Adobe Announces Creative Suite 4, Adds GPU Support to Photoshop

It seems like those colorful boxes we know as CS3 just came out… but it was actually a year-and-a-half ago. I have to wonder… what in the world did I do in the past eighteen months?! Well, that’s not important. What is, is that Adobe has officially announced Creative Suite 4, with its launch to occur within the next few weeks.

Like CS3, CS4 will come in a variety of “packs”, such as Design Premium, Design Standard, Master Collection, Production Premium, et cetera. Individual applications can of course be purchased also, but if you use two or more applications that are found in any of the collections, you are bound to get a lot more for your money by going that route. The largest bundle of them all, Master Collection, retails for $2,500 and includes a staggering sixteen different applications.

It would take at least ten pages to explain all that’s new, but for most who read this site, one of the most notable features is GPU support in Photoshop. With the help of the incredible acceleration, editing photos should take less time overall, but it’s hard to say at this point what kind of operation would benefit most. Right now the support seems to only be in Photoshop, but it’s definitely a start.

You can read all of what’s new on the official site.

Broad Integration and Efficiency Improve Creative Workflow Adobe Creative Suite 4 offers unprecedented choice among editions and stand-alone products, with comprehensive support for the most cutting-edge workflows for virtually any design discipline. Customers can choose from six suites or full version upgrades of 13 stand-alone applications, including Photoshop CS4, Photoshop CS4 Extended, InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, Dreamweaver CS4, After Effects CS4, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.