If you are interested in doing some of your own photo, video, or web work, here are some applications and resources that we highly recommend!
I was brought up on linear video editing -- tape to tape, back in the late 80s...And from there I graduated to nonlinear video editing, which is to say "word processing style" video editing.
I learned how to do that working with the foremost pioneer of nonlinear video editing -- Avid Technology. Avid makes a great product, and I would recommend it to anyone, but as of late, I have been swayed over to Adobe products, mainly because of their fantastic integration within their product lines. Pretty much any Adobe product will work with another. That's what the Creative Suite 3, and Master Collection are all about -- terrific integrated software.
Below are some highly recommended tools from Adobe. You can visit the Adobe USA Store to see more offerings.
Acrobat 9 Pro: Protect documents and accelerate information exchange with PDF.
Creative Suite 3.3: Now with new Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro plus a special offering: Adobe Fireworks CS3.