Adobe Inc , originally called Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American multinational computer software company incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in San Jose, California. It has historically specialized in software for the creation and publication of a wide range of content, including graphics, photography, illustration, animation, multimedia/video, motion pictures, and print. Its flagship products include Adobe Photoshop image editing software; Adobe Illustrator vector-based illustration software; Adobe Acrobat Reader and the Portable Document Format (PDF); and a host of tools primarily for audio-visual content creation, editing and publishing. Adobe offered a bundled solution of its products named Adobe Creative Suite, which evolved into a subscription software as a service (SaaS) offering named Adobe Creative Cloud. The company also expanded into digital marketing software and in 2021 was considered one of the top global leaders in Customer Experience Management (CXM).
Software suites
Adobe Experience Cloud (AEC) is a collection of integrated online marketing and Web analytics solutions by Adobe Inc.. It includes a set of analytics, social, advertising, media optimization, targeting, Web experience management and content management solutions. It includes:
- Advertising Cloud
- Analytics
- Audience Manager
- Campaign
- Commerce Cloud
- Experience Manager
- Marketo Engage
- Primetime
- Target
Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite (CS) was a series of software suites of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made or acquired by Adobe Systems. It included:
- Acrobat
- After Effects
- Audition
- Bridge
- Contribute
- Device Central
- Dreamweaver
- Dynamic Link
- Encore
- Fireworks
- Flash Professional
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- OnLocation
- Photoshop
- Premiere Pro
Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative Cloud is the successor to Creative Suite. It is based on a software as a service model. It includes everything in Creative Suite 6 with the exclusion of Fireworks and Encore, as both applications were discontinued. It also introduced a few new programs, including Muse, Animate, InCopy and Story CC Plus.
Technical Communication Suite
Adobe Technical Communication Suite is a collection of applications made by Adobe Systems for technical communicators, help authors, instructional designers, and eLearning and training design professionals. It includes:
- Acrobat
- Captivate
- FrameMaker
- Presenter
- RoboHelp
eLearning Suite
Adobe eLearning Suite was a collection of applications made by Adobe Systems for learning professionals, instructional designers, training managers, content developers, and educators.
- Acrobat
- Captivate
- Device Central
- Dreamweaver
- Flash Professional
- Photoshop