Adobe ships creative suite 4.(PRODUCT: GRAPHIC DESIGN)(Adobe Systems Inc.)

Adobe rolled out its latest design and development software, the Creative Suite 4 (CS4) product family, featuring new workflow efficiencies and unique timesaving features for advancing the creative process across print, Web, interactive, film, video, and mobile applications.

Customers can choose from six new versions: Adobe CS4 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, and Master Collection. When using CS4 in conjunction with the new expressive features and visual performance improvements in the just-released Adobe Flash Player 10, designers can extend their Web experiences across multiple browsers and operating systems.

As part of the CS4 product launch, the largest in Adobe's history, the company has also released 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 CS4.

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A simplified workflow in CS4 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 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 ...