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cs4 design premium
deliver innovative ideas in print, web, and mobile design
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium software is the ultimate toolkit for crafting precise page layouts, achieving typographic finesse, creating stunning digital images and vector graphics, developing eye-catching web pages and rich interactive experiences, and producing them all with utmost fidelity within a single, unified creative environment.
ideal for …
- Graphic Designers
- Print Professionals
top reasons to invest in 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 and even paint directly on 3D models with 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. |
top reasons to upgrade to Adobe® Creative Suite 4 Design Premium
| Essential design tools enhanced and extended | Enjoy feature-packed new versions of your favourite design tools. Plus discover innovative online services* for collaborating, finding inspiration, and mastering your design tools, and use Adobe Fireworks® CS4 for fast website prototyping. |
| Everyday tasks made even simpler | In Adobe InDesign® CS4, easily manage placed files in the new, customizable Links panel. Rotate the canvas in Adobe Photoshop® CS4 Extended or the spread in InDesign. Combine multiple art boards in a single document in Adobe Illustrator® CS4, plus many more enhancements. |
| Streamlined delivery across media | Build rich, interactive documents by exporting an InDesign layout and adding animation in Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional. Prototype websites by opening Photoshop or Illustrator mock-ups in Fireworks CS4, and then embellishing in Flash or publishing in Adobe Dreamweaver® CS4. |
| Easy-to-do animation and video | 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. |
| 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 | Use Adobe Device Central CS4 to easily create, preview, and test mobile content on a wide 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, preview content under real-world browser conditions with Live View in Dreamweaver CS4, test mobile designs in Device Central, and use enhanced preflight checks and corrections in Adobe Acrobat® 9 Pro. |
| Convenient new common interface | Enjoy improved interface consistency across all Design Premium components. Flexibly arrange multiple documents in a single window to compare content or drag-copy objects between them. Easily tab through multiple open documents without maximizing each one. |
| 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. |
frequently asked questions
- Why should I upgrade to Creative Suite 4 Design Premium over an individual product?
- Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium gives you the tools you need to design for virtually any media. Craft precise layouts for print and online documents; create stunning digital images and vector graphics to incorporate in print, web, interactive, and mobile designs; and prototype and develop eye-catching web pages and rich interactive experiences. The components of Design Premium are built to work smoothly together, so you don't need to worry about file formats and compatibility, and a common user interface makes it easy to transition between your software tools.
- It seems expensive. Am I eligible for an upgrade to Creative Suite 4 Design Premium?
- If you already own an Adobe product, you may be eligible for upgrade pricing. Customers who have a license for one of the following individual products (up to three versions back) are eligible for upgrade pricing: Photoshop, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, or Dreamweaver. Customers who own Creative Suite 1.x or 2.x or Macromedia® Studio 8 or MX 2004 software are also eligible for the upgrade to Design Premium. For detailed upgrade eligibility and pricing information, visit www.adobe.com.
- I design only for print. Why do I need Design Premium?
- Design Premium combines industry-leading print design and production software InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, and Acrobat 9 Pro with Photoshop CS4 Extended, Fireworks CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, and Flash CS4 Professional. Use the skills you have with familiar software such as Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop to expand your design output beyond print media to eye-catching web pages and rich interactive experiences. Use Fireworks CS4 to rapidly prototype web pages and confidently incorporate Photoshop and Illustrator artwork. Export your prototype to Dreamweaver or Flash, and discover new visual design features in both applications that make it easier than ever to create online content without coding.
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