Adobe
Adobe is a software company focused on digital media and digital marketing. It was founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke in California. The two had previously worked at Xerox PARC, and the company grew out of the PostScript page description language; its name comes from Adobe Creek in Los Altos. Headquarters are in San Jose, California.
Business and main product lines
Adobe’s business is usually described in three product lines:
- Creative Cloud: a subscription collection for creative work, including the Photoshop image editor, the Illustrator vector drawing application, and, for video, Adobe Premiere (editing and production) and After Effects (motion graphics and visual effects). Premiere Pro shipped from Adobe in 1991 under its original name, Adobe Premiere; After Effects came to Adobe through the acquisition of Aldus.
- Document Cloud: document and PDF products centered on Acrobat. The PDF format itself originated with Adobe.
- Experience Cloud: analytics, content, and customer management software for enterprises and marketing teams.
Downloads, versions, and subscription prices for each application should be read from the current pages on the Adobe website.
Frequently asked questions
What kind of company is Adobe?
Adobe develops software for creative work, documents, and marketing. Its flagship products include the Photoshop image editor, the Illustrator vector illustration application, Acrobat and the PDF format; Premiere Pro and After Effects cover video production.
Where is Adobe’s official website?
The official website is adobe.com. Each application’s official download and subscription entry lives on its product page, such as the After Effects product page.
What are Adobe’s main products?
By product line: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and After Effects on the creative side; Acrobat and PDF tools for documents; Experience Cloud for enterprises and marketing. This site’s application profiles cover Adobe Premiere and After Effects.