Adobe Design Premium CS4 Software Suite for Mac
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The Design Premium CS4 Software Suite for Mac from Adobe is a software bundle that is aimed at graphic designers who need to do a nominal amount of work for the web.
The bundle includes Photoshop CS4 Extended, Illustrator CS4, InDesign CS4, Acrobat 9 Pro, Flash CS4 Professional, Fireworks CS4, and Dreamweaver CS4. Also included are the components common to CS4 applications. They include Bridge CS4, Version Cue CS4, and Device Central CS4.
- Bridge CS4
- Bridge is a file browser and organization tool for the Creative Suite. It allows you to group Photoshop images into stacks, rate files on a star basis, and view metadata. It is an essential tool for anyone who works with a large amount of media.
- Photoshop Extended CS4
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Photoshop Extended is the industry-standard image editing suite with 3D support for film, video, multimedia, engineering and science professionals. The software allows you to import popular 3D image model formats, work with medical DICOM images, and create animations.
Extended can also work with 2D images, as it encompasses all of the features of the standard edition of Photoshop. This allows you to edit stills using a powerful layer-based approach. It also features smart filters to add artistic effects, powerful color and curve controls, digital camera raw image support, and text tools.
- Illustrator CS4
- Illustrator is a powerful vector graphics creation application. The software features standard drawing tools as well as flexible color and typography features. The software features integration with Adobe Flash and support for Pantone color swatches. Illustrator is often used by graphic designers, web content creators, and visual effects specialists in creative projects.
- InDesign CS4
- InDesign is a powerful graphic design application. It features advanced page layout tools that can be used to make striking visual designs for magazine, print advertising, and other media. InDesign integrates with other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite, allowing designers to easily integrate it into a professional workflow. The software is an excellent choice for print design and page layout tasks.
- Acrobat 9 Pro
- Acrobat is a powerful application that allows you to create and edit documents in the popular Portable Document Format (PDF) file format. PDF files appear the same when they are displayed on any computer screen or printed, so they are an ideal way to electronically distribute media where proper page layout and presentation are imperative. This is a great way to create electronic user manuals, brochures, forms, or memos.
- Flash CS4Professional
- Flash is a development suite that is used to create Flash animations, videos, and applications. Flash is the industry-standard file format for multimedia web and mobile content delivery. The software features full integration with the other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Premiere Pro. Flash is an essential tool for multimedia web development.
- Dreamweaver CS4
- Dreamweaver is a powerful web development tool that allows you to work with HTML, XML, and CSS data in either a code-based or powerful visual-based interface. The software features tools that help you better develop "best practices" web sites that are compliant with web standards. Dreamweaver seamlessly integrates with Fireworks, Flash, Photoshop, and Illustrator, making it a crucial component for a powerfully streamlined web development workflow.
- Fireworks CS4
- Fireworks is a software program that is designed to be used for creating rough prototype versions of web sites and interfaces. The software lets you create, edit, and optimize vector and bitmap images for use on the web. This is an excellent tool for graphic designers to use to present web interfaces to clients and web developers.
- Device Central CS4
- Device Central is designed to help developers create applications for display on mobile phones, PDAs, and other portable devices. Device emulators will show you exactly what your project will look like on a specific mobile device, going so far as to emulate its processing power and memory. You'll be able to control the application using a clickable interface that reproduces buttons and controls on emulated device. The included library of devices is limited to those that support Flash Lite.
| Application | Graphic and Web Design |
| Compatibility | Mac |
| System Requirements |
Computer: PowerPC G5 or Intel Mac Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4.11-10.5.4 Memory: 1GB Hard Drive: 10.3GB; Cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or flash-based storage devices Display: 1024 x 768 (1280 x 800 recommended) with 16-bit video card; Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 Hardware: DVD-ROM drive Software: Java Runtime Environment 1.5 required for Adobe Version Cue Server; QuickTime 7.4.5 Broadband Internet connection required for online services |
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Pros
- Easy To Collaborate Across Programs
- Full featured
- Versatile
Cons
- Expensive
- Terribly support
Best Uses
- Educational Purposes
- Professional Quality
Comments about Adobe Design Premium CS4 Software Suite for Mac:
As most know, the Creative Suite from Adobe is one of the most powerful desktop imaging suites around. It has been the standard that most other applications are judged by. Their support however is amongst the worst I have encountered to date. Despite having spent [$] on the suite, I was not able to get any support. It took them one week to get me one response from a web case I started. Each time I tried to call, it took them one hour to answer, and then they simply told me to try some things I had done in one form or another before. In the end, I solved my own problem by downloading a trial version, which installed fine. As I had suspected, the problem was a bad DVD, which they refused to believe.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Accurate Colors and Controls
- Easy To Collaborate Across Programs
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Professional Quality
Comments about Adobe Design Premium CS4 Software Suite for Mac:
CS4 feels more responsive under snow leopard than CS3. The user interface is far more cohesive across all applications. I had a smooth and speedy install experience which meant that I was back into production with minimal down time.
I particularly like the new alignment guides in indesign, also the ability to add transparency to a gradient in illustrator is a great new feature.
Bridge also feels much faster and has a few nice UI enhancements over the last version.
- Primary use:
- Business
Pros
- Great improvements
- High Quality
Cons
- Expensive
Best Uses
Comments about Adobe Design Premium CS4 Software Suite for Mac:
After attending a special Adobe preview for Photoshop CS4 at PS World in Vegas, the upgrade was a no-brainer. I previously had only upgraded to Design Standard but was impressed by the improvements to the 3D capabilities in PS Extended. I only do print design and never thought I would use Flash or Dreamweaver but the two programs are so easy to use I am glad that I have them. Important: before you upgrade (even though it is only to Photoshop CS4) make sure you visit the Adobe website and make sure you have a graphics card that supports open GL in order to take advantage of the new zoom and rotate features. Get a card with at least 500MB of memory on board. CS4 is faster because it utilizes the memory on your graphics card. The MAC Pro I purchased from B&H (see my review) comes packed with the card that is on the approved list. There are so many little (which turn out to be big) improvements on this release that your work flow will improve greatly. Tip: make sure that all of your plug-ins are up to date with the latest Leopard 10.5.5 versions. One of them kept crashing Photoshop, I called them and they upgraded me to the new version free of charge.
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