Adobe today announced the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product family which includes Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design editions, Creative Suite 4 Web editions, Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, Creative Suite 4 Master Collection, as well as 13 point products, 14 integrated technologies and seven services.
Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection CS4 combines virtually all of Adobe’s new design and development applications, technologies and services in a single box.
With Adobe Creative Suite 4, customers can choose from six suites or full version upgrades of 13 stand-alone applications, including Photoshop CS4, Photoshop CS4 Extended, InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, Dreamweaver CS4, After Effects CS4, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.
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 switch between mediums without leaving a project. InDesign CS4 includes a new Live Preflight tool that allows designers to catch production errors and a newly customizable Links panel to place 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 content between After Effects CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Soundbooth CS4, and Encore CS4, so updates can be seen instantly without rendering.
Adobe Creative Suite 4 provides the ability to paint, composite, and animate 3D models using familiar tools. Flash CS4 Professional now offers the ability to apply tweens to objects instead of keyframes, providing greater control over animation attributes. Also in Flash, 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.
Adobe Creative Suite 4 significantly expands access to services* available to creative professionals and developers who want to collaborate online. Adobe ConnectNow, a service of Acrobat.com, can be accessed from InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Extended CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, Dreamweaver CS4, Fireworks CS4, and Acrobat 9 Pro, allowing real-time collaboration with two colleagues or clients. Designers can also share color harmonies with Adobe Kuler, which is now accessible from within InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Extended CS4, Flash CS4 and Fireworks CS4. 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, sound effects, and other stock media; and Adobe Bridge Home, a customizable resource for tips, tutorials, news and inspirational content.
Adobe Creative Suite 4 and its associated point products are scheduled to ship in October 2008 with availability through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe Store.
Estimated street price for the Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium will be:
• US$1799, US$1699 for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium
• US$1699 for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium
• US$2499 for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection
Adobe plans to offer tiered upgrade pricing from previous versions. For a limited time, validly licensed customers of eligible versions of Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Production Studio and Macromedia Studio will be able to upgrade to Creative Suite 4 for the CS3 upgrade price. For more detailed information about features, upgrade policies, pricing, and international versions visit: www.adobe.com/creativesuite
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Adam” for the heads up.]
ChrissyOne,
“Cannot re-load application due to pirated serial number failing activation”
That’s a damn lie. My pirate copies have always activated successfully with their dodgy serials.
@ Dirty Pierre le Punk
Someone called us once and actually sent a screen grab of their pirate serial number generator app. “See,” they said. “of course the number is valid, it’s right there!”
I wish I had my very own Olympics, too.
I know there is a lot of Anti-Adobe sentiment going around but I would buy the thing for Live Preflight alone. Preflighting is my least favorite part of my job.
It’s still impossible to use a single bezierpoint when aligning objects in Illustrator CS4. Oh well, when it comes to advanced (and fast) modeling, Freehand is still so much better and faster than illustrator it’s almost ridiculous. On the other hand, there are more and more great plugs coming for ai to compensate for Adobe’s incompetence. The stuff from JLG is very impressive and Phantasm Studio is giving me some of my Freehand color tools back.
Expensive products that work poorly. Adobe’s customers are treated like criminals (pirates have it easier when installing Adobe’s products) I will definitely not upgrade.