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MacrAdobeWhat does the future hold? Well Group Manager for Adobe's Developer Relations Team, Ben Watson is blogging with his personal crystal ball (and probably an internal memo describing the product map). He says Flex and Cold Fusion are getting some LiveCycle injections and he has even seen a Flash application mixed with Acrobat (like FlashPaper on steroids, I'm sure).

TUAW has the scoop including a list of his predictions. I just wonder what cool new apps they haven't thought up yet. Why not release a Flash AfterEffects hybrid that uses Flash as the GUI to create a video effects program that simpler than iMovie yet cooler than anything on the market.

 
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studio 8Macromedia officially announced the release of Studio 8 today (August 8 at 8 am) and has started taking pre-orders with a delivery date in September (rigth before MAX of course). Studio 8 now includes Contribute and FlashPaper in addition to upgraded versions of Flash Professional, Dreamweaver and Fireworks. Macromedia has made a series of online serminars available to the public so you can learn more about the upgrade. I can't wait to order my version so I can jump straight into new Flash fun. In honor of the new release, I will be posting Studio 8 stories all day so keep checking in for more updates!

 
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]]>Mike Schleifstein2005-08-08T10:19:57+00:00Investors Daily tracks down Macromedia CEO for interview on mergerhttp://www.flashinsider.com/2005/07/27/investors-daily-tracks-down-macromedia-ceo-for-interview-on-merg/http://www.flashinsider.com/2005/07/27/investors-daily-tracks-down-macromedia-ceo-for-interview-on-merg/http://www.flashinsider.com/2005/07/27/investors-daily-tracks-down-macromedia-ceo-for-interview-on-merg/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

stephen elop ceoInvestors Daily recently interviewed Macromedia CEO Stephen Elop and today they posted it for the world online. The interview focused on the pending Macromedia Adobe merger. Key points include a quick summary of latest Justice Department inquiry, hints at a new relationship between Flash and Adobe's PDF, and a good short explanation of where the Flash Platform fits into the merger. I like Dreamweaver being described as: "the leading Web authoring product." Can we say goodbye to GoLive then? Towards the end of the interview Elop even states that certain things Flash Platform does can be better accomplished with Adobe Reader, such as forms based applications. Could this mean the end of Flash Paper? Does this mean our Flash future includes export to PDF as a component?

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edit: well apparently investors.com allows free links for one day only so check out the yahoo news for the full interview, via John Dowdell

 
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