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Adobe Ships Creative Suite 4 |
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Written by News Editor
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 |
 Adobe announced the immediate availability of the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product family. Delivering radical breakthroughs in workflow efficiency - and packed with hundreds of innovative, time saving features - the new Creative Suite 4 product line advances the creative process across print, Web, interactive, film, video and mobile.
Customers can choose from six new versions: Adobe Creative Suite 4
Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production
Premium and Master Collection. The combination of Creative Suite and
the new capabilities of Adobe Flash Player 10, also available today
(see separate press release) deliver new levels of creativity and
expressiveness across media channels. Designers using the Adobe
Creative Suite 4 product family will gain unprecedented creative
control using the new expressive features and visual performance
improvements in Adobe Flash Player 10 to deliver breakthrough Web
experiences across multiple browsers and operating systems.
As part of the CS4 product launch, the largest in Adobe's history, also
available today are brand new versions of Photoshop CS4, Photoshop CS4
Extended, InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Flash CS4 Professional,
Dreamweaver CS4, Fireworks CS4, Contribute CS4, After Effects CS4,
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Encore CS4, Soundbooth CS4 and Adobe
OnLocation(tm) CS4.
Intuitive Workflows Improve Creative Efficiency
A simplified workflow in Adobe Creative Suite 4 enables users to design
across media more efficiently by making it easier to complete common
tasks and move content seamlessly among applications. InDesign CS4
includes a new Live Preflight tool that allows designers to catch
production errors and a newly customizable Links panel to manage placed
files more efficiently. The revolutionary new Content-Aware Scaling
tool in Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended automatically
recomposes an image as it is resized, preserving vital areas as it
adapts to new dimensions. An expanded version of Dynamic Link in CS4
Production Premium enables users to move and update content between
After Effects CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Soundbooth CS4, and Encore
CS4 without rendering, saving countless hours in production. With deep
XMP metadata support, the production workflow is simplified, resulting
in online content that gives viewers new ways to interact with and
search for video, while giving content owners new opportunities to
track and monetize content.
Adobe Creative Suite 4 brings 3D center-stage providing the ability to
paint, composite, and animate 3D models using familiar tools in
Photoshop CS4 Extended. Flash CS4 Professional now offers the ability
to apply tweens to objects instead of keyframes, providing greater
control over animation attributes. Also in Flash CS4 Professional, the
new Bones tool helps create more realistic animations between linked
objects. With a searchable library of more than 450 dynamically updated
device profiles from leading manufacturers, Adobe Device Central CS4
enables users to easily test mobile content designed using many of the
Creative Suite 4 products.
New and Expanded Services Extend Capabilities for Online Collaboration
Adobe Creative Suite 4 now also offers a host of services* for online
collaboration. Adobe ConnectNow, a service of Acrobat.com, allows
real-time collaboration with two colleagues or clients. Designers can
also share color harmonies with Adobe Kuler(tm). Other online resources
include: Adobe Community Help for technical questions; Resource Central
for accessing video and audio product-related news and tutorials, as
well as Soundbooth scores and sound effects; and Adobe Bridge Home, a
customizable resource for tips, tutorials, news and inspirational
content.
Pricing and Availability
Adobe Creative Suite 4 and its associated point products are
immediately available through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe
Store at www.adobe.com/store. Estimated street price for the Adobe
Creative Suite 4 Design Premium is US$1799, US$1699 for Adobe Creative
Suite 4 Web Premium, US$1699 for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production
Premium, and US$2499 for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection. To
reward customers for staying current, Adobe is offering Creative Suite
3 customers moving to Creative Suite 4 a lower upgrade price than it
offers to those moving from older, qualifying versions. For a limited
time, a special introductory offer enables customers with older
qualifying products to enjoy the same lower price with savings of up to
US$200 off their actual upgrade price. For more detailed information
please visit www.adobe.com/creativesuite.
Adobe Flash Player 10 is available immediately as a free download for
Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms (including new support for
Ubuntu 7 and 8) from www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer.
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