New Developments at Adobe – CS4 is Released

One of the best articles on web development I have read lately is an interview with Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch at eWeek. Since merging with Macromedia, Adobe has continued to release new software and innovations at a rate that is difficult for most designers to keep up with. The interview covers subjects ranging from Adobe’s main product line, competition with Google & Microsoft, and Open Source development related to the company’s services. Lynch speaks at length about Adobe Air and the advances it is enabling in cloud computing, as well as a new product named Thermo, which looks to make user interface design more creative and simple. The full text of the interview can be found on eWeek.

Adobe Creative Suite – CS4:

Lynch calls CS4 “the biggest software release we’ve done in our history of 25 years in business.” The package brings together all of Adobe’s core software packages: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign, Premier, Illustrator, Fireworks, AfterEffects, Acrobat, Encore, SoundBooth, and many others, packaging them in various suites for office, development, and production studios. They have also included more tools designed to assist those who are working collaboratively in distributed offices on the web, as well as for the development and testing of mobile applications. Adobe CS4 is scheduled to be released next month to the public.

A number of videos are available at AdobeTV with extensive overviews of the features.

Adobe CS4 is priced in distribution packages ranging from $999 to $2499. Full details on the release can be found on the Adobe website.

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