
Isolating the workflow issues of a variety of pro users helped the company narrow the focus of where CS4 needed to go.ĬS4 includes an expanded version of Dynamic Link in the Production Premium suite that enables users to move content between After Effects CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Soundbooth, and Encore, so updates can be seen instantly without rendering. Siegel said Adobe spent a lot of time with its customers, watching what they were doing on a daily basis. Trying to come up with solutions to challenges for one product the size of Photoshop is a daunting task for any company, but coming up with solutions for eight or 10 products can seem almost impossible. “We aren’t just about providing the tools, we are about making a platform to help them express themselves in engaging ways.” “One of the things we are really committed to is helping customers express their ideas,” Chad Siegel, group product manager for Adobe Creative Solutions, said. The company also focused on integrating common functions in other apps, too, as part of an effort to make pro users more efficient.
Adobe integrated its Flash multimedia application across the CS4 applications. If there is a consistent theme in Creative Suite 4, it’s integration. More on Premiere Pro, After Effects, and SoundboothĪdobe’s new tabbed interface is found throughout CS4.More on Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks.
