BANGALORE, INDIA: Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced the new Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 product line in India, enabling designers and developers to target smartphone and tablet platforms.
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"Creative Suite 5.5 will drive the development of new digital experiences across devices, including all major smartphones and tablets,” said Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer at Adobe.
This release helps enable designers and developers to deliver mobile applications on Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS, iOS and other platforms; create rich browser-based content across screens using HTML5; and leverage Flash Player to deliver premium video content, casual games and rich Internet applications.
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“There is significant change in the way content is being consumed in emerging markets like India," said Prabhjeet Singh, country marketing manager-India, Adobe Systems
Singh added, "With the swift market adoption of devices, design, interactivity and the ability to move content across screens has become pivotal for content creators. With Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 we are providing industry-leading tools which will allow content creators to design and deliver rich content on any screen with greater efficiency.”
The new Creative Suite 5.5 Web Premium suite is packed with innovations in HTML5 and Adobe Flash authoring tools, empowering customers to create, deliver and monetize rich content and applications for virtually any screen.
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Scripting engine in Adobe Photoshop
With today’s announcements, Adobe extended the creative process beyond the desktop by helping integrate tablet devices into creative workflows. A new scripting engine in Adobe Photoshop and an enhanced Photoshop Software Development Kit (SDK) enable developers to build tablet applications that interact with Photoshop from Android, BlackBerry and iOS devices.
Adobe also announced three new iPad applications that demonstrate the creative possibilities of using tablets to drive common Photoshop workflows — Adobe Color Lava for Photoshop, Adobe Eazel for Photoshop and Adobe Nav for Photoshop.
Flash Enabled Devices on the Rise
With more than 131 million smartphones expected to have Flash Player installed by the end of the year, Adobe Flash makes it possible to bring rich content to desktops and devices inside the browser. Flash Player is supported on Android, HP webOS and Google TV today.
BlackBerry Tablet OS, upcoming versions of Windows Phone, Samsung SmartTVs and others are expected to support Flash Player in the near future added the press release.