ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 4
DESIGN PREMIUM

Deliver innovative ideas in print, web, and mobile design

Design with familiar tools, including InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, knowing you can translate your work smoothly into virtually any medium. With Flash made easier than ever to use, Fireworks added for prototyping websites, and Dreamweaver enhanced for standards-based web production, now you can realize the full promise of cross-media design.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium software is the latest evolution of the ultimate toolkit for creating and producing outstanding design for print, web, interactive, and mobile media. Craft precise page layouts, achieve typographic finesse, create compelling digital images and stunning vector graphics, develop eye-catching web pages and rich interactive experiences, and produce and deliver them all with utmost fidelity using this tightly integrated collection of exceptionally well-crafted tools.

With Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, you can:

Easily innovate in new creative realms. Design is all about drawing on your ingenuity so that you can communicate, motivate, inspire, and persuade. Brand new tools in Design Premium let you imagine brand new creative possibilities and be confident that you can make them real. Whether its exploring how to use transparency in Illustrator gradients for complex multi-layered effects, experimenting with easier-than-ever animation in Flash, or achieving exciting new 3D and video effects within the familiar Photoshop environment, Design Premium lets you translate even your most fantastic ideas into reality.

Follow streamlined workflows no matter where they lead. Customer-inspired enhancements and simplified workflows within each Design Premium component make you more efficient at everyday design and production tasks. But Design Premium lets you go far beyond the everyday: With improved integration and more consistent interfaces among Creative Suite components, you can venture into new creative territory while drawing on your existing expertise. Begin the creative process in the design environment you know best (usually Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign), certain that your work can be transferred smoothly to Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, or Acrobat for refinement, packaging, and high-quality output in virtually any medium. Drag and drop a Photoshop PSD file into a Dreamweaver page to create a dynamically linked Smart Object; if the Photoshop source file changes, simply click the Properties panel in Dreamweaver to update the image in the web page. Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium makes it truly possible to deliver the complex, consistent, high-quality cross-media campaigns that clients increasingly demand.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium combines the full new versions of:

Adobe InDesign CS4
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended
Adobe Illustrator CS4
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
Adobe Fireworks CS4
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
Adobe Bridge CS4, which offers direct access to Adobe Version Cue CS4 and Adobe Device Central CS4

Leverage the familiar InDesign environment and your existing expertise to deliver design in more media. Just one example: Export an InDesign layout as XFL, open it in Flash, edit text and graphics, and then add interactive elements to produce a compelling dynamic document.

Collaborate from down the hall or around the world. Designers never work alone. Whether youre bouncing ideas off of a colleague, polling technical gurus for tips and tricks, or seeking concept approval from clients, you need convenient tools for eliciting feedback, finding help, and streamlining creative reviews. Design Premium enables you to communicate in a variety of ways without ever leaving your computer - or even the software youre using. Use a new online service, Adobe ConnectNow (a service of Acrobat.com), to collaborate live with colleagues and clients near and far by sharing your screen right from within your design software. Take advantage of an extensive community of Adobe experts by searching Adobe-endorsed technical content directly from within Design Premium - no more sifting through bottomless forums or endless, irrelevant web-search results.

Top new benefits of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium

Enjoy essential design tools and services, expanded and refined
The latest release of Creative Suite 4 Design Premium extends way beyond feature-packed new versions of InDesign, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Flash Professional, Dreamweaver, and Acrobat Pro. For fast prototyping of websites and interactive designs, weve added Fireworks CS4. Weve also included powerful new online services for learning, collaborating, and finding inspiration. For detailed information about individual features in specific Design Premium components, refer to the documents listed in the sidebar on this page.

Streamline everyday tasks
Valuable new features in your favorite tools support smoother, more efficient workflows and let you stay focused on the all-important creative process. In Illustrator CS4, lay out and design multi-part projects using up to 100 variable-sized artboards in a single document; save multiple artboards in a single, multipage PDF file or export them in one step as sequentially numbered files in any supported file format; easily create complex vector shapes with the new Blob Brush tool; and specify transparent colors within gradients to create and fine-tune subtle interactions between objects.

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.

Use your existing expertise as a foundation for web, interactive, and mobile design
The smoothly integrated software in Creative Suite 4 Design Premium lets you use work created in the familiar environments of InDesign, Photoshop, or Illustrator as a platform for experimenting with new media and delivery channels. Heres one example of a highly efficient workflow for developing a website or rich interactive application: Open Photoshop or Illustrator layered artwork in Fireworks to begin building a prototype, and continue to refine high-quality typographic elements thanks to the newly incorporated Adobe text engine. To add Flash components or to produce and publish web pages, export the Fireworks prototype as a CSS-based layout and import it into Flash or Dreamweaver. Whether for websites or for Flash, Flex, HTML, or Adobe AIR applications, you can move from concept to mock-up to prototype to finished product while retaining every modification you make from one step to the next.

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.

Set your ideas in motion with video and animation
If youve ever wanted to venture into animation and interactive design, nows the time. New object-based animation makes designing in Flash more straightforward and similar to working with other Adobe creative applications. This enhanced ease of use reduces the learning curve for print designers accustomed to working with static design elements. Building a basic animation now takes two stunningly simple steps: Right-click an object on the stage and choose Create Motion Tween, and then move the object. Motion paths are generated automatically and can be easily edited using familiar Bezier curves. Whats more, entire animations can be moved to new locations in a single step, and adjusting object location, rotation, and scale is as simple as grab-move-release. New Motion Editor and Motion Presets panels provide quick and exacting control over minute details, while advanced tools for creating complex motion effects, applying decorative patterns, and animating 2D objects in 3D space offer more creative options for designers and developers alike. If you incorporate video or animation into your web and mobile designs, youll appreciate being able to paint, retouch, and do pixel-level editing on every frame of a movie file in Photoshop-especially with a new audio playback feature that makes it easier to sync the visual effects to the audio track.

Creating a basic Flash animation is now a simple two-step process: Select an object and choose Create Motion Tween, and then drag the object. The resulting motion path can be easily edited using Bezier curves.

Capture attention with stunning 2D and 3D images
Photoshop CS4 Extended enables everything from streamlining everyday tasks to tackling new creative possibilities. In addition to enjoying the convenient new Adjustments and Masks panels and the canvas rotation feature described above, you can now zoom and pan freely without delay or distortion, and paint more quickly and smoothly. Refine images using enhanced Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools that allow you to lighten or darken specific areas while preserving natural-looking overall tone and color. Experiment with advanced compositing enhancements, including 360-degree spherical panoramas, vignette correction, expanded depth-of-field adjustments, and more.

Deliver compelling content to mobile devices worldwide
Given the skyrocketing use of mobile devices around the world, getting up to speed with mobile design offers both rapidly expanding business opportunities and intriguing creative challenges. Adobe Device Central CS4 software, a visual testing tool that works with content from most Creative Suite 4 components, makes developing mobile designs easier and faster-even if youre brand new to this emerging creative discipline. Develop content with your favorite Adobe creative tool, and then use Device Central to preview and test it on an extensive selection of devices under a variety of simulated real-life conditions. Whether youre creating wallpapers, screensavers, or even mobile websites, blogs, or “advergames,” Device Central enables you to extend your workflow to successfully incorporate high-quality mobile content into cross-media campaigns.

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

Collaborate, package, and present in exciting new ways
Timely, convenient, and effective communication with clients and colleagues can make the difference between a design project thats a resounding success and one that misses the mark, veers off schedule, goes over budget, or all three. And how you package and present your work-whether youre pitching a new job or seeking review at a project milestone-determines whether you land that work or get that go-ahead.

Achieve high-quality production at every step in every medium
Creative vision is one part of the success equation; high-quality execution of that vision is the other. Design Premium offers a range of powerful preflight, preview, testing, and correction tools to help you achieve precise control over your finished product, catching mistakes as they occur rather than at the last minute, when it can be costly and time-consuming to correct them.

Live View lets you see exactly how your pages will appear in a web browser directly from within Dreamweaver, so you can quickly tweak the code right then and there.

Discover power, depth, and ease at your fingertips
Professional design just keeps getting more fast-paced, demanding, and competitive. To maintain your edge (and your equilibrium), you need design tools so well crafted that you never have to think about them-theyre there when and where you need them and they do exactly what you expect, so you can remain absorbed in the creative process.

Top reasons to buy Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium

Ultimate design toolset - Design for print, web, and mobile devices in a powerful, integrated, and comprehensive creative environment. Plus, enjoy innovative services for collaborating, finding inspiration, and mastering your design tools.

Compelling vector graphics and digital images - Create eye-catching vector graphics in Adobe Illustrator CS4 and powerful digital images in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended. Deliver imaginative combinations of graphics and images in many media.

Layout and production for print, web, and mobile - Use Adobe Fireworks CS4 to prototype websites, Adobe InDesign CS4 to create short and long documents for print or digital delivery, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 for standards-based web production, and Adobe Flash CS4 Professional to build engaging interactive experiences.

Ideas in motion - In Flash CS4 Professional, create simple but engaging animations in as few as two steps. Use Photoshop CS4 Extended to enhance video footage, even syncing visual effects to the audio track. Incorporate animations and video in PDF, web, or mobile creations.

Powerful 3D possibilities - Edit, enhance, and manipulate 3D content in a streamlined interface - even paint directly on 3D models without leaving Photoshop CS4 Extended. Wrap 2D images around common 3D shapes, and create 3D animations by controlling movement, camera position, and rendering.

Mobile designs for millions - Deliver compelling content to mobile subscribers worldwide. Use Adobe Device Central CS4 to easily create, preview, and test mobile content on an extensive selection of devices under simulated real-life conditions directly from your desktop.

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.

Quality testing as you work - Catch production errors on-the-fly with Live Preflight in InDesign CS4, use preflight checks and corrections in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, preview content under real-world browser conditions with Live View in Dreamweaver CS4, and test mobile designs in Device Central CS4.

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 Premium components.

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.

General
Category	Creativity application
Subcategory	Creativity - desktop publishing, creativity - graphics & image editing, creativity - web design / publishing
Language(s)	Universal English
Software
License Type	Complete package
Software Suite Components	Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, Adobe Bridge CS4, Adobe Device Central CS4, Adobe Fireworks CS4, Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Adobe Illustrator CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended, Adobe Version Cue CS4, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, Adobe InDesign CS4
License Qty	1 user
License Pricing	Standard
Platform	MacOS
Min Supported Color Depth	16-bit (64K colors)
Distribution Media	DVD-ROM
Package Type	Retail
System Requirements
OS Required	Apple MacOS X 10.4.11 - 10.5.4
Peripheral / Interface Devices	DVD-ROM, XGA monitor, Internet connection
System Requirements Details	PowerPC G5 - RAM 1 GB - HD 10.3 GB ¦ Intel multi-core proccessor - RAM 1 GB - HD 10.3 GB