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The Design Premium CS4 Software Suite for Windows 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. The include Bridge CS4, Version Cue CS4, and Device Central CS4.
| Application | Graphic and Web Design |
| Compatibility | Windows |
| System Requirements |
Computer: 2GHz Operating System: Windows XP SP2 (SP3 recommended); Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise SP1; Certified for 32-bit XP and Vista Memory: 1GB Hard Drive: 9.3GB; Cannot install on 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; Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9-capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM Hardware: DVD-ROM drive Broadband Internet connection required for online services |
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Comments about Adobe Design Premium CS4 Software Suite for Windows (Upgrade from Creative Suite Premium/Standard 1.x/2.x, Studio MX 2004, Studio 8):
I have been really enjoying this Graphics Suite. There is so much that has been added to it. I really don't have enough time or space to talk about it here. I just got it at the beginning of the month so I am still learning all the new features. There is really a lot to learn. I use this software everyday- so I'm sure it will come quickly. I have not been able to mess around in Flash as much. But, I know there are some new features in there. I think the time line has been re-designed. That is going to take some getting used to. Also, there are a lot of things that have been smoothed out for the Flash design process.
Photoshop is awesome as usual. There are a lot of improvements to RAW. I also really like how much more smoothly it operates.
Illustrator is great too. I'm still working through some of the things in there.
I'm also really interested in the updates to InDesign. I use that and Photoshop 90% of the time. One think I really like throughout the suite is the tabbed window feature. That makes it much easier to have several projects open at once.
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