Features
Six ways Photoshop CS4 saves you time and money
Adjust images in half the time Time-saver
Use the new Adjustments panel and fluid on-image controls in Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 to make changes in less than half the time* required when using Adjustment layers, menu commands, and dialog boxes in earlier versions of Photoshop.
Enjoy smoother rotation, panning, and zooming Time-saver
Simply click and drag to turn your canvas for distortion-free viewing at any angle. Gracefully navigate to any area of an image with ultra-smooth zooming and panning. Photoshop CS4 leverages newer computer processors for dramatic boosts in performance.
Bypass cropping and retouching with intelligent Content-Aware Scaling Time-saver
Use revolutionary Content-Aware Scaling to automatically recompose an image as you resize it, smartly preserving vital areas as the image adapts to different aspect ratios. Get the perfect image in one step without time-intensive cropping and retouching.
Composite images in seconds for panoramas or extended-focus photos Time-saver
Automatically stitch horizontal or vertical photos to create seamless panoramas using Photomerge® technology. Combine a series of shots with different focal points into a single color-corrected image with automatic correction for vignettes and lens distortion.
Easily apply localized changes to camera raw images Time-saver
Make localized changes — even gradient-based adjustments — to camera raw images with ease. Simply paint the area to be affected, and then use sliders to control the change. Corrections are nondestructive, so your original files are maintained in their pristine state.
Find, preview, and manage images with greater efficiency Time-saver
Discover faster performance and enhanced navigation tools in Adobe Bridge CS4. Operations from startup to handing off of images to Photoshop are faster, and convenient new workspace buttons let you instantly jump to the right display for every task.
Third-party research and resources
Benchmarking research for digital imaging
Save time on everyday tasks with the industry standard in digital imaging.
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Decision-makers: Creative Suite 4 overall benchmarking research
Independent research from Pfeiffer Consulting shows that Adobe Creative Suite® 4 software delivers significant increases in productivity over previous releases, resulting in a return on investment of several thousand dollars per workstation per year.
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Benchmarking research for other creative professionals
See additional Creative Suite 4 time-savers, benchmarking research, and events for design, video, and web professionals.
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New series "Everyday Timesavers" on Adobe TV
Want the big picture on all the new timesaving features in Photoshop CS4? Join Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost as she shows you the new features that are sure to turbo-boost your productivity.
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What's New in Adobe Photoshop CS4 eSeminar
Learn how Photoshop CS4 offers greater editing freedom and significant productivity enhancements to composite images and achieve amazing results more efficiently than ever before.
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Business owners and decision makers
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*Tests were conducted independently for Adobe by Pfeiffer Consulting and were performed on the latest generation Mac Pro using the latest updates to Mac OS X v10.5.5. Unless otherwise noted, data reflect Adobe Creative Suite 4 results as compared with earlier Creative Suite versions.
