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Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) Only a Minor Update?

I thought CS4 was going to be much faster than CS3 because it's supposed to offload most of the processing to the graphics card. This would be a major feature.
 
TheCrudMan said:
Any news on After Effects? That's the only one I really really care about. I really wish they'd make things in it a little easier (free transforms, aspect preserving scaling like in photoshop) etc. I personally think its probably the most powerful tool in the whole set when it comes to content creation. (well obviously comparing apples and oranges but still,) its a great tool.
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dude use final cut studio and the adobe design apps thats what i do so much better
 
I use all the CS3 Design Premium apps, but most of them are overkill for me -- so it's hard for me to think of much I'd even want in the next version. The only app I use a lot is Dreamweaver, and I welcome the new interface. With the use of various plug-ins, it meets my functional needs very well. The only problem I've had with CS3 is flaky server connectivity.

I'll probably get the CS4 Design Premium upgrade just to stay current with the latest versions of the tools, even if I don't really need the added functionality to do my work.

One thing I'd _really_ like to see is a combination of Flex Builder and Dreamweaver, so I could have the best of server and client tools in one IDE.
 
Dreamweaver CS4 is a snooze

Unless they have made big improvements since the beta release, Dreamweaver CS4 is barely usable. The buttons are unresponsive half the time. It won't let go of the server connection, and ties you down from doing further work. I'm very close to moving over to Coda...
 
I haven't been able to think of anything for my birthday, and I miss making web-sites like I used to in high school (used Photoshop and Golive 4 and 5).

My parents want to get me something, and I thought about telling them about CS 4 Web Premium. I think that the programs have gotten much more powerful and complicated, and so my question is where have you all learned how to use Creative Suite?

I learned Photoshop and GoLive myself, but I didn't do as much as I could have with the programs I'm sure. I'm not sure if the included manual is enough. My community college has a Web Design course, but I don't know what software they use.
 
I'll update if it is $100 or less. Sounds like a pale revision. If this is another $299 update they will have to wait until the next version before I buy.
 
I have been using Photoshop and Illustrator CS4 and they are not minor updates. They also launch very quickly.
 
Adobe will get my money when Photoshop is 64-bits on OS X. Until then, I'll stick with CS2.
 
The people saying there are only "minor" updates are idiots. I use the PS CS4 beta and it is a huge update, a huge very WELCOME update. Many of the new features have long been asked for.. i can't wait for the final version!!!
 
Minor or not, I've seen Flash CS4 and the new things in that alone are worth the update. It's got the AE interface (finally!).
 
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