The cross-platform Advene application allows users to easily create comments and analyses of video documents, through the definition of time-aligned annotations and their mobilisation into automatically-generated or user-written comment views (HTML documents). Annotations can also be used to modify the rendition of the audiovisual document, thus providing virtual montage, captioning, navigation... capabilities. Users can exchange their comments/analyses in the form of Advene packages, independently from the video itself. The Advene framework provides models and tools allowing to design and reuse annotations schemas; annotate video streams according to these schemas; generate and create Stream-Time Based (mainly video-centred) or User-Time Based (mainly text-centred) visualisations of the annotations. Schemas (annotation- and relation-types), annotations and relations, queries and views can be clustered and shared in units called packages. Hypervideo documents are generated when needed, both from packages (for annotation and view description) and DVDs (audiovisual streams).
InDesign is a desktop publishing (DTP) software application which can be used to create periodical publications, posters, flyers, brochures, magazines and books. The latest version, InDesign CS5.5 , is the twelfth generation in the product line. Features: Tightly integrated with other Adobe suite software Dynamic cross-reference support that updates content when moved within a document Spread rotation Smart guides (Quickly align space, rotate, and resize single or multiple objects with the help of dynamic guides.) Conditional text (Deliver multiple versions of a document for different users, all from a single Adobe InDesign source file. Hide text at paragraph, word, and even character level without relying on layers. The remaining text and anchored objects automatically reflow in the layout.) Smart Text Reflow (Automatically add pages at the end of a story, selection, or document when text is overset using this new preference.) Live Preflight
Adobe Illustrator is a comprehensive vector graphics environment that is ideal for all creative professionals, including web and interactive designers and developers, multimedia producers, motion graphics and visual effects designers, animators, and video professionals. Adobe Creative Suite products, including Illustrator, have recently moved to a subscription based service model. Adobe Illustrator CS6 was the last version released on disk. Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud is now available starting at $19.99/month. Features of Adobe Illustrator CC include: Use powerful creative tools Boost productivity Deliver virtually anywhere Tightly integrated with other Adobe suite software Raster and type-in vector format support Mobile and tablet suport Cloud storage
A visual development tool for creating, publishing, and managing websites and mobile content: Dreamweaver offers a graphics-based WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You GET pronounced wizzywig) and code-based user interface for the development of web pages and sites. The tool may be used to simplify the process of web site development (in comparison to creation of individual web pages), through the provision of a templating system that allows single-source update of shared code and layout across entire sites without server-side includes or scripting. Features: WYSIWYG Code hinting for Ajax and JavaScript frameworks Subversion integration FTP/SFTP support WebDav support Web site template system Adobe Spry AJAX framework support
Adobe Bridge is a media management application used for organizing, browsing, locating, and viewing creative assets. It was provided as a part of the Adobe Creative Suite, beginning with CS2, and is now in version CS5 Features: Tightly integrated with other Adobe suite software (except for the standalone version of Adobe Acrobat 8) Extensible through use of Javascript
After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software. After Effects allows users to animate, alter, and composite media in 2d and 3d space with various built-in tools and third party plug-ins, as well as individual attention to variables like parallax and user-adjustable angle of observation. The latest version, CS5.5, is the twentieth generation in the product line. Features: Tightly integrated with other Adobe suite software Searchable timelines and projects Independent keyframing of x, y, z values Cartoon effect layer-oriented Animate and composite flexibly in 2D and 3D Create and animate text and vector graphics Choose among extensive visual effects Fluidly key, mask, rotoscope, and paint composites Take control of motion and keyframes Automate with scripting Work with 32-bit audio Gain professional results for every media type Paint and clone with nondestructive vector brushes Save time with efficient tools and a customizable interface
Adobe Acrobat Distiller was software for converting Postscript files to PDF. It was discontinued in 2013, with the exception of a server-based version.
Adlib Archive is archival management software that allows archives to create records for objects and make them available online. Adlib Archive is also available as software-as-a-service.
ASP.NET is an open source web framework for building modern web apps and services with .NET. ASP.NET creates websites based on HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript that are simple, fast, and can scale to millions of users.
