"Based on an early look at the Design Premium edition, I'm impressed with what Adobe has accomplished....Each core program has new features that promise significant productivity gains.
"...By relieving you of repetitive production chores, these tools let you spend more of your time doing what you're really paid to do, which is being creative. That's how you stay ahead of the competition."
Stephen Beale, HOW magazine
April 2009
"This year, the latest in Adobe's sleek graphics suite (Adobe Creative Suite
4) took top honors, capturing 33 percent of the vote. Clearly, not every small
business needs the professional quality design and graphics software
represented by InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Acrobat and other
applications in an integrated suite. What's just as clear, however, is the fact
that those businesses that do use Adobe Creative Suite 4 love it."
SmallBusinessComputing.com
February 2, 2009
"The economy continues to make business operations a challenge for companies
of all sizes, but small businesses, in particular, need to get the most for
their technology dollar," said Dan Muse, senior executive editor at
Internet.com. "The winners of the Small Business Computing 2009 Excellence in
Technology Awards are proven products that have been field-tested by the
toughest of critics -- small business owners and managers."
Jupitermedia
January 29, 2009
"The new Creative Suite is both stable and robust. The immediate productivity gains, realized through the streamlined workflow, improved application integration, and GPU-enabled acceleration, would be difficult to work without."
Zac Bolan, PrintAction
December 2008
"If your goal is to expand into a media company, providing not just print, but
ideas and campaigns, to clients, this version of the Creative Suite would be a
fantastic investment."
Toni McQuilken, Printing News
November 20, 2008
"Aside from the multitude of new features — many that I haven't even mentioned — it's hard to over-exaggerate the good vibes resulting from Adobe's commitment to providing users with an improved workflow."
Chere Martin, Newspapers & Technology,
November 2008
"While the previous version marked the first appearance of Macromedia products in the mix, CS4 represents the first substantial integration of both sides of the merged company. It also marks a clear trend toward simplification of a common user interface and a noticeable integration of Flash into many of the point products."
John Parsons, "Adobe Creative Suite 4: A Publisher's Guide to the Galaxy," The Seybold Report
October 9, 2008
"The new Adobe Creative Suite 4 has arrived on the scene, and in grand fashion! This...has to be the largest across-the-board upgrade yet....Overall, this is a bold, beautiful, and solid release from Adobe.
There is something for everyone to be excited about, and the workflow
enhancements alone make this upgrade seriously worth thinking about."
Nick Sorbin, Renderosity,
September 29, 2008
"With CS4, Adobe is showing that it understands designers are no longer working in a single medium,
but in multiple disciplines with shared assets, which must retain flexibility without a destruction of resolution.
That Adobe acknowledges this convergence of disciplines on a single desktop will help designers work more easily than I,
for one, ever thought possible. This release is an enormous step forward in flexibility from CS3....Overall, CS4 looks to be a solid upgrade to all of the applications, and a good investment for a more productive workflow."
Patric King, PRINT,
September 29, 2008
"This is really the first version of the Creative Suite that was planned from the start with the combined talent and resources of both Adobe and Macromedia. The teamwork shows in the final results: The products feel much more integrated, and it's getting easier to see the cross-media vision Adobe has been articulating for quite a while (but was previously unable to deliver on)....If you didn't upgrade to CS3, or if you're in the market for a new, more powerful computer, it makes sense to buy CS4 now."
Gene Gable, CreativePro.com,
October 30, 2008
2009
Creative Suite 4 Design Premium
HOW Magazine
4 out of 4 stars rating
April 2009
Creative Suite 4
SMALL BUSINESS COMPUTING
Excellence in Technology Awards, Winner
February 2, 2009
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2008
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium
4/5 stars "Excellent"
CNET 11/26/2008
Graph Expo Must See' ems
Workflow, Creative Suite Design Premium
October 26, 2008
Creative Suite 3
Small Business Computing
Excellence in Technology Awards, Runner-up
February 1, 2008
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