<s>
Adobe	B-Application
LiveMotion	I-Application
was	O
a	O
product	O
created	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
released	O
in	O
2000	O
and	O
perceived	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
competitor	O
to	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
replaced	O
the	O
discontinued	O
Adobe	B-Application
ImageStyler	I-Application
program	O
,	O
which	O
Adobe	O
had	O
sold	O
from	O
1998	O
to	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveMotion	B-Application
was	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
interactive	O
animated	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
export	O
to	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
QuickTime	B-Application
and	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiveMotion	B-Application
has	O
an	O
interface	O
and	O
motion	O
timeline	O
similar	O
to	O
After	B-Operating_System
Effects	I-Operating_System
and	O
had	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
share	O
files	O
across	O
using	O
the	O
Adobe	O
exchange	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
released	O
LiveMotion	B-Application
and	O
LiveMotion	B-Application
2.0	O
before	O
discontinuing	O
development	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
2003	O
because	O
of	O
poor	O
sales	O
due	O
to	O
fierce	O
competition	O
from	O
its	O
rival	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2005	O
,	O
Adobe	O
and	O
Macromedia	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
merge	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
likely	O
have	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
LiveMotion	B-Application
project	O
being	O
scrapped	O
anyway	O
.	O
</s>
