List of Adobe software facts for kids

Adobe Inc. is a big software company that makes many popular computer programs. You might know some of them, like Photoshop for editing pictures or Acrobat Reader for opening PDF files. This page lists some of the software products that Adobe makes.

Active Products

Adobe creates many different software programs that help people with creative tasks, document work, and even managing online businesses. Here are some of their main active products:

Acrobat Family

This group of software helps you work with PDF files. PDF stands for Portable Document Format, and it's a way to share documents that look the same on any computer or device.

• Acrobat: This program lets you create, edit, and manage PDF files. It's like a powerful toolkit for documents.
• Acrobat Reader: This is a free program that lets you open, view, and print PDF files. Many people use it to read documents online.
• Adobe Sign: This tool helps you sign documents digitally, which is super useful for agreements and contracts.

Experience Cloud Family

The Experience Cloud is a set of tools mainly for businesses. It helps companies understand their customers better, manage their websites, and run online advertising campaigns.

• Advertising Cloud: Helps businesses manage their online ads.
• Analytics: Gathers information about how people use websites and apps.
• Experience Manager: Helps companies build and manage their websites and digital content.
• Magento Commerce Cloud: A platform that helps businesses create online stores.
• Marketo Engage: Helps businesses connect with their customers through marketing campaigns.

Mobile Apps

Adobe also makes many apps for phones and tablets, so you can be creative or productive on the go!

• Adobe Capture: Lets you turn photos into design elements like colors, patterns, and brushes.
• Adobe Comp: Helps you create layouts and designs for posters, flyers, or web pages quickly on your iPad.
• Fresco: A drawing and painting app that works great on touch devices, mixing both vector and raster brushes.
• Illustrator Draw: Lets you create vector drawings on your mobile device. Vector drawings can be scaled to any size without losing quality.
• Photoshop Camera: An app that uses artificial intelligence to add cool effects and filters to your photos before you even take them.
• Photoshop Fix: Helps you touch up and restore photos on your mobile device.
• Scan: Turns any paper document into a PDF using your phone's camera.
• Creative Cloud Express: A simple app for creating social media graphics, videos, and web pages quickly.

Photoshop Family

This family of products is all about editing and managing photos.

• Lightroom: This program helps photographers organize, edit, and share their photos. It's great for managing large collections of pictures.
• Photoshop: This is one of Adobe's most famous programs. It's used by artists, designers, and photographers to edit photos, create digital art, and design graphics. You can do almost anything with an image in Photoshop!
• Photoshop Elements: A simpler version of Photoshop, perfect for beginners and people who want to easily edit and organize their personal photos.
• Photoshop Express: A free and easy-to-use photo editing app for quick fixes and enhancements on your computer or mobile device.

Technical Communication Suite Family

These tools are for people who create technical documents, help guides, and online learning materials.

• Captivate: Used to create interactive online courses and presentations.
• FrameMaker: Helps create and publish long, complex documents like manuals and books.
• RoboHelp: Used to create help systems and knowledge bases for software and websites.

Premiere Family

This group of software is for editing videos.

• Premiere Elements: A simpler video editing program for beginners and hobbyists who want to make home movies.
• Premiere Pro: A professional video editing program used by filmmakers and video creators to make movies, TV shows, and online videos.
• Premiere Rush: A video editing app that lets you quickly create and share videos from your phone or computer.

Type Family

These products are all about fonts and text.

• Fonts: This service gives you access to thousands of fonts that you can use in your Adobe programs.

Creative Cloud Family

Creative Cloud is a collection of many Adobe programs that you can get through a subscription. Instead of buying each program separately, you pay a monthly fee to use a whole suite of tools. It's like having a toolbox full of all the best creative software!

• After Effects: Used to create motion graphics and visual effects for videos. Think of it as Photoshop for video.
• Animate (formerly Flash Professional): Helps create interactive animations for websites, games, and cartoons.
• Audition: A program for recording, mixing, and editing audio. Great for podcasts and music.
• Bridge: A program that helps you organize and browse all your creative files.
• Dimension: Lets you create realistic 3D images and designs.
• Dreamweaver: A tool for designing and building websites.
• Illustrator: Used to create vector graphics, like logos, icons, and illustrations. These graphics can be scaled to any size without losing quality.
• InDesign: A program for designing layouts for print and digital publications, like magazines, brochures, and e-books.
• Media Encoder: Helps you convert video and audio files into different formats.
• XD: A tool for designing and prototyping user interfaces for websites and mobile apps.

Substance 3D Family

These tools are for creating amazing 3D art and models.

• Substance 3D Designer: Lets you create textures and materials for 3D objects.
• Substance 3D Modeler: A tool for sculpting and building 3D models.
• Substance 3D Painter: Helps you paint and add details to your 3D models.

Software Suites

A "software suite" is a group of different software programs that are sold together. Adobe has offered several suites over the years.

Creative Cloud

Creative Cloud is the newest way Adobe offers its software. It works like a subscription service, meaning you pay a fee (usually monthly or yearly) to use the programs. It includes almost all of Adobe's creative tools, like Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and many more. It also gives you access to cloud storage and online services.

Creative Suite

Adobe Creative Suite (often called CS) was a collection of software programs for graphic design, video editing, and web development. It was sold as a one-time purchase before Creative Cloud came along. It included popular programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Premiere Pro.

Technical Communication Suite

The Adobe Technical Communication Suite is a group of programs designed for people who write technical documents, like instruction manuals or help guides. It includes tools like Captivate and RoboHelp.

See also

• Creative Cloud controversy
• Macromedia, a company Adobe acquired