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 By Dale Farris, Secretary
Golden Triangle PC Club
May 2005
Adobe's Creative Suite 2 Premium
software is a unified design environment that combines full new versions
of Adobe Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, GoLive CS2, and
Acrobat 7.0 Professional software with new Version Cue CS2, Adobe Bridge,
and Adobe Stock Photos. Delivering the next level of integration in
creative software, Adobe Creative Suite 2 enables you to realize your
ideas anywhere, in print, on the Web, or on mobile devices.
Adobe Creative Suite 2 is the next generation upgrade to Adobe’s creative
professional software. It’s a unified design environment that combines
full new versions of Adobe Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2,
GoLive CS2, and Acrobat 7.0 Professional software with enhanced Version
Cue CS2 file manager, new Adobe Bridge visual file browser, and new Adobe
Stock Photos. New features also include the ability to manage color
settings centrally and common Adobe PDF settings.
Also available is a Standard Edition, which combines all of these
components, except GoLive CS2 and Acrobat 7.0 Professional. Designers and
other creative professionals who want to experience the benefits of a
complete Adobe PDF workflow, as well as those who create and publish to
print, the Web and mobile devices, will get the most out of the Premium
Edition.
Adobe Creative Suite 2 provides the full functionality of the new full
version upgrades of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and GoLive, which
now bear the CS2 denominator. This allows each tool to excel at its core
competency while also offering additional features that improve
integration, simplify workflows, and help you work more productively.
Today most creative professionals create content for more than one output
medium. If that’s the case for you, or if you want to prepare yourself
to be able to publish content more flexibly in the future, then you should
order Adobe Creative Suite 2. With Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Edition,
you get a complete design environment that combines full new versions of
Adobe’s leading professional tools, upgraded to work more tightly
together, with improved Version Cue CS2 file management software, new
Adobe Bridge file browser, and new Adobe Stock Photos, plus training
materials that show you how to use the suite productively. You’ll also get
access to suite-only features that aren’t available in the standalone
products:
Version Cue CS2
Bridge Center for easy access to your creative
projects
Centralized color settings for the entire suite
Adobe
Creative Suite 2 Premium is a great value and is designed to help you work
more effectively than ever before, whether you’re getting your ideas down,
keeping your ideas moving, or sharing your ideas with others.
The components of Adobe Creative Suite 2 share common commands, palettes,
and keyboard shortcuts, making it easy to switch between tools while
maximizing your productivity. If you initially use only one or two of the
tools in the suite but down the road start to use others, these
commonalities make it easy for both new and experienced users to come up
to speed quickly.
Enhanced Version Cue CS2 file manager enables you to find files fast,
track versions across suite components and link files together. New Adobe
Bridge visual file browser integrates your workflow across the entire
suite. Jump to Bridge from within Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, or
GoLive, work in it as a standalone application, or have it float onscreen
as a palette. Finally, new centralized color management settings, more
consistent Adobe PDF file creation and shared Adobe PDF settings ensure
more predictable results across files and tools, while expanded support
for XMP enhances metadata preservation.
In addition, improvements to file import/export capabilities make it
easier to share files across the components of the suite. You can now
perform nondestructive scaling, rotating, and warping of raster and vector
graphics in Photoshop with Smart Objects, even preserving the editability
of high-resolution vector data from Illustrator. Or control the visibility
of layer comps in linked, embedded, or opened Photoshop files from within
Illustrator. InDesign now supports the selective display of layers and
layer comps in Photoshop files, and layers in Adobe PDF files, so you can
experiment with different design options or use multiple variations of a
file in your layout—all while linking to a single file. You can transfer
InDesign assets to GoLive with drag-and-drop ease, open an InDesign
package in GoLive and export to XHTML to jump-start your site, or flow
tagged InDesign content into CSS templates.
Version Cue CS2
Version Cue CS2 is an innovative file-version manager that has been
improved to be more intuitive, visual, and robust. You can now manage and
share Adobe and non-Adobe project files (such as Microsoft Word and
Powerpoint documents), create and access historical file versions as well
as version “alternates,” access Version Cue through Adobe Bridge, and host
browser-based Adobe PDF reviews. Version Cue CS2 supports simplified
project administration and archiving, so you can manage and schedule
recurring backups of your Version Cue projects.
Collaborative users can make use of Version Cue CS2 to conduct web-based
PDF reviews with automated tracking and aggregation of comments from
multiple reviewers. Groups can also set up project-centered Workspaces for
both Mac and Windows users simultaneously. Workspaces enable secure and
reliable collaboration—multiple users can have confidence they are using
the correct file version, while systems alerts prevent files from being
overwritten accidentally.
Version Cue CS2 is a feature that is unique to Adobe Creative Suite 2. At
least one person in your workgroup must have a licensed copy of Adobe
Creative Suite 2 in order for the workgroup or team to take advantage of
Version Cue. Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, and GoLive CS2
all work with Version Cue. In addition, you can manage Microsoft Office
documents using WebDAV and Version Cue.
XMP
Adobe’s Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) is a labeling technology that
allows you to embed data about a file, known as metadata, into the file
itself. With XMP, desktop applications and back-end publishing systems
gain a common method for capturing, sharing, and leveraging this valuable
metadata—opening the door for more efficient job processing, workflow
automation, and rights management, among many other possibilities. With
XMP, Adobe has taken the heavy lifting out of metadata integration,
offering content creators an easy way to embed meaningful information
about their projects and providing industry partners with standards-based
building blocks to develop optimized workflow solutions.
Built into previous Adobe applications and now updated in Adobe Creative
Suite 2, XMP enables enhanced productivity across suite components. XMP is
one of the core technologies behind Version Cue CS2, new Adobe Bridge and
new Adobe Stock Photos. For example, you can apply metadata labels in
Bridge to rank your assets and then sort by these labels, even associating
workflow information (such as “Needs editing”) with certain labels.
All Adobe Creative Suite 2 components automatically write certain kinds of
metadata to their files. InDesign CS2, for example, writes information
about the swatches and fonts used into every INDD file. Adobe Creative
Suite 2 makes it easy for designers to add even more metadata to files,
while gaining the productivity benefits associated with this additional
layer of file information.
Adobe Bridge
New Adobe Bridge is the hub for productivity in Adobe Creative Suite 2.
Bridge builds upon the popular File Browser found in previous versions of
Adobe Photoshop, and adds greatly enhanced functionality. Bridge not only
allows you to quickly manage and locate all of your assets but also
provides access to new Adobe Stock Photos, while also letting you control
settings for more consistent color across the suite. Bridge is accessible
from within Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, and GoLive CS2,
as well as independently, and tracks native PSD, AI, INDD and Adobe PDF
files, as well as other Adobe and non-Adobe files.
With drag-and-drop ease, you can place assets into layouts as needed,
preview them, add valuable metadata to them, and track them using Version
Cue CS2. Bridge is also the primary interface into a Version Cue CS2
managed workflow, where you can view files, promote file versions and make
parallel file “alternates.” With Version Cue CS2 accessed in Adobe Bridge,
you can also delete and reserve versions, as well as check status and
comments and search for metadata.
Adobe Bridge is only available as a part of Adobe Creative Suite 2 or the
standalone versions of Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, and
GoLive CS2.
Adobe Bridge is available as a part of Adobe Creative Suite 2 and as a
part of the standalone versions of Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2,
InDesign CS2 and GoLive CS2. When accessed as part of the suite, there are
three additional, suite-only features available through Adobe Bridge:
Version Cue CS2, Bridge Center, and centralized color settings.
Version Cue CS2 is an innovative file-version manager that has been
improved to be more intuitive, visual, and robust. You can now manage and
share Adobe and non-Adobe project files (such as Microsoft Word and
Powerpoint documents), create and access historical file versions as well
as version “alternates,” access Version Cue through Adobe Bridge, and host
browser-based Adobe PDF reviews.
Bridge Center is a unique starting point for your creative workflow, where
you can access saved project sessions and recently accessed files, while
tapping into RSS feeds from Adobe, centralized Help files, and tips and
tricks for working with the suite. Bridge Center also provides one-click
access to centralized color settings across the suite. You can manage
suite-wide color settings through an interface based on familiar ICC
profiles. You can also add color settings files provided by your print
service provider to Adobe Bridge, so your projects can fit more smoothly
into your provider’s color workflows.
Adobe Stock Photos
Adobe Stock Photos is a new service introduced with Adobe Creative Suite
2. Offering one-stop shopping from within the suite, Adobe Stock Photos is
an efficient and convenient way for creative professionals to search, try,
manage, and buy high-quality, royalty-free stock images. Adobe Stock
Photos provides access to over 230,000 photos and illustrations from some
of the leading stock image libraries, including Photodisc by Getty Images,
Comstock Images by Jupitermedia, Digital Vision, imageshop royalty free by
zefaimages, and amana.
With Adobe Stock Photos, you can manage the entire process of integrating
royalty-free stock photo images into your design workflow:
• Search
Within Adobe Bridge, perform integrated searches across multiple stock
image libraries. Save and return to advanced searches on a collection of
images totaling 230,000, and growing.
• Try
Download watermark-free comp images with no need to log in. All of your
downloaded comps are stored in a central location, making it easy to find
and use them—without leaving Adobe Bridge.
• Manage
Double-click downloaded comps to edit them in Photoshop CS2, or drag them
right into your InDesign CS2, Illustrator CS2, or GoLive CS2 layouts.
Adobe Stock Photos retains the data associated with each image (for
example, image ID or supplier) even if the image is edited or renamed.
• Buy
Purchase high-resolution royalty-free images directly from within the
suite using a single integrated shopping cart and a single license
agreement from Adobe, no matter which library the image came from.
Create and Publish Content to Mobile Devices
You can use the rich visual toolset in the suite to create a wide variety
of content for mobile devices. The two key components of this flexible
mobile design workflow are GoLive CS2 and Illustrator CS2. GoLive CS2
provides comprehensive tools for authoring mobile layouts (CSS, XHTML),
multimedia/interactivity (SVG, SVG Tiny), and video (3GPP, MPEG-4) for
handheld devices. Illustrator CS2 offers you industry-leading vector
graphics tools for designing mobile interfaces, games, infotainment, and
other mobile content that can be exported to SVG Tiny (SVG-t).
The mobile technologies supported in the suite are based on open standards
endorsed by widely recognized standards bodies such as the W3C (World Wide
Web Consortium) and OMA (Open Mobile Alliance). This support will better
enable you to develop mobile design workflows and content that meet your
needs today, while adapting easily to emerging technologies and business
requirements.
While you can create many different kinds of mobile content with the
suite, one of the most important workflows revolves around SVG-t. As the
de facto interactive standard for mobile, SVG-t is now natively supported
by mobile devices and their operating systems. More than 2 billion SVG-t
enabled smart and feature phones are expected to ship in the next three
years, offering diverse opportunities for publishing mobile content.
With Adobe Creative Suite 2 and optional third-party animation tools, you
can:
Create stunning SVG-t graphics in Illustrator CS2
Animate those graphics in a third-party program, such as Ikivo Animator or
Beatware Mobile Designer
Add a range of interactivity from basic JavaScript controls to dynamically
created SVG-t content in GoLive CS2, which you then incorporate into XHTML
pages or MMS presentations.
Acrobat 7 Professional Features
Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional allows designers to communicate and
collaborate effectively with clients, colleagues, and print partners.
Designers can initiate e-mail–based document reviews with the click of a
button from within Acrobat itself, and now colleagues and others who have
only the free Adobe Reader 7.0 can join in those reviews and use the same
robust commenting tools in Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional.
In addition, Acrobat 7.0 Professional offers many new features to help
ensure that files preview and print reliably. For example, new output
previews—including the capability to see overprint previews in Adobe
Reader—minimize unwanted surprises during prepress production. You can now
convert preflight reports into comments to share with colleagues and
clients, allowing you to communicate problems and reduce errors in the
future.
Adobe Acrobat creates the most reliable Adobe PDF files, and a host of new
and improved pre-flighting tools in Acrobat 7.0 Professional help ensure
that those files print as you and your clients expect them to print. For
example, the redesigned preflighting interface is more intuitive to use,
and you can now correct common problems with Adobe PDF files within
Acrobat, saving you from having to re-create a new Adobe PDF file. You can
further minimize prepress errors with new output previews that let you see
gamut warnings, rich black detection, total ink coverage, and dot-size
violations. Plus, Acrobat 7.0 Professional now supports the industry
standard Job Definition Format (JDF) specification. JDF product
specifications are like job tickets that provide detailed information
about your print job and can be used by workflow systems to automate the
processing of Adobe PDF files, helping to speed throughput and lower
production costs.
Adobe Creative Suite 2 offers enhanced support and integration of Adobe
PDF workflows, from more consistent Adobe PDF file creation to shareable
Adobe PDF settings, browser-based Adobe PDF reviews with Version Cue CS2,
and greater print production control in Acrobat 7.0 Professional. The CS2
versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and GoLive offer a more
common interface for saving or exporting Adobe PDF files.
You can now also choose from a set of shared Adobe PDF file creation
presets based on best practices and standards—including Smallest File
Size, Press Quality, and PDF/X standards. Custom PDF settings can be
created and easily used in any of the suite components. Using Acrobat 7.0
Professional or Version Cue CS2, you can cut costs and time by conducting
design reviews electronically to initiate reviews, comment on documents,
and track feedback.
The enhanced print production tools in Acrobat 7.0 Professional include
better output previews, Adobe PDF file correction tools, and improved
preflight capabilities such as the automation of preflight tasks using
droplets. Finally, you can open reviews to clients and colleagues using
either free Adobe Reader 7.0 or Acrobat 7.0 Professional.
Creative Suite 2 and PageMaker
The page layout component of Adobe Creative Suite 2 is InDesign CS2, not
Adobe PageMaker. InDesign delivers all of the layout control you’ve come
to expect from using PageMaker, plus introduces a whole new level of
design power through innovative support for drop shadows and other
transparency controls, flexible table creation, multiple undo, editable
gradients, direct export of Adobe PDF files, and a host of other features
PageMaker users have wanted. InDesign CS2 even includes enhanced versions
of familiar PageMaker tools, such as Story Editor and the Control palette,
as well as data merge, automated bullets and numbering, and InBooklet SE
for imposition. Built-in support for PageMaker compatible keyboard
shortcuts, the PageMaker toolbar, and direct conversion of PageMaker
6.0-7.x documents helps to smooth the transition to a new layout tool.
Plus, as a component of Adobe Creative Suite 2, InDesign brings PageMaker
users into highly integrated creative workflows with all of the other
components of the suite described earlier in this document. Adobe
continues to support Adobe PageMaker 7.x, and customers can purchase it
through Adobe authorized resellers and the Adobe Store at
www.adobe.com/store.
InCopy CS2
Professional editors are the primary users of Adobe InCopy CS2
and generally don’t require the full functionality of Adobe Creative Suite
2, while the designers they work with do. As a result, it makes sense to
offer InCopy and the suite separately. Designers can make full use of
Adobe Creative Suite 2, while the editors they work with can easily
integrate standalone InCopy CS2 with InDesign CS2 in a collaborative
editorial workflow.
Depending on the size and complexity of your
organization, you have several options for ordering InCopy CS2. Small
creative teams can invest in standalone versions of InCopy CS2. Medium-to-large publishing
groups may want to consider InCopy systems designed by third party
developers or systems integrators.
Older Operating Systems
Adobe Creative Suite 2 supports the latest Macintosh
and Windows operating systems, including Mac OS X 10.3.8 and Windows XP.
This results in the best software performance and allows the suite to
support such productivity-boosting features as multitasking.
New Features
Image editing with Adobe Photoshop CS2
Revolutionary Vanishing Point
Achieve amazing results in a fraction of the time with the groundbreaking
Vanishing Point, which lets you clone, brush, and paste elements that
automatically match the perspective of any image area.
Multiple layer control
Select and move, group, transform, and warp objects more intuitively by
clicking and dragging directly on the canvas. Easily align objects with
Smart Guides.
Smart Objects
Perform nondestructive scaling, rotating, and warping of raster and vector
graphics with Smart Objects. Even preserve the editability of
high-resolution vector data from Adobe Illustrator software.
Multi-image digital camera raw file processing
Accelerate your raw file workflow with simultaneous processing of multiple
images while you continue working. Import images into your choice of
formats, including Digital Negative (DNG); enjoy automatic adjustments to
exposure, shadows, and brightness and contrast; and much more.
Image Warp
Easily create packaging mock-ups or other dimensional effects by wrapping
an image around any shape or stretching, curling, and bending an image
using Image Warp.
Drawing and illustration with Adobe Illustrator CS2
Live Trace Quickly and accurately convert photos, scans, or other bitmap
images to editable and scalable vector paths with the Live Trace feature.
Live Paint
Apply color to any region or edge and use overlapping paths to create new
shapes with the Live Paint tool, which intuitively colors artwork and
automatically detects and corrects gaps.
Control palette
Discover new features and find existing features faster in the
context-sensitive Control palette. Accessing selection-based tools from a
single location eliminates the need for multiple palettes.
Custom workspaces
Work more efficiently and optimize your screen area using custom
workspaces that display only the palettes you need for a specific task.
Save, share, or access any workspace at any time or use workspace
templates.
Photoshop layer comp support
Control the visibility of layer comps in linked, embedded, or opened
Photoshop files from within Illustrator.
Page layout with Adobe InDesign CS2
Object styles Apply and globally update object-level formatting more
efficiently using object styles. Save a wide range of graphic, text, and
frame-level attributes as object styles to create more consistent designs
and speed up production tasks.
Adobe Photoshop and Adobe PDF layer support
Selectively display layers and layer comps in Photoshop files, and layers
in Adobe PDF files, to experiment with different design options or use
multiple variations of a file in your layout — all while linking to a
single file.
InDesign snippets
Easily export InDesign objects as snippets, which can be shared with
colleagues or reused in other documents. When you place or drag a snippet
into a layout, InDesign re-creates the original objects, their formatting,
and their relative positioning on the page.
Adobe InCopy CS2 assignments
Assign only the elements of a document that an editor using Adobe InCopy
CS2 software needs to work on while you're designing the rest — whether
that's specific frames on a page, frames on one or more spreads, or all
the frames in a document.
Save backwards to InDesign CS
Export your InDesign CS2 document to the InDesign Interchange (INX) format
and open it in InDesign CS for sharing with people still working in the
previous version.
Web design with Adobe GoLive CS2
Enhanced live rendering Preview changes to Web and mobile content in a
real-time, integrated engine built on the Opera browser that supports
Small-Screen Rendering (SSR).
Simple visual tools to build and edit CSS-based pages
Build Web pages that conform to open standards using innovative new visual
CSS workflows based on the CSS Editor and CSS prebuilt block objects.
Visual CSS authoring for mobile devices
Easily author and validate standards-compliant CSS content for mobile
devices using simple visual tools.
Visual SVG-t inspection and authoring for mobile View
SVG-t content in split-view interfaces, enabling art tree, source, and XML
outline views and access to an animation scrubbing timeline for rapid
development.
Total site management
Track and manage everything in your site, from assets to links, uploading
content using Secure FTP and WebDAV via SSH or SSL. Easily synchronize
local and remote files.
Client review and print output with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
Inclusive electronic reviews Use Acrobat 7.0 Professional to enable anyone
with free Adobe Reader 7.0 software to add comments to Adobe PDF files
during design reviews.
Improved preflighting of Adobe PDF files
Check for problems in Adobe PDF files using the improved preflighting tool
— which now supports droplets for automation — and share preflight reports
as comments.
Powerful print production tools
Correct common problems in Adobe PDF files — such as converting colors,
previewing separations, remapping spot colors, flattening transparency,
and fixing hairline rules — without having to re-create the file.
Ink coverage, rich black detection, and overprint warnings
Minimize prepress errors with new warnings for total ink coverage, rich
black detection, and overprints.
Support for the latest standards
Create Adobe PDF files that are compliant with the PDF/X-1a:2003 and
PDF/X-3:2003 print production standards, used for prepress document
exchanges, and that include JDF product definitions with details about the
jobs you're submitting for print production.
File sharing and versioning with Version Cue
CS2 Productivity made simple Find files fast, track versions across
applications, link files together, and share them in creative
collaboration without fear of overwriting someone else's work.
Shared project information Actively track the status of project files and
enable this information to be easily shared across workgroups.
Simplified sharing for small workgroups
Easily share files with others within the Version Cue Workspace and keep
your files safe without fear of them being overwritten. View the status of
each file to know who is working on what file.
Automatic file naming
Say good-bye to awkward filenames such as "brochure_final_final3.indd."
Instead, you can name a file to suit your preferences and let Version Cue
handle the version tracking without the need for a naming convention.
File version notification
Receive helpful reminders while updating versions or placing photos and
illustrations in layouts.
File browsing and organizing with Adobe Bridge Organized assets
Quickly organize, browse, locate, and preview the assets you need every
day — Photoshop images, Illustrator graphics, InDesign layouts, Adobe PDF
files, GoLive Web pages, and a variety of standard graphics files — with
visual previews and scalable thumbnails as you work.
Project and file sharing
Work collaboratively and access multiple versions as well as alternate
renditions of your files through Version Cue CS2 in Adobe Bridge. Actively
track the status of project files and enable this information to be easily
shared across workgroups.
Accessibility anywhere
Jump to Adobe Bridge from within Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign
CS2, or GoLive CS2, work in it as a standalone application, or have it
float onscreen as a palette.
Powerful file searching
Search for files on a hard drive or across a network using extensive
metadata information, including attributes such as all files that use a
certain PANTONE color or set of fonts.
Convenient access to stock photos
Browse and search royalty-free images from multiple stock photo agencies
using Adobe Stock Photos in one convenient, familiar location. Purchase
images from several agencies in a single shopping cart, and manage your
imagery without ever leaving Adobe Creative Suite 2.
Royalty-free images with Adobe Stock Photos
Fast image searching Search over 230,000 images from multiple stock
libraries at once from Adobe Bridge. Adobe Stock Photos tracks your search
path automatically, so returning to recent searches is easy.
Hassle-free image creation
Double-click comp images to open watermark-free versions directly in
Photoshop. Or drag and drop images from your favorite folders into
InDesign or Illustrator.
Simple image management
Don't worry about tracking image ID numbers. The Adobe Stock Photos
service automatically retains the data associated with each comp image —
even after editing.
Instant purchases
Purchase directly from within the document containing your comp images.
Buy all your images at once — even if they originate from multiple
providers.
Professional Uses
Adobe Creative Suite (CS) from Adobe Systems Inc. is like a Swiss Army
Knife for designers. Tucked inside are updated versions of the Adobe
Illustrator drawing program, Photoshop image editor, GoLive Web page
designer, InDesign page design software and Acrobat PDF creation tool. All
of the tools are well integrated and share a common look and feel. To get
the full benefits, you'll have to use all of the applications, especially
InDesign
Consistent menus and feature sets are a hallmark of the suite, "but the
best part of the suite is the integration between InDesign and Photoshop,"
says design director Stephanie Faucher. Users can drag and drop images to
embed them in InDesign, which creates a picture box, places the art and
sizes it for you automatically. Clicking on the image transports the
designer directly into Photoshop, where he can adjust the size or
resolution, save changes and return to InDesign without missing a beat.
When they use a mix of applications, designers must leave the page-layout
program, open the photo editor, find and edit the image file, save it, and
then go back into the design program and update the image in the layout.
"CS is a real time-saver, even if I'm working on a single-page,
single-photo layout," says April O'Connor, associate art director at
Computerworld.
Consistent menus and feature sets are a hallmark of the suite, but "the
best part of the suite is the integration between InDesign and Photoshop,"
says design director Stephanie Faucher. Users can drag and drop images to
embed them in InDesign, which creates a picture box, places the art and
sizes it for you automatically. Clicking on the image transports the
designer directly into Photoshop, where he can adjust the size or
resolution, save changes and return to InDesign without missing a beat.
Overall, Adobe CS2 is recommended for any small design, advertising, publishing or in-house corporate art
department. In larger publishing operations, however, the suite might be
adequate when combined with workflow tools, such as Adobe's InCopy and
InCopy Bridge.
On the Web side, "the ability to output to print with InDesign and to the
Web with GoLive is great for the one-stop-shop guy," says John Brillon,
associate art director for www.computerworld.com.
Most of the productivity advantages revolve around InDesign. The benefits
over QuarkXPress are subtle, although a few things, such as the ability to
enlarge screens by 4,000% and to drag and drop photos and illustrations
onto a layout, are wonderful.
If you're looking for an all-new system, Adobe Creative Suite 2 is worth considering. InDesign is less expensive than QuarkXPress (when purchased separately)
and offers more interactivity with the complementary programs most
designers already use: Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat.
Price
$1199 Premium Edition
$ 899 Standard Edition
System Configuration Requirements
Note:
Be sure you clearly read the system requirements for this powerful suite
of applications, and be sure your system meets at least the minimum
requirements. Adobe has ratcheted up these requirements, in recognition of
today's more powerful systems, but folks with "older" systems will likely
not be able to run the program on their machine. This suite is an example
of today's more advanced software applications that are beginning to take
advantage of the advances in hardware, meaning those with legacy machines
either will have to upgrade to a newer machine in order to run Creative
Suite 2, or not consider running the program at all.
Windows
P-III or P-IV processor
Windows 2000 (SP 4), XP (SP 1 or 2)
384MB RAM to run any one creative application with Adobe Bridge and
Version Cue Workspace
Additional RAM required to run multiple applications simultaneously
512MB to 1GB RAM recommended
3GB free hard disk space to install all applications
Installation of common files requires at least 1GB on primary hard disk
1,024 x 768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
24-bit screen display recommended
CD-ROM drive
For Adobe PostScript printers: PostScript Level 2 or PostScript 3
Internet or phone connection required for product activation
QuickTime 6.5 required for multimedia features
Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos and
additional services
The Adobe Stock Photos service may not be available in all countries,
languages, and currencies and is subject to change. Use of the service is
governed by the Adobe Stock Photos Terms of Service.
Macintosh
PowerPC G4 or G5 processor
Mac OS X v.10.2.8 through v.10.3.8
10.3.4 through 10.3.8 recommended - G5 requires v.10.3 or later
Java Runtime Environment 1.4.1
384MB RAM to run any one creative application with Adobe Bridge and
Version Cue Workspace
Additional RAM required to run multiple applications simultaneously
512MB to 1GB RAM recommended
4GB free hard disk space to install all applications
Installation of common files requires at least 1GB on primary hard disk
1,024 x 768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
24-bit screen display recommended
CD-ROM drive
For Adobe PostScript printers: PostScript Level 2 or PostScript 3
Internet or phone connection required for product activation
QuickTime 6.5 required for multimedia features
Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos and
additional services
The Adobe Stock Photos service may not be available in all countries,
languages, and currencies and is subject to change. Use of the service is
governed by the Adobe Stock Photos Terms of Service
Contact Information
Adobe Systems, Incorporated
Corporate Headquarters
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, California 95110-2704
408-536-6000
800-833-6687
FAX 408-537-6000
Order Online at
Adobe Corporation
www.adobe.com/store/main.jhtml
You can also order from other retailers or online vendors.
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