Ideally, projects rendered are newspapers, posters, and other marketing materials. It offers more precision with typography than Photoshop, but less in the graphics department. It allows you to produce and preview documents for magazines, both in print and online across mobile and desktop platforms. For time’s sake, I’ll just focus on the primary 16.

In addition to the Creative Suite, there are several other suites and enterprise products. In the 6th iteration of the Adobe Creative Suite (that’s where the “CS” comes from), there are 16 programs. Here’s a quick guide to understanding each of Adobe’s software programs. In the past, it was a fairly large investment to buy the suite however in recent years, Adobe has lumped all its products together into its Creative Cloud platform with subscription plans ranging from $9.99/mo to $49.99/mo. A great option for those of us on a budget. But those aren’t the only programs Adobe develops. Most people know about Flash, Photoshop, and Adobe Reader. Adobe creates a lot of programs, many of which I found myself unfamiliar with until recently.

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