Macromedia Contribute (March 2003, page 57) caused considerable excitement with its ability to keep site content up-to-date, under control and within budget.

Improved media handling, Flash video support and greater interactivity see Captivate extend into new areas of training.

Xenofex 2 is an updated range of Photoshop-compatible plug-ins from Alien Skin, the developer of Eye Candy 4000, one of the most popular filter collections and a personal favourite of ours. This was mainly down to its interface, which is thankfully shared by the new Xenofex collection.

Modern photo management software that offers surprising power, especially considering it’s free.

Microsoft finally recognises that web authoring needs a standards-compliant tool, albeit on its own terms.

Revolutionary approach to modern web design that removes the pain from CSS-based theme designing.

My main reaction to the first 1998 edition of Photoshop for the Web was surprise. After all, Photoshop 5 was a print-based photo editor with no dedicated Web features and little to offer apart from the ability to save to JPEG and GIF...

A new interface, drawing engine and programming language, but surprisingly little new power.

Microsoft prepares to march into Adobe territory with its forthcoming suite of graphics and web development software.

What makes PDF (Portable Document Format) unique is that it can provide an exact electronic replica of any document from any application on all major platforms, including all text, graphics and fonts. It’s an amazingly flexible format with a myriad of uses ranging from electronic manuals and e-books, through secure document exchange and archiving, to multimedia presentation and high-end commercial print.

Existing export capabilities and new support for dynamic components make this a must for professional users

A period of transition as Adobe deals with its Macromedia inheritance and the changing nature of the web.

Four powerful and long-serving Photoshop plug-ins at a cut-down price.

One way to get your Website's logos and page titles to literally stand out is by making them 3D. Xara3D is designed to make the whole process a cinch.

QuarkXPress defines and dominates high-end publishing in much the same way as Adobe Photoshop does photo editing.

An excellent release that reworks Photoshop’s core colour-correction capabilities, making them even more powerful

New effects enable richer design results, while a host of other improvements boost productivity.