Adobe Systems, Macromedia, Together a Powerhouse
Adobe is buying Macromedia for $3.4 billion. That will create powerhouse in digital media creation and manipulation. However, since Photoshop and FireWorks are competing programs, particularly with the release of ImageReady, which integrates well with Photoshop, will the two products merge or will both survive? The big question really is Flash and the newer video player enhancements that have made it into recent versions. Adobe also had video editing software, with OpenHD, Premier and After Effects.