Professional Web Design Software Applications: A Good Choice For The Serious Web Designer
This article reviews several professional website software applications. This article intends to review only pro website design tools. Yes, they are pricey, but quality always comes at a certain cost. These applications are specifically designed for pro web developers that make living out of producing websites, so they are packed with all the features you can ask for and have a lot of advanced options and settings.
Not surprisingly, the three products reviewed bellow are from Adobe, which after the acquisition of Macromedia, became (at least in my eyes) the market leader when it comes to Pro Web Design Software. Adobe Flash Pro and Adobe Dreamweaver are an absolute must-have for every web developers that plans to make a living by designing websites. The Creative Suite (Master collection) from Adobe contains both Flash and Dreamweaver, as well several other really useful programs that will definitely help you create cutting-edge websites.
Adobe Flash Professional
Adobe Flash Professional was previously known as Macromedia Flash Pro, until Adobe acquired Macromedia in December 2005. Flash provides everything you need to create and deliver rich web content and powerful applications. Adobe Flash Pro includes many features that make it powerful but easy to use, such as prebuilt drag-and-drop user interface components, built-in behaviors that let you easily add ActionScript to your document, and special effects that you can add to media objects. Adobe Flash CS3 Professional is a must have for any self-respected web developer. Quality always comes at a price, so you shouldn't be surprised that the product costs $699. A downside is also the relatively high product price of $399, especially compared to Coffee Cup Web Design Software 2007 which is available for only $49 and still has all those features and probably more. Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe Dreamweaver is a professional HTML editor for designing, coding, and developing websites, web pages, and web applications. In addition to drag-and-drop features that help you build web pages, Adobe Dreamweaver provides a full-featured coding environment that includes code-editing tools (such as code coloring, tag completion, a coding toolbar, and code collapse) and language reference material on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript, ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML), and other languages. Adobe Creative Suite Master collection The Adobe Creative Suite Master collection is really impressive as it contains the following - InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, Acrobat 8 Professional, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3, Contribute CS3, After Effects CS3 Professional, Premier Pro CS3, Soundbooth CS3, and Encore CS3. Price is also impressive as it currently is $2,499. The video companion programs (OnLocation and Ultra) are limited to Windows systems.
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