PhotoDeluxewas a consumer-orientedimage editingsoftwareline published byAdobe Systemsfrom 1996[until July 8, 2002. At that time it was replaced by Adobe's newly launched consumer-oriented image editing softwarePhotoshop Elements. Adobe no longer provides technical support for the PhotoDeluxe software line.
PhotoDeluxe had a range of image processing capabilities for the home photographer and image handler. These included removingred-eye, cropping, and adjustingbrightness,contrast, andsharpness. It also included software to extract pictures from animage scanner. Among the functionality included was the ability to dynamically resize photos and export them in a wide range of formats. It also had a range of printing options including printing multiple copies of an image on the same page. It was often bundled free withEpsonscannersor as free software with new computers.
PageMillis aWYSIWYGHTML editordeveloped byAdobe Systemsin 1994. After PageMill 3.0, it was discontinued in favor ofGoLive.
History[edit]
Ceneca Communications Inc. developed the original PageMill and SiteMill products.During open beta testing, Adobe acquired the company and rebranded the product with their own logo.Adobe released PageMill 1.0 in late 1995It was considered revolutionary at the time, as it was the first HTML editor that was considered user-friendly, cited as the "PageMakerof the WWW". This first version, however, was also criticized for lacking items such as a spell-checker and support for creating HTML tables. Adobe acquired Ceneca in October 1995 for US$15 million.
Adobe PageMill 2.0, which was introduced in early 1997, corrected these issues with a package that, according to one review, "adds more features than I have fingers and toes… PageMill with its tables, frames, graphics, and support for form interfaces, makes it easy to lay out a page"PageMill 2.0 was also the first version forMicrosoft Windows
Adobe PageMill 3.0, released in early 1999, supported embedded font commands and a site-management feature.It was discontinued in February 2000, due to the acquisition and promotion ofAdobe GoLive]A later patch, still available from Adobe, fixed a problem withFTPupload.
System requirements for Windows
To run PhotoDeluxe Business software, your system must meet or exceedthe following hardware and software requirements:
• Personal computer with an Intel Pentium processor or 100%compatible processor (MMX recommended).
• Microsoft Windows 95 or later, or Windows NT® 4.0 with ServicePack 3 or later.
• 16 megabytes (MB) of random-access memory (RAM) for Windows 95or later (32 MB recommended); 32 MB for Windows NT (64 MBrecommended).
• 140 MB of available hard-disk space.
• 256-color display adapter and compatible monitor (24-bit color display
adapter and True Color display recommended).
• CD-ROM drive.
• Sound card for the tour movie.
• 32-bit TWAIN data source or Adobe Photoshop®-compatible plug-inwhen using PhotoDeluxe Business with a scanner.
