Upgrade details
Check the eligibility chart for upgrade options and pricing based on the software you currently own, or use the interactive upgrade eligibility tool to check upgrade paths for all Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 products.
For more information, see the Creative Suite 4 policies FAQ.
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| Flash CS4 Professional | Flash CS3 Professional | |
| Powerful Animation | ||
| Object-based animation | yes | no |
| Auto-created motion paths | yes | no |
| Motion presets | yes | no |
| Motion editor | yes | no |
| Inverse kinematics with the Bones tool | yes | no |
| Animation conversion to ActionScript® | yes | yes |
| Animation copy and paste | yes | yes |
| Advanced design tools | ||
| 3D transformation | yes | no |
| Spray Brush | yes | no |
| Deco tool | yes | no |
| Rich drawing capabilities | ||
| Advanced shape smoothing | yes | yes |
| Powerful shape drawing | yes | yes |
| Shape primitives | yes | yes |
| Pen tool | yes | yes |
| Shapes as objects | yes | yes |
| Intuitive user interface | ||
| Advanced project panel | yes | no |
| Searchable library panel | yes | no |
| New Adobe Creative Suite® interface | yes | no |
| Vertical Property inspector | yes | no |
| Customizable workspaces | yes | yes |
| ActionScript development | ||
| ActionScript 3.0 development | yes | yes |
| Advanced debugger | yes | yes |
| Script Assist | yes | yes |
| Actions panel | yes | yes |
| User interface components | yes | yes |
| Time-saving coding tools | yes | yes |
| Bitmap and filter controls | ||
| Support for Adobe Pixel Bender™ | yes | no |
| Filter effects | yes | yes |
| Blend modes | yes | yes |
| Bitmap caching | yes | yes |
| Advanced media integration | ||
| Adobe Media Encoder | yes | no |
| H.264 support | yes | no |
| MP3 audio support | yes | yes |
| Alpha channel support (FLV only) | yes | yes |
| Embedded cue points | yes | yes |
| Video import workflow | yes | yes |
| Skinnable video component | yes | yes |
| Advanced QuickTime export | yes | yes |
| Additional features | ||
| Metadata (XMP) support | yes | no |
| Scale 9 live rendering | yes | yes |
| Extensible architecture | yes | yes |
| Adobe software integration | ||
| XFL support | yes | no |
| Collaboration with Adobe Flex® developers | yes | no |
| Adobe Soundbooth® ASND file support | yes | no |
| PSD, AI, and PNG file import | yes | yes |
| Common Adobe Creative Suite features | ||
| ConnectNow | yes | no |
| Adobe Kuler™ panel | yes | no |
| Adobe Device Central | yes | yes |
| Adobe Bridge | yes | yes |
| Delivery for a wide reach | ||
| Authoring for Adobe AIR | yes | no |
| Adobe Flash® Lite™ support for mobile delivery | yes | yes |
| Delivery for the most recent version of Adobe Flash Player | yes | yes |
