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Catch production errors with Live Preflight andq
manage placed files efficiently with the
customizable Links panel in Adobe InDesign CS4;
zoom in on images more smoothly and rapidly,
and rotate your canvas to any angle in Adobe
Photoshop CS4 Extended
Use the indispensable tools in Photoshop Extendedq
as a starting point in any medium: apply the
revolutionary new Content-Aware Scaling to
automatically recompose an image as you resize it,
smartly preserving vital areas of the image
Export a dynamic presentation or interactiveq
brochure as a SWF file with interactive buttons,
hyperlinks, and unique page transitions; combine
InDesign and Adobe Flash CS4 Professional to
customize rich documents
Simplify the creation of animations in Flash; applyq
tweens directly to objects instead of to keyframes
with greater control over individual animation
attributes; use the new 3D translation and rotation
tools to animate 2D objects in 3D space
Move content among Adobe After Effects CS4,q
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Soundbooth CS4, and
Encore CS4 with unparalleled efficiency. Expanded
Adobe Dynamic Link lets you to link content
between components, seeing updates instantly
without rendering
Read moreq
Product Description
Create visually rich content for virtually any media print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile using the
tightly integrated tools and services in Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection. From producing printed pages

2. to distributing engaging content online, on film, on air, and on device, you get the ultimate design environment
to keep pace with your imagination. This Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection Upgrade for windows
requires Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection. InDesign CS4 Photoshop CS4 Extended Illustrator CS4
Acrobat 9 Pro Flash CS4 Professional Dreamweaver CS4 Fireworks CS4 Contribute CS4 After Effects CS4 Adobe
Premiere Pro CS4 Soundbooth CS4 Adobe OnLocation CS4 Encore CS4 Adobe Bridge CS4 Adobe Device Central
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Product Description
Express your creative vision in more media smoothly and efficiently with groundbreaking new features and
enhancements in Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection software, such as the revolutionary Content-Aware
Scaling in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended, rich interactive document export from Adobe InDesign CS4,
dramatically simpler animation controls in Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, and support for next-generation
tapeless workflows in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and Adobe OnLocation CS4.
Leverage the familiar InDesign environment and your existing expertise to deliver design in more media. Just one
example: Export an InDesign layout as XFL, open it in Flash, edit text and graphics, and then add interactive
elements to produce a compelling dynamic document. Click to enlarge.
Drag a Photoshop image into a Dreamweaver page to create a dynamically linked Smart Object. If the source file
changes, a badge shows that the Dreamweaver version is no longer current. To update the image, simply click the
Update icon in the Properties panel. Click to enlarge.
In Illustrator, create and arrange up to 100 artboards of differing sizes, and then save them in a single, multipage
PDF file or export them as sequentially numbered files. Click to enlarge.

3. In Photoshop, rotate canvas and image together to any angle for convenient viewing and editing. Click to enlarge.
Upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection
Licensed owners of Creative Suite 3 Master Collection can upgrade to Creative Suite 4 Master Collection or
special pricing.
Top reasons to upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection
More speed and control in everyday design tasks
Catch production errors on-the-fly with Live Preflight and manage placed files more efficiently with the newly
customizable Links panel in Adobe InDesign CS4. Zoom in on images more smoothly and rapidly than ever, and
rotate your canvas to any angle in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended. Combine multiple artboards in a single
document in Adobe Illustrator CS4. And do more with dozens of other enhancements that help you deliver the
design work you do today, faster.
New dimensions in image editing
Use the indispensable tools in Photoshop Extended as a starting point in any medium: Apply the revolutionary
new Content-Aware Scaling to automatically recompose an image as you resize it, smartly preserving vital
areas of the image as it adapts to new dimensions. Paint, composite, and animate 3D models using familiar
tools. Enhance video footage, even syncing visual effects to an audio track.
Rich interactive documents
Export a dynamic presentation or interactive brochure as a SWF file with interactive buttons, hyperlinks, and
unique page transitions, such as curl, wipe, dissolve, and fade. Or, combine the page layout strength of
InDesign and the authoring power of Adobe Flash CS4 Professional to customize rich interactive documents. For
example, export an InDesign layout as an XFL file and open it with full visual fidelity in Adobe Flash Player.
Then add sophisticated interactivity, animation, and navigation in Flash to produce engaging online
experiences.
New animation controls for richer online experiences
Simplify the creation and updating of animations with Flash CS4 Professional without losing creative flexibility.
Apply tweens directly to objects instead of to keyframes with greater control over individual animation
attributes. Use the new 3D translation and rotation tools to animate 2D objects on x, y, and z axes in 3D space.
Create more natural animated interactions between linked objects or distort a single shape using the new
Bones tool.
Easier interactions with complex web pages
Design and develop more sophisticated websites with new Live View in Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, which
features interactive code editing. Use the new Related Files and Code Navigator features to dive deeply into
complex pages that include HTML files, link to external JavaScript documents, and integrate XML data. Update
your code in the associated files, and then review changes in the master document's Design view.
Exceptional productivity in video post-production
Move content among Adobe After Effects CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Soundbooth CS4, and Encore CS4 with
unparalleled efficiency, so you have more time to craft your vision. Expanded Adobe Dynamic Link enables you
to link content between components, so you can see updates without rendering.
Direct-to-disk recording and tapeless workflows
Shoot footage directly to disk from nonfile-based cameras with redesigned Adobe OnLocation CS4, which now

4. runs natively on Windows and Intel based Mac OS systems.
Import and natively edit a wide variety of tapeless formats
including AVCHD, P2, and XDCAM EX--without transcoding or rewrapping in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.
Project intelligence with XMP metadata
Capture valuable XMP metadata from your camera, and accumulate key information throughout the production
process for intelligent media management. Use new Speech Search technology in Adobe Premiere Pro and
Soundbooth to turn spoken dialog into metadata, making it easy to find particular clips and your video assets
searchable online.
In InDesign, sort by any column and easily scan the thumbnails in the enhanced Links panel to view detailed,
customizable information about linked content. Click to enlarge.
In InDesign, quickly create a compelling interactive document by using the new Page Transitions panel to add
animated transitions such as Page Turn. Then export the document as a SWF file that anyone with Adobe Flash
Player or a web browser that supports Flash can conveniently view. Click to enlarge.
Creating a basic Flash animation is now a simple two-step process: Select an object and choose Create Motion
Tween, and then drag the object. The resulting motion path can be easily edited using Bezier curves. Click to
enlarge.

5. Paint directly on 3D objects in Photoshop Extended and view the results immediately. Click to enlarge.
Quickly and reliably test mobile content in a variety of simulated lighting environments by controlling test
settings for backlight, reflections, contrast, and more. Click to enlarge.
Search for spoken dialog, make video clips searchable, and access rights management information and other
types of project intelligence thanks to new support for XMP metadata across Production Premium. Click to
enlarge.
Intuitive audio
Amplify your impact in your video, film, and online interactive projects with Soundbooth CS4. Multitrack
recording capabilities, a visual approach to professional audio editing, and tight integration with Adobe
Premiere Pro, After Effects, Flash, and Encore, make Soundbooth a valuable addition to your creative work.
PDF collaboration
Communicate effectively with clients, colleagues, and others using Adobe PDF files. Add video and audio
created in Flash to PDF files for smooth playback in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and Adobe Reader 9 software. Quickly
export interactive web prototypes from Adobe Fireworks CS4 to PDF for client review. Embed video into PDF

6. files for clients to add timecode-specific comments, and then view those comments mapped to an Adobe
Premiere Pro timeline. Package documents in dynamic PDF Portfolios with customizable interactive navigation.
Combines:
Adobe InDesign CS4
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended
Adobe Illustrator CS4
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
Adobe Fireworks CS4
Adobe Contribute CS4
Adobe After Effects CS4
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
Adobe Soundbooth CS4
Adobe OnLocation CS4
Adobe Encore CS4
Adobe InDesign CS4--Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing
Publish persuasive content
Create high-impact, personalized content and long documents tailored for unique audiences in less time and
with fewer steps.
Experience fluid workflows
Design with ease using customer-inspired enhancements to your everyday toolset and a more flexible layout
environment.
Create rich interactive documents
Create dynamic documents for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime as well as engaging PDF content
that both include professional typography and top-quality page design.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended--Discover new dimensions in digital imaging
Easily access full editing power
Take greater advantage of all that Adobe Photoshop Extended software offers with a more intuitive user
interface and nondestructive editing freedom so you can achieve the highest quality results.
Work more efficiently
Be more productive by taking advantage of smooth integration with other Adobe software and enhancements
that leverage the power of today's faster graphics processors.
Edit 3D and motion-based content
Enjoy breakthrough enhancements that now let you paint directly on 3D objects and unleash the editing power
of Photoshop software on 3D content. Plus, edit motion graphics for video with enhanced control for speed and
precision.
Perform advanced image analysis
Extract quantitative information from images, count objects or image features, track and log your work, and
volume-render DICOM files.
Adobe Illustrator CS4--Explore new paths with the essential vector tool
Explore new features
Powerful additions such as the Blob Brush tool and transparency in gradients inspire new creativity. The highly
anticipated multiple artboards feature prompts new ways of working.
Discover hidden gems

7. Existing features have been polished, and hidden functions have been uncovered to reveal usefulness and
depth, enabling you to learn more quickly and take better advantage of the power of Illustrator.
Work efficiently
Illustrator CS4 offers improved interaction with options and tools, plus you can do more directly on the artboard.
Innovations with Smart Guides and Isolation Mode plus new panel behaviors enable a smoother, more efficient
workflow.
Deliver almost anywhere
Print delivery is more reliable with Separations Preview. And with new user interface similarity and shared
formats among Adobe Creative Suite tools, work across applications is virtually seamless.
Using Live Preflight in InDesign, you can open the Preflight panel to be alerted to errors as they occur rather than
when the presses are just about to roll. Click to enlarge.
Live View lets you see exactly how your pages will appear in a web browser directly from within Dreamweaver, so
you can quickly tweak the code right then and there. Click to enlarge.
Live View lets you see exactly how your pages will appear in a web browser directly from within Dreamweaver, so
you can quickly tweak the code right then and there. Click to enlarge.

8. To allow you to work smoothly and swiftly within components and to move effortlessly among them, Design
Premium offers several elegant, cross-component interface enhancements, including N-up view, an application bar,
an application frame, and tabbed documents, and task-based workspaces. Click to enlarge.
Multitrack support lets you quickly assemble all your audio elements, and save them as an ASND file that can be
shared with Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, and Adobe After Effects CS4 software. Click to
enlarge.
Adobe Media Encoder lets you use any combination of sequences and clips as source files and encode to an
extensive variety of formats. Click to enlarge.

9. Navigating nested compositions in Adobe After Effects CS4 is made easier by the Composition navigator along the
top of each Composition panel (right). A Mini Flowchart (below) reveals the nesting organization of related
compositions Click to enlarge.
The new Cartoon effect in Adobe After Effects CS4 allows you to convert live action footage (left) into stylized
imagery (right). Click to enlarge.
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro--Protect documents and accelerate information exchange with
PDF
Deliver professional documents
Easily organize content from a variety of sources--including documents, e-mail, images, spreadsheets, and web
pages--in a single searchable PDF Portfolio, compressed for easy distribution. Use professionally designed
templates that can be branded with your company logo and colors. Quickly integrate content, define navigation,
and add polish to communicate clearly and effectively. Share information with anyone using free Adobe Reader
software.
Create and manage forms
Simplify the creation and completion of forms to efficiently analyze and use data. Convert Word and Excel
documents or scanned paper to PDF forms with automatic recognition of fillable fields. Or use Adobe LiveCycle
Designer ES software, a professional form design tool included with Acrobat 9 Pro software, to further
customize and automate dynamic XML forms. Extend Acrobat functionality to Reader users so virtually anyone
can participate in the workflows you initiate. Use the Form Tracker to see when forms have been completed
and who has completed them. And easily export data to a spreadsheet for analysis and reporting.
Manage document reviews
Accelerate the exchange of ideas with colleagues, extended teams, and customers. Through easy-to-manage
electronic document reviews, participants can see and build on other reviewers' comments as they are being
made, so you can quickly gain the input and consensus you need to efficiently develop and complete work.
Enable virtually anyone using free Adobe Reader software to participate in reviews, and use the Form Tracker
to monitor progress and participation.
Help protect sensitive information
Control access to and use of PDF documents, assign digital rights, and maintain document integrity. Set
document permissions to define whether a file can be printed or changed. Apply passwords to help restrict
document access. Use redaction tools to permanently remove sensitive information. Digitally sign and certify
documents to validate they came from a trusted source. Create and reuse document security policies to
precisely manage who can print, save, copy, or modify a document.

10. Flash CS4 Professional--Create and deliver rich interactive content
Design with ease and efficiency
Quickly create and modify animations while retaining a great degree of control. Powerful new object-based
animation, Bezier controls, and motion presets make working in Flash easier and more intuitive.
Explore new creative possibilities
Express your creative vision in innovative ways with exciting new design tools. Animate 2D objects through 3D
space with 3D translation and rotation. Use the Bones tool to easily create chain-like effects or distort shapes.
Add the expressive power of patterns to your designs with the Deco tool.
Collaborate across workflows
Collaborate smoothly across designer and developer workflows. Easily import content into Flash from Adobe
InDesign and After Effects software using the XFL format. Enjoy common user interface elements and tools
across the Adobe Creative Suite 4 family.
Deliver for a wide reach
Deliver interactive experiences that reach audiences across platforms and devices. The latest technologies,
such as XMP for mobile and delivery to the Adobe AIR runtime, are right at your fingertips.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4--Design, develop, and maintain standards-based websites
and applications
Create next-generation web experiences
Work in a real-world view of your rich CSS, JavaScript, SWF, and dynamic content directly in Dreamweaver.
Quickly integrate third-party web widgets from the most popular JavaScript frameworks into your pages.
Learn best practices
Visually design with CSS best practices aided by jargon-free explanations of practical concepts. Create
Ajax-driven interactivity while supporting best practices.
Take control of your content
Design your pages in Dreamweaver so your clients can make updates to their web pages directly from the
browser using the Adobe InContext Editing online service. Add dynamic data to your site without a database or
complex coding.
Adobe Fireworks CS4--Rapidly prototype and design for the web
Take prototyping to the next level
Rapidly prototype websites, application interfaces, and other interactive designs with Fireworks CS4 software.
Create, edit, and optimize web graphics more accurately and quickly than ever before with an enhanced toolset.
Demo your designs to clients live on the web or e-mail a PDF file generated from Fireworks. Integrate Live
Styles and the improved Common Library for continual leaps in productivity.
Collaborate more smoothly
Work faster and smarter with the accelerated performance of Fireworks CS4. Leverage the uniform user
interface and core functionality, such as consistent text handling, across Fireworks and other Adobe Creative
Suite 4 components, including Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Adobe Illustrator CS4.
Design once, deploy to many platforms
Output your Fireworks designs to HTML, Adobe AIR, Flash, or Flex software. Craft custom skins for Flex
components with the superior design tools of Fireworks. Design within Fireworks and, when you're ready,
export web standards-compliant CSS to Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 software. Create HTML-based Adobe AIR
prototypes directly from within Fireworks to provide layout design and to display user interaction before
developing your application.

11. Save time on every project by dynamically linking content between select components of Adobe Creative Suite
4 Production Premium. With Adobe Dynamic Link, you can see and hear updates instantly--without
rendering--as you refine your project's assets. Click to enlarge.
Use the powerful new Speech Search feature in both Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and Soundbooth CS4 to
automatically generate metadata that makes video searchable by linking the spoken word to timecode-specific
text. Click to enlarge.
The redesigned user interface puts all of the controls for Adobe OnLocation on a single screen, while the Shot
List (inset) lets you input vital information, comments, and more. Click to enlarge.

12. Robust timecode display options throughout Adobe Premiere Pro give you the ability to work with SMPTE or
frame-count timecode. Click to enlarge.
Adobe Contribute CS4--Simplify web content management
Delegate work while retaining control
Delegate content publishing to content owners without compromising the integrity of your websites. Define and
enforce custom publishing workflows to meet your organization's review and approval requirements for
published content.
Engage users
Empower end users to quickly and easily publish content to static and dynamic websites through true WYSIWYG
authoring. Give users the choice of editing websites directly from their favorite browsers or composing and
publishing web content from within Microsoft Office applications. Enable easy collaboration between users in
the content publishing process.
Work with a compatible, affordable tool
Publish to the web in almost any computing environment thanks to compatibility with existing web and IT
infrastructures and cross-platform interoperability. Contribute CS4 is affordable and works on Intel and PowerPC
based Macs and on Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista systems.
Adobe After Effects CS4--Create motion graphics and visual effects with the industry
standard
Innovate visually
Enjoy creative control over virtually every element in a highly responsive 2D and 3D compositing and animation
environment. With After Effects CS4, you can create virtually whatever you envision.
Work with efficient tools
Easily handle a wide range of post-production tasks--from keying and motion tracking to color correction,
rotoscoping, and more--using flexible tools in a user interface optimized to help save you time.
Deliver to virtually any screen
Easily create output for delivery to a wide range of media formats and platforms--from traditional film and
video to the web and mobile devices--from a single project.
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4--Capture, edit, and deliver video online, on air, on disc, or
on device
Discover new post-production workflows
Work with the formats you want, from DV and HD to 4K and beyond. Support for industry standards enables
you to interchange more easily with other industry-standard tools. Powerful new metadata management
features help you deliver video content to virtually any screen.
Work with efficient post-production tools

13. Edit faster with a broad selection of professional editing tools and tighter-than-ever integration with other
Adobe software. Maintain pristine quality across the production process with an efficient tapeless workflow, find
specific areas of your content faster with the innovative Speech Search feature, and stay focused on your work
with background batch encoding.
Achieve creative excellence
Maximize your creative options with powerful enhancements that help you bring new dimensions to your work.
Achieve your vision with professional color correction, quick and precise multicam editing, and much more--all
from within a familiar, customizable interface. Tap into a wealth of tutorials, stock footage, visual effects, and
more to elevate your production quality, and connect to the creative community to share ideas. From
acquisition to delivery, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 offers tools that help you deliver excellent results.
Adobe Soundbooth CS4--Create and edit audio with ease
Rapidly enhance and edit audio
Take command of the audio in creative projects with task-based tools that help you create, clean up, and polish
sound. Multitrack support and automatic volume matching give you more flexibility and control. Visually
remove unwanted noises with the editing tools available in Spectral view.
Work with ready-to-use audio assets
Personalize your soundtracks with the enhanced Soundbooth Score editing workflow. Download Soundbooth
Scores from Resource Central, and use new multitrack support to customize, combine, or layer multiple scores.
Add effects to adjust the mood, or stretch or shorten the file to alter duration.
Use intuitive, task-based tools
Tackle everyday audio editing and cleanup with the power of nondestructive editing in the new Adobe Sound
Document (ASND) format. Quickly and easily heal sound, match volume levels, create sound effects, and
choose from a library of high-quality audio filters and streamlined mastering tools.
Enjoy tighter integration
Eliminate the need for intermediate rendering and streamline the process of editing audio in Soundbooth while
working in various Adobe Creative Suite components with features such as new nondestructive roundtrip
editing and Adobe Dynamic Link.
Adobe OnLocation CS4 for shooting direct to disk and monitoring footage
Adobe OnLocationCS4 is powerful cross-platform (Windows and Intel-based Macs), direct-to-disk recording and
monitoring software that helps you shoot better and faster. The completely redesigned interface puts control of
all functions on a single screen and features the familiar look and feel of other Adobe creative applications. Use
the professional on-set monitoring tools to calibrate your camera, set levels, and monitor signals to obtain the
best quality video and audio and avoid time-consuming and potentially costly problems.
Shooting and capturing video directly to disk lets you record a two-hour event as a single clip or shoot as many
takes of a scene as you need to get it right--no changing tapes, no solid-state memory time limits, no missed
action. It's a director's dream come true--but when you're editing, finding that one perfect take among dozens
of outtakes can be difficult. To make it easier, Adobe OnLocation CS4 offers a Shot List that enables you to
re-record multiple takes of the same scene retaining the metadata automatically from the original master shot.
When you edit the footage in Adobe Premiere Pro, you can search for a favorite take simply by searching for
metadata logged while you originally recorded the footage. Or, run the speech-to-text feature in Adobe
Premiere Pro, which uses new metadata support to find words spoken by the talent.
Adobe Encore CS4
Use Encore to create DVDs and high-definition Blu-ray Discs, and with one click, easily save projects you
designed to be delivered to disc as interactive content compatible with Adobe Flash Player for the web.
While on location, use Encore to output SWF file versions of your dailies to post online.

14. Choose Your Edition
With the tightly integrated tools and services in Adobe Creative Suite 4 software, you can create visually rich
content for virtually any media--print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile. Find the one that's right for
you:
Adobe Creative Suite 4 also allows you to access features and services that are hosted online, such as Adobe
Community Help, Adobe Kuler, Adobe ConnectNow (a service on Acrobat.com), Adobe InContext Editing, and
Bridge Home.*
* This product may allow you to access certain features that are hosted online ("online services"), provided you have a high-speed
Internet connection. The online services, and some features thereof, may not be available in all countries, languages and/or currencies
and may be discontinued in whole or in part without notice. Use of the online services is governed by separate terms of use and by the
Adobe privacy policy, and access to these services may require user registration. Some online services, including services initially
offered at no charge, may be subject to additional fees. For additional details and to review the terms of use and privacy policy, please
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