maximizes print quality and continuity
- Save money by eliminating job re-prints
- Native applications are not required
FEATURES
- Stand-Alone application
- Refined Interface for PDF preflighting
- Categories of potential problems
- Customizable rule sets to check PDF and non-PDF files
- QuarkXPress 7 and InDesign CS3 support
- Support for third-party font applications
- Customizable font & image paths
- Scans, reports and collects the entire job
- Much, much more !
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Presto PageManager 8 Professional - Part 2
Despite offering some innovative and useful features, it's difficult to see the practical side of PageManager 8 for home users. While office users and small businesses will benefit from more efficient file storage and document organization, much of the same functionality can be found in standard Windows Explorer. While the clear focus of Presto! PageManager 8 Professional is on efficiency and speed, home users may prefer organizing their documents using Windows' built-in feature set.
For small businesses and enterprises, Presto! PageManager 8 Professional is a highly useful optimization and efficiency tool. Designed to streamline and modernize the office, it certainly achieves its purpose with a variety of useful organization, scanning, and PDF creation tools.
Presto! PageManager Professional: What We Liked
* Built-in PDF creation tools can save time, money, and stress when creating, opening, and modifying PDF files.
* Scanning is much quicker than in previous versions of PageManager, leading to greater office efficiency and productivity.
* Organization tools are helpful, as related files can be cataloged and archived as a collection.
Presto! PageManager Professional: What We Didn't Like
* Many of PageManager's major features can be performed, albeit at a lower speed, in Windows Explorer.
NewSoft Support
Technical support is available on NewSoft's website. A detailed technical and customer support section includes software FAQs, in-depth tutorials, and product update downloads.
About NewSoft
Founded in 1987, Newsoft is based out of a company headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan. Offering a wide range of office applications and desktop publishing suites, Newsoft America offers software for the small business, home, and enterprise markets.
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For small businesses and enterprises, Presto! PageManager 8 Professional is a highly useful optimization and efficiency tool. Designed to streamline and modernize the office, it certainly achieves its purpose with a variety of useful organization, scanning, and PDF creation tools.
Presto! PageManager Professional: What We Liked
* Built-in PDF creation tools can save time, money, and stress when creating, opening, and modifying PDF files.
* Scanning is much quicker than in previous versions of PageManager, leading to greater office efficiency and productivity.
* Organization tools are helpful, as related files can be cataloged and archived as a collection.
Presto! PageManager Professional: What We Didn't Like
* Many of PageManager's major features can be performed, albeit at a lower speed, in Windows Explorer.
NewSoft Support
Technical support is available on NewSoft's website. A detailed technical and customer support section includes software FAQs, in-depth tutorials, and product update downloads.
About NewSoft
Founded in 1987, Newsoft is based out of a company headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan. Offering a wide range of office applications and desktop publishing suites, Newsoft America offers software for the small business, home, and enterprise markets.
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Presto PageManager 8 Professional - part 1
A powerful desktop publishing application, Presto! PageManager 8 Professional allows home and office users to simplify their documents, file and organize digital information easily, and increase office productivity.
Presto! PageManager 8 Professional allows users to easily create and manage PDF files - non writable documents - all without the use of third-party PDF creation applications. Designed to streamline office organization, PDF files can be created from scanned documents, user-inputted information, and a range of pre-saved PC formats.
PageManager 8 offers several upgrades over its previous versions. Scanning time is significantly improved, with in-depth document scanning taking significantly less time than previously. Photos, documents, and other visual information can easily be scanned and indexed, allowing home and office users to quickly and easily catalog their physical photo or document collection.
Files can be backed up in a wide range of file formats, including PDF, TXT, and several digital imaging formats. PDF documents can be digitized and converted into text, allowing users to create archives of documents and other content that can quickly and easily be searched through and indexed. Imported files can be 'stacked' and batch processed, allowing users to create archives of similar file types of related documents.
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Presto! PageManager 8 Professional allows users to easily create and manage PDF files - non writable documents - all without the use of third-party PDF creation applications. Designed to streamline office organization, PDF files can be created from scanned documents, user-inputted information, and a range of pre-saved PC formats.
PageManager 8 offers several upgrades over its previous versions. Scanning time is significantly improved, with in-depth document scanning taking significantly less time than previously. Photos, documents, and other visual information can easily be scanned and indexed, allowing home and office users to quickly and easily catalog their physical photo or document collection.
Files can be backed up in a wide range of file formats, including PDF, TXT, and several digital imaging formats. PDF documents can be digitized and converted into text, allowing users to create archives of documents and other content that can quickly and easily be searched through and indexed. Imported files can be 'stacked' and batch processed, allowing users to create archives of similar file types of related documents.
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Microsoft Office Publisher 2010 - Part 2
Manage your publications better with easy-to-use tools
It's much easier to create and manage your publications when you can work the way you want.
* The extraordinary new integrated print experience in Publisher 2010 enables you to view a full-page print preview with a host of page layout tools and adjustable print settings. The new print experience is just one of many features available from the new Microsoft Office Backstage™ view. Backstage view replaces the traditional File menu to provide a centralized, organized space for all of your publication management tasks.
* The improved, customizable Ribbon is now available in Publisher to make easily accessible the commands you need most. Create custom tabs or even customize built-in tabs. With Publisher 2010, you're in control.
Share your publications with confidence
When it's time to share your publication, Publisher 2010 leaves nothing to guesswork.
* Compile, edit, and manage your customer or contacts list directly in Publisher, using the easy and efficient Mailings tab on the Publisher 2010 Ribbon.
* Access the Design Checker from the new Backstage view to automatically review your publication for many common errors before you share it. Get options for fixing them quickly and easily. Then, return to Backstage view when the publication is ready to go and save it to whatever format you need for easy sharing-from PDF or XPS to a range of image formats, such as JPEG or PNG.
Whether you're working on your monthly newsletter, designing a new postcard, creating greeting cards, or developing a marketing campaign for your business, Publisher 2010 helps you create the content you need more quickly, with more flexibility, and with better results.
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It's much easier to create and manage your publications when you can work the way you want.
* The extraordinary new integrated print experience in Publisher 2010 enables you to view a full-page print preview with a host of page layout tools and adjustable print settings. The new print experience is just one of many features available from the new Microsoft Office Backstage™ view. Backstage view replaces the traditional File menu to provide a centralized, organized space for all of your publication management tasks.
* The improved, customizable Ribbon is now available in Publisher to make easily accessible the commands you need most. Create custom tabs or even customize built-in tabs. With Publisher 2010, you're in control.
Share your publications with confidence
When it's time to share your publication, Publisher 2010 leaves nothing to guesswork.
* Compile, edit, and manage your customer or contacts list directly in Publisher, using the easy and efficient Mailings tab on the Publisher 2010 Ribbon.
* Access the Design Checker from the new Backstage view to automatically review your publication for many common errors before you share it. Get options for fixing them quickly and easily. Then, return to Backstage view when the publication is ready to go and save it to whatever format you need for easy sharing-from PDF or XPS to a range of image formats, such as JPEG or PNG.
Whether you're working on your monthly newsletter, designing a new postcard, creating greeting cards, or developing a marketing campaign for your business, Publisher 2010 helps you create the content you need more quickly, with more flexibility, and with better results.
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Microsoft Office Publisher 2010 - Part 1
Microsoft Publisher 2010 helps you create, personalize, and share a wide range of professional-quality publications and marketing materials with ease.With Publisher 2010, you can easily communicate your message in a variety of publication types, saving you time and money. Whether you are creating brochures, newsletters, postcards, greeting cards, or e-mail newsletters, you can deliver high-quality results without having graphic design experience.
Get the job done right the first time with Publisher 2010.
Create visually compelling publications
Publisher 2010 provides a broad range of new and improved tools that help you look like a design genius and create content that's sure to impress.
Use improved picture-editing tools-including the ability to pan, zoom, and crop your images and picture placeholders-that make it a snap to replace images while preserving the layout of your page. Easily fine-tune every picture to help your publication look its absolute best.
* Design and reorganize pages like a pro with new object alignment technology. This technology provides visual guides to help you effortlessly align and position your content, but it always leaves the final layout up to you.
* Create dynamic publications in very little time when you insert and customize prebuilt building blocks of content, both built-in and from the Publisher community, directly from Publisher 2010. Choose from an array of page parts-such as sidebars and stories-as well as calendars, borders, advertisements, and more.
* Give your text the appearance of expert typesetting with new OpenType typography. Publisher 2010 provides support for the ligatures, stylistic sets, and other professional typography features available in many OpenType fonts. Use built-in or custom OpenType fonts to create text as impactful as images with just a couple of clicks
Serif PagePlus X4 Publisher Professional
Serif's PagePlus X4 is a powerful desktop publisher that enables you to quickly create, publish and share your ideas and creations. You can create great looking double sided printed documents, PDFs, digital slideshows, presentations, websites and even HMTL emails. You are also able to open and edit existing PDF documents to are totally up-to-date. This product is perfect for to get some high quality materials created when you not have a design team to get it done for you. The fact that you can get great digital, paper and email documents while learning a single application can give you some incredible flexibility when you will probably need it the most.PagePlus X4 has a new interface with many options to control the layout of your shortcuts and tools for faster designwork. I also found the built in templates and projects very complete and great at walking you set-by-step through all the tools and elements of some really excellent, professional paper and digital documents. Being able to import PDF files and update, edit and change PDF from any source makes this software extra valuable beyond its design capabilities. This latest version is Compatible with Microsoft Windows 7, but runs great on Windows XP and Vista as well. PagePlus X4 gives you everything you need to unleash your creativity.
Unleash it and have some fun!
Adobe CS5 Design Premium - part 2
The Creative Suite brings everything together and also includes Device Central, which helps you create and test multimedia content for mobile phones and other gizmos; Version Cue, for central management of files used by creative teams; and Bridge, an integrated file browser.
Adobe CS4 Design Premium: What We Liked
* The Creative Suite combines all the important design software into 1 box, which is all easy-to-use with a unified interface.
* Adobe's comprehensive, self-serve options include embedded and online look-ups, tutorials, and excellent videos.
* Adobe's custom installation lets you pick and choose which components to embrace or reject.
* Also, the company has expanded its help-yourself and peer support online.
Adobe CS4 Design Premium: What We Didn't Like
* There are many complaints about the Adobe installer and updater, as the software forces you to close all other applications and takes a long time installing.
* The Creative Suite seems expensive for the small studio or freelance designer, and the upgrade pricing is steep.
Adobe Support
Adobe provide a direct phone contact for customer service support. They also offer online support via email, help question database, user forum and alternate links.
About Adobe
The company's award-winning technologies and software have helped to redefine business, entertainment and personal communications by setting new standards in professionalism and creativity.
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Adobe CS4 Design Premium: What We Liked
* The Creative Suite combines all the important design software into 1 box, which is all easy-to-use with a unified interface.
* Adobe's comprehensive, self-serve options include embedded and online look-ups, tutorials, and excellent videos.
* Adobe's custom installation lets you pick and choose which components to embrace or reject.
* Also, the company has expanded its help-yourself and peer support online.
Adobe CS4 Design Premium: What We Didn't Like
* There are many complaints about the Adobe installer and updater, as the software forces you to close all other applications and takes a long time installing.
* The Creative Suite seems expensive for the small studio or freelance designer, and the upgrade pricing is steep.
Adobe Support
Adobe provide a direct phone contact for customer service support. They also offer online support via email, help question database, user forum and alternate links.
About Adobe
The company's award-winning technologies and software have helped to redefine business, entertainment and personal communications by setting new standards in professionalism and creativity.
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Adobe CS5 Design Premium - part 1
The review for Adobe CS5 Design Premium is pending. Please see the review for Adobe CS4 Design Premium below.Adobe CS4 Design Premium bundles a great Flash update, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat 9 together. Designed specifically in mind for those serious about graphic design, CS4 Design Premium contains nearly every tool possible for editing digital images and layouts for print and the Web, as well as for crafting interactive animation and desktop applications. With CS4, it's easy to bring your best ideas to life in a powerful, flexible, intuitive, and tightly integrated creative environment.
If you don't need video editing, this is the better and cheaper choice over the Adobe Master Collection. InDesign can be used for print, Dreamweaver and Fireworks for dynamic Web design, Flash for animation, and Photoshop and Illustrator for pixel and vector graphics. You could use this software to create a campaign that repurposes the same images and layouts for formats as varied as magazines, posters, t-shirts, Web sites, online games, desktop applications, and mobile devices.
Plus, Adobe CS4 Design Premium has unified the interfaces of all the applications for a more seamless experience. Work-space adjustments to CS4 include panels that are more effective than its predecessor's, and handy pull-down menus with preset styles that enable you to shift among work space layouts quickly. This will help you move naturally and efficiently between production tasks.
Adobe CS5 Master Collection
Leverage the power of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection software, a comprehensive cross-media creative environment for designing print, interactive, web, film, video, and mobile content. Design freely with images, vectors, video, and sound, moving easily from page to screen.CS5 Master Collection includes 13 stand-alone products:
* Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended
* Adobe Illustrator CS5
* Adobe InDesign CS5
* Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
* Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5
* Adobe Flash Professional CS5
* Adobe Flash Builder 4
* Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
* Adobe Fireworks CS5
* Adobe Contribute CS5
* Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
* Adobe After Effects CS5
* Adobe Soundbooth CS5
Create visually rich content for virtually any medium-print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile-using the tightly integrated tools and services in Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection software. From producing printed pages to distributing engaging content online, on film, on air, and on device, you get the ultimate design environment to keep pace with your imagination.
Adobe CS5 Master Collection Features:
* The ultimate creative toolset in one comprehensive offering-Design and deliver to print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile media using the full range of Adobe's creative tools. Your comprehensive creative environment combines all the components of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium, Web Premium, and Production Premium software and integrates with new Adobe CS Live online services for greater productivity. CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time-visit www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.
* Industry-standard image editing with Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended-Make an impact with your images using Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended, the professional digital imaging standard. Take advantage of intuitive image adjustment and masking tools, and experiment freely thanks to nondestructive editing. Enhance your photos with realistic paint strokes and artistic filters, or create gorgeously surreal 32-bit HDR images.
* Vector graphics for virtually any media with Adobe Illustrator CS5-Create compelling graphics for any type of project using Adobe Illustrator CS5, the vector-drawing environment preferred by design professionals worldwide. Experiment freely and design efficiently with powerful tools for drawing, color, creative effects, and typography. Move easily between Illustrator and other Adobe software and deliver beautifully across media.
* Professional page layout for print, web, and mobile devices with Adobe InDesign CS5-Design, preflight, and publish documents in print, online, and to mobile devices using Adobe InDesign CS5. With precise control over typography, built-in creative tools, and an intuitive design environment, you can create stunning page layouts, long documents, and rich presentations for any audience.
* The complete set of tools for creating rich media content and applications-Create immersive experiences using Adobe Flash Professional CS5, the industry-leading authoring tool for creating content across the desktop, browser, and mobile devices. Use new Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 for rapid interactive design without writing code. Complement the workflow with Adobe Flash Builder 4 for developing cross-platform RIAs using the Flex framework.
Adobe Photoshop CS5 - Part 2
Photoshop CS5 is a powerful, high-quality graphics editor that is an essential purchase for any professional or aspiring amateur requiring industry leading technologies and convenience of use.
Adobe Photoshop CS5: What We Liked
Overall improvement in convenience and productivity of exisiting features: the HDR toolbar and Panorama maker being particular industry-leading highlights.
Huge range and potential in new features: Content Aware Fill and Edge Detection will streamline professional work and simplify any hobbyist's editing process.
Overall workflow has been significantly improved, once you get used to some new layout features, all your options seem much closer to hand than in any previous versions.
Adobe Photoshop CS5: What We Didn't Like
*When considering an upgrade, CS5 improves more on the improvement and productivity of core features than the invention of new ones.
*There is no local help system and help is only available over the Internet, which means if you are not near an Internet connection at the time you're working and encounter a problem, you will not be able to use help to find a solution.
Adobe Support
*Adobe provide a direct phone contact for customer service support. They also offer online support via email, help question database, user forum and alternate links.
About Adobe
*The company's award-winning technologies and software have helped to redefine business, entertainment and personal communications by setting new standards in professionalism and creativity.
Adobe Photoshop CS5: What We Liked
Overall improvement in convenience and productivity of exisiting features: the HDR toolbar and Panorama maker being particular industry-leading highlights.
Huge range and potential in new features: Content Aware Fill and Edge Detection will streamline professional work and simplify any hobbyist's editing process.
Overall workflow has been significantly improved, once you get used to some new layout features, all your options seem much closer to hand than in any previous versions.
Adobe Photoshop CS5: What We Didn't Like
*When considering an upgrade, CS5 improves more on the improvement and productivity of core features than the invention of new ones.
*There is no local help system and help is only available over the Internet, which means if you are not near an Internet connection at the time you're working and encounter a problem, you will not be able to use help to find a solution.
Adobe Support
*Adobe provide a direct phone contact for customer service support. They also offer online support via email, help question database, user forum and alternate links.
About Adobe
*The company's award-winning technologies and software have helped to redefine business, entertainment and personal communications by setting new standards in professionalism and creativity.
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Software Review
Adobe Photoshop CS5 represents a large and impressive step forward in terms of workflow, productivity and feature convenience. If you're familiar with earlier versions of Photoshop, the first thing you'll notice is a marked enhancement in the convenience of your favorite tools, and the ease with which you can access and integrate them into your project. Compared to Photoshop CS4, its faster, smoother and more effective.
The veteran set of powerful imaging tools that Adobe Photoshop is so well known for have been updated to perform even better in CS5. For example, the core features Dodge, Burn, Sponge and Clone Stamp tools have been improved and simply work more efficiently - both by themselves and as a toolkit. The big successes of Photoshop CS4 such as Content Aware Fill and Edge Detection (which work to erase disruptive figures from an image without blemish and sharpen edges for clarity respectively) have kept their starting spot in the CS5 line-up, but their intuitivity and effectiveness have taken a step forward.
A series of new, fun tools have also been added, such as the color-aware painting brushes (which recognise colours in a picture and re-align the paintbrush accordingly, allowing even water colour-like effects), which, whilst not revolutionizing the Photoshop product, nonetheless provide hours of experimenting and some very stylish effects.
Primarily though, workflow and productivity is where Photoshop CS5's features come into their own. Never before has everything seemed so accessible and integrated into the overall editing process, simply in terms of location and compatibility of the tools.
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