Posts tagged Adobe
Microsoft shows Apple some love, brings Silverlight streaming to iPhone
Nov 28th
One of the highlights during last week’s PDC event was Silverlight 4 Beta. During the Silverlight note, it was mentioned that Silverlight streaming is now available and working on iPhone. Well we got more on that. For starters, Microsoft worked with Apple and got the approval from its rival regarding the iPhone streaming functionality. This doesn’t mean that Silverlight plug-ins for Safari are on the way. (The following paragraphs describe how Silverlight streaming works for iPhone)
Adobe Photoshop app for Android goes global
Nov 24th
During the start of this month, we informed you about Adobe releasing a Photoshop app for Android . Well, at the time of release, the high class photo editing app was only available to a limited number of users. Specifically speaking it was only available on Canadian and US Android markets which was a sad thing, for non-American and non-Canadian users. Well, it has all changed now. Yes, that is right, Adobe Photoshop is available in any country that has an Android market.
Rumor: Google Chrome OS coming next week
Nov 13th
Sources told TechCrunch that Google‘s Chrome OS has an early version launching next week. Early screenshots proved to be fake, and later screenshots depicted the browser component of the OS. Sources inside Google have said there’s more to Chrome OS than that.
One thing we know is that the browser in Chrome OS will be able to mount drives and function as a system navigation tool. How will hardware support be in these early builds? Although Google and device manufacturers are on the case writing drivers for your favorite peripherals, don’t count on all your devices working with Chrome OS right away.
The new OS will initially target netbooks with a particular aim to give Windows XP users something besides a crippled, expensive Windows 7 to upgrade. Now the question is that which computers will be able to run Chrome OS, it is guessed that Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba will be able to run Google’s Chrome OS. But does it mean hardware or software from other companies won’t be compatible?
Here comes Adobe Photoshop app for Android
Nov 7th
Own an Android handset?. Android users will be happy to know that Adobe systems has just released Adobe Photoshop application for the Android platform. Using this app, users get the option to edit their photos and view their online photos collection on Photoshop.com. It also allows users to upload their pictures from the comfort of their Android powered phones.
Aperture X may well be released before the end of 2009
Oct 28th
Waiting for Aperture X, the updated version of Aperture to arrive. Well we don’t have the exact release date, but we know that the photo editing tool will be arriving before the start of 2010. It is believed that Aperture X will surface onto the scene by late November or may slip to december. HardMac states:
According to our sources, with Aperture X, Apple decided to align its name with Mac OS X, and should release this new evolution of its Pro-oriented photo editing application at the end of November and fore sure before year’s end. We did not receive any additional details about this new version, but it seems that it will be able to benefit from Snow Leopard as well as be more multi-core aware.
Apple releases first update for Snow Leopard, fixes Adobe Flash issues
Sep 5th
Apple recently began providing the first update for the just released Snow Leopard OS to a rather limited audience. The update is called Mac OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard update.The update bears a size of 71.5 MB. The 10.6.1 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard.The update brings general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.
It also brings with it fixes for the following issues:
- Compatibility with some Sierra Wireless 3G modems
- An issue that might cause DVD playback to stop unexpectedly
- Some printer compatibility drivers not appearing properly in the add printer browser
- An issue that might make it difficult to remove an item from the Dock
- Instances where automatic account setup in Mail might not work
- An issue where pressing cmd-opt-t in Mail brings up the special characters menu instead of moving a message
- Motion 4 becoming unresponsive
- Updates Adobe Flash to 10.0.32.18
Get your free Divine Plugin : Convert PSD files to WordPress themes
Aug 8th
WordPress themes are something that WordPress bloggers and owners value a lot. After all it gives the look and feel to their respective blogs and attracts and captures the eyes of the visitors. Theme developers spend a lot of time and put in a lot of effort to design these themes. They use Photoshop to design themes. However not all Photoshop designers are developers.
When it comes to converting PSD files to WordPress themes, photoshop designers require help in carrying out this important task.
Enter Divine Plugin. This plugin from Divine may be thought of as relief provider for Photoshop designers. This plugin lets you convert your PSD files to WordPress themes without requiring you to move to the painful side of development and writing code.
The requirements are as follows:
OS requirements:
- Windows XP (32bit)
- Windows Vista (32bit)
- Windows 7 RC (32bit)
- You may count on Mac OS in the nearest releases of the program.
Photoshop requirements:
- Divine 0.5.0 version was developed as the plug-in for the popular editor Photoshop.
- This is why minimal system requirements straightly depend on your Photoshop version’s requirements.
- Adobe Photoshop CS3 (32bit)
- Adobe Photoshop CS4 (32bit)
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Google acquires video compression software maker On2 for $106.5M
Aug 5th
Google has just spent a huge amount of money. Google has purchased On2 Technologies, the makers of video compression software for 106.5 million dollars in stock. The software maker’s compression software compresses videos in more than 2 billion computers (desktop) and mobile devices. It compresses videos worldwide for well known companies such as Adobe, Skype, Nokia, Sun Microsystems and Sony.
Why would Google take this move, you ask. Well the answer is quite simple, this technology has the potential to serve Google’s video sharing sit YouTube in an excellent way. Sundar Pichai, Vice President, Product Management, Google said in this regard:
Today video is an essential part of the web experience, and we believe high-quality video compression technology should be a part of the web platform
Google currently has no clear idea or path as to how it would go about using On2 assets. Jeremy Doig, engineering director for video and group product manager said:
Although we’re not in a position to discuss specific product plans until after the deal closes, we are committed to innovation in video quality on the web, and we believe that On2 Technologies’ team and technology will help us further that goal.
On2 technology promises and provides
- Faster encoding
- Easier playback
- Smaller files
- Faster download times
- Reduced streaming delays
- Lower bandwidth costs without compromising visual quality.
It remains to be soon how efficiently Google utilizes their latest purchase. All I can say is that we may expect faster download time and less streaming delays when using YouTube.
Videos are coming soon on Wikipedia
Jul 18th
Wikipedia- The Free Encyclopedia- is the most popular free web encyclopedia. Wikipedia users will be getting new tools for uploading, editing and viewing videos very soon. From a Beet.TV interview with Erik Moller, the deputy director of the Wikimedia Foundation, news showed up that the expected changes will be available very shortly.
Wikipedia has been working on video support for years. They are putting major effort into making it easier for users to upload video,specifically to bridge a video format divide.
Wikipedia is still planning to use Ogg Theora (an open-source video codec that can be played back natively inside the latest version of Firefox, and will be available soon to Chrome and Opera). Wikipedia also suggested users to convert their videos to Ogg Theora format on their end using FireFogg, a Firefox plug-in which can transcode user videos to Ogg.
Videos on the site are uploaded and watched in a format called Ogg Theora. It is a Flash-like program which is completely open-source. Video producers can render Ogg files in FinalCut and other editing programs by using various plug-ins. Once in Ogg, these files can be uploaded to Wikipedia. said Erik Moller, the deputy director of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Wikipedia’s choice of video format will have a big impact on the web and its standard because of the popularity of the site. Wikipedia’s choice to go for Ogg Theora will put stress on browsers and site creators as HTML 5 video, which is emerging as a hotly-contended Web standard.
Ogg Theora allows for downloading, remixing and re-uploading without licensing fees unlike the H.264 codec, which has been used in both Google and Apple’s product and services.
Microsoft, Apple, and Google seems to be least interest about promoting the Ogg Theora format in their browsers, and have put resources behind H.264 instead. Google’s Chrome supports both Ogg Theora and H.264, however Google has gone on the record as saying its quality was not as good as desired. Google has also used considerable resources into re-encoding YouTube’s entire library of videos into H.264, making the company less likely to switch camps.
The competing formats and standards are still a big question for start-ups. Lengends such as Adobe with its Flash format, and Apple with its streaming QuickTime standard have helped pave the way for many start-ups that rely on the latest codecs to create new and salable parts of their businesses.
Whether open-sourced codec like Ogg Theora will have the same kind of attraction that other pioneers like Adobe, Apple etc had, is still a question mark.
Adobe shut downs its North American operations for a week
Jun 30th
Adobe, in a move to reduce and minimize the costs has implemented its decision of shutting down its North American operations for a week. In relation to that, Adobe has said the same activity will repeat for one more time during the course of this year.
Adobe a San Jose software company happens to make graphics editing, desing and web development tools. The software developers said that the shutdowns are part of their long range effort with the purpose of minimizing and controlling incurred costs in the presence of an unfortunate global recession. For the last two quarters, Adobe’s sales have declined. Even though it manged to gain $126.1 million profit on $704.7 million in revenue for the quarter that finished in the month of May, 29th May to be precise.
A similar activity was carried out by Adobe in the month of April, and it looks set to repeat the same activity once more during the year 2009. These three shutdowns happen to be an addition to the Adobe’s usual practice of shutting down its North American operations for the week that comes between Christmas and New Year’s day.
A spokeswoman from Adobe did not reveal any facts as to how many employees are affected by the shutdowns or the expected amount of money that Adobe is going to save. The only thing which we know is that employees were asked to use paid vacations during these shutdowns.
In the beginning of this year, Chief Financial Officer Mark Garrett said Adobe would also cut spending done for travel, marketing, and other bonuses. In the month of December, Adobe announced that it would be releasing 600 workers. However Adobe has rehired about 260 workers in regions where costs are on the lower side. On the global level, Adobe has about 7,400 workers.
