Adobe LiveMotion

Infobox Software
name = Adobe LiveMotion



caption = Adobe LiveMotion 2 running on Microsoft Windows
developer = Adobe Systems
latest release version = 2
latest release date = January 7, 2002
operating system = Microsoft Windows
genre = Raster graphics editor
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.adobe.com/products/livemotion/ LiveMotion site.]

Adobe LiveMotion was a product created by Adobe Systems released in 2000 and perceived as a direct competitor to Macromedia Flash. It replaced the discontinued Adobe ImageStyler program, which Adobe had sold from 1998 to 2000.

LiveMotion was created as a tool for the creation of interactive animated graphics. It was able to export to a variety of formats, including QuickTime and Macromedia Flash. LiveMotion has an interface and motion timeline similar to After Effects and had the ability to share files across using the Adobe exchange file format.

Adobe released LiveMotion and LiveMotion 2.0 before discontinuing development November 15, 2003 because of poor sales due to fierce competition from its rival. Ironically, in early 2005, Adobe and Macromedia announced that they would merge, which would likely have resulted in the LiveMotion project being scrapped anyway.

External links

* [http://www.adobe.com/products/livemotion/main.html LiveMotion product page] – [http://web.archive.org/web/20031004181050/http://www.adobe.com/products/livemotion/ archived]
* [http://www.livemotioncentral.com/ LiveMotionCentral.com - resource site for LiveMotion]
* [http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/livemotion/ LiveMotion and ImageStyler resources] at About.com