Manga Studio 3.0 Debut gives you the power and flexibility to create top quality manga and comic art. Design your comic with precision and freedom, using the same manga drawing software used by professionals in Japan.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium software is the ultimate toolkit for today's designer. Take your ideas in completely new directions--with 3D, animation, and interactivity. Build on your existing skills, working efficiently across products with simplified flow and new ways of collaborating to deliver rich, expressive designs for print, web, and mobile media.

Leverage the familiar InDesign environment and your existing expertise to deliver design in more media. Just one example: Export an InDesign layout as XFL, open it in Flash, edit text and graphics, and then add interactive elements to produce a compelling dynamic document. Click to enlarge.

Drag a Photoshop image into a Dreamweaver page to create a dynamically linked Smart Object. If the source file changes, a badge shows that the Dreamweaver version is no longer current. To update the image, simply click the Update icon in the Properties panel. Click to enlarge.

In Illustrator, create and arrange up to 100 artboards of differing sizes, and then save them in a single, multipage PDF file or export them as sequentially numbered files. Click to enlarge.

In Photoshop, rotate canvas and image together to any angle for convenient viewing and editing. Click to enlarge.

Upgrade from CS3 to Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium

Licensed owners of Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, and Master Collection can upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium for special pricing.

Top reasons to upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium

Essential design tools enhanced and extended
Enjoy feature-packed new versions of your favorite design tools. Plus discover innovative online services for collaborating, finding inspiration, and mastering your design tools, and use Adobe Fireworks CS4 for fast website prototyping.

Everyday tasks made even simpler
In Adobe InDesign CS4, easily manage placed files in the new, customizable Links panel. Rotate the canvas in Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended or the spread in InDesign. Combine multiple artboards in a single document in Adobe Illustrator CS4, plus many more enhancements.

Streamlined delivery across media
Build rich, interactive documents by exporting an InDesign layout and adding animation in Adobe Flash CS4 Professional. Prototype websites by opening Photoshop or Illustrator mockups in Fireworks CS4, and then embellishing in Flash or publishing in Adobe Dreamweaver CS4.

Easy-to-do animation and video
In Flash CS4 Professional, create simple but engaging animations in as few as two steps. Use Photoshop CS4 Extended to enhance video footage, even syncing visual effects to the audio track.

Powerful 3D possibilities
Edit, enhance, and manipulate 3D content in a streamlined interface--even paint directly on 3D models without leaving Photoshop CS4 Extended. Wrap 2D images around common 3D shapes, and create 3D animations by controlling movement, camera position, and rendering.

Mobile designs for millions
Use Adobe Device Central CS4 to easily create, preview, and test mobile content on a wide selection of devices under simulated real-life conditions directly from your desktop.

Innovative collaboration and presentations
Access the Adobe ConnectNow service to easily share your screen to present, review, or brainstorm from within your design software. Showcase your work in a dynamic, customizable PDF Portfolio that is easy to distribute and view.

Quality testing as you work
Catch production errors on-the-fly with Live Preflight in InDesign CS4, preview content under real-world browser conditions with Live View in Dreamweaver CS4, test mobile designs in Device Central, and use enhanced preflight checks and corrections in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro.

Convenient new common interface
Enjoy improved interface consistency across all Design Premium components. Flexibly arrange multiple documents in a single window to compare content or drag-copy objects between them. Easily tab through multiple open documents without maximizing each one.

Answers when you need them
Connect to the expertise of the online design community through your creative desktop. Access information ranging from basic tips, Adobe Help content, and video tutorials to community discussions and blogs.

In InDesign, sort by any column and easily scan the thumbnails in the enhanced Links panel to view detailed, customizable information about linked content. Click to enlarge.

In InDesign, quickly create a compelling interactive document by using the new Page Transitions panel to add animated transitions such as Page Turn. Then export the document as a SWF file that anyone with Adobe Flash Player or a web browser that supports Flash can conveniently view. Click to enlarge.

Creating a basic Flash animation is now a simple two-step process: Select an object and choose Create Motion Tween, and then drag the object. The resulting motion path can be easily edited using Bezier curves. Click to enlarge.

Paint directly on 3D objects in Photoshop Extended and view the results immediately. Click to enlarge.

Quickly and reliably test mobile content in a variety of simulated lighting environments by controlling test settings for backlight, reflections, contrast, and more. Click to enlarge.

Top new benefits of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium

Enjoy essential design tools and services, expanded and refined
The latest release of Creative Suite 4 Design Premium extends way beyond feature-packed new versions of InDesign, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Flash Professional, Dreamweaver, and Acrobat Pro. For fast prototyping of websites and interactive designs, we've added Fireworks CS4. We've also included powerful new online services for learning, collaborating, and finding inspiration. For detailed information about individual features in specific Design Premium components, refer to the documents listed in the sidebar on this page.

Streamline everyday tasks
Valuable new features in your favorite tools support smoother, more efficient workflows and let you stay focused on the all-important creative process. In Illustrator CS4, lay out and design multi-part projects using up to 100 variable-sized artboards in a single document; save multiple artboards in a single, multipage PDF file or export them in one step as sequentially numbered files in any supported file format; easily create complex vector shapes with the new Blob Brush tool; and specify transparent colors within gradients to create and fine-tune subtle interactions between objects.

Two new panels in Photoshop CS4 Extended provide convenient yet exacting creative control: The Adjustments panel bypasses dialog boxes and allows direct, nondestructive editing without altering or losing your original image, and the Masks panel speeds creating and fine-tuning pixel and vector masks for application of special effects. What's more--a top request from Photoshop users--you can now rotate the canvas so that you can work on any image from any angle.

In InDesign CS4, use the redesigned Links panel to easily find, manage, and organize placed files; quickly scan a customizable selection of linked-file attributes; and identify files by scanning crystal-clear thumbnails instead of confusing filenames. For a fresh perspective on an InDesign layout or to tweak unconventional design elements, rotate the spread in 90-degree increments. Use convenient new Smart Guides in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks to display information such as height, width, X and Y coordinates, and rotation and shear angles--as you drag--so that you can precisely position or resize objects. Design Premium offers improved speed and accuracy so you can be more productive than ever before.

Use your existing expertise as a foundation for web, interactive, and mobile design
The smoothly integrated software in Creative Suite 4 Design Premium lets you use work created in the familiar environments of InDesign, Photoshop, or Illustrator as a platform for experimenting with new media and delivery channels. Here's one example of a highly efficient workflow for developing a website or rich interactive application: Open Photoshop or Illustrator layered artwork in Fireworks to begin building a prototype, and continue to refine high-quality typographic elements thanks to the newly incorporated Adobe text engine. To add Flash components or to produce and publish web pages, export the Fireworks prototype as a CSS-based layout and import it into Flash or Dreamweaver. Whether for websites or for Flash, Flex¨, HTML, or Adobe AIR applications, you can move from concept to mock-up to prototype to finished product while retaining every modification you make from one step to the next.

Another possibility--combine the page layout and typographic strengths of InDesign with the interactivity of Flash to create compelling dynamic documents. Start with an InDesign layout that incorporates superior typography, multiple columns, long text flows, and rich graphics, and export it in XFL format (the internal file format that allows for improved integration within the Creative Suite 4 family). When you open the document in Flash, not only will you see unparalleled fidelity between the InDesign and Flash versions, you can also freely edit text and graphics. This new integration between InDesign and Flash lets designers and developers collaborate closely, each using their favorite tools, to produce engaging online reading experiences.

A third alternative--quickly create attention-getting brochures and datasheets by adding dynamic buttons and page transitions to a layout in InDesign and then exporting it as a SWF file for playback with Adobe Flash Player.

Finally, new visual design features in both Flash and Dreamweaver make it easier than ever for designers who shun code to produce engaging web, interactive, and mobile designs.

Set your ideas in motion with video and animation
If you've ever wanted to venture into animation and interactive design, now's the time. New object-based animation makes designing in Flash more straightforward and similar to working with other Adobe creative applications. This enhanced ease of use reduces the learning curve for print designers accustomed to working with static design elements. Building a basic animation now takes two stunningly simple steps: Right-click an object on the stage and choose Create Motion Tween, and then move the object. Motion paths are generated automatically and can be easily edited using familiar Bezier curves. What's more, entire animations can be moved to new locations in a single step, and adjusting object location, rotation, and scale is as simple as grabÐmoveÐrelease. New Motion Editor and Motion Presets panels provide quick and exacting control over minute details, while advanced tools for creating complex motion effects, applying decorative patterns, and animating 2D objects in 3D space offer more creative options for designers and developers alike. If you incorporate video or animation into your web and mobile designs, you'll appreciate being able to paint, retouch, and do pixel-level editing on every frame of a movie file in Photoshop--especially with a new audio playback feature that makes it easier to sync the visual effects to the audio track.

Capture attention with stunning 2D and 3D images
Photoshop CS4 Extended enables everything from streamlining everyday tasks to tackling new creative possibilities. In addition to enjoying the convenient new Adjustments and Masks panels and the canvas rotation feature described above, you can now zoom and pan freely without delay or distortion, and paint more quickly and smoothly. Refine images using enhanced Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools that allow you to lighten or darken specific areas while preserving natural-looking overall tone and color. Experiment with advanced compositing enhancements, including 360-degree spherical panoramas, vignette correction, expanded depth-of-field adjustments, and more.

Powerful new 3D painting and compositing features make editing, enhancing, and manipulating 3D images both exciting and easy. Convert 2D images to common 3D shapes such as cubes, cylinders, or spheres. Paint directly on 3D models with all of the powerful Photoshop image-editing tools, and see the results immediately. Create print-quality 3D product shots that can be merged into consistently scaled, aligned, and lighted composite images, or experiment with 3D logos that can be rotated in space while being moved along an animation path.

Deliver compelling content to mobile devices worldwide
Given the skyrocketing use of mobile devices around the world, getting up to speed with mobile design offers both rapidly expanding business opportunities and intriguing creative challenges. Adobe Device Central CS4 software, a visual testing tool that works with content from most Creative Suite 4 components, makes developing mobile designs easier and faster--even if you're brand new to this emerging creative discipline. Develop content with your favorite Adobe creative tool, and then use Device Central to preview and test it on an extensive selection of devices under a variety of simulated real-life conditions. Whether you're creating wallpapers, screensavers, or even mobile websites, blogs, or "advergames," Device Central enables you to extend your workflow to successfully incorporate high-quality mobile content into cross-media campaigns.

New and enhanced features in Device Central CS4 include an automatically updated online device library, automated testing on multiple devices, simulation of network performance impact on user experience, and improved video-packaging tools. Device Central also includes new tools for simplifying project management, collaboration, and deployment of content to mobile phones, as well as streamlined workflows for handling mobile video.

Collaborate, package, and present in exciting new ways
Timely, convenient, and effective communication with clients and colleagues can make the difference between a design project that's a resounding success and one that misses the mark, veers off schedule, goes over budget, or all three. And how you package and present your work--whether you're pitching a new job or seeking review at a project milestone--determines whether you land that work or get that go-ahead.

Design Premium includes several exciting new capabilities to help you access the timely information you need or get the favorable reception you want. E-mail a PDF document with built-in synchronized viewing; whether scrolling page to page or zooming in for detail, you and the recipient navigate the document together, simultaneously seeing exactly the same view so you can collaborate in real time.

You can also give your colleagues or clients a front-row view of your desktop by using ConnectNow--an Acrobat.com service connected into key components of Design Premium. Just choose File > Share My Screen in InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, or other components of Design Premium, and start working online with up to two guests at a time for no additional service charge. Simple to use, easy to access, and with reliable cross-platform support, ConnectNow allows you to more readily share knowledge, get immediate feedback, and streamline your creative review workflow. For more information, see "Creative Pro Online Services" on page 11.

Showcase completed projects or works in progress using new PDF Portfolios to deliver dynamic, interactive presentations that anyone using Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat Pro can view. Combine layouts, drawings, images, video, audio, animations, and other elements into a single PDF Portfolio; add navigation by easily customizing and branding a built-in, professionally designed navigation template or by developing your own with Flash or Flex. Marry the visual fidelity of PDF with the dynamic appeal of Flash to make your work look its very best.

Using Live Preflight in InDesign, you can open the Preflight panel to be alerted to errors as they occur rather than when the presses are just about to roll. Click to enlarge.

Live View lets you see exactly how your pages will appear in a web browser directly from within Dreamweaver, so you can quickly tweak the code right then and there. Click to enlarge.

Live View lets you see exactly how your pages will appear in a web browser directly from within Dreamweaver, so you can quickly tweak the code right then and there. Click to enlarge.

To allow you to work smoothly and swiftly within components and to move effortlessly among them, Design Premium offers several elegant, cross-component interface enhancements, including N-up view, an application bar, an application frame, and tabbed documents, and task-based workspaces. Click to enlarge.

Achieve high-quality production at every step in every medium
Creative vision is one part of the success equation; high-quality execution of that vision is the other. Design Premium offers a range of powerful preflight, preview, testing, and correction tools to help you achieve precise control over your finished product, catching mistakes as they occur rather than at the last minute, when it can be costly and time-consuming to correct them.

In InDesign, a new Preflight panel provides continuous, real-time, comprehensive error checking and notification so that you can detect, locate, and fix problems on the fly directly in the layout. No more discovering just when you're about to go on press that a thorny production problem on one page means reflowing text on all the rest. In Illustrator, a new Separations preview panel prevents output surprises such as unexpected spot colors; missed, unwanted, or white overprinting; and CMYK blacks in text and placed files.

In Dreamweaver, too, you can deliver an error-free final product in less time. Live View previews your pages under real-world browser conditions while still giving you direct access to the code, and improved JavaScript debugging helps you deliver flawless code the first time around. Acrobat 9 Pro also includes numerous enhancements that make preflighting more powerful and convenient, including support for new PDF/X standards; new checks and fixups; and refinements to the Preflight panel that make it easier to find, select, and organize profiles, checks, and fixups. A new option in the Output Preview panel allows you to click on any object to view metadata and information about images, text, graphics, and object stacking order. And for mobile content, as you've already learned, Device Central offers automated testing using an extensive, automatically updated selection of device profiles.

Discover power, depth, and ease at your fingertips
Professional design just keeps getting more fast-paced, demanding, and competitive. To maintain your edge (and your equilibrium), you need design tools so well crafted that you never have to think about them--they're there when and where you need them and they do exactly what you expect, so you can remain absorbed in the creative process. To allow you to work smoothly and swiftly within components and to move effortlessly among them, Design Premium offers several elegant, cross-component interface enhancements, including N-up view, an application bar, an application frame, and tabbed documents, and task-based workspaces.

In addition to harnessing shared interface enhancements, individual components offer further refinements that make commonly used tools easier to find the first--or the umpteenth--time you use them. For example, new easy access to on-object and on-artboard controls in Illustrator let you focus on your artwork, not on searching for panels and options.

Creative Pro Online Services
Connect to the power of the online community through your creative desktop. New online services accessed from within Design Premium let you search for help from the online community; share your screen with colleagues or clients in a few quick clicks; get color inspiration from your peers; more easily and efficiently manage day-to-day web content updates; and more. (All Creative Pro Online Services require an Internet connection.)

Adobe Community Help
Get the power of an online search engine within Design Premium, but with more targeted results thanks to Adobe Community Help. Searchable content includes the in-depth, product-specific Help Adobe has always delivered, plus additional Adobe and third-party content chosen by experts at Adobe and in the design and production communities. With Adobe Community Help, you can find exactly the answers you need, fast. (Internet connection required for extended content.)

Adobe Kuler panel
Explore, create, and share color themes with Adobe Kuler. Kick start your creative projects with color inspiration from the online Kuler community. Browse thousands of themes by newest, most popular, or highest rated; or search themes by tag word, title, or creator. Themes can be downloaded and moved to your Swatches panel with a single click. Or use an interactive color wheel that supports standard harmony rules to develop your own color themes that you can save, move to your Swatches panel, and upload to share with others. (Internet connection required for community functionality.)

Acrobat.com
Use Acrobat.com services with Acrobat to store and share large documents, collect form data, and review documents with anyone, anywhere. Thanks to the connection between one of the Acrobat.com services, Adobe ConnectNow, and Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, you can meet live over the web to share your screen, present creative concepts and ideas, and brainstorm with up to two online guests for no additional service charge. To share your screen with colleagues and clients, choose File > Share My Screen from Adobe CS4 components, such as Photoshop CS4 Extended or Flash CS4 Professional, or choose File > Collaborate > Share My Screen from Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. Guests can then see your desktop on their screens as you work. You can exchange ideas using the chat pod, add a live video or audio feed, or use the Whiteboard feature to enable guests to comment on content.

You can even temporarily hand over control of the screen to a guest to collaborate on a file. Additional Acrobat.com services, such as Share, Create PDF, My Files, and Adobe Buzzword, are accessible via Acrobat 9 Pro, an Adobe AIR version of Acrobat.com (included with this edition of Creative Suite 4), and your web browser. (Internet connection required.)

InContext Editing
Make your web page content available for online editing by others when you use InContext Editing. Offer your colleagues, clients or end users an easier way to make simple edits without impacting the design integrity of your web pages--and without help from you or additional software on their computers. Use the InContext Editing toolbar in Dreamweaver to set up your web pages, and then use the preview of this online service to enable content changes by others. (This service is currently available as a preview technology on Adobe Labs, and accessible from within Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. During this preview, you can use it at no additional charge. Further information about its availability will be posted to Adobe Labs and www.adobe.com/dreamweaver when appropriate.)

Adobe Bridge Home
Visit Adobe Bridge Home--an online channel available in Adobe Bridge CS4--and stay up to date with what's new from Adobe and the design, web development, and video and audio production communities at large. Watch the latest video tutorials for your Creative Suite 4 software, listen to a podcast interview with a leading designer, or learn about the next training event in your community. Discover tips and resources that can help you work smarter and faster, making the most of your Design Premium software.

About Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard

For design and production professionals focused on print publishing who do not need the full-fledged web, interactive, and mobile design capabilities of Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks, or the advanced video-, animation-, and 3D-editing tools in Photoshop Extended, Adobe offers Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard software. Design Standard combines full new versions of InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Photoshop CS4, and Acrobat 9 Pro with Adobe Bridge CS4, Adobe Version Cue CS4, and Adobe Device Central CS4.

Part of the Adobe Creative Suite 4 family

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection is your premier solution for professional creative work. Master Collection combines the best of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, Web Premium, and Production Premium editions with advanced productivity features, so you can create content for virtually all media with one value-packed offering.

Choose Your Edition

With the tightly integrated tools and services in Adobe Creative Suite 4 software, you can create visually rich content for virtually any media--print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile. Find the one that's right for you:

Adobe Creative Suite 4 also allows you to access features and services that are hosted online, such as Adobe Community Help, Adobe Kuler, Adobe ConnectNow (a service on Acrobat.com), Adobe InContext Editing, and Bridge Home.*

* This product may allow you to access certain features that are hosted online ("online services"), provided you have a high-speed Internet connection. The online services, and some features thereof, may not be available in all countries, languages and/or currencies and may be discontinued in whole or in part without notice. Use of the online services is governed by separate terms of use and by the Adobe privacy policy, and access to these services may require user registration. Some online services, including services initially offered at no charge, may be subject to additional fees. For additional details and to review the terms of use and privacy policy, please visit www.adobe.com.

Comic Life Deluxe gives you numerous ways to explore your creativity. With a comprehensive set of features, Comic Life makes it easy to liven up holiday snaps, tell a story & even create how-to guides. Lettering now faster and glitch-free Custom page sizes, normalized image filtering and zoom to fit images

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software is the most advanced authoring environment for creating rich, interactive content. Create interactive websites, rich media advertisements, instructional media, presentations, games, and more. Depend on Flash CS3 and Adobe Flash Player to ensure your content reaches the widest possible audience. Produce interactive video, animations, and motion graphics for broadcast, web, and mobile. Enjoy seamless integration with other Adobe creative tools. Flash CS3 makes it easy to design interactive experiences that convey your true creative vision and impress your clients. Create custom shapes with the included JavaScript API Convert animation to ActionScript code that can be edited, reused, and leveraged by developers Manipulate vector shapes - Easily bend, erase, distort, skew, and combine vector shapes Adobe Bridge offers central access to project files, applications, and settings New streamlined interface feels like other CS3 applications and can be customized to improve workflow and maximize stage space Import MP3 audio to your projects Import Photoshop (PSD) and Illustrator (AI) files, while preserving layers and structure Better Adobe software integration -- including Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Soundbooth, as well as Adobe Bridge

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software is the most advanced authoring environment for creating rich, interactive content for digital, web, and mobile platforms. Create interactive websites, rich media advertisements, instructional media, presentations, games, and more. Depend on Flash CS3 and Adobe Flash Player to ensure your content reaches the widest possible audience.

Create rich, interactive content for digital, web, and mobile platforms.

No more running back to Photoshop to make simple text edits.

Enjoy creative flexibility
Realize your creative vision with a full complement of drawing, animation, and interactive design tools. Explore innovative styles and techniques, impress your clients with more than they expected, and deliver consistent results across multiple platforms. With Flash CS3 Professional, the possibilities extend as far as your imagination.

Maximize development productivity
Leverage the power of a true development environment. Utilize professional coding tools including code collapse, commenting, automatic syntax completion, streamlined error resolution, and more. The new ActionScript 3.0 language supports a structured and intuitive workflow that saves time and facilitates exchange between designers and developers, enabling individuals and teams to deliver predictable, consistent results that meet or exceed the original vision.

Easily work with other Adobe software
Now your favorite tools will play well together. Enjoy timesaving integration with other Adobe creative software, including Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flex Builder 2, After Effects, and Soundbooth, as well as Adobe Bridge, the central hub of Adobe Creative Suite 3. Easily exchange designs, assets, and files between applications without compromising fidelity.

Extend your reach
Extend the reach of your work by creating content for Adobe Flash Player, the world's most pervasive software platform. Flash Player is installed on more than 700 million computers and devices worldwide, including over 96% of Internet-enabled desktops. By creating content with Flash CS3, you can leverage your work not only to the Internet, but also to a wide range of mobile and consumer electronics devices. Create content once, and then deploy it to multiple platforms.

Audience Benefit

Web and interactive content designers--Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software offers a flexible, advanced authoring environment for creating unique online experiences with the latest in technical innovations, such as interactive video and high standards of usability and accessibility. Flash CS3 makes it easy to design interactive experiences that convey your true creative vision and impress your clients. Enjoy intelligent integration with other Adobe creative software.

Instructional media designers--Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software offers an intuitive, flexible authoring environment for creating instructional media content that is easy to deploy to the widest possible audience via web and mobile devices. The advantages of Flash CS3 include the ability to integrate audio and video, seamless integration with related Adobe software, and optional integration with education tracking systems.

Graphic designers--Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software enables experienced graphic designers to expand their creative repertoire to include interactive design without compromising efficiency or disrupting existing processes and workflows. Use Flash CS3 to build projects that impress clients with truly unique, interactive, engaging content that better enables them to meet their marketing or business goals.

Student designers--Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software offers nearly limitless opportunity to student designers and developers who are interested in building careers using interactive design technology. Flash CS3 integrates with and supports a broad spectrum of emerging technologies, including Ajax, 3D animation, online video, and open source development. Each day, more and more creative professionals make Flash CS3 their primary tool for building a creative reputation and advancing their career.

Video and motion graphics professionals--Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software dramatically expands the creative options for video and motion graphics professionals without compromising efficiency or disrupting existing processes. Create innovative videos, films, and animations with compelling creative and interactive effects and leverage them across media, including broadcast, tape, web, and mobile devices. Leverage the advantages of Flash Player, including small content file size; broad distribution; and rapid, automatic updates.

Produce content for a wide range of mobile and consumer electronics devices.

Top Reasons to Buy Adobe Flash CS3

Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator import
Import Photoshop (PSD) and Illustrator (AI) files, while preserving layers and structure, and then edit them in Flash CS3. Optimize and customize the files during import with advanced options.

Frame-based timeline
Quickly add motion to your creations with the easy-to-use, highly controllable, frame-based timeline inspired by traditional animation principles such as keyframing and tweening.

Shape primitives
Easily create pie wedges, round off rectangle corners, define an inner circle radius, and do much more. Visually adjust shape properties on the stage. And create custom shapes with the included JavaScript API.

ActionScript 3.0 development
Save time with the new ActionScript 3.0 language, featuring improved performance, increased flexibility, and more intuitive and structured development.

Sophisticated video tools
Create, edit, and deploy streaming and progressive download Flash Video with comprehensive video support. Ensure the best video experience with a standalone video encoder, alpha channel support, a high-quality video codec, embedded cue points, video import support, QuickTime import, closed captioning, and much more.

MP3 audio support
Integrate audio into your projects by importing MP3 files. Integration with Adobe Soundbooth makes it easy to edit files as needed, without requiring audio production experience.

Rich drawing capabilities
Visually adjust shape properties on the stage with smart shape drawing tools, create precise vector illustrations with the new Pen tool inspired by Adobe Illustrator, paste illustrations from Illustrator CS3 into Flash CS3, and more.

Extensible architecture
Leverage the Flash application programming interfaces (APIs) to easily develop extensions that add custom functionality.

Convert animation to ActionScript
Instantly convert timeline animations into ActionScript 3.0 code that can be easily edited, reused, and leveraged by developers. Copy animations from one object to another.

Adobe Device Central Design, preview, and test mobile device content, including interactive Adobe Flash Lite applications and interfaces, using Adobe Device Central, now integrated throughout Adobe Creative Suite 3.

Additional Features

Powerful shape drawing
Manipulate vector shapes with powerful shape drawing tools. Easily bend, erase, distort, skew, and combine vector shapes in a natural and intuitive way.

Skinnable video component
Use the video component to easily customize the look and feel of video projects without significantly increasing file size. The component works with multiple deployment options, including streaming and progressive download.

Improved Adobe software integration
Enjoy a smoother and more efficient workflow enabled by integration between Adobe Flash CS3 and related software, including Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Soundbooth, as well as Adobe Bridge, the central hub of Adobe Creative Suite 3.

Pen tool
Create precise vector illustrations with the Pen tool inspired by Adobe Illustrator, and then manipulate Bezier control points using Illustrator keyboard shortcuts.

Adobe interface
Enjoy a new, streamlined interface that emphasizes consistency with other Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications and can be customized to improve workflow and maximize stage space.

Adobe Flash CS4 Professional software is the industry-leading authoring environment for creating engaging interactive experiences. New object-based animation tools make working in Flash easier and more intuitive for beginning and expert designers alike, while powerful design tools expand your creative possibilities. Flash is the place to bring it all together and deliver to audiences regardless of platform or device.

Add exciting perspective to your interactive designs with the new 3D Rotation tool in Flash CS4 Professional. Click to enlarge.

Create and deliver rich interactive content

Object-based animation
Gain complete control over individual animation attributes with object-based animation, which applies tweens directly to objects instead of to keyframes. Easily make changes to motion with Bezier handles.

3D transformation
Animate 2D objects through 3D space with exciting new 3D translation and rotation tools, which allow you to animate along the x, y, and z axes. Apply local or global transformation to any object.

Inverse kinematics with the Bones tool
Create chain-like animation effects with a series of linked objects, or quickly distort a single shape using the new Bones tool.

Procedural modeling with Deco and Spray Brush
Turn symbols into instant design tools. Apply symbols in a variety of ways: Quickly create kaleidoscope-like effects and apply fills using the Deco tool, or randomly spray symbols across any defined area using the Spray Brush.

Sophisticated video tools
Leverage the Adobe Media Encoder and experience advanced video capabilities including embedded cue points, alpha channel support, and high-quality video codecs.

New Adobe Creative Suite interface
Boost your efficiency with intuitive panel docking and spring-loaded behaviors that streamline your interaction with tools throughout the Adobe Creative Suite editions.

Authoring for Adobe AIR
Deliver interactive experiences to the desktop with new integrated capability to publish to the Adobe AIR runtime.

Metadata (XMP) support
Add metadata to SWF files using the new XMP panel. Quickly assign tags for enhanced collaboration and better mobile experiences.

XFL support
Open content from Adobe InDesign or After Effects software and retain file integrity.

Delivery to the most recent version of Adobe Flash Player
Continue to reach wide audiences around the world by delivering to the most popular media player on the Internet today.

Motion paths are automatically created in Flash CS4 and can be edited as normal Bezier paths. Each dot on the path represents a frame in the animation, making it easy to quickly identify an object's position in the Timeline. Click to enlarge.

The Motion Editor panel offers a level of control similar to that found in Adobe After Effects. Curves allow you to precisely control easing for specific attributes--even 3D transformations. Click to enlarge.

Procedural modeling with the Deco tool enables you to explore, using patterns and designs that previously required complex ActionScript. Click to enlarge.

Top new features of Adobe Flash CS4 Professional

Adobe Flash CS4 Professional contains hundreds of enhancements, including an easy-to-customize user interface consistent with other components within the Adobe Creative Suite 4 family of software. Listed here are the most significant new features found in Adobe Flash CS4 Professional.

Object-based animation model
In previous versions of Flash, creating an animation on the Timeline involved a myriad of keystrokes and commands involving symbol creation, manual placement of keyframes, and manual tween adjustments on the Timeline itself. Even upon the succesful creation of an animation, users faced time-consuming and sometimes difficult editing tasks whenever changes had to be made.

The adoption of an object-based animation model means that motion tweens are applied directly to objects instead of to keyframes. Now, Flash CS4 Professional is far more approachable for new users, while simultaneously providing advanced designers and developers far greater control of individual animation attributes.

Creating a motion tween
With Flash CS4, tweening, or the interpolation of steps between keyframes, is now applied directly to objects, rather than to keyframes in the Timeline. In fact, the new object-based animation model enables users to create animations without using the Timeline at all.

Creating an animation in Flash CS4 is now an incredibly simple two-step process:

1. Right-click on any object, and then choose Create Motion Tween.
2. Move the object.

That's it--you're done. It's really that easy.

But don't let the simplicity fool you. While a designer need only click the mouse a few times, Flash CS4 works behind the scenes to reduce the number of steps necessary to offer a smoother user experience. For example, experienced Flash users know that they must first convert objects to symbols before applying motion tweens to them. Now, if you try to apply a motion tween to an object that isn't a symbol, Flash CS4 automatically converts the object to a symbol without interrupting the tweening process. Streamlining object-to-symbol conversion allows new users to get started quickly with minimal frustration and expert users to get more done faster.

Editing a motion tween
If creating an animation proves just how user-friendly Flash CS4 can be, the process of editing an animation likewise proves how powerful this new version can be. For example, motion paths are now automatically generated and easily modified with Bezier handles. In addition, timing can be adjusted throughout an animation without having to manually set keyframes in the Timeline, and--more importantly--without breaking tweens. This provides significant efficiency with more intuitive interaction and control.

The new object-based animation model allows you to do things that were either extremely difficult or impossible to do with previous versions of Flash:

• Adjust the timing of any animation. Simply drag the span on the Timeline, and the animation--including any and all keyframes--scales accordingly.
• Apply individual animations to multiple symbols--all within the same frame.
• Easily edit a motion path. When an animation is created, a motion path is automatically generated, and can be edited as easily as any regular Bezier path.

In summary, the new object-based animation model in Flash CS4 brings valuable benefits for all kinds of users--beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

3D transformations
Bringing perspective and dimension to your design can add an element of excitement and fun to any project. But until now, the ability to create 3D motion was available only to expert users via ActionScript or other sophisticated tools. Now, with Flash CS4, you can animate 2D objects through 3D space with new easy-to-use 3D transformation tools, greatly extending creative possibilities. Built for inexperienced and advanced users alike, the 3D transformation tools make motion effects available to everyone.

Specifically, Flash CS4 features two new tools for applying 3D effects:

• The 3D Translation tool provides visually intuitive x-, y-, and z-axis object manipulation.
• The 3D Rotation tool allows you to spin and twirl your art within a 3D space.

You can apply local or global rotation to move an object within relationship to itself or to the stage and fine-tune perspectives with complete control over vanishing-point location and perspective angle. A global vanishing point enables you to define the location at which your animation disappears in the distance.

Inverse kinematics with the Bones tool
Those who live and breathe animation may be familiar with the term inverse kinematics, or IK, which is a method used to create chain-like effects with a series of linked objects or to quickly distort single objects. Much like the bones in the human body form a skeleton that moves and behaves in a definitive way, the new Bones tool in Flash CS4 allows you to link a series of symbols together with "bones" that can be quickly and easily animated and then controlled relative to one another.

With the new Bones tool, simply click and drag between separate symbols that you've already created. This defines an Armature layer that allows organic and complex motions. You can also control the motion by applying constraints to individual symbols. This makes puppeting and quick distortion practical and more approachable for most users.

To use inverse kinematics in Flash CS4, you use the Bones tool to link different symbols together or apply constraints on individual ones. To further control the distortion of single objects, use the Bind tool to carefully define how each part of the shape reacts when another part moves, bringing a new, sophisticated level of expressiveness to even single-shape animations.

Once you've defined an armature, you can even enable an option called Runtime in the Properties panel, which allows users to control or interact with the linked objects themselves as your content plays in Adobe Flash Player.

Inverse kinematics with the Bones tool allows new users to work with advanced Flash functionality sooner, opens up new creative possibilities for experienced designers, and saves time for almost any user who would have previously used ActionScript to define complex symbol interactions and behaviors.

Procedural modeling with the Deco tool
If you think Flash CS4 is all about technical stuff that does nothing for the design side of the brain, think again. The Deco tool is a fantastic new addition that literally blossoms forth with symmetry and creativity as you turn any symbol into an instant design element. Whether creating patterns or kaleidoscope-like effects using single or multiple symbols, the Deco tool provides a new way to create and apply symbols to your work.

Based on settings specified by the designer in the Properties panel, the Deco tool, using andapplying algorithmic calculations to selected symbols in a process known as proceduralmodeling, enables designers to express their creativity with different drawing effects:

• The Vine Fill drawing effect fills any shape or background with a branching pattern formation. Designers can use already included images or substitute custom graphics.
• The Grid Fill drawing effect fills any shape or background with a pattern of the selected symbol. Designers interested in patterns, intricate drawing options, and rich textures and surfaces can now create and apply them to spaces or objects more easily.
• The Symmetry Brush allows designers to quickly create kaleidoscope-like effects and can be used with single and multiple symbols alike, providing even more creative options.

Motion Editor panel
With the new object-based animation model in Flash CS4 Professional, keyframes take on a new and significant role. You can now experience granular, independent control over every keyframe parameter, including rotation, size, scale, position, filters, and more, using the Motion Editor panel. Offering even more command over the creative presentation of your animations, the Motion Editor panel allows you to graphically control easing using curves.

Fine control over tweens was previously buried deep within Flash. Now, that power is brought to the surface through the Motion Editor panel, which enables Flash users to fine-tune animation parameters for each attribute. Advanced users will love this level of control, and the fact that it looks and behaves much like the keyframe editor in After Effects is an added bonus.

When you use the Bones tool to establish relationships between symbols, Flash CS4 creates an Armature layer, which allows you to fine-tune the IK behavior. Click to enlarge.

Left: A group of symbols with "bones" already defined between them. Right: When one of the symbols moves, all of the connected symbols move and react in a defined relationship to each other. Click to enlarge.

Motion Presets panel
Being efficient is a large part of being a successful designer or developer. To this end, Flash CS4 Professional provides a library of prebuilt animations to jump-start your project. A huge time-saver, motion presets are easy for anyone to create and use.

To define a motion preset, right-click on any object that has a tween applied to it, and choose Save As Motion Preset. To use a motion preset, simply select any symbol on the stage, choose a preset from the Motion Presets panel, and click Apply. Individual users who spend a lot of time with repetitive application of motion can increase their productivity through the use of motion presets. Additionally, motion presets can be shared or distributed to an entire team of users, enhancing team collaboration and consistency.

Authoring for Adobe AIR
Adobe AIR, the technology that makes Flash experiences on the desktop possible, is now built into Flash CS4 Professional. By extending Flash beyond the browser with custom desktop experiences and branding opportunities, Adobe AIR introduces exciting new methods for delivering interactive content. Using a new setting in the Publish dialog box, Flash CS4 automatically bundles all the necessary files to create an Adobe AIR application.

Adobe AIR allows you to leverage local desktop resources and data to deliver even more personal and engaging experiences. With the same skills you use to deliver to Flash Player, you can now reach even more audiences across more devices--web, mobile, and now the desktop.

XFL support
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional introduces support for XFL, a file format that allows for improved integration across the Creative Suite 4 family. Users can now easily export content from Adobe InDesign and Adobe After Effects to Flash. With XFL support, InDesign and After Effects users have new opportunities to begin using Flash.

For experienced creative professionals, XFL support means being better able to meet constantly changing production demands. While we know that print itself isn't dead, we also know that many designers are faced with providing content that appears both in print and on the web. Designers can now use Adobe InDesign to design their content for print, and then painlessly use XFL to export their layouts for use in Flash. This adds an entirelynew dimension to cross-media publishing and is a practical solution for publishing houses that want to expand their print publications to new media.

Metadata support
As more and more digital content fills your hard drives and servers, it becomes increasingly difficult to quickly find the files you need. Metadata plays an important role in solving this problem by making files "smarter" about the content they hold. With metadata, finding the right content at the right time not only becomes easy--it also enables a level of collaboration that was not previously possible.

Adobe has played an active role in the support of metadata by helping to define and develop the Extensible Metadata Protocol (XMP) standard. Components of the Adobe Creative Suite family of software have supported XMP in the past; now, Flash CS4 Professional adds support for XMP metadata as well, allowing designers to leverage the power of Adobe Bridge in their workflow.

But the benefits of the new metadata support in Flash CS4 extend far beyond the designer's desktop and work environment. Metadata also enables mobile devices to identify the type of content being played, allowing mobile and Flash developers to deliver a better user experience to mobile devices.

Adobe Media Encoder with H.264 support
Video content is fast becoming a first-class citizen on the web. As companies make the decision to add more video content to their online presence, designers and developers struggle to find that happy medium--video content that is high in quality but small in file size. With more and more people using their mobile devices to view video content, developers must be acutely aware of bandwidth issues--without budging an inch on quality. So it's no surprise that Adobe Flash Player 10 supports what has become the standard in high-quality/low-bandwidth video content--H.264.

Now, developers can deliver high-quality video with more control than ever before. Adobe Media Encoder--the same tool found in other Adobe professional video products such as Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 software and After Effects CS4--now supports H.264 and is included with Flash CS4 Professional.

Adobe Media Encoder automates the process of creating multiple encoded versions of your content using the batch encoder, making higher quality video delivery easier and more reliable--essential for the growing distribution of video created with Flash.

Maximizing productivity by encoding in the background while you work, Adobe Media Encoder lets you encode to a wide variety of video formats, including FLV and F4V. Adobe Media Encoder also offers improved video quality, thanks to two-pass variable bit-rate encoding and support for H.264.

Creative Pro Online Services: Information, ideas, and inspiration

Connect to the power of the Adobe online creative community through your desktop with Creative Pro Online Services. New from Adobe, these online services are accessible from within Adobe Flash CS4 Professional. Take your ideas to the next level with real-time access to current support resources, other creative professionals in the Adobe network, and next-generation, community-driven design tools.

• Get the power of a targeted, online search engine with Adobe Community Help. Searchable content includes in-depth, product-specific results, plus additional relevant content chosen by Adobe experts and real-world design and production community leaders.
• Share your screen and collaborate in real time with colleagues, clients, and peers--regardless of their location--using Adobe ConnectNow, one of the services of Acrobat.com. Invite up to two online guests at a time to view and collaborate live for no additional service charge.
• Explore, create, and share color themes with Adobe Kuler. Kick start your creative projects with color inspiration from the online Kuler community. Browse thousands of themes by newest, most popular, or highest rated--or search themes by tag word, title, or creator.
• Visit Adobe Bridge Home--an online channel available in Adobe Bridge CS4--and stay up to date with what's new from Adobe and the design, web development, and audio-visual production communities at large.

Part of the Adobe Creative Suite 4 family

Adobe Flash CS4 Professional is also an important component of the Adobe Creative Suite 4 family of software. Creative Suite 4 Design Premium is everything a modern designer needs to create eye-catching images, breathtaking graphics, expert typography, precision layout, and high-quality production for print, web, interactive, and mobile content. Creative Suite 4 Web Premium software is a complete solution for creating interactive websites, applications, user interfaces, presentations, mobile device content, Adobe AIR applications, and other digital experiences. Creative Suite 4 Production Premium is must-have software for creative professionals who need to craft world-class video, audio, and interactive media--online, on device, and invariably on deadline. Creative Suite 4 Master Collection brings the power of design, web, and video tools together in one comprehensive offering.

Take productivity to the next level with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard software, the latest evolution of your essential toolkit for print design and production. Exciting new tools enable more expressive design, sophisticated page layout, and efficient prepress and production. Discover new ways to collaborate and tap into expert resources. Simply deliver quality work reliably in print.

In Illustrator, create and arrange up to 100 artboards of differing sizes, and then save them in a single, multipage PDF file or export them as sequentially numbered files. Click to enlarge.

In Photoshop, rotate canvas and image together to any angle for convenient viewing and editing. Click to enlarge.

In InDesign, sort by any column and easily scan the thumbnails in the enhanced Links panel to view detailed, customizable information about linked content. Click to enlarge.

In InDesign, quickly create a compelling interactive document by using the new Page Transitions panel to add animated transitions such as Page Turn. Then export the document as a SWF file that anyone with Adobe Flash Player or a web browser that supports Flash can conveniently view. Click to enlarge.

Upgrade from CS3 to Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard

Customers who have a license for Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, Master Collection are eligible for upgrade pricing.

Why Creative Suite 4 Design Standard?
Print designers today need to quickly and reliably deliver eye-catching, high-quality printed material, and a single software application is not enough to complete the job. Creative Suite 4 Design Standard puts the tools you need for expert print production in one box. The components are built to work smoothly together, so you don't need to worry about file formats and compatibility, and a common user interface makes it easy to transition between your software tools. Plus, a single installer and single serial number are easier to manage.

Top reasons to upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard

Exciting new versions and services
Bring your best ideas to life with feature-packed new versions of Adobe InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, and Acrobat 9 Pro. Explore exciting new services that help you collaborate and connect more efficiently than ever before.

Simplified workflows
In InDesign CS4, easily manage placed files in the new, customizable Links panel. Rotate the canvas in Photoshop CS4 or the spread in InDesign. Combine multiple artboards in a single document in Illustrator CS4, plus many more enhancements.

Flexible, powerful page layout
Use InDesign CS4 to create stunning print documents, from long and complex to short and simple. Efficiently deliver multiple versions within a single file, and streamline production with automatically updated cross-references.

Publishing redefined
Venture into new territory by transforming InDesign CS4 layouts into dynamic documents that anyone with the Adobe Flash Player can view. Or combine rich typography and top-quality page design for electronic delivery in PDF.

Streamlined digital imaging
Freely edit and enhance digital images using extended nondestructive editing techniques in Photoshop CS4. Perform common tasks smoothly and conveniently with new, easy-to-access image adjustment and masks panels.

Sophisticated vector graphics
Find inspiration with new creative options in Illustrator CS4, such as transparency within gradients or the painterly Blob Brush tool. Work quickly and fluidly by accessing tools and options now available directly on your artwork.

Innovative collaboration and presentations
Access the Adobe ConnectNow service to easily share your screen to present, review, or brainstorm from within your design software. Showcase your work in a dynamic, customizable PDF Portfolio that is easy to distribute and view.

Quality testing as you work
Catch production errors on-the-fly with Live Preflight in InDesign CS4, use Separations Preview in Illustrator CS4 to avoid color output surprises, and rely on enhanced preflight checks and automatic PDF corrections in Acrobat 9 Pro.

Efficient shared interface elements
Enjoy improved consistency across InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4, and Illustrator CS4. Flexibly arrange multiple documents in a single window to compare content or drag-copy objects between them. Easily tab through multiple open documents without maximizing each one.

Answers when you need them
Connect to the expertise of the online design community through your creative desktop. Access information ranging from basic tips, Adobe Help content, and video tutorials to community discussions and blogs.

Combines:

• Adobe InDesign CS4
• Adobe Photoshop CS4
• Adobe Illustrator CS4
• Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

Quickly and reliably test mobile content in a variety of simulated lighting environments by controlling test settings for backlight, reflections, contrast, and more. Click to enlarge.

Using Live Preflight in InDesign, you can open the Preflight panel to be alerted to errors as they occur rather than when the presses are just about to roll. Click to enlarge.

To allow you to work smoothly and swiftly within components and to move effortlessly among them, Design Standard offers several elegant, cross-component interface enhancements, including N-up view, an application bar, an application frame, and tabbed documents, and task-based workspaces. Click to enlarge.

Adobe InDesign CS4--Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing

Publish persuasive content
Create high-impact, personalized content and long documents tailored for unique audiences in less time and with fewer steps.

Experience fluid workflows
Design with ease using customer-inspired enhancements to your everyday toolset and a more flexible layout environment.

Create rich interactive documents
Create dynamic documents for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime as well as engaging PDF content that both include professional typography and top-quality page design.

Adobe Photoshop CS4--Create powerful images with the professional standard

Easily access full editing power
Take greater advantage of all that Adobe Photoshop CS4 software offers with a more intuitive user interface and features that put you in control.

Achieve amazing results
Bring your vision to life with industry-leading tools that let you enhance images and create composites that help meet your highest standards.

Work more efficiently
Be more productive by taking advantage of smooth integration with other Adobe software and enhancements that leverage the power of today's faster graphics processors.

Adobe Illustrator CS4--Explore new paths with the essential vector tool

Explore new features
Powerful additions such as the Blob Brush tool and transparency in gradients inspire new creativity. The highly anticipated multiple artboards feature prompts new ways of working.

Discover hidden gems
Existing features have been polished, and hidden functions have been uncovered to reveal usefulness and depth, enabling you to learn more quickly and take better advantage of the power of Illustrator.

Work efficiently
Illustrator CS4 offers improved interaction with options and tools, plus you can do more directly on the artboard. Innovations with Smart Guides and Isolation Mode plus new panel behaviors enable a smoother, more efficient workflow.

Deliver almost anywhere
Print delivery is more reliable with Separations Preview. And with new user interface similarity and shared formats among Adobe Creative Suite tools, work across applications is virtually seamless.

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro--Protect documents and accelerate information exchange with PDF

Deliver professional documents
Easily organize content from a variety of sources--including documents, e-mail, images, spreadsheets, and web pages--in a single searchable PDF Portfolio, compressed for easy distribution. Use professionally designed templates that can be branded with your company logo and colors. Quickly integrate content, define navigation, and add polish to communicate clearly and effectively. Share information with anyone using free Adobe Reader software.

Create and manage forms
Simplify the creation and completion of forms to efficiently analyze and use data. Convert Word and Excel documents or scanned paper to PDF forms with automatic recognition of fillable fields. Or use Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES software, a professional form design tool included with Acrobat 9 Pro software, to further customize and automate dynamic XML forms. Extend Acrobat functionality to Reader users so virtually anyone can participate in the workflows you initiate. Use the Form Tracker to see when forms have been completed and who has completed them. And easily export data to a spreadsheet for analysis and reporting.

Manage document reviews
Accelerate the exchange of ideas with colleagues, extended teams, and customers. Through easy-to-manage electronic document reviews, participants can see and build on other reviewers' comments as they are being made, so you can quickly gain the input and consensus you need to efficiently develop and complete work. Enable virtually anyone using free Adobe Reader software to participate in reviews, and use the Form Tracker to monitor progress and participation.

Help protect sensitive information
Control access to and use of PDF documents, assign digital rights, and maintain document integrity. Set document permissions to define whether a file can be printed or changed. Apply passwords to help restrict document access. Use redaction tools to permanently remove sensitive information. Digitally sign and certify documents to validate they came from a trusted source. Create and reuse document security policies to precisely manage who can print, save, copy, or modify a document.

Choose Your Edition

With the tightly integrated tools and services in Adobe Creative Suite 4 software, you can create visually rich content for virtually any media--print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile. Find the one that's right for you:

Adobe Creative Suite 4 also allows you to access features and services that are hosted online, such as Adobe Community Help, Adobe Kuler, Adobe ConnectNow (a service on Acrobat.com), Adobe InContext Editing, and Bridge Home.*

* This product may allow you to access certain features that are hosted online ("online services"), provided you have a high-speed Internet connection. The online services, and some features thereof, may not be available in all countries, languages and/or currencies and may be discontinued in whole or in part without notice. Use of the online services is governed by separate terms of use and by the Adobe privacy policy, and access to these services may require user registration. Some online services, including services initially offered at no charge, may be subject to additional fees. For additional details and to review the terms of use and privacy policy, please visit www.adobe.com.

efrontier's Anime Studio Pro 5 is a complete animation program for creating movies, cartoons, anime, or cut animations. Create your own desktop animated shorts in the style of South Park and JibJab, or use Anime Studio Pro 5 to produce full-length animation for film, video, or streaming over the web.

It's easy to quickly create camera movements and characters.

Easily create characters and objects.	Use layering behaviors that are similar to other design programs.
A wealth of tools at your fingertips.	Using keyframes and a timeline, test your animations as you design.
Bone-rigging uses spring-like simulation to calculate dynamic character movement.	Vector-based tools make quick designs easy.
Give your characters a voice with Papagayo lip-synching software.	Create sophisticated special effects.

Anime Studio Pro 5 allows digital enthusiasts at home to bring their imaginations to life. The program is fun to use, quick to learn, and easy on your pocketbook. It is an ideal solution for first time animators, hobbyists and digital enthusiasts. Draw original art, import your digital pictures, dub and add subtitles to existing videos, or choose from many built-in characters to grease your animation wheels and get a feel for the software's capabilities.

This program includes everything aspiring artists need to create top quality animations from start to finish -- it simplifies the animation process and empowers artists to create their projects faster and easier than ever before. You'll be surprised by how quickly you can get started. Packed with ready-to-use anime style characters you can create your own animations right out of the box. Tutorials and sample files show you how to maximize Anime Studio Pro's powerful features giving you the jump start you'll need to begin your first project.

Once you feel at home with the mechanics of the software, you'll be ready to move on to your own art. Sketch your original characters and backdrops, scan in and import graphics, or if you use a pen tablet you can recreate the sensation of drawing on paper. Built with vector graphics, Anime Studio Pro 5 provides power and flexibility with multiple layering and the capacity to resize images without sacrificing quality. Another powerful element of Anime Studio Pro 5 is the use of "bones." Using the software's bone rigging system you can add a skeleton to any image to bring it to life.

With Anime Studio Pro 5 there is no need to create new art for each individual frame as you animate -- just adjust the bones to your desired position and the program will generate the movement for you. You can also count on Anime Studio Pro 5 to help direct your animated action with an intuitive timeline. Setting your movements to a timeline makes scene changes feel seamless and natural, so the plot of your animated short is easier to follow. No animation is complete without an audio soundtrack. Anime Studio Pro 5 helps you add emotion and style to your animations by adding sound in WAV and AIFF formats. And once you've completed a project, you can publish your results for a variety of media, including video, TV, and web formats.

Design and Layout
Anime Studio Pro 5 gives you total control over your canvas and makes it easy for you to organize and complete your project using layers. With this intuitive software under your belt you can set up your 2D canvas to the exact dimensions you want. And with Anime Studio Pro you can even turn your canvas into a 3D stage with X, Y, and Z coordinates to easily produce your animation with added depth and dimension. Using Anime Studio Pro's vector-based graphics you can freely adjust canvas resolution and size without losing image quality.

If you're already accustomed to other graphics-driven programs, such as Photoshop or Quark, you'll be pleased with Anime Studio Pro's familiar layer-based workflow. It is an easy and efficient way to organize your assets and create your animation, and you'll save time by reusing your art. Simply create an asset once and place it on a layer, then refer to that layer any time you need to reuse a piece of art. Advanced layer features include Switch Layers which allows you to rotate among all the layers in a set and shows only one layer a time. This saves you a great deal of time when animating body movements or facial expressions. Use Anime Studio Pro to rig your characters, objects and scenes with the revolutionary bone system that makes the animation process easier than ever before. Bones create a skeleton that determines joints or flex points in your artwork. You can then manipulate the bones to move the image into new positions without time-consuming redraws.

Simple tools let you design dynamic character movement.

Stop thinking of your drawings as fixed, static images -- with Anime Studio Pro you drawings become like soft rubber with stiff wires inside that help you move and position the objects on the screen. Bones are never displayed in the final render, they're just used as a tool during the animation process. And to make the process smoother and easier to follow, you can organize your project using keyframe animation and a timeline. Then all you need to do is position your image on the canvas and manipulate the timeline. The software will interpolate the motion between positions for you to create a smooth-flowing, graceful transition from one movement to the next. In Anime Studio Pro you can also fine tune your animations with powerful timeline controls, such as onion skins, tweening, and graph mode. And with the Pro version you can create animations of any length.

Once you complete a project, you can finish it for web, TV, film and still formats. With Anime Studio Pro you can output your finished work to a variety of standard formats, such as AVI, MOV, and Flash (SWF export for vector based animations). Studio Pro also makes it easy to transfer your work to other popular graphics programs to utilize assets for other projects or to add color to your art. Pro exports to JPG, BMP, PNG, an TGA file formats and even allows you to export your artwork as layered PSD files.

Animation Techniques
Traditional animation was created by drawing frames one after another, each frame drawn slightly different from the last. Anime Studio Pro helps you simulate frame-by-frame animation, yet drastically reduces the time required from traditional animation.

Designed to mimic real skeletal structure, the Anime Studio Pro bones are interdependent, so when you adjust one bone all the other connected bones will move in response. The bone-rigging feature also uses spring-like simulation to calculate dynamic bone movement. This makes a wide range of movements seem real, such as jumping, waving flabby body parts, and bouncing hair. You can also take advantage of Anime Studio Pro's Switch Layers function to work with a combination of connected movements that occur along a timeline. This is particularly valuable for animating body movements or facial expressions, such as lip-synch animations, when each graphical layer can be a mouth shape for a different sound.

An additional animation feature includes cycling keyframe interpolation which will automatically cycle a section of animation and repeat it over again as many times as you wish. Another feature includes onion skins that show the position of objects in your scene at a given point in time -- just click on any point in the timeline to see the onion skins in Anime Studio Pro. In Anime Studio Pro you can use Actions -- little clips of animation that are associated with a layer or group of layers -- to create reusable animations for movements that you expect to use repeatedly. Tweening adjusts the pace of movements within a given action, so you can slow it down or speed it up. And Pro's Graph mode allows you to inspect an animation curve plotted as values on a graph. This helps evaluate acceleration, changes in direction, and other properties of motion.

Anime Studio Pro includes over 200 sample files and is filled with content that includes the standard Anime Studio content files, such as anime characters, Aya and Winsor, backgrounds, animation, other characters, scenery and props. Anime Studio Pro also includes extra samples such as 3D animals, 3D movies, and samples provided by users that serve as great starting points.

Anime Studio Pro 5 is a complete animation program for