Adobe Creative Suite 4 Family: Suite Overview For the Print Community

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1 Adobe Creative Suite 4 Family: Suite Overview For the Print Community Kelly McCathran Service Provider Evangelist 1

2 Today s Agenda Powering New Media with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Adobe Creative Suite 4 Family: Suite Overview Live Demonstration Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium Adobe Partner Connection Print Service Provider Resources Questions and Answers 2

3 Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information 3

4 Adobe s Technology Vision Engaging Content Cross-Media Publishing Web Video Rich Internet Applications Leading Tools for Designers and Developers Services Clients Servers Adobe Creative Suite Creative Pro Services Flash Player Adobe Reader All Media Cross-Media Web Video Acrobat.com Thermo Flex Builder AMP AIR 4

5 New Innovations with Adobe Creative Suite 4 All-new versions of 6 editions of Creative Suite and 14 point products, plus introduction of creative pro online services 5

6 Rich Expressiveness Goal: Enable creative pros to craft richly expressive work with more creative options and fewer obstacles to the process. Examples in CS4: Create life-like animations in Flash CS4 more intuitively. Paint and composite 3D models in Photoshop Extended. Accurately view web page designs and test interactions in Dreamweaver. Create transparent gradients and draw more naturally with the blob tool in Illustrator. Plus dozens of other features 6

7 Simplifying Workflows Goal: Wow creative pros with innovations that reduce their pain points and empower them to efficiently break out of specialized roles and participate in more media. Examples in CS4: Design rich interactive documents easily using InDesign and Flash. Round-trip content among Illustrator, Fireworks, and Thermo to create compelling RIAs. Author, test, and output mobile content more efficiently with CS4. Capture metadata during video creation to track and monetize assets. Experience leaps in productivity thanks to tapeless, render-free video workflows. 7

8 Integrating Community into Adobe Software Goal: Provide an integrated venue for social networking, collaboration, inspiration, and improved productivity. Available at launch: Share My Screen/ConnectNow: Free real-time online collaboration from CS4 applications for up to 3 people Adobe Community Help: Communitybased learning and information sharing in CS4 kuler: Color sharing and exploration online and in application InContext Editing service: Direct web page editing (beta at launch) Resource Central: Up-to-date information and content for video applications 8

9 BRIDGE CS4 Faster Performance from Startup to Browsing Easier Access to Task-based Workspaces New List View with Rich Data Built-in Preview and Creation of PDF Contact Sheets and Web Galleries One-click Full Screen Previews Collections for Organizing Related Assets New Review Mode 9

10 PHOTOSHOP CS4 EXTENDED Streamlined 3D Painting and Compositing Adjustments and Masks Panels Content-aware Scaling Smoother Panning and Zooming Revolutionary Canvas Rotation Improved Raw Image Processing and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Integration Efficient File Management with Adobe Bridge CS4 10

11 ILLUSTRATOR CS4 Multiple Artboards Transparency in Gradients and Easier Gradient Editing Blob Brush for Intuitive Drawing Separations Preview In-panel Appearance Editing Enhanced Isolation Mode for Easier Editing Refined Graphic Styles 11

12 INDESIGN CS4 Live Preflight Custom Links Panel Smart Guides and Smart Spacing Smart Text Reflow Spread Rotations Interactive Document Design with SWF and Flash (XFL) Export Conditional Text 12

13 ACROBAT 9 PRO PDF Portfolios Native Support for Adobe Flash Acrobat.com for Collaboration Forms Authoring and Workflow Enhancements Standards Panel and Support of New PDF/X Standards Improved Color Conversion and Overprint Preview Improved Previewing and Preflighting of PDF Files 13

14 FLASH CS4 PROFESSIONAL XFL Import from InDesign and After Effects New Easier-to-Learn Object-Based Animation Model Motion Editor Panel and Motion Presets Inverse Kinematics with the Bones Tool 3D Transformation AIR Authoring 14

15 FIREWORKS CS4 Enhanced 9-Slice Scaling and Guides Multipage PDF Export Live Styles Enhanced Text Support Kuler Integration Smart CSS Export AIR Prototyping 15

16 DREAMWEAVER CS4 Related Documents Code Navigator Photoshop Smart Objects HTML Datasets In Context Editing Subversion Integration Web Widgets 16

17 ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 4 DEMONSTRATION 17

18 MASTER COLLECTION AFTER EFFECTS CS4 Photoshop 3D Layers Import Export as Layered Adobe Flash Professional Projects New XMP Metadata Support New Dynamic Link from Premiere Pro to After Effects Searchable Timelines and Projects, Easier Navigation of Nested Comps Cartoon Effect to Give the Look of Cell Animation Keyframe X, Y, and Z Position Independently, Plus Other 3D Compositing Enhancements ON LOCATION CS4 Now Available for Intel Macs Powerful Direct-to-Disk Recording and Monitoring Software New Interface New XMP Metadata Support Tapeless Acquisition Is Efficient On-Set 18

19 MASTER COLLECTION PREMIERE PRO CS4 Tapeless Workflow Efficiency New XMP Metadata Support Speech Search and Transcribe Import Final Cut Pro Projects Tighter-Than-Ever Integration with Other Adobe Tools Work with Virtually Any Format with Uncompromised Imagery, from DV and HDV to HD and Beyond SOUNDBOOTH CS4 Multitrack Support Adobe Sound Document (.ASND) New Non-Destructive File Format for Adobe Applications Match Volume Across Individual or Multiple Audio Clips Speech Search Additional Scores New Interface and Workflow 19

20 MASTER COLLECTION ENCORE CS4 Easy Production of Full-featured, Menudriven DVD and Blu-ray Projects, on Disc and on the Web Zoom Feature Blu-ray Pop Up Menu Enable for Web Link Export Settings: H.264 Templates Flash Media Server Streaming 20

21 Adobe.com Links Adobe s main website Chock full of information, downloads, training, and other resources Adobe s Print Publishing Center A specialized site for Adobe products related to print production using Adobe products for both creative types and print service providers Adobe s main support page Find answers from Adobe customer support experts! Search for troubleshooting information and tutorials by product. Sign up to receive support announcements. Participate in User-to-User forums. Submit feature requests, etc. Join the Adobe Partner Connection as a print service provider supporting Adobe products and services Adobe Partner Finder Designers are looking for printers that support Adobe software. Printers can be listed in the online searchable database. The Adobe Print Resource Center A variety of downloads and technical resources for creatives printers, and OEM vendors- including tutorials, case studies, white papers and the Printing Guides Adobe s JDF resource center, for all things JDF Adobe s VDP resource center, for all things VDP Adobe TV is a free online video resource for expert instruction and inspiration about Adobe products 21