Review: Flash CS4 Professional

Reviews: Written by Jeremy Schultz on November 3, 2008

Fundamental changes to this already-mature application open up new worlds of possibilities.

Review: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4

Reviews: Written by Tom Negrino on October 27, 2008

Owners of CS3 who don't build sites from scratch may not find this upgrade worthwhile, but for everyone else, the new features and improvements of older tools are well worth the cost.

Review: SiteAssist Professional 1.0

Reviews: Written by Thomas Penberthy on September 22, 2008

Rating: 80 SiteAssist Professional 1.0 ($199; upgrade $99) is the latest update from WebAssist. If your goal is to quickly frame out an elegantly coded (if conservatively styled) Web site, SiteAssist Professional is worthy of consideration.

Review: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3

Reviews: Written by Tom Negrino on April 25, 2007

Dreamweaver slides easily into Adobe's orbit with a solid upgrade that begins the process of integration with Photoshop, makes using CSS even easier, and puts Web 2.0 features in the reach of any designer.

Review: Quark Interactive Designer 1.0

Reviews: Written by Sandee Cohen on November 19, 2006

A long quest for a simple, easy-to-learn Flash program is over. Or is it?

Review: SiteAssist 3.0

Reviews: Written by Thomas Penberthy on September 27, 2006

Whether you're not a coding pro or are just pressed for time, this Dreamweaver extension wants to help. Is it worth the money? And how does it compare to Contribute?

Review: Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

Reviews: Written by David Karlins on September 26, 2005

Significant revision of the industry standard for modern Web design and development

Review: Adobe GoLive CS2

Reviews: Written by Jeff Carlson on May 5, 2005

The new version of the Web-publishing program solves some problems and leaves others untouched. Jeff Carlson's review reveals the strengths and weaknesses.

iView MediaPro 2.6: Quick Cataloging of Many Media for Both Platforms

Reviews: Written by Ben Long on September 20, 2004

Image cataloger iView MediaPro has a good reputation on the Mac platform, thanks to its intuitive interface and multi-media handling. Now with added support for digital camera Raw files as well as feature parity with the Windows version, MediaPro 2.6 might be the perfect solution for small imaging workgroups.

CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12: Smart Doodling, Dynamic Snapping, Savvy Copying

Reviews: Written by Susan Glinert Stevens on January 13, 2004

Some graphics products may be flashier, but few offer the bang-per-buck of CorelDraw Graphics Suite. Just-announced version 12 of this illustration-imaging-animation package offers intelligent eyedroppers and smart drawing tools and withdraws Mac support.

The Creative Toolbox: GoLive CS Goes for Broke

Reviews: Written by George Penston on December 23, 2003

Adobe's Web design application gets its share of new features as part of the Adobe Creative Suite but does it have what it takes to go up against the favored Macromedia Dreamweaver?

The Creative Toolbox: Macromedia Studio MX 2004 Reviewed

Reviews: Written by George Penston on October 28, 2003

The awkwardly named product suite favored for interactive and Web design receives a number of improvements, including better CSS support. But is the sum of Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, and FreeHand better than its parts?

Contribute 2: Macromedia Gives Web Content Creators Equal and Easy Access

Reviews: Written by Thomas Penberthy on October 15, 2003

Macromedia revs its popular Web updating tool that gives editorial contributors the ability to easily access and change site content without having to know HTML or complicated authoring applications. Contribute 2 also adds Mac OS X support.

The Creative Toolbox: FreeHand MX Integrates and Innovates

Reviews: Written by George Penston on April 15, 2003

Macromedia gives its venerable illustration software FreeHand an MX makeover -- a unified user interface, tighter integration with other MX products, and some interesting new features. Do they add up to make FreeHand MX a worthwhile upgrade?

No Flash in the Panorama: 360 One VR is a Virtual-Reality Gadget that's Here to Stay

Reviews: Written by Sean Wagstaff on November 25, 2002

Kaidan's bizarre-looking egg-cup-in-a-mayonnaise-jar is no abstract sculpture. It is actually a digital camera lens with special software that makes fast work out of the tedious task of shooting and assembling VR panoramas. Although cumbersome and costly, it's a no-brainer for frequent VR authors.

Strata DV Pro 5: Stalwart Video Editor Works the Web with Ease

Reviews: Written by Sonja Schenk on October 28, 2002

Novices will like this Mac-only video-editing application for its ease of use, but pros may be disappointed by its lack of high-end features. Yet both groups will like Strata DVpro's ability to deliver Web-ready video.

Draw On It: Corel's Latest Graphics Suite Packs Powerful Punch

Reviews: Written by Susan Glinert Stevens on August 13, 2002

Plasma Gives Web Graphics 3D Transfusion

Reviews: Written by Sean Wagstaff on July 8, 2002

Although Flash and Shockwave are widely accepted as file formats for highly interactive and animation-intensive Web site graphics, creating compelling 3D content to work with those formats has, until now, required a cobbled-together collection of unrelated design tools. To fill that gap, Discreet has designed its $650 Plasma.

The Creative Toolbox: For Flash, MX Means Most eXcellent

Reviews: Written by George Penston on June 10, 2002

Now three versions later, I've taken the new version, Flash MX (6.0), out for a spin, and all I can say is, "You've come a long way, baby." MX is the surname given to the entire product line recently rolled out by Macromedia. The substance of this upgrade is more than a flashy new moniker.

The Creative Toolbox: Is LiveMotion 2.0 a Flash in the Pan?

Reviews: Written by George Penston on May 13, 2002

A couple years back the only true solution designers had for Flash animation (SWF) creation was Macromedia's Flash itself. Many found and still find Flash difficult to master and strange in its manner of going about even the simplest tasks.