Adobe Creative Suite Premium 1.1 (Mac) [Old Version]

by Adobe

Product Features

• An integrated design environment featuring the industry's foremost design tools
• In-depth tips, expert tricks, and comprehensive design resources
• Intuitive file finding, smooth workflow, and common interface and toolset
• Single installer--control what you install and when you install it
• Cross-media publishing--create content for both print and the Web

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000DBN4H
• Item model number: 18040177
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 29, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,070 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #21 in Software > Web Development > Professional Development
  • #24 in Software > Web Development > Web Page Editors > WYSIWYG
  • #34 in Software > Graphics > 3-D
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Adobe Creative Suite is an integrated design environment that combines the most complete upgrade in Adobe's history--featuring full, new versions of the tools you rely on most for image editing, illustration, page layout, and cross-media output--with innovative file-management features, a smooth Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) workflow, and comprehensive design resources. Create and publish content for print and the Web faster and more easily than ever before--all at an outstanding value. Adobe integration makes it possible. The Adobe Creative Suite makes it affordable.

The Adobe Creative Suite Premium edition combines full versions of Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe InDesign CS, Adobe GoLive CS, and Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional software with innovative Version Cue file management features, a smooth Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) workflow, and valuable training resources.

ADOBE Creative Suite Features:

• Complete design integration: experience unmatched integration with full new versions of the industry's leading and most trusted professional creative applications.
• A complete toolset: use a complete set of the industry's foremost design tools--built to work together and priced affordably.
• Design and training resources: get the most from your software with in-depth tips, expert tricks, and comprehensive design resources.
• Intuitive file finding: use Version Cue to find files quickly by viewing thumbnails or search on robust metadata such as description, keywords, author, copyright, and file type.
• Smooth workflow: boost your productivity with time-saving integration and a smooth Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) workflow.
• Common interface and toolset: come up to speed quickly and work efficiently using common commands, tools, palettes, and keyboard shortcuts.
• Single installer: Control what you install and when you install it. Get the functionality most suited to your needs or install everything at once to ensure that the right tool is always there when you need it.
• Expanded support options: Receive 90 days of complimentary support and then take advantage of Adobe Studio resources or extended Expert Support options.
• Cross-media publishing: position yourself for the future and take your skills to the next level by creating content for both print and the Web.
• Upgrade ease: minimize frustrating incompatibilities and enjoy the convenience of upgrading your Adobe toolset all at once.

Features for Cross-Media Publishers:

• A complete toolset: use a complete set of the industry's foremost design tools--built to work together and priced affordably.
• Native file-format support: create layouts in a snap by placing native Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files directly in Adobe InDesign.
• Design and training resources: get the most from your software with in-depth tips, expert tricks, and comprehensive design resources.
• Reliable printing: preview transparency flattening and color separations to ensure accurate print results; preflight Adobe PDF files to reduce late-stage errors.
• Cross-media publishing: position yourself for the future and take your skills to the next level by creating content for both print and the Web.

Features for Web Designers:

• A complete toolset: use a complete set of the industry's foremost design tools--built to work together and priced affordably.
• Native file-format support: create layouts in a snap by placing native Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files directly in Adobe GoLive.
• Streamlined Web project reviews: accelerate Web project reviews by converting sites into fully linked Adobe PDF files, scaled to the appropriate size in GoLive.
• Automated Web production: update image files in batches with improved integration between GoLive and Adobe ImageReady.
• Local file serving: serve projects locally from your desktop and provide access to networked team members without additional hardware.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent design software, April 23, 2004

By 

A/V Enthusiast (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adobe Creative Suite Premium 1.1 (Mac) [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

No software is perfect, but Adobe comes as close to well designed, intuitive, user-friendly software as I have ever seen. Photoshop and Illustrator have always been the industry standards, and here they are both improved - particularly the digital photographer will be happy with the new photo filters in Photoshop CS, and the much improved file browser and the new filter gallery are also excellent additions. As far as publishing programs are concerned, InDesign is a greatly more intuitive program than Quark at a fraction of its cost, and because its pallets function much the same as in Photoshop and Illustrator, it is an easily acquired program if you are familiar with Adobe software.

I use these programs on a Mac OS X platform and for me they are very stable. I have had none of the crashing problems or tech support difficulties that another reviewer of the Adobe Creative Suite has had. For anyone using many design programs at once, enough RAM is always a requirement for smooth operation. But if you have enough RAM and a Mac platform, you should have no significant problems at all. PCs crash more by their nature because their operating system is not as stable as a Mac's, but still Adobe products are not only more intuitive than Microsoft's (for example), they also will crash far less on a PC than most other types of software (like Microsoft's).

Photoshop and Illustrator have always defined the state of the art for photo editing and raster graphic software respectively, and here Adobe is carrying on the tradition. InDesign looks as though it is fast replacing Quark in the publishing industry as well, so if you are a creative professional you will be more than happy in the end to own the Adobe Creative Suite. What else would you use?

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars glad I got it, November 13, 2003

By 

Adam Helweh "Creator of all things web & print" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Creative Suite Premium 1.1 (Mac) [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I just bought it off of AMazon a week ago (which is the lowest price for the full version I have been able to find so far) and IM glad I did. For new people to the software, you may wanna stay with your older version for a bit and just get used to it before shelling out the money, but if your serious about design and making your workflow work to the max for you, this new collection is a must. Tight integration and the help of the version Cue additional file managment software will help even the messiest designer keep thier files inline. If design is what you want to do, then theres no better package to get. Ive been using Photoshop for years and Illustrator and Indesign for a while now and this is defenitly an inovation in design.
I gave it 4 stars due to small problems I had installing the whole suite at once. I have never had the problem with anything else and it was frustrating. But after that its smooth saling.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't forget to factor in manuals to the final price., July 18, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Adobe Creative Suite Premium 1.1 (Mac) [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I grew up on Adobe products. They used to include great manuals and tutorials. Now I have paid more and received less. I am trying to learn how to use GoLive but the online manual doesn't make a whole lot of sense. How come a printed manual isn't included? Oh, I have to pay more for it? How come I seem to be paying for printing costs then? Customer support? To get real help I'll have to pay for it. I used Adobe Premiere for Mac but that product got abandoned. I will not buy another Adobe product until they either give more or charge less. If you are getting started with web design I would suggest going somewhere else. That being said... Illustrator and Photoshop are both still great products and the upgrades were easy for me to understand (probably because the last versions I had included a printed manual and tutorials). Let's face it, if it wasn't for OS X, I would have just stuck to the older versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, and PageMaker and bought Dreamweaver instead. Photoshop CS - Classroom in a Book = $45. Illustrator CS - Classroom in a Book = $31.50. GoLive CS - Classroom in a Book = $45. InDesign - Classroom in a Book = $45. Acrobat Pro - Classroom in a Book = $45. $211.50 in manuals right there. Its a good product but it keeps on costing you in time and money.