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Saturday, June 11, 2005
Microsoft tests graphic design program
Adobe's Photoshop, Illustrator targeted
Microsoft Corp. has started public testing of a new graphics program designed to compete with Adobe Systems Inc.'s Photoshop and Illustrator products.
The Microsoft program, code-named Acrylic, can be used for digital painting, illustration and graphic design, the company said on its Web site yesterday. It's based on technology that Microsoft acquired in 2003 when it bought Creature House Ltd., a Hong Kong-based maker of graphic-design software.
Microsoft has been stepping up its rivalry with Adobe and in April announced a technology that will compete with Adobe's PDF file format for sharing digital documents. Adobe Chief Executive Bruce Chizen said last month that his April 18 agreement to buy Macromedia, a video-program maker, for $3.4 billion was spurred in part by a need to fend off Microsoft.
The Acrylic test program can be downloaded at www.microsoft.com/products/expression/.
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