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Can Captivate 9 Save Adobe?

LearnDash

Our relationship goes back a long way too as I can recall the days of using Captivate when it was owned by Macromedia. During those years there weren’t many other alternatives. Articulate wasn’t the juggernaut that it is today, and aside from learning how to program Flash, Macromedia Captivate was your next best option.

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Acquistions – Someone had an idea

eLearning 24-7

Instead, it was someone from Macromedia Dreamweaver, which is software for building websites. LTG, Macromedia, Adobe, and Smart ideas (for the most part) LTG acquiring Rustici (makers of the SCORM engine and Watershed LRS, among other items) is a great idea. At the time, I hated it. Thankfully, Taleo isn’t around to buy.

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5 Must Read ELearning Software Articles

LearnDash

Macromedia Captivate (later acquired by Adobe) was one of the first major players into the game. It wasn’t long after that alternatives began to pop up and soon Articulate started to dominate with their Articulate Studio offering. These people could also charge quite a bit for this service, so not all was bad.

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10 Reasons to Join The eLearning Guild

Web Courseworks

Colleges were just starting to offer Photoshop courses and were just including HTML and Macromedia in their curriculum. I try to attend a Guild conference every other year and alternate between Learning Solutions Conference and DevLearn.

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Choosing the Best Complimentary Photo Editor on the Web

Hurix Digital

Still another common photo editing application which can be obtained for free is your Macromedia Free Photo Editor Online. This program has been created by Macromedia as a free tool for the Mac community to use. You can use it on a Mac or PC. The next option on the list is Adobe Photoshop.

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10 Great Moments in eLearning History

SHIFT eLearning

In 2005, Adobe bought Macromedia and transformed it into Adobe Flash. Ability to embed a rich media experience makes it a viable alternative to Flash, which not all mobile devices support. From the read-only environment of Web 1.0, emphasizes on how we learn—how we interact with content online. 2005: The Rise of Flash Video.

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Michael Allen – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Authorware merged with MacroMind/Paracomp to become Macromedia, which was later acquired by Adobe. Because of its speed and flexibility, it helps designers explore more alternative designs. If they have alternatives to boring, ineffective learning, they take them. We see that all the time with cleverly designed e-learning.