Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard

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Product Features

• Bring your best ideas to life in a powerful, flexible, intuitive, and tightly integrated creative environment that combines Adobe InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, and Acrobat 9 Pro
• With InDesign CS4, create stunning designs using tools that enable free-flowing expression and fine control over typography, color, graphics, transparency, effects, and placed images. Move naturally and efficiently between production tasks
• Quickly compose outstanding images using Photoshop CS4, the professional standard in digital image editing; take advantage of intuitive image adjustment and masking tools, and experiment freely thanks to nondestructive editing
• Develop eye-catching graphics quickly and confidently with Illustrator CS4; enjoy powerful drawing tools, advanced type handling, color control, creative effects, and advanced print production features
• Prepare files for high-end print production with confidence using Acrobat 9 Pro; end-to-end PDF workflows use common technology to generate, preview, and print PDF files, enabling consistently high-quality output

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.8 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001EU9O7A
• Item model number: 65019371
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 23, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #899 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard software is the essential toolkit for print design and production. Take productivity to the next level with exciting new tools that enable the creation of eye-catching digital images and vector graphics, sophisticated page layout, and efficient prepress and production. Work confidently within this tightly integrated creative environment to deliver exceptional print results.

In Illustrator, create and arrange up to 100 artboards of differing sizes, and then save them in a single, multipage PDF file or export them as sequentially numbered files. Click to enlarge.

In Photoshop, rotate canvas and image together to any angle for convenient viewing and editing. Click to enlarge.

In InDesign, sort by any column and easily scan the thumbnails in the enhanced Links panel to view detailed, customizable information about linked content. Click to enlarge.

In InDesign, quickly create a compelling interactive document by using the new Page Transitions panel to add animated transitions such as Page Turn. Then export the document as a SWF file that anyone with Adobe Flash Player or a web browser that supports Flash can conveniently view. Click to enlarge.

Master deadlines in design and print production

Comprehensive toolset for print design and production
Bring your best ideas to life in a powerful, flexible, intuitive, and tightly integrated creative environment that includes Adobe InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, and Acrobat 9 Pro.

Professional page layout
With InDesign CS4, create stunning designs using tools that enable free-flowing expression and fine control over typography, color, graphics, transparency, effects, and placed images. Move naturally and efficiently between production tasks.

Breathtaking digital imaging
Quickly compose outstanding images using Photoshop CS4, the professional standard in digital image editing. Take advantage of intuitive image adjustment and masking tools, and experiment freely thanks to nondestructive editing.

Sophisticated vector graphics
Develop eye-catching graphics quickly and confidently with Illustrator CS4. Enjoy powerful drawing tools, advanced type handling, color control, creative effects, and advanced print production features.

Adobe PDF workflows
Prepare files for high-end print production with confidence using Acrobat 9 Pro. End-to-end PDF workflows use common technology to generate, preview, and print PDF files, enabling consistently high-quality output.

Convenient common interface and native file support
Work quickly and intuitively using common interface elements. Flexibly arrange multiple documents in a single window to compare content or drag-copy objects between them. Benefit from using native file formats that streamline moving files between Design Standard components.

Visual asset browsing with Adobe Bridge CS4
Browse all the elements in your projects with Adobe Bridge CS4, a powerful, easy-to-use media browser for visual people. Quickly organize, locate, and view all types of creative assets.

Quality testing as you work
Catch production errors on-the-fly with Live Preflight in InDesign CS4, use Separations Preview in Illustrator CS4 to avoid color output surprises, and rely on preflight checks and corrections in Acrobat 9 Pro.

Innovative collaboration and presentations
Access the Adobe ConnectNow service to easily share your screen to present, review, or brainstorm from within your design software. Showcase your work in a dynamic, customizable PDF Portfolio that is easy to distribute and view.

Answers when you need them
Connect to the expertise of the online design community through your creative desktop. Access information ranging from basic tips, Adobe Help content, and video tutorials to community discussions and blogs.

Combines:

• Adobe InDesign CS4
• Adobe Photoshop CS4
• Adobe Illustrator CS4
• Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

Quickly and reliably test mobile content in a variety of simulated lighting environments by controlling test settings for backlight, reflections, contrast, and more. Click to enlarge.

Using Live Preflight in InDesign, you can open the Preflight panel to be alerted to errors as they occur rather than when the presses are just about to roll. Click to enlarge.

To allow you to work smoothly and swiftly within components and to move effortlessly among them, Design Standard offers several elegant, cross-component interface enhancements, including N-up view, an application bar, an application frame, and tabbed documents, and task-based workspaces. Click to enlarge.

Adobe InDesign CS4--Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing

Publish persuasive content
Create high-impact, personalized content and long documents tailored for unique audiences in less time and with fewer steps.

Experience fluid workflows
Design with ease using customer-inspired enhancements to your everyday toolset and a more flexible layout environment.

Create rich interactive documents
Create dynamic documents for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime as well as engaging PDF content that both include professional typography and top-quality page design.

Adobe Photoshop CS4--Create powerful images with the professional standard

Easily access full editing power
Take greater advantage of all that Adobe Photoshop CS4 software offers with a more intuitive user interface and features that put you in control.

Achieve amazing results
Bring your vision to life with industry-leading tools that let you enhance images and create composites that help meet your highest standards.

Work more efficiently
Be more productive by taking advantage of smooth integration with other Adobe software and enhancements that leverage the power of today's faster graphics processors.

Adobe Illustrator CS4--Explore new paths with the essential vector tool

Explore new features
Powerful additions such as the Blob Brush tool and transparency in gradients inspire new creativity. The highly anticipated multiple artboards feature prompts new ways of working.

Discover hidden gems
Existing features have been polished, and hidden functions have been uncovered to reveal usefulness and depth, enabling you to learn more quickly and take better advantage of the power of Illustrator.

Work efficiently
Illustrator CS4 offers improved interaction with options and tools, plus you can do more directly on the artboard. Innovations with Smart Guides and Isolation Mode plus new panel behaviors enable a smoother, more efficient workflow.

Deliver almost anywhere
Print delivery is more reliable with Separations Preview. And with new user interface similarity and shared formats among Adobe Creative Suite tools, work across applications is virtually seamless.

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro--Protect documents and accelerate information exchange with PDF

Deliver professional documents
Easily organize content from a variety of sources--including documents, e-mail, images, spreadsheets, and web pages--in a single searchable PDF Portfolio, compressed for easy distribution. Use professionally designed templates that can be branded with your company logo and colors. Quickly integrate content, define navigation, and add polish to communicate clearly and effectively. Share information with anyone using free Adobe Reader software.

Create and manage forms
Simplify the creation and completion of forms to efficiently analyze and use data. Convert Word and Excel documents or scanned paper to PDF forms with automatic recognition of fillable fields. Or use Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES software, a professional form design tool included with Acrobat 9 Pro software, to further customize and automate dynamic XML forms. Extend Acrobat functionality to Reader users so virtually anyone can participate in the workflows you initiate. Use the Form Tracker to see when forms have been completed and who has completed them. And easily export data to a spreadsheet for analysis and reporting.

Manage document reviews
Accelerate the exchange of ideas with colleagues, extended teams, and customers. Through easy-to-manage electronic document reviews, participants can see and build on other reviewers' comments as they are being made, so you can quickly gain the input and consensus you need to efficiently develop and complete work. Enable virtually anyone using free Adobe Reader software to participate in reviews, and use the Form Tracker to monitor progress and participation.

Help protect sensitive information
Control access to and use of PDF documents, assign digital rights, and maintain document integrity. Set document permissions to define whether a file can be printed or changed. Apply passwords to help restrict document access. Use redaction tools to permanently remove sensitive information. Digitally sign and certify documents to validate they came from a trusted source. Create and reuse document security policies to precisely manage who can print, save, copy, or modify a document.

Choose Your Edition

With the tightly integrated tools and services in Adobe Creative Suite 4 software, you can create visually rich content for virtually any media--print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile. Find the one that's right for you:

Adobe Creative Suite 4 also allows you to access features and services that are hosted online, such as Adobe Community Help, Adobe Kuler, Adobe ConnectNow (a service on Acrobat.com), Adobe InContext Editing, and Bridge Home.*

* This product may allow you to access certain features that are hosted online ("online services"), provided you have a high-speed Internet connection. The online services, and some features thereof, may not be available in all countries, languages and/or currencies and may be discontinued in whole or in part without notice. Use of the online services is governed by separate terms of use and by the Adobe privacy policy, and access to these services may require user registration. Some online services, including services initially offered at no charge, may be subject to additional fees. For additional details and to review the terms of use and privacy policy, please visit www.adobe.com.

Product Description

Master deadlines in design and print production
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard software is the essential toolkit for print design and production. Discover new tools and efficiencies for delivering your ideas in print with confidence.

Express your creative vision
Run with your ideas using full new versions of your favorite tools in a comprehensive design environment. Deliver breathtaking images, sophisticated graphics, exquisite typography, and precise layouts that print reliably.

Take advantage of simplified workflows
Realize your creative vision more efficiently than ever before. New, simpler ways of working help you do more in less time, moving smoothly among design tools from concept to print.

Collaborate conveniently
Work live with clients and colleagues, near and far, by hosting a web meeting or sharing your screen. Learn from an extensive community of Adobe experts by accessing technical content online - from inside your design software.

Master deadlines in design and print production
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard is the essential toolkit for print design and production. Take productivity to the next level with exciting new tools that enable the creation of eye-catching digital images and vector graphics, sophisticated page layout, and efficient prepress and production. Work confidently within this tightly integrated creative environment to deliver exceptional print results.

Tightly integrated creative environment

Efficient, powerful page design with Adobe InDesign CS4

New dimensions in digital imaging with Adobe Photoshop CS4

Inspired vector graphics creation with Adobe Illustrator CS4

PDF file creation and collaboration with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

Online services

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Tool for Designers Gets Even Better, November 25, 2008

By	Linda Armstrong (Grand Junction, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

I have been upgrading Photoshop ever since my initial purchase of the CS suite years ago. Each edition has been more powerful and intuitive than the last. Recently, I decided to learn to create vectors for use in my Linworth books ABC, Follow Me!: Phonics Rhymes and Crafts Grades K-1 and for sale on the Web. I discovered that my version of Illustrator was outdated and much more difficult to use than more current versions. I ordered an upgrade of Illustrator to CS3 from Adobe, but the registration would not work. If you have a suite, you can only upgrade to another suite. Unfortunately, I was on deadline for a big project and waited too long to return the software. This year, I decided to just replace the entire suite, since I may also try my hand at POD book design for my adult poetry and painting.

I called Adobe support to make sure that my version of CS did, indeed, qualify for this upgrade. It did! Everything has installed perfectly and, so far, the software performs flawlessly on my Vista Ultimate system. I am still learning the Wacom pen, but the interface promises exciting possibilities in all three of the applications. I also appreciate the upgrade of Acrobat, a program I use often to deliver files to clients. My old one worked with Vista, but gave me error warning messages every time I called it up.

I did have to update the drivers on my graphics card, but this was easy and the Adobe site gave full instructions. I have enjoyed downloading plugins and actions from Adobe Exchange. There are some great resources. Tutorials are also available on the site.

For users familiar with the CS line, you will find many improvements here, especially in the interface. In Photoshop, I find the auto tone adjustment to be far more accurate than previous auto adjustments. I seldom use these, but I am scanning old prints for a family calendar and this feature has come in handy. I shoot Camera RAW with my Nikon, and there is a new version just for CS4. The changes are not dramatic, but I think it is a little more precise.

I recommend that you buy this product soon if you are planning to upgrade. The introductory price on the upsell is great.

If you are new to CS, you will probably need a book.The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
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