Advantages: Plenty of new options and great value for money.
Disadvantages: Confusing to install.

...I find the new CS3 runs quite slow if left on for a while on my operating system which is OSX. There are plenty of reasons why it would be a good buy, these include quick opening times, plenty of new options to create quality work and even though it is expensive i have found it good value for money because of the amount of packages you get within it. It all seems to of had a lot more time spent on the design process compared to previous models. The one problem i have with it, is when you are installing the programmes they have made the keycode different. You have to drop the box into the programme then it takes a few minutes to work. Because of this long pause i thought mine did not work properly. This is not explained clearly and that is my only major concern over the whole package.... Read review

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Advantages: Plenty of options, able to import many formats, straight forward use
Disadvantages: Not cheap, can install slow on older machines

...Having used InDesign since version 1, it is fare to say that with every release Adobe have improved and enhanced this product. InDesign is a good competitor to the industry standard DTP package Quark, plus, thanks to CS2 and CS3, it is a good competitor to both Microsoft Publisher - and Word. Primarily this is a publishing and design package, allowing you to create the layout for books, magazines, leaflets, etc. Not to mention CD/DVD covers, cases and inlays, plus calenders, certificates, brochures. Bundled with Adobe Bridge, you have easy access to stock photography (excellent when you need a photo of a someone eating a cake) plus plenty of templates to get you going with you next design assignment. The most predominant difference between CS2 and CS3 is the layout of the software. The layout of the user interface is in... Read review

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Advantages: Easier to use and reliable
Disadvantages: Longer startup time than others

...I guess Adobe Indesign is one of the best software in its category. It enhance your creativity with its simple and easy-to-understand task bar. For all of you whom are on studies and loves to keep all your notes in pdf format, this software could be your choice. My expriences, i can produce more notes and easily reedit sentences, or even images which I placed in less time than using Microsoft Word. In Word, it's quite difficult to edit any image and all the sentences but not with this Adobe best creation. In Word if you try to edit only one of the sentences, it may affects others.And if you try to edit others affected sentences, i think it could deterioting the whole document. For a simple user I think , it okay using Word. But if you are a person whom often placing images or graphic in your word documents, better consider to use... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, efficient, welcome 'web' upgrade for Photoshop, amazing number of features
Disadvantages: Might be a bit too expensive for beginners

...the text, this is possible. Layers - Again, another easy to use feature. Insert, manipulate, delete, colourise layers, quickly and to good effect. Change the opactity of layers and if desired, add effects to one layer, or merge other layers together and edit as one. Windows - Adobe has cleverly mastered the art of windows! All the tools are compact in a small window, which by default is placed on the left. Also in this "box" there are options to change colour, change view, and switch applications, to Image Ready. On the right (by default) is the navigator, options and info tabbed into one small window, the colour, swatches, brushes, tabbed into another small window, along with history, actions, and the layers window! I hope you can appreciate the number of tools and features, packed into a small space. I would however, as with all... Read review

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Advantages: Feature packed and useful tools like Smart Guides
Disadvantages: Tricky for the beginner

...A lot of people seem to have difficulty understanding the difference between a program like Adobe Photoshop and a program like Illustrator. This is understandable, esspecially as the latest versions of these excellent products offer many similar features. The main differences between the packages are that one is keyed up for producing bitmap graphics (photoshop) and the other, vector graphics (illustrator). Vector graphics are basically simple mathematical shapes expressed visually, because of this they can be blown up to any size without any loss of quality, the computer or printer simply re-calculates the shape at a bigger size. Bitmaps are a grid of pixels, each pixel can have a specific colour value and bitmaps are therefore more suited to continuous tone images such as photographs. The bigger a bitmap gets the more memory... Read review

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Advantages: The industry standard photo editing tool
Disadvantages: The daunting price

...The jewel in Adobes crown, Photoshop is simply the most powerful piece of imaging software that there is. My love affair started with version 2, way back when, and each new incarnation has added life saving tricks to the sizeable toolbox. Version 7 refines all the rough edges of version 6 which initially left me cold. I think the change of interface was always going to divide the followers, and after so many years of shortcutting my way to palettes and expanding tool options, to suddenly have them appear up in the top menu bar was a huge kick in the ribs. Be warned then, if you are about to upgrade from 5 or earlier, expect a little time to get used to the minor but still rather alarming change of layout. So, that minor quibble aside, just what does Photoshop do? Well, from version 6 onwards, practically everything. Previously... Read review

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Advantages: Free, used globally, secure file transfer
Disadvantages: None

...at the present time and are hugely respected. Their annual revenue is far in excess of $1 billion and is still rising year on year. There are over 3,500 employees of the company globally, making them a true multinational venture. They are constantly striving to make improvements to the technology and services that they provide, to give the consumers brand satisfaction. ~Getting Adobe Acrobat Reader~ The Adobe software does come as standard with most computers nowadays. It is likely that there will be a version readily installed and available for use as soon as you turn a new PC on. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, visit adobe.co.uk to download it. There is a link that takes you direct to the page where you can download it from. It is completely free and you don't have to register your details if you don't want to... Read review

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Advantages: Cross platform, web and hyperlink compatible, extremely flexible document and page view tool
Disadvantages: None

...that has influenced whole industries and their working habits in regard of document transfer and communication. Experience background Almost 6 years ago, when Adobe Acrobat 3.0 was released I was the global advertising and promotion manager of a division in my company, managing advertising campaigns and promotional literature creation and distribution for our sales organizations in more than 100 countries around the globe. Communication about content, features and layout was very difficult those days between sales organizations, headquarters and all creative outsourcing parties. A graphic designer made me aware of the Acrobat where you could transform documents created in any given program into the PDF (Portable Document Format) format that could be viewed by everyone who would own the small, free Acrobat reader. The transformation could... Read review

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Advantages: The best photo-editor on the market, new time-saving features.
Disadvantages: Expensive, new version has few new creative tools, not good for home use.

...I've just spent £530 on a piece of software. Surprised? Don't be... You see, I do a fair bit of freelance digital photography and I needed a professional photo-editing program. After trying a few cheaper alternatives, I splashed out on Abode Photoshop 7 with all the trimmings, but I now use it almost every day. For the price, I don’t recommend it for non-professionals, but pros will gain some really handy features on this new, improved version of the Adobe program. The Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Package Here’s what you get for that ridiculously large some of money: Adobe Photoshop 7 – The main program has the same layout as before and all the features you’d expect to find for professional photo-editing are here... Read review

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Advantages: easy to use, endless features and everything you need in a recording/editing programme
Disadvantages: sometiems crashes but a restore point is given so you loose nothing!

...Ok, so most people who are familiar with computer recoding would have no doubt heard of Cool edit pro and the amazing possibilities it offers to a music/video editor and recorder. Well adobe (probably best known for adobe reader) have bought this software of syntriullium and renamed it adobe audition. So is this merely a business adventure for adobe or have they actually kept up the cool edit pro tradition of being an easy to use, up to date, recording tool… ----First things first---- This software has the possibility to create professional sounding recordings that would be fit for commercial release but it is also directed at people looking to start out in the world of computer recording. When you open the programme it can seem a little daunting at first with lots of different coloured buttons, switches and sliders but the main... Read review

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