Macromedia Announces Studio 8
Macromedia announced Macromedia Studio 8, the essential suite for web designers, developers, video professionals, and graphic artists to design, develop, and maintain interactive online experiences. Combining the latest releases of award-winning Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash Professional, and Macromedia Fireworks, and key productivity tools Macromedia Contribute and Macromedia FlashPaper, Studio 8 offers a new level of expressiveness, efficiency, and simplified workflow to create websites, interactive media, and mobile content.
"Studio 8 is a huge leap forward,” said Stephen Elop, chief executive officer, Macromedia. "There are tremendous improvements to features and performance allowing designers and developers to build and deliver more expressive and compelling experiences for the web and devices in less time than ever before. Our beta testers worldwide agree: this release will fundamentally change the way people think about the creation and delivery of digital content."
Studio 8 contains workflow enhancements, new products, and feature firsts. The addition of Contribute and FlashPaper allows designers and developers a streamlined approach to maintaining web content, making the upkeep of sites created with the suite even more cost effective. Studio 8 also includes groundbreaking new video encoding tools, which give customers an easier method for creating and publishing high-quality interactive video for truly memorable online experiences. New CSS enhancements and visual authoring tools for XML add style and sophistication to websites and applications. New tools for authoring and testing mobile content give Studio 8 the market lead in helping businesses reach the widest audience possible across multiple platforms.
"Macromedia technology has helped us realize our main design goal for the Toyota Hybrid City site—to promote a better understanding of Toyota's hybrid technology among our customers," said Yoshitaka Hirano, assistant manager, Domestic Advertising & Marketing Div., Toyota Motor Corporation. "I expect the new expressive features of Studio 8, including advanced visual effects and video integration, will allow us to communicate Toyota's advanced technology via an unparalleled web experience which is both entertaining and educational."
The Studio 8 suite and its individual products are key application components of the Macromedia Flash Platform for delivering the most effective experiences for rich content, applications, and communications across browsers, operating systems, and devices.
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a scandal: macromedia prices 40 % more expensive in Europe for its new version 8!!!
a scandal: macromédia prices 40 % more expensive in Europe for its new version 8!!!
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Upgrade Pricing Penalizes Loyal Studio Buyers
New Retail Studio 8 is $999 But you can buy Fireworks MX for $299 or less, and upgrade for $399. Meaning there is no reason to ever pay retail.
Worse yet, if you paid for Studio MX previously there is no discount on the upgrade. Meaning the cost of Studio MX and Studio 8 is twice the cost of Fireworks MX and Studio 8. This is not a good way to treat loyal Macromedia Users.
There is a petition to ask Macromedia to offer Studio owners a discount.
http://www.petitiononline.com/UpgMac8/petition.html
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