BTW, Adobe Creative Suite 4 was announced on the 23rd September 2008.

SAN JOSE, Calif., — April 12, 2010 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe Creative Suite 5, a breakthrough release of the industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow. Focusing on interactivity, performance and maximizing the impact of digital content and marketing campaigns across media and devices, the Creative Suite 5 product line brings exciting full version upgrades of flagship creative tools while delivering significant workflow enhancements to designers and developers. Featuring integration with online content and digital marketing measurement and optimization capabilities for the first time, Creative Suite 5 products include access to signature Omniture technologies, to capture, store and analyze information generated by Web sites and other sources. Additionally, a brand new component, Adobe Flash Catalyst, joins the Creative Suite, ushering in the ability to design interactive content without writing code and improve the collaborative process between designer and developer.

The Adobe CS5 product family also enables the creation of content and applications for the much anticipated releases of Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR 2, which are optimized for high performance on mobile screens and designed to take advantage of native device capabilities for a richer, more immersive user experience.

The new lineup is headlined by Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection, which includes, in a single package, all of Adobe’s renowned Creative Suite tools, such as Photoshop CS5 (see separate release), Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5 (see separate release), Flash Catalyst CS5 (see separate release), Flash Professional CS5, Dreamweaver CS5, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 (see separate release) and After Effects CS5. These tools are also available separately or in one of the five Creative Suite editions. The complete Creative Suite 5 lineup includes Creative Suite 5 Master Collection, Creative Suite 5 Design Premium, Creative Suite 5 Web Premium, Creative Suite 5 Production Premium and Creative Suite 5 Design Standard, as well as 15 point products, associated technologies and integration with new Adobe CS Live Services (CS Live Services are complimentary for a limited time).

“While Creative Suite 5 continues Adobe’s storied history of delivering astonishing new creative features, this release first and foremost addresses the challenges facing publishers and creatives worldwide—how to build profitable businesses around digital content,” said Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer at Adobe. “By coupling sophisticated online business analytics with dazzling creative tools, we’re ensuring that publishers, designers and marketers can create, deliver and optimize beautiful, high-impact digital experiences across media and devices.”

Recommended Retail Price:

• Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection: USD$2599
• Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium: USD$1899
• Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Standard: USD$1299
• Adobe Creative Suite 5 Web Premium: USD$1799
• Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium: US$1699

Press Release:

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Oct. 15, 2008 – Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product family, the highly-anticipated release of industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow. Delivering radical breakthroughs in workflow efficiency – and packed with hundreds of innovative, time saving features – the new Creative Suite 4 product line advances the creative process across print, Web, interactive, film, video and mobile.

Customers can choose from six new versions: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium and Master Collection. The combination of Creative Suite and the new capabilities of Adobe Flash Player 10, also available today (see separate press release) deliver new levels of creativity and expressiveness across media channels. Designers using the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product family will gain unprecedented creative control using the new expressive features and visual performance improvements in Adobe Flash Player 10 to deliver breakthrough Web experiences across multiple browsers and operating systems.

Press Release (PDF): Adobe Creative Suite 4 Now Shipping
Website: Adobe Creative Suite

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Sept. 23, 2008 – Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product family, a milestone release of the industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow. Delivering radical workflow breakthroughs that bring down the walls between designers and developers – and packed with hundreds of feature innovations – the new Creative Suite 4 product line advances the creative process across print, Web, mobile, interactive, film and video production. With new levels of integration and expressiveness for Flash technology across the entire product line, Adobe’s biggest software release to date includes Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design editions, Creative Suite 4 Web editions, Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, Creative Suite 4 Master Collection, as well as 13 point products, 14 integrated technologies and seven services.

Press Release: : Adobe Introduces Creative Suite 4 Product Family

Similar to Adobe Creative Suite 3, there are a total of 6 favors to it.

1. Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard
   1. InDesign CS4
   2. Photoshop CS4
   3. Illustrator CS4
   4. Acrobat 9 Pro
   5. Adobe Bridge CS4
   6. Adobe Device Central CS4
   7. Version Cue CS4
2. Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium
   1. InDesign CS4
   2. Photoshop CS4 Extended
   3. Illustrator CS4
   4. Flash CS4 Professional
   5. Dreamweaver CS4
   6. Fireworks CS4
   7. Acrobat 9 Pro
   8. Adobe Bridge CS4
   9. Adobe Device Central CS4
   10. Version Cue CS4
3. Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Standard
   1. Dreamweaver CS4
   2. Flash CS4 Professional
   3. Fireworks CS4
   4. Contribute CS4
   5. Adobe Bridge CS4
   6. Adobe Device Central CS4
   7. Version Cue CS4
4. Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium
   1. Dreamweaver CS4
   2. Flash CS4 Professional
   3. Photoshop CS4 Extended
   4. Illustrator CS4
   5. Fireworks CS4
   6. Acrobat 9 Pro
   7. Soundbooth CS4
   8. Contribute CS4
   9. Adobe Bridge CS4
   10. Adobe Device Central CS4
   11. Version Cue CS4
5. Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium
   1. After Effects CS4
   2. Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
   3. Photoshop CS4 Extended
   4. Flash CS4 Professional
   5. Illustrator CS4
   6. Soundbooth CS4
   7. Adobe OnLocation CS4
   8. Encore CS4
   9. Adobe Bridge CS4
   10. Adobe Device Central CS4
   11. Adobe Adobe Dynamic Link
6. Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection
   1. InDesign CS4
   2. Photoshop CS4 Extended
   3. Illustrator CS4
   4. Acrobat 9 Pro
   5. Flash CS4 Professional
   6. Dreamweaver CS4
   7. Fireworks CS4
   8. Contribute CS4
   9. After Effects CS4
   10. Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
   11. Soundbooth CS4
   12. Adobe OnLocation CS4
   13. Encore CS4
   14. Adobe Bridge CS4
   15. Adobe Device Central CS4
   16. Adobe Dynamic Link
   17. Version Cue CS4

Adobe Creative Suite 4 should hit shelves before end October 2008.

By the way, Adobe CS 3 was launched last year on 24th April 2007.

What’s Adobe doing with Photoshop? In the interest of giving customers guidance as early as possible, we have some news to share on this point: in addition to offering 32-bit-native versions for Mac OS X and 32-bit Windows, just as we do today, we plan to ship the next version of Photoshop as 64-bit-native for Windows 64-bit OSes only.

The development is frankly bittersweet for us: On the one hand we’re delighted to be breaking new ground with Photoshop, and when processing very large files on a suitably equipped machine, Photoshop x64 realizes some big performance gains. (For example, opening a 3.75 gigapixel image on a 4-core machine with 32GB RAM is about 10x faster.) On the other hand, we work very hard at maintaining parity across platforms, and it’s a drag that the Mac x64 revision will take longer to deliver. We will get there, but not in CS4. (Our goal is to ship a 64-bit Mac version with Photoshop CS5, but well be better able to assess that goal as we get farther along in the development process.)

Source: John Nack on Adobe: Photoshop, Lightroom, and Adobe’s 64-bit roadmap

Adobe CS3 Master Collection – Front View

Adobe CS3 Master Collection – Side View

I would like to thank Sue Lynn from Text 100 for the surprise that she told me I would get 2 weeks ago and thank you Fiona and Audrey from Adobe Singapore for the Adobe CS3 Master Collection. I really appreciate it.

THANK YOU SO MUCH GIRLS!

There are a total of 6 tips in the workshop which took my breath away.

1. Making your images “Shout” by changing blending mode to “Soft Light”
2. Bright out Details by using Hight Pass Filter (Filter > Other > High Pass Filter)
3. Remove Colour Cast by using “Average Blur Filter” (Filter > Blur > Average), followed by inverting the layer and changing the blending mode to “Color”
4. Perspective Crop by checking the “Perspective” checkbox located below the top menu after cropping
5. Using Blend If (Layer Style > Blending Options > Blend If
6. Image Stacks (Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to Smart Object) followed by (Layer > Smart Objects > Static Mode > Median)

Last but not least, I learned a new shortcut, by pressing Ctrl J, it will allow you to duplicate (the technical term is called float) a layer.

They wanted to keep this workshop very small and hence there are only 5 people that is invited. Adrianna, Li Xiang, Me and 2 other guys.

After the workshop, we had dinner at Imperial Treasure which is just located at the basement of Suntec City.

I love the goodies bag that Adobe gives:

Adobe Paper Bag Front And Back View

2008 Calendar, License Brochure, Small Figurine

Cheers to Audrey Too, Bruce Persaud and Fiona Ng from Adobe, Steven Chua and Shirley Tan from ACE Training.

Thanks to Sue Lynn from TEXT100 for the invite =D

1. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard
   1. InDesign CS3
   2. Photoshop CS3
   3. Illustrator CS3
   4. Acrobat 8 Professional
2. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium
   1. InDesign CS3
   2. Photoshop CS3 Extended
   3. Illustrator CS3
   4. Flash CS3 Professional
   5. Dreamweaver CS3
   6. Acrobat 8 Professional
3. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Standard
   1. Dreamweaver CS3
   2. Flash CS3 Professional
   3. Fireworks CS3
   4. Contribute CS3
4. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium
   1. Dreamweaver CS3
   2. Flash CS3 Professional
   3. Photoshop CS3 Extended
   4. Illustrator CS3
   5. Fireworks CS3
   6. Acrobat 8 Professional
   7. Contribute CS3
5. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium
   1. After Effects CS3 Professional
   2. Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
   3. Photoshop CS3 Extended
   4. Flash CS3 Professional
   5. Illustrator CS3
   6. Soundbooth CS3
   7. Encore CS3
6. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection
   1. InDesign CS3
   2. Photoshop CS3 Extended
   3. Illustrator CS3
   4. Acrobat 8 Professional
   5. Flash CS3 Professional
   6. Dreamweaver CS3
   7. Fireworks CS3
   8. Contribute CS3
   9. After Effects CS3 Professional
   10. Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
   11. Soundbooth CS3
   12. Encore CS3