Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium is the complete image editing, Web development, desktop publishing and animation design suite containing InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4 Extended, Illustrator and more.
Adobe CS4 Design Premium contains the latest versions of the industry-leading design tools you know. This suite contains the following software products (refer to the Compare Similar Products table below for more details): Photoshop CS4 Extended, InDesign CS4, Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Illustrator CS4, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, Acrobat 9 Pro, Fireworks CS4 (latest addition), Adobe Bridge CS4, Adobe Version Cue CS4 and Adobe Device Central CS4.
InDesign CS4 has a new, fully customizable links panel and you can export your Photoshop work to InDesign CS4 too. Multiple canvases can be combined into one document using Adobe Illustrator CS4. Documents can be also exported as flash movies with Adobe Flash CS4 Professional and embedded to a Website using Dreamweaver CS4.
Smart Guides have been added to Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Fireworks representing width, height, angle, and current coordinates. Thanks to this new feature, objects can be resized and manipulated with more accuracy.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended enables you to model 3D objects based on a standard 2D input. Just add lighting, camera positioning and movement control to generate impressive 3D content. There are two new panels added to in Photoshop CS4 Extended: Adjustment Panel and Masks Panel. First one lets you edit your image non-destructively applying changes without the need of going through multiple dialog boxes and menu options. The latter enables you to create and edit masks quickly and without hassle.
Another new addition to Photoshop CS4 Extended is the ability to rotate the main canvas so that you can work with images from any angle you wish to.
Adobe Flash CS4 lets you create object-based Flash animation with ease: just select an object and move it choosing the Create Motion Tween option. Animation is automatically created for you. You can incorporate 3D objects, video and sound from other sources to your Flash animations.
Adobe Device Central CS4 included in the suite enables designers to modify their productions to comply with hardware and software restrictions of various mobile devices. These are emulated for you so that you can test and preview your mobile content before publishing it.
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium comes with enhanced online collaboration capabilities allowing project members to view your actual screen coming up with suggestions and applying modifications. Your projects can be also exported to PDF for review.
Producing for professional publishing is easy with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium. The Live Preflight feature enables you to move production errors out of the way and Live View included in Dreamweaver lets you live-preview your Web productions. You can also live-preview projects for mobile devices making sure no glitches slip through.
The consistent, redesigned user interface allows you to easily adjust desktop layout and drag-and-drop content across all applications included in the suite.
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium delivers much improved speed and stability ensuring more productivity on the same hardware configuration.
Adobe is offering sophisticated online help accompanied by community support that makes finding answers to your questions quick and easy. Video walkthroughs and interactive tutorials are also included in the software.