Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard software is the essential toolkit for today's designer.
- Efficient, powerful page design with Adobe InDesign CS4
- New dimensions in digital imaging with Photoshop CS4
- Inspired vector graphics creation with Adobe Illustrator CS4
- PDF file creation and collaboration with Acrobat 9 Pro
Upgrade Option*
You can easily move up to Creative Suite 4 Design Standard if you're currently a licensed user of a qualifying Adobe product. Just buy the appropriate upgrade software; then have your original product serial number ready when you install the upgrade.
Overview
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard software is the essential toolkit for crafting precise page layouts, achieving typographic finesse, creating stunning digital images and vector graphics, all within a single, unified creative environment.
Express your creative vision
Run with your ideas using full new versions of your favourite tools in a comprehensive design environment. Deliver breathtaking images, sophisticated graphics, exquisite typography, and precise layouts that print reliably just as you imagined.
Take advantage of simplified workflows
Realise your creative vision more efficiently than ever before. New, simpler ways of working help you do more in less time, moving smoothly among design tools from concept to print. With precise production controls, deliver consistent high-quality results.
Collaborate conveniently*
Work live with clients and colleagues, near and far, by hosting a web meeting or sharing your screen. Learn from an extensive community of Adobe experts by accessing technical content online-from inside your design software.
Features
- Efficient, powerful page design with Adobe InDesign CS4
- New dimensions in digital imaging with Photoshop CS4 Extended
- Inspired vector graphics creation with Adobe Illustrator CS4
- PDF file creation and collaboration with Acrobat 9 Pro
Professional page layout - With InDesign CS4, create stunning designs using tools that enable free-flowing expression and fine control over typography, colour, graphics, transparency, effects, and placed images. Move naturally and efficiently between production tasks.
Breathtaking digital imaging - Quickly compose outstanding images using Photoshop CS4, the professional standard in digital image editing. Take advantage of intuitive image adjustment and masking tools, and experiment freely thanks to non-destructive editing.
Sophisticated vector graphics - Develop eye-catching graphics quickly and confidently with Illustrator CS4. Enjoy powerful drawing tools, advanced type handling, colour control, creative effects, and advanced print production features.
Adobe PDF workflows - Prepare files for high-end print production with confidence using Acrobat 9 Pro. End-to-end PDF workflows use common technology to generate, preview, and print PDF files, enabling consistently high-quality output.
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Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard software is the essential toolkit for print design and production, on your Mac.
What's in the Box
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard combines full new versions of:
- InDesign CS4
- Photoshop CS4
- Illustrator CS4
- Acrobat 9 Pro
- Adobe Bridge CS4
- Adobe Device Central CS4
- Version Cue CS4
System Requirements
Mac OS
- PowerPC G5 or multicore Intel processor
- Mac OS X v10.4.11-10.5.4
- Java™ Runtime Environment 1.5 required for Adobe Version Cue Server
- 1GB of RAM or more recommended
- 8.2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional hard-disk space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on flash-based storage devices)
- 1,024x768 display (1,280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
- Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
- DVD-ROM drive
- QuickTime 7.4.5 software required for multimedia features
- Broadband Internet connection required for online services**
** This product may allow you to access certain features that are hosted online ("online services"), provided you have a high-speed Internet connection.
*Upgrade Options
(*1)
Upgrade from CS3
(*2)
Creative Suite Premium or Standard 1, 2, Design Bundle (CS2 Premium plus Flash Professional 8) or Web Bundle (CS2 Premium plus Studio 8)
(*3)
Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3 or CS4
Illustrator CS, CS2, CS3 or CS4
InDesign CS, CS2, CS3 or CS4
