Finding Software

Adobe
http://www.adobe.com/
Adobe is one of the premier companies in computer image processing. The recently innovative homepage for Adobe now has divisions between products they offer for web development, print and publication, motion, and e-paper. Adobe also provides significant content, in a book-like/newsletter format providing users tips and tricks for using their products as well as their innovative uses of best practices utilizing their technologies in the area of print, digital, or web-based resources. You can also download plug-ins and freeware such as Adobe Acrobat Reader™, which is a cross-platform standard for the distribution of documents in a digital format. Adobe also provides extensive technical information and online articles that supplements user manuals.

Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/default.asp
Microsoft's products, which have become the defacto standard for many businesses, provides an extensive site with information about all of their products including entertainment software. Microsoft's homepage offers access to a variety of sources of information including the products and services they support. This includes support for professional software developers and the general computer user. The site also offers access to other Microsoft resources such as MSN, software patches and freeware ,and provides helpful links to information about upcoming events of interest to visitors.

Macromedia
http://www.macromedia.com/
With the increase in the use of Flash technology in web site design to display sophisticated graphics, Internet users will need to access the Macromedia site to download their Flash Player plug-in application. The free download area on the web site lets you access Shockwave, Flash, and Authorware players, which are required for sophisticated multimedia playback over the Internet. This technology vendor's forte is the software utilized by many developers to build computer-assisted instruction and tutorials. Trial versions of their software are also available for download.