For those with Adobe loyalties

Advantages: Outstandingly elegant program
Disadvantages: Less developers than Dreamweaver

...As Adobe Photoshop is widely looked upon as a standard tool for webdesigners, I thought that I would try out their rival to Dreamweaver, GoLive 5.0. First off I was impressed with the ease of installation, as once I had set the preferences for the browsers, it was ready to go, and just meant that I had to either create a new site or import an existing site. The various toolbars have the Photoshop feel, so there was very little to get used to, and as such it was very easy to get going with. It also allows a more seamless integration of files from other Adobe applications (funny that!). The site map provided when I imported my site was very easy to understand and there was an automatic link checking system. Indeed if you enter a page with a dead/faulty link for editting, then GoLive will actually highlight it for you so you know that...

Morgenhund 03.10.2000 · Read review
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Adobe Dreamweaver - fantastic bit of software!

Advantages: easy to use, code hinting, loads of useful features
Disadvantages: sometimes is a bit tempremental

...Adobe Dreamweaver is one of the best web design programs of all time, or at least that's what I think. I started using Dreamweaver as the designer of my site, never venturing into the code side of things. Dreamweaver is great when it comes to this, the new CS4 interface makes everything so much easier to get to. It is so simple that you can have a table based template set up in no time! However, when I started looking into making my site a little better and nicer looking, I came accross CSS. When I started using this coding language, I knew nothing about it, however when I opened up a blank CSS document, I noticed that when I typed I got suggestions of what could be put in. Using this I gradually learned CSS through code hinting, that is how great it is. Another great thing with Dreamweaver is the ease of setting up a connection to...

scrobby 24.10.2009 · Read review
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Adobe Acrobat Reader

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

...~Introduction~ As I start this review, I will declare that my knowledge of computers and their applications is good, but not as extensive as some people's. I do know some of the more advanced functions of a computer and am pretty confident that I can write the review in a more than legible manor. I have come across Adobe Acrobat Reader a number of times in my use of computers and the internet and I feel that the programme is worthy of a review from myself. I am taking my A-levels at school at the moment and Adobe Acrobat pops up a lot in business studies. We are often assigned tasks to find cash flow forecasts or a break even analysis from a real life company and many of these are Adobe Acrobat files. ~Overview~ The Adobe Acrobat software, allows users to view and compile documents that can't be edited by others...

thespurs 02.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Media

Go Live Quickly and Easily

Advantages: Easy Easy Easy
Disadvantages: FTP software and Floating boxes

...environment, similar to desk-top-publishing where you can cut and paste, drag and drop, and similarly fun past-times, BUT GoLive definitely has the edge on intuative-ity (is that a word?) It is extremely user friendly, easy to install, easy to use; a blonde Essex bit of software!(?) (hate mail coming my way.. -sorry!) Dreamweaver does have a better help portion, with some superb walk through tutorials, but it needs these because it's got some pretty counter-intuative interfaces. For anyone thats used Adobe Photoshop (which incidentally is a MUST for anyone playing with graphics, also free 30 day trial), the working environment is very similar. Also, you can go on from GoLive to Adobe Livemotion (their Flash Authoring software) reasonably easily -but thats another op.... Features: -GoLive interacts with other Adobe products...

miggle 21.06.2001 · Read review
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cool edit, adobe

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...

chrismoll 31.05.2005 · Read review
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Review of Adobe Audition 1.5 Media

Adobe Through the Looking Glass

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...

dadmancat 01.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Adobe Photoshop v7 Windows

Adobe Photoshop 7 - A Review

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...

freelancer1 18.09.2002 · Read review
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0

Advantages: Great selection tools, pan & zoom in slide shows, price, printed manual
Disadvantages: file browser gone

...Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 aims to be everything the photographer wants for tweaking and fixing their images. Whilst the professionals prefer its more expensive big brother Photoshop CS, Photoshop Elements isn't to be sniffed at and offers 80% of the power for 10% of the price whilst making many tasks much easier. The biggest surprise coming from version 3 is that the file browser has gone. Adobe, what are you thinking? Well, it's clear what they're thinking, they want you to use the Photoshop Album interface which merged in to Photoshop Elements with version 3. It's actually a very powerful interface and lets you import and catalogue your images with ease and flexibility but sometimes, you just want to get down and dirty with the file system and the loss of a file browser hurts. As a sort of apology, Adobe have added the ability to...

ilaskey 08.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 Complete package

Amazing Photo Editing Program (Adobe Photoshop CS4)

Advantages: Massive amount of features, endless ways to manipulate pictures
Disadvantages: Takes a while to learn how to use it

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soutram 30.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Adobe Photoshop CS4 (PC)

Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard

Advantages: It will easily convert documents of a different format to pdf
Disadvantages: It uses a lot of processor speed, it takes a long time to load,

...This software allows you to create PDF format documents. PDF documents are especially useful for people who would like their documents to appear on websites. The software also allows the user to convert documents such as microsoft word documents (*.doc) to pdf format. This means that all your documents can easily be converted from doc to pdf in a click of a button. Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard also is capable of breaking down large pdf documents into smaller more managable files. Which can then either be loaded or saved seperately to make the file size smaller, or the user can disguard pages that are demmed unnecessary. Be aware it is loaded instead of the quicker acrobat reader after install when viewing pdfs The software is realitively expensive for its usefulness but it does provide a professonial look for people wanted to make...

serenhere 18.09.2007 · Read review
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