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Adobe Takes the Wraps Off CS4

As expected over 13 major apps updated to ship in October (Design and Web collections).

Here’s a set of links to the latest posts on the announced apps:

Adobe unveils CS4 suite. (Via Macworld.)

Adobe Unveils Creative Suite CS4, GPU Accelerated Photoshop (Via MacRumors.)

Adobe brings multiple artboards to Illustator

InDesign CS4 boosts Flash integration, adds live preflighting (Via Macworld.)

Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks join CS4 update parade (Via Macworld.)

And direct links to the updated suite edition’s pages on Adobe’s site:

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/design/

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/web/

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/production/

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Adobe ships Acrobat 9, updated CS3 suites

Adobe ships Acrobat 9, updated CS3 suites. So if you haven’t bought CS3 yet now it comes with Acrobat 9. Also of note, the Design Premium version now throws in Fireworks. (Via MacNN.)

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Betas of the next version of Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and Soundbooth up on Adobe Labs

Adobe has posted free public betas of Fireworks, Dreamweaver, and Soundbooth on Adobe Labs. All three betas sport new user interfaces that appear like the next evolution of the Creative Suite UI from CS3. These betas will work for up to two days if you don’t have a valid CS3 serial number. Otherwise they will work until the next versions are available for purchase.

Notable features of the Dreamweaver beta:

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Fireworks Tutorials and Downloads

FireworksAdobe Fireworks Tutorials and Downloads - Best of (Via Smashing Magazine.)

Here’s a great Fireworks tutorials and sample download compilation from the fine folks at Smashing Magazine.

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Free Vector-based Artwork

From the great people who brought us Brusheezy, comes its nice vector counterpart: Vecteezy. If you’re looking for some great vector artwork to get you going on your projects, this site seems like the place to start.

Each piece has individual rights attached to them which can be seen when you click on a thumbnail. Each file that is linked is linked to either a .eps for .ai file which is compatible with almost all vector editing tools. Those of you who live all day in Illustrator, Fireworks, or Flash should definitely check this out.

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The Casualties of CS3: ImageReady

ImageReadyJohn Nack has a quick but good post on migrating from ImageReady, now that it has been discontinued. It’s sad to see ImageReady go (I was a big fan of it when it was still in its first beta). But to be honest with myself, it never really got all the way there for me. In the past couple of years, I found myself just saving out of Photoshop.

I know some of you don’t like the idea of moving to Fireworks. Until recently I never really gave Fireworks the time of day. Mainly because I never was fond of Macromedia’s UIs. Although there’s a few things I really don’t like in Fireworks CS3, I have to tell you it’s a much more capable application for Web graphics design and optimization than ImageReady ever was. Not only can you save multiple pages out, but you can save multiple slice sets out. Something I always wanted ImageReady to do. It may have had this capability but it wasn’t evident at all if it did.

Continue reading ‘The Casualties of CS3: ImageReady’

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Adobe Fireworks CS3 Tidbits

Adobe Fireworks CS3 Tidbits. AppleInsider shares some tidbits about the forthcoming web graphics application. (Via AppleInsider.)

A Bright Future for Fireworks

A Bright Future for Fireworks. A little sneak peak (very little) into Fireworks 9, which is currently in private beta. But it should make all you Fireworkers happy. (Via John Nack on Adobe.)

German Fireworks

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