Adobe Systems Incorporated unveiled its Creative Suite, a new software product that combines new full-version upgrades of Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe InDesign CS, and Adobe GoLive CS. It also incorporates Acrobat 6.0 Professional and introduces the Version Cue file version manager. The all-new Adobe Creative Suite design environment enables creative professionals to create and publish content to print and the Web faster, more easily, and more efficiently. With Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) becoming an integral part of Web and print production workflows, Acrobat 6.0 Professional is also a component of the Adobe Creative Suite. This enables customers to review and comment on documents, as well as pre-flight and output complex print jobs.

Available as a key component of the Adobe Creative Suite or as a standalone software application, Photoshop CS offers features that help creative professionals craft high-quality images more quickly and efficiently. Photoshop CS increases user control, with a redesigned File Browser enhancing search, sorting, and sharing capabilities and a new Histogram Palette monitoring changes in the image as they are made. Additional advances include Match Color, which reads color statistics to quickly achieve a consistent look across a series of photographs; Shadow/Highlight, which improves the contrast of over- or underexposed digital images; and enhanced ImageReady CS integration. Photoshop CS also integrates second-generation Camera Raw functionality, enabling direct manipulation of raw data in an expanded set of professional-grade digital cameras.

For graphic designers, features such as Layer Comps can be used to quickly capture design variations within a single file, then instantly output alternates for client review. Typographic designs can also be created by manipulating fully editable text on any path or inside any closed path. Photoshop CS enables photographers to work directly with raw data from even more digital cameras and includes comprehensive editing support for 16-bit color images. Color across images can be synchronized with Match Color and Shadow/Highlight correction cures exposure problems while preserving midtones. 

Accurately creating imagery for display on screen has always been a challenge, because non-square pixels, typical of video, cause computer-generated graphics (which use square pixels) to appear distorted. With non-square pixel support in Photoshop CS, video professionals can see the image as it would appear on the destination device and they can create with confidence using preset video-standard sizes, including automatic action-safe and title-safe guides. The 16-bit support in Photoshop CS preserves the rich color palette of film and the product is tightly integrated with Adobe's video software, including Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Encore DVD, and Adobe After Effects. The enhanced user interface features multiple object selection, manipulation, and grouping, with Smart Guides to facilitate object alignment. Exporting to Macromedia Flash SWF can be performed in one step with preserved vectors and dynamic text, including embedded fonts. Web professionals can also create leaner, more easily edited HTML with new controls for nested tables, XHTML, and more. 

Photoshop CS for Mac OSX 10.2.4, Microsoft Windows 2000 with Server Pack 3, and Windows XP will be available in the fourth (calendar) quarter of 2003 to customers in the United States and Canada through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe Store. Adobe Photoshop CS will be available for an estimated street price of $649. Registered users of any previous version of Adobe Photoshop can upgrade to Adobe Photoshop CS for an estimated street price of $169. For more detailed information about new features and upgrade policies for Photoshop CS, visit www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.

Adobe InCopy CS is a new and improved version of the professional writing and editing program that integrates tightly with Adobe InDesign CS. With a new editorial workflow technology that enables writers, editors, and designers to work simultaneously on the same InDesign CS document, InCopy CS streamlines editorial revision and review cycles, reducing the amount of time it takes to get a publication to press. Previously only available through systems integrators and third-party developers servicing large publishing enterprises, Adobe InCopy CS will now also be sold directly from the Adobe store, bringing InCopy in reach of small editorial teams.

Originally designed for large publishing companies, InCopy CS is extending its market reach by providing a professional editorial workflow solution for small workgroups of less than 10 people through a bridge technology that enables InDesign CS and InCopy CS to work together right out of the package. With InCopy CS, writers and editors have more control over the integrity of their copy, reducing editorial revision cycles and enhancing collaboration among editors and designers. Tight integration between InDesign and InCopy provides 100% accurate line-break information, while alternative document views (galley view, story view, layout view) allow editors to see how the copy and page layout interact. Using text macros, keyboard shortcuts, dynamic spell checking, a Thesaurus Palette, and find and change options, InCopy CS users can quickly and efficiently perform everyday editorial tasks. Meanwhile, access to detailed document statistics such as word, line, and character counts, as well as vertical depth measurement, makes copyfitting easier.

Using editorial workflow technology and simple file check-in and check-out, editors and designers can work on the same content simultaneously without overwriting each other's changes. In-line notes and change tracking tools let editors review and collaborate more closely, while support for XML allows InCopy CS to integrate into a wide variety of cross-media publishing workflows.

InCopy CS for Mac OS X version 10.2, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Windows XP (Home and Professional Editions) will be available in the fourth (calendar) quarter of 2003 to customers in the United States and Canada through the Adobe Store. The estimated street price for the full version will be $249 for all platforms. InCopy will also be available through Adobe-authorized system integrators. Pricing and availability will be determined by systems integrators based on individual installations. For more detailed information about Adobe InCopy CS, visit www.adobe.com/incopy.

Adobe GoLive CS is an integrated Web publishing tool for creative professionals involved in Web design. Available as a key component of the Adobe Creative Suite or as a standalone software application, GoLive CS speeds Web site design and production with capabilities such as Package for GoLive from InDesign, GoLive Co-Author, advanced Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) visual authoring, and extensive support for Adobe PDF. Adobe GoLive CS offers a visual programming environment aligned with industry standards. By supporting CSS level-2 layout and authoring, separating form from content for Web communication, GoLive CS lets designers visually author CSS level-2 compliant pages and check support in different browsers and devices. A completely redesigned CSS editor helps create styles, which can be rendered instantly with a visual preview. Code-completion offers users the ability to work with tags directly from a pop-up list in the source code editor, right as they type. 360Code provides a complete set of roundtripping tools to ensure proper code integrity and allow for fast code clean-up. In addition to new CSS tools, GoLive CS features Apple QuickTime authoring enhancements.

Adobe GoLive CS provides integration with components in the Adobe Creative Suite. Offering support for Adobe PDF, GoLive CS takes advantage of Adobe PDF for common tasks, including late stage bookmark and link edits, previewing pages, and exporting page designs directly to Adobe PDF for client review. The Package for GoLive feature in Adobe InDesign CS enables designers to quickly export the textual and image assets of pre-press layouts into Adobe GoLive CS. Smart Objects allow users to work with native Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, and Adobe Acrobat files directly inside of GoLive CS, while the Adobe Color Engine (ACE) enhances and streamlines color workflows. Smart Guides provide vertical and horizontal indicators to line up page elements and include pre-built, professionally-made elements for Web page design. Changes can now be viewed immediately in GoLive CS with the Live Rendering palette, a real-time rendering window for Web design. The Adobe GoLive Co-Author, a feature set and standalone interface for collaborating with other team members, allows participants to make changes through a form-like interface without changing the layout.

Adobe GoLive CS for Mac OS X 10.2.4, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Windows XP is expected to be available in the fourth (calendar) quarter of 2003 to customers in the United States and Canada through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe Store. The estimated street price for the full version will be $399 for all platforms. Registered users of Adobe GoLive 5.x and 6.x can upgrade to GoLive CS for $169. One seat of Adobe GoLive Co-Author is included with each version of Adobe GoLive CS and additional copies are available at www.adobe.com/store for an estimated street price of $89. For more detailed information about new features and upgrade policies for Adobe GoLive, visit www.adobe.com/golive.

Available as a key component of the Adobe Creative Suite or as a standalone software application, InDesign CS delivers production capabilities, creative freedom, and cross-media support. It enables customers to design, lay out, and print pages, as well as export content to the Web, more rapidly and reliably.

Story Editor provides integrated word-processing functionality, making it faster to edit and copy fit text in a design layout. New features such as the Separations Preview and Flattener Preview palettes enable users to check output on-screen, avoiding costly errors before they appear on film or press. Nested styles simplifies the tedious, error prone task of text formatting, while built-in Document Type Definition (DTD) support for XML validation helps publishers automate layout tasks and repurpose content more easily. InDesign CS is built with flexible tools to enable a more fluid design and creative process for designers. Improved workspace management allows designers to customize work areas to fit their own creative workflows through collapsible palettes, named workspaces, and the new Control Palette. Collapsible palettes can be tucked along the edge of the window to free up onscreen workspace, while palette locations can be saved as customized workspaces which can be loaded at any time. The new context-sensitive Control Palette efficiently formats text, edits objects, and fine-tunes tables in one location on a workspace. A new Stroke Style Editor enables designers to design custom lines and apply them to any stroke. InDesign improves efficiency further with its ability to set up running headers and footers within tables.

With a common user interface, font handling, color management, and keyboard shortcuts, InDesign has a look and feel similar to that of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat. InDesign also enables designers to easily import and export Adobe PDF files, including support for Acrobat 6.0. InDesign CS features enhanced support for Photoshop with the ability to place and print Photoshop files containing duotones or spot colors. The new Package for GoLive command helps efficiently repurpose InDesign print assets for use on Web sites.

InDesign CS facilitates conversion from other layout applications with its ability to open QuarkXPress 3.3-4.1 documents and PageMaker files. In addition, Adobe has included a 60-minute professional instruction Video Workshop DVD from Total Training, bringing users quickly up to speed with new InDesign CS features.

Adobe InDesign CS for Mac OS X version 10.2, Windows 2000, and Windows XP (Home and Professional Editions) will be available in the fourth (calendar) quarter of 2003 to customers in the United States and Canada through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe Store. The estimated street price for the full version will be $699 for all platforms. Registered users of any version of Adobe InDesign can upgrade to the new version for an estimated street price of $169. For more detailed information about new features and upgrade policies for Adobe InDesign, visit www.adobe.com/indesign.

Available as a key component of the Adobe Creative Suite or as a standalone software application, Adobe Illustrator CS includes new design tools, enhanced Adobe PDF support, new print capabilities, and wholesale performance improvements that speed up everyday tasks and take advantage of advances in hardware and operating systems.

Adobe Illustrator CS introduces features including support for 3D Effects and the new Scribble Effect. The 3D Effects in Illustrator CS enables users to add 3D elements to any project by transforming type or any object into a 3D shape. It provides design options including Extrude, Bevel, Revolve, and Artwork Mapping. Adobe Illustrator CS also includes the live Scribble Effect, which gives a loose hand-drawn look to any image. A new unicode-based Type technology in Illustrator CS makes the product more intuitive and flexible than previous versions. Numerous text enhancements, headlined by the new OpenType palette, provide professional typography features such as alternate glyph replacement, swash characters, and small type. Paragraph and character styles help format text to keep a consistent look throughout a document, while Automatic Ligatures and Smart Quotes set standard typographical treatment throughout a document to ensure a professional appearance. Illustrator CS also includes the Adobe Every-line Composer, a composition technology shared with Adobe Photoshop CS that allows text to be edited across applications.

Adobe Illustrator CS provides options that enable users to move Illustrator content into other components of the Adobe Creative Suite, including Adobe InDesign CS and Adobe Photoshop CS. A new printing interface ensures fast, reliable printed results. Enhanced Adobe PDF support and advanced integration with Adobe Acrobat 6.0 ensures that Illustrator CS will support PDF 1.5, including PDF layers. A Save for Microsoft Office feature enables users to quickly export professional graphics into Microsoft-authored documents. Printing, displaying large files, managing files with multiple layers, and saving and exporting artwork in native, print, and Web file formats are faster than previous versions. Additionally, Illustrator CS takes advantage of technology advances on the Windows and Macintosh platforms, including optimizations for Apple's new PowerMac G5 systems.

Adobe Illustrator CS for Mac OS X 10.2.4, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Windows XP is expected to be available in the fourth (calendar) quarter of 2003 to customers in the United States and Canada through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe Store. The estimated street price for the full version will be $499 for all platforms. Registered users of any version of Adobe Illustrator can upgrade to Illustrator CS for $169. Users of CorelDraw or Macromedia FreeHand can purchase Adobe Illustrator CS for the Adobe Store price of $349. For more detailed information about new features and upgrade policies for Adobe Illustrator CS, visit www.adobe.com/illustrator.

The Adobe Creative Suite is anchored by Version Cue, a file management system that enables designers to increase productivity and meet tight deadlines. Version Cue enables users to visually scan image thumbnails in Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS, InDesign CS, and GoLive CS, or search XMP metadata across version comments, keywords, author, date, and more.

A Standard Edition of Adobe Creative Suite combines all of the same components except for GoLive CS and Acrobat 6.0 Professional, providing an advanced solution for print design and layout.

Adobe Creative Suite also includes two Adobe typeface families. Warnock Pro, a new Adobe Originals OpenType family, is included with every copy of Adobe Creative Suite, providing a composition family that performs a wide variety of typographic tasks. Brioso Pro, an OpenType family designed in the calligraphic tradition of the Latin alphabet, is available free of charge to customers who register their copy of Adobe Creative Suite via the Web.

Both versions of Adobe Creative Suite include Video CDs developed by Total Training, and a new Design Guide that offers insights on working more efficiently across the Adobe Creative Suite workflow with advice for users of all experience levels. Adobe Creative Suite customers will also have access to the new, redesigned Adobe Studio (www.studio.adobe.com), a one-stop Web resource for expert tips, tricks, and guidance. Customers receive one serial number for Adobe Creative Suite and one number to call for support and service, simplifying installation and troubleshooting. Adobe Creative Suite comes with complimentary warranty support for registered users that provides toll-free and online support for installation and bug-fix issues. For other types of technical and workflow support issues, customers can purchase one of Adobe's Expert Support options (www.adobe.com/expertsupport).

The estimated street prices are $1,229 for the Adobe Creative Suite Premium Edition $999 for the Standard Edition. Any customer that currently has a copy of Photoshop (purchased as a standalone product or part of an Adobe Collection) on their system can upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite Premium Edition for an estimated street price of $749, or the Standard Edition for $549. For more detailed information about the Adobe Creative Suite, visit www.adobe.com/creativesuite.

Adobe Creative Suite for Mac OS X 10.2.4, Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2, and Windows XP Professional and Home Edition. It will be available in the fourth (calendar) quarter of 2003 to customers in the United States and Canada through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe Store at www.adobe.com/store.