For those of you that didn't read my blog about the Adobe Creative Suite at Cal State Los Angeles a few months back... I basically talked about how the computer labs in the Fine Art building were still using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign CS1. During the first day of the Fall Quarter it was good to see that new computers and the updated software jumping from CS1 to CS3.
Technology changes quickly, Adobe will release a new version of the Creative Suites 4 (CS4) that will hit stores during October. Illustrator CS4 will feature a new art board which has the ability to create a document with up to 100 separate art boards. Each art board can have a different orientation, size and can be exported to its own file.The multi-artboard options will allow you to create many different comps that can be taken into other Adobe applications like Photoshop and InDesign.
It will also feature a Blob brush tool, instead of painting with a regular brush stroke it will have the capability to paint with the blog brushes which give you a filled, compound path. Another feature is the transparency in gradients with on-object controls and it will also include new tabs in order to work with multiple applications in a single window.
Hopefully, they can offer an easier way to work with In Design...In Design will have a new Live PreFlight tool.
Adobe is currently offering pre-orders for $1,799 and upgrades for $599. Professor Jimmy Moss can I borrow $599???
5 comments:
Just when we were able to use new macs and CS3 at CSULA, CS4 was due out the next day (literally).
CS4 looks interesting. The new features in Illustrator are impressive, especially the new tabs feature. Being able to immediately switch between applications by simply clicking a tab will be a big time saver.
I'm not sure that anyone outside of the Design Option would give a hoot about this. It seems like a very local issue. I'd like to know your perspective on matters of a more general nature to creative individuals.
I haven't have a chance to work on CS4 yet, but I like CS3. The good thing is that I will not have system problems anymore home to school or the opposite.
What can I say. I was just waiting for a CS4. Just when we got used to using CS3, CS4 hitting shelves and web. Updates are always great. So far Adobe has made too easier to use. I too was very happy see FA labs with updated software. All the computers around campus, even library had new version of Adobe software. It was hard understand why the Art dept. did not get theirs first.
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