With our powers combined

Damian Koh | Jan 25, 2006

Move over, Apple. Adobe today released its Production Studio which has received a makeover to include new versions of After Effects, Premiere Pro, Audition and Encore DVD. The California company also introduced its Dynamic Link which enhances workflow to maximize productivity.

An extension of the Adobe Creative Suite, the Production Studio's foray into the market comes nearly two months after the company completed its acquisition of Macromedia on December 3, 2005.

Following the acquisition, Adobe also announced three new bundles: The Adobe Design Bundle, Adobe Web Bundle and the Adobe Video Bundle--all of which are available on the market now.

Touted as the most complete post-production software solution available, the Production Studio is targeted at various groups of people including enterprise users, knowledge workers, developers, creative personnel and mainstream consumers.

Other features of the new software include a unified interface and a file browser that's compatible across all the programs in the bundle--neat, especially if you have a lot of applications open and you need to access similar files.

The Production Studio is power-hungry, so you'll need to meet the minimum system requirements of Pentium 4 1.4GHz processor for DV (Pentium 4 3.6CHz processor for HDV), 21GB of hard disk space and 1GB RAM (when running multiple applications) in order not to crash and burn.

Estimated street prices are S$3,349 (US$2,203.29) for the Premium edition and S$2,359 (US$1,551.97) for the Standard edition. PC not included.

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