I needed a copy of dreamweaver to use temp. after my LP hard drive got wrecked, so I downloaded #8. They don't seem to have my version, MX there anymore to download.


i noticed a bunch o' new products there and some updates to classics. If I wanted to learn something new/essential, wich ones should I try?

:)

One of my companies deals heavily with Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop. We do graphic design/animation/web design and those four programs are pretty much a necessity (though Fireworks could probably be dropped in favour of just Photoshop). Flash is a pretty cool program to learn, but prepare to spend a decent chunk of time and money on books to learn any of the better advanced features.

Good Adobe products? :)

They are all excellent, from Flash to Dreamweaver, from After Effects to Premiere.

It just depends what exactly you're planning to use them for.

As a former media obsessed person, I used most of their products of quite some time and I have to say that almost nothing beats them.

look for Captivate, its good if you want to make flash demos for your company's site/product (Sorry Vito, no intention to kill your business at demodemo)

Fireworks is by-far their best product line, although Indesign is an excellent program as well.

What are the plans for Adobe? Did they change Macromedia to Adobe in the current products? Do they plan to do that for future versions?

Are they going to keep Adobe and Macromedia products separate or mix them into one, Adobe?

Are the same people going to work on Flash/Fireworks/etc. products or a new team from Adobe? If latter I hope they don't mess it up. Macromedia products are the best!

look for Captivate, its good if you want to make flash demos for your company's site/product (Sorry Vito, no intention to kill your business at demodemo)
As Vito would likely tell you, telling people what program is used to build flash tutorials would not hurt his business. For the most part web hosts are too busy dealing with "web hosting" issues to have the extra time needed to build their own flash tutorials.... and build them well. Building a 25 tutorial series would cost hundreds (or even thousands) of dollars in time/wages, so it doesn't make much sense to build your own when you can get them from Vito for under $100!

Rob.