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What Software Do You Need? We hope this software list will be helpful to you. If you have more questions or need assistance, don’t hesitate to ask someone at the desk to get you some assistance.
Adobe PhotoShop Elements has all the functionality you need to
edit .jpg and .raw photos plus it is user-friendly and has guides to help the beginner. If you are an expert, there is a level for you.
Photos app will let you edit .jpg and .raw photos, create calendars and
Edit a Photograph?
books, and also share on your iCloud or other third party services.
PhotoShop CC has more functionality than PSE and was designed for
pro graphic designers. Anything you can conceive, you can produce. But it is the most difficult to use. If you’re doing simple edits, try PSE, designed for the consumer.
Lightroom is a powerful software that is meant to view, organize and
retouching a large number of digital images.Lightroom’s edits are non-destructive.
iMovie - New version is the newest version. It is the most user-friend-
Edit video?
ly, very powerful features most people need to edit a video. It can output video to FB, YouTube, and as a single file; however, it will only output as a .mp4 file.
iMovie - Old version will do everything that the new version will do;
however, it has better functionality and choice in the formats it will output.
Final Cut Pro is a professional video editing software. It is not us-
er-friendly like iMovie but is very powerful if you have a need for more advanced features.
Premiere Elements is not as user-friendly as iMovie but it has more
powerful functionality. It also have three different editing modes that can guide the beginner and meet the needs of the advanced user. It is like the difference in PhotoShop. Premiere Elements was designed for the consumer and Premiere Pro is for the professional user.
Premiere Pro is a professional video editing software used by many
in the industry as the industry standard. It is not user-friendly but you can bring in After-Effects files, PhotoShop files, Adobe Story and Audition files directly into the application for use.
Advanced Editing of Video?
Compressor is a software program that you use to compress or make
video files smaller to reduce the size and the transmission time when video is streamed online. Compressor is good maintains the ability to work with older formats as well as encode NTSC (American video standard) to PAL (European and some other countries). It also can up-convert SD or standard definition to HD or high definition without serious quality losses. There are many filters and the video can be cropped. Also works from within FCPX.
Motion is a software that creates 3D titles, motion graphics, credits rolls,
and text animations/generator. It can be launched independently or through FCPX. Very powerful application and rather difficult to use.
SpeedGrade is an Adobe software that is used to color correct video. It
was designed for video professionals but somewhat easier to navigate when launched from inside Adobe Premiere Pro.
Create a Podcast?
GarageBand is a software to create your own podcast or music. It is powerful enough to be an entire audio production software.
Audacity is a software to create your own podcast or music. It is a very powerful appliction but not as user-friendly as Garageband.
Quicktime Player. If you need to do a screen capture of either video or
Screen Capture?
audio or both, Quicktime is very simple to use, records audio and video on the screen, and maintains great quality.
Adobe After Effects is primarily used as a software for video editors,
Video Animation?
to create motion graphics and also visual effects. It allows users to animate, edit, and compose media in both 2D or 3D. In addition to 3D effects, there are plug-ins for making video look like film or cartoons; simulating fire, smoke, or water; particle systems; slow motion; creating animated charts, graphs, etc. It can alos add pro color correction. It can be accessed directly through Premiere Pro.
Edit a .pdf file?
Adobe Acrobat X allows you to create, open, and edit pdf files.
PhotoShop or PhotoShop Elements - can be used for fliers but not efficient for a newsletter, magazine, or brochure.
Design a flier, newsletter, or magazine?
InDesign is a software that can be used to create posters, fliers, bro-
chures, magazines, newspapers and books. InDesign can also publish content suitable for tablet devices in conjunction with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. It also supports export to EPUB and SWF formats to create e-books and digital publications, including digital magazines, and content suitable for consumption on tablet computers.
Microsoft Word
Design an illustration, chart, logos, diagrams, cartoons of real photographs?
Adobe Illustrator is typically used to create illustrations, charts,
Create a webpage?
Dreamweaver is a software that can be used to create webpages and
graphs, logos, diagrams, cartoons of real photographs, and vector graphics. The software is difficult to get started, but it is worth the program may be difficult to understand initially, the final product will be well worth the learning curve.
upload them on a server for use.
Fireworks is a software that can be used for many purposes. For exam-
ple, it can be used to design a webpage and create graphics like buttons and banners within Fireworks. Then, you can import them into Dreamweaver. Since Dreamweaver actually has a command for importing Fireworks HTML, the two applications share a streamlined workflow. You can also create and take advantage of great libraries of vector graphics.
Develop Games and Animations for the Web?
Flash Professional is a powerful authoring environment for creating animation, games, and multimedia content for immersive interactivity across desktops, devices, tablets, smartphones, and televisions.
Flashbuilder is for building games and applications using the ActionScript language and the open source Flex framework.
Create a video that can be viewed on a DVD player?
Toast Titanium can burn CD, DVDs, and Blu-ray. Convert and export
video for an iPod, PSP, mobile phone, and more. Burn files of any size and copy audio CDs, movies and DVDs.
Premiere Elements Compressor
Convert video files to .mp4 files to use online, iPads, or mobile devices?
Toast Titanium
Handbrake Compressor
Word Processors
Microsoft Word Pages InCopy word processor that integrates with Adobe InDesign. The software enables editors to write, edit, and design documents.
Data and Spreadsheets
Numbers Excel
Presentation Software
Keynote PowerPoint
Create an ebook?
Use eBook Author software. Has lots of templates and support.
Video Player
This video player will open files when nothing else will.
