Entered CNET Catalog: 07/28/2005
SKU: MACROMEDIASTUDIO8MIC
Manufacturer: Adobe Systems
Manufacturer description
With the latest releases of Dreamweaver, Flash Professional, Fireworks, Contribute and FlashPaper, Studio 8 offers web designers and developers a new level of expressiveness, efficiency and simplified workflow to create websites, interactive experiences and mobile content. Studio 8 is the must-have suite for start-to-finish design, development and maintenance tools of websites, applications, games, interactive presentations, and mobile content. Studio 8 offers the broadest range of creative tools for expressiveness and creation of vibrant interactive media, websites, or applications. Use advanced graphics, text, animation, video, and audio tools with precision control and quality. From simple animated graphics to sophisticated interactive experiences, Studio 8 provides a full suite of tools for limitless creativity. Studio 8 speeds the design, development, and maintenance process, with reliable round-tripping between Macromedia products, integration with third-party products, and key features like batch processing, batch encoding, and general performance enhancements to get projects done faster. Support for Windows and Mac OS X enables Studio to deliver projects on the platform of choice. Deliver projects that support the widest range of operating systems, browsers, and server technologies.User opinions
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User Rating: 
7/10
Should I or shouldn't I upgrade
Pros: A powerful web building tool
Cons: It's an expensive upgrade
Review:
Elsa Wenzel suggests buying Adobe Illustrator as a useful addition. The Studio suite used to include Freehand which meant you didn't have to buy Illustrator. Now that Freehand is dead, we're forced to buy additional Adobe software.
I guess it's simpler to have one upgrade price, but as I keep up-to-date with new versions, I think I should get a discount over those who only purchased Flash 4 years ago. I don't think the Dreamweaver update is all that significant.
I guess it's simpler to have one upgrade price, but as I keep up-to-date with new versions, I think I should get a discount over those who only purchased Flash 4 years ago. I don't think the Dreamweaver update is all that significant.
User Rating: 
8/10
Macromedia continues to raise the bar
Pros: New support for alpha channels in video for flash
Cons: no revolutionary overall enhancements
Review:
Macromedia Studio 8 is definitely an evolutionary step forward for the premier web design/developer, interactive video, and graphic design suite.
I would love to see integration with more popular portal solutions from Microsoft, IBM, or Plumtree.
I would love to see integration with more popular portal solutions from Microsoft, IBM, or Plumtree.
