Adobe Creative Suite 4 New Features*

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• Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
  Rich interactive content and PDF are now combined

  Package diverse documents into a single, dynamic, more secure PDF Portfolio, and use Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional templates to create a customized portfolio interface. Embed content created in Flash — including video, audio, and applications — in a PDF document. PDF files have never been so lively and compelling.

  
  It's easy to collaborate online

  Collaborate with colleagues and clients to keep projects on track and on time. Send a synchronized PDF file to initiate a quick, informal consultation, and host shared reviews more easily using new Acrobat.com services.

  
  Preflighting is more extensive

  Prepare high-end PDF files for print more reliably than ever with dependable black handling, intelligent Overprint Preview, an innovative object inspector, and deeper file testing and history tracking.

• Adobe Bridge
  Adobe Bridge CS4 is a powerful, easy-to-use media manager for visual people, letting you easily organize, browse, locate, and view creative assets. Available in all six editions of Adobe Creative Suite 4 software and in most of Adobe's professional creative applications, Bridge provides centralized access to project files and global settings, as well as to XMP metadata tagging and searching capabilities.
• Adobe Dreamweaver

  Build world-class websites and applications with one of the industry's leading web authoring tools. Adobe® Dreamweaver CS4 software is ideal for web designers, web developers, and visual designers.

  
  Changes are immediate

  Design your web pages under real-world browser conditions with the new Live View in Dreamweaver CS4 — while still retaining direct access to the code.

  
  Online training eases switching

  Migrating from Adobe GoLive software to Dreamweaver? This training video from lynda.com offers tips on performing common GoLive tasks in Dreamweaver.

  
  Editing web pages is quick and easy

  Design your pages in Dreamweaver so end users can edit their web pages without help from you or additional software using the InContext Editing online service. As a Dreamweaver designer, you can limit changes to specific regions on the page

• Adobe Flash

  Adobe Flash CS4 Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. Deliver to audiences across platforms and devices.

  
  Animating in Flash just got easier

  Quickly create animations, easily modify motion paths, and enjoy complete control over individual animation attributes with object-based animation.

  
  Flash now does inverse kinematics

  Create chain-like animation effects with a series of linked objects or quickly distort a single shape using the new Bones tool.

• Adobe Illustrator

  Adobe Illustrator CS4 software is a comprehensive vector graphics environment with new transparency in gradients and multiple artboards that invite you to explore more efficient ways to design.

  
  Drawing tools are intuitive

  The new Blob Brush tool for natural sketching results in a single, filled object. Advanced path controls and graphic styles make drawing with vectors intuitive.

  
  You can design with multiple artboards

  Create files containing up to 100 artboards of varying sizes. Display the artboards any way you want — overlapping, side by side, or stacked.

• Adobe InDesign

  Adobe InDesign CS4 software breaks down the barriers between online and offline publishing. Create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents.

  
  InDesign is part of the InDesign family

  InDesign provides a versatile foundation for dynamic publishing workflows, both now and in the future.

  
  Creating digital documents is a snap

  See how the strengths of InDesign CS4 and Adobe Flash CS4 Professional together deliver an engaging SWF file complete with animation, interactivity, video, and sound.

  
  Publishing long documents has never been easier

  Create high-impact, personalized content and long documents tailored for unique audiences using logical, condensed steps and advanced features

• Adobe Photoshop
  Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended software delivers all the features in Photoshop CS4, plus new features for working with 3D imagery, motion-based content, and advanced image analysis.
  
  There are two editions of Photoshop CS4

  If you work in film, video, multimedia, 3D, manufacturing, architecture, engineering, medicine, or science, Photoshop Extended is for you.

  
  You can do more with 3D

  Breakthrough 3D painting and compositing capabilities let you work with 3D models as easily and powerfully as with 2D images.

  
  There's a Photoshop product for you

  Whether you're a professional photographer, a dentist, or just like to shoot photos for fun, there's a Photoshop product right for you.