Adobe Systems announces Plug-in Development Kits for Adobe Photoshop 3.0 for Macintosh & Windows and Premiere 4.0 for Windows Programs.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 1995--Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADBE ADBE Adobe Systems, Inc. (stock symbol) ) Tuesday announced the availability of two new Plug-in Development Kits: one for Adobe Photoshop See Photoshop. 3.0 for Macintosh and Windows and another for Adobe Premiere 4.0 for Windows. The cross-platform kits contain all the information and samples necessary to help application software vendors develop plug-ins for the programs on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The kits also include the Adobe Acrobat CD Sampler, which contains Adobe Acrobat 2.0 Reader software for Macintosh and Windows and a selection of files in Acrobat software's Portable Document Format (file format) Portable Document Format - (PDF) The native file format for Adobe Systems' Acrobat. PDF is the file format for representing documents in a manner that is independent of the original application software, hardware, and operating system used to create those documents. (PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. ). Both kits are available immediately through Adobe's bulletin board and Adobe's FTP site A server on the Internet that maintains files for downloading. An FTP site may be one or more servers or just one or two folders dedicated to file transfer on a single server. See FTP and anonymous FTP. . Adobe Photoshop 3.0 Plug-in Development Kit The Adobe Photoshop 3.0 Plug-in Development Kit for Macintosh and Windows is a cross-platform kit that includes source code, documentation and resources for developing the Macintosh, Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. and Windows environments simultaneously. The functionality of version 3.0 is opened up by allowing developers to access new features, such as layers, and takes advantage of the Windows 32S API. While plug-ins written to the version 2.5 specification will run under version 3.0, Adobe encourages the adoption of the 3.0 standard because it is more powerful and offers additional features than the 2.5 specification. "Adobe's new Plug-in Development Kits provide developers with an easy way to extend the functionality of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere," said Eric Zocher, Adobe's vice president of engineering, Application Products Division. "The kits, combined with continuing support from the Adobe Developers Association, ensure that any new third-party plug-ins meet the standards of quality and functionality our users have come to expect." Plug-ins written to the version 3.0 specification allow the application to read and write non-native file formats, acquire images directly from scanners or video frame devices, export images directly to hardware devices or save them in proprietary formats, and filter or modify selected portions of images. Adobe Premiere for Windows Plug-in Development Kit The Adobe Premiere 4.0 for Windows Plug-in Development Kit brings an open API Open API (often referred to as OpenAPI) is a word used to describe sets of technologies that enable websites to interact with each other by using SOAP, Javascript any other web technology. to the Windows application A program that is written to run under Microsoft's Windows operating system. Such applications typically run under all 32-bit versions of Windows, but earlier applications might also run under the 16-bit versions (Windows 3.x) as well. See Windows. for the first time. The architecture is similar to that of the Adobe Premiere for Macintosh API and should allow developers to work from a common code base when developing multi-platform plug-ins. Using the API for Adobe Premiere software enables developers to create transitions between media clips, allows special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. to be applied to video and audio tracks, and allows developers to create export modules for converting data. "Elastic Reality Inc. saw a perfect opportunity to develop plug-in transition packs for Adobe Premiere," said Perry Kivolowitz Perry Kivolowitz is an American computer scientist and business person. In 1985, he co-founded Advanced Systems Design Group which built hardware for the Commodore Amiga. In 1996 he received an Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Achievement for the invention of shape driven , chief executive officer of Elastic Reality in Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The 2006 population estimate of Madison was 223,389, making it the second largest city in Wisconsin, after Milwaukee, and . "Using the Adobe Premiere 4.0 for Windows Plug-in Development Kit, we brought TransJammer Volume 1, a suite of more than 100 killer transitional effects, to market in record time." Price and Availability Versions of the Adobe Photoshop 3.0 Plug-in Development Kit for Macintosh and Windows and the Adobe Premiere 4.0 Plug-in Development Kit for Windows are available free through Adobe's bulletin board and Adobe's FTP site at ftp FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to .adobe.com and on the World Wide Web at http://www.adobe.com/Support/Service.html. These free versions come without phone or electronic mail support. The plug-in kits are also available through the Adobe Developers Graphic Applications Plug-in Program (GAP). For an annual fee of $195 in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada, and an annual fee of $395 outside of the United States, developers receive the plug-in kits and updates, support, a monthly newsletter and discounts on Adobe software A list of Adobe Systems products. Current
Developers can also obtain versions of the Adobe Illustrator 5.5 Plug-in Development Kit for Macintosh and the Adobe Premiere 4.0 Plug-in Development Kit for Macintosh from the same sources. For more information, please contact GAP at 415/961-4111 or send e-mail to Adobe Developers Association at devsup-person@adobe.com. European developers may contact Adobe's Amsterdam office by phone at 31-20-6511-275, by fax at 31-20-6511-313 or via e-mail at eurosupport@adobe.com. The Adobe Plug-in Connection Adobe provides marketing assistance for developers of plug-ins through The Adobe Plug-in Connection, a member-owned cooperative offering developers the most efficient channel for marketing and selling Adobe plug-ins. Developers interested in joining The Adobe Plug-in Connection cooperative should call David Appel at 206/343-4221. For additional marketing assistance, call Mike Farrell 415/962-2945 for Adobe Photoshop plug-ins or Sarah Daley 206/343-3508 for dynamic media products. Adobe Systems Inc., founded in 1982, is headquartered in Mountain View. Adobe develops, markets and supports computer software products and technologies that enable users to create, display, print and communicate electronic documents. The company licenses its technology to major computer, printing and publishing suppliers, and markets a line of applications software and type products for authoring visually rich documents. Additionally, the company markets a line of powerful, but easy to use, products for home and small business users. Adobe has subsidiaries in Europe and the Pacific Rim serving a worldwide network of dealers and distributors. Adobe's 1994 revenue was approximately $598 million. -0- Note to Editors: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Power Macintosh is a trademark and Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. CONTACT: Adobe Systems Inc. Patricia J. Pane, 415/962-2967 |
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