Adobe Photoshop
Dependable on what kind of painter you are, there are different kinds of software to use. Most common software to use are adobe photoshop, adobe illustrator, corel and similar programs.
The minimum hardware requirements are mentioned for each particular Adobe Software either on the box or on their site.
A database contains data (logically linked) in order to create coherent information. A database could be a stock of paper, a portfolio, or any kind of electronic or physic data stocked together. Adobe Reader displays and print PDF files in order to access a kind of data (stocked in PDF format). The answer is no, adobe reader is a tool for reading documents, a database is a "data stock"
PDF files, what stands for Portable Document Format.
Photoshop is best image editing software and with this software you can improve just any picture and apply any kind of improvements to it.
Movie editing software will vary from the novice and hobbyist applications to the professional. The most professional movie editing software that can be bought is Adobe Premiere Video Editor.
No you do not need special software to purchase music but you will need the right kind of software to play the files.
No, Adobe Flash player and Adobe Shockwave player are completely different programs. Adobe Flash player is for playing content made with Adobe Flash. Adobe Shockwave player is for playing content made with Adobe Director.
Adobe PageMaker is a graphic editing program for designing flyers, brochures, newsletters, novels, newspaper/magazine/periodicals.
Adobe Illustrator is available on the Adobe's website.You can either use the trial version of it for a month or buy it and use it forever.You can use adobe illustrator for vector graphics designing.The software can be used to create high quality graphics.
Yes, you can but it depends on which kind of video. If you want to save video from youtube you will need special software for that. For DVD you might need special software too. For *.avi format you can save movies on your hard drive without any special software.