Tag archive: Macromedia

Macromedia Flash Player 8, the popular media player found on 98% of Internet connected desktops, is giving it's users better text rendering with Saffron.  The technology, developed at MERL, is based on Adaptively Sampled Distance Fields (ADF), a methodology for describing and rendering shapes.  Text presents a unique challenge to digital displays, one which ADF is able to beat. “We really put a lot of effort into… Read More

Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by both boards of directors, Macromedia stockholders will receive, at a fixed exchange ratio, 0.69 shares of Adobe common stock for every share of Macromedia common stock in a tax-free exchange. Based on Adobe's and Macromedia's closing prices on Friday, April 15, 2005, this represents a price of $41.86 per share of Macromedia common stock. Upon the close of the… Read More

Quote from the story: In the art world, Bolam is an oddity. Many artists working with technology do so with the latest and greatest — Macs, Maya and Macromedia Flash. But Bolam's tools are not only outdated, they were never intended for creating art in the first place. “I could work with Mac Classics for the rest of my career and never repeat myself,” Bolam said. “People haven't given up on drawing and… Read More

From Macromedia's press release: Macromedia, Inc. today announced that Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1, the Flash Player profile for mobile phones, is now available for service providers and handset manufacturers around the world. Flash Lite 1.1 is a significant update to 1.0, first used in the NTT DoCoMo 505i handsets introduced last year. The new version has support for the W3C standard SVG Tiny (SVG-T), network connectivity, improved… Read More

Macromedia today announced the availability of new features for Macromedia Breeze that make web communication more meaningful, effective, and useful. Breeze provides a rich web communication system that enables users to hold collaborative real-time meetings, instructor-led classes, and seminars, as well as to deliver on-demand informational presentations and e-learning courses. Breeze leverages Microsoft PowerPoint and Macromedia Flash Player… Read More

Macromedia and Samsung Electronics, the largest electronics firm in Korea and the world's fourth largest consumer electronics manufacturer, today announced a strategic partnership to embedMacromedia Flash on Samsung Electronics SMT-7000 series set top boxes. The first two models from this series will begin shipping later this year.

Breeze Live is available as a standalone product or as an add-on module for the Macromedia Breeze platform. For more information, visit www.macromedia.com/go/breezelive/. “Macromedia Breeze Live breaks down the barriers of delivering effective online meetings by offering a simpler and better user experience before, during, and after the live session,” said Keith Kitani, vice president of product management, Macromedia.… Read More

Dreamweaver MX 2004 continues the product's tradition of innovation by providing a solid foundation for widespread adoption of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which require less bandwidth, are easierto maintain, and give developers and end users precise design control. Dreamweaver MX 2004 is the only comprehensive tool to deliver deep CSS support in a visual development environment. DreamweaverMX 2004 was recently awarded the CNET… Read More

Major new versions of the industry-leading Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks tools will continue to move the digital world from inaction to interactive experiences, while new products suchas Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 will bring the power of the Internet to a new class of advanced developers. The MX 2004 family also includes new building blocks called the MX Elements forFlash and the MX Elements for HTML, along with a… Read More

Macromedia Flash Player is the leading rich client on the Internet, and Pocket PC 2002 users can find more information and download the player today at www.macromedia.com/go/fp6_ppc. For the first time, developers can publish standalone Macromedia Flash device content and applications that can play full-screen outside of the browser, such as games, applications, and kiosks. Developers interested in delivering executable Macromedia Flash… Read More