Premiere Pro CS4 adds AVCHD video, support for Final Cut Pro projects and the ability to directly import unprotected content from DVDs. Adobe adds support for many cameras that produce raw picture files, and an expanded selection of tools for producing Web graphics.Ģ008: Photoshop CS4 adds GPU acceleration. Dreamweaver 9 becomes Dreamweaver CS3 and replaces Adobe's GoLive product, and Flash 9 becomes Flash CS3 Professional.Ģ007: After a three-year wait, Photoshop CS3 appears in two iterations: Standard, for 'regular' professionals (e.g., photographers and commercial artists) and Extended, for scientific and medical use. Elements will continue to sell alongside Photoshop for a fraction of its price and eventually become nearly as full-featured.Ģ002: Macromedia releases Flash MX (Flash 6), the first version of Flash to support video.Ģ003: Photoshop 8 is now the first edition of Photoshop CS, or Creative Suite - the beginnings of Adobe making Photoshop an integrated part of its expanding product lineup.Ģ004: Photoshop CS2 introduces the 'Smart Object,' which allows a layer to be converted into an object and resized nondestructively.Ģ005: Adobe acquires Macromedia. Adobe Creative Suite 5 expands and extends its graphic reachĭreamweaver 1.2 comes out for both Windows and Mac.Ģ001: Adobe spins off Photoshop Elements, a simplified version of Photoshop aimed at users with relatively undemanding needs.Illustrator Version 7 is released for Mac and Windows, the first parallel release of the program on both platforms.ġ998: Photoshop 5.0 premieres with color management, editable type layers and a greatly improved 'undo' function. (Adobe acquires Macromedia, and Flash along with it, in 2005.)ġ997: Macromedia releases Dreamweaver 1.0, for the Mac only. Macromedia releases the first version of Flash, originally titled FutureSplash.

Premiere 1.0 for Windows emerges in September 1993, although its features are minimal compared with the Mac version's.ġ994: Photoshop 3.0 adds layers, possibly Photoshop's biggest single innovation apart from plug-ins. Premiere 2.0 is released, with QuickTime support, SMPTE time code and 16-bit audio.ġ993: Premiere 3.0 emerges, with enhanced preview capabilities and support for up to 99 audio (and 97 video) tracks. 1992: Photoshop 2.5 comes out, with some stability fixes, support for 16-bit color and - most important - support for Windows 3.1.

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