The new line of creative suite includes updated versions of After Effects, OnLocation, Photoshop Extended, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Fireworks, Contribute, , Premiere Pro, Flash Professional, Soundbooth, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Encore. These applications are bundled into several collections, targeted to different segments of the market. You can check the post that describes various packages of CS4 here.

If you did not know, the new release of CS4 products have tabs, which means that you can open multiple project files simultaneously.

After a long wait Adobe released it’s famous Creative Suite version 4 (CS4). However, the suit is still not up for the grab. You can only pre-order it. The adobe creative suite 4 will start shipping in October and will also hit various stores at the same time. You will have to wait a little longer before you are able to download the adobe creative suite cs4 from it’s website. You can also register yourself to get all the updates on the dates of this software hitting the markets across the world.

The CS4 will be available in 4 different flavors apart from each application available as an individual buy. The famous four flavours are:

• Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium
• Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium
• Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium
• Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection

The Design Premium Package will consist of the following applications:

• InDesign CS4
• Photoshop CS4 Extended
• Illustrator CS4
• Flash CS4 Professional
• Dreamweaver CS4
• Fireworks CS4
• Acrobat 9 Pro
• Adobe Bridge CS4
• Adobe Device Central CS4
• Version Cue CS4

This suite will cost you a heavy US$1,799

The Web Premium package consists of the following applications:

• Dreamweaver CS4
• Flash CS4 Professional
• Photoshop CS4 Extended
• Illustrator CS4
• Fireworks CS4
• Acrobat 9 Pro
• Soundbooth CS4
• Contribute CS4
• Adobe Bridge CS4
• Adobe Device Central CS4
• Version Cue CS4

This fully loaded package for the web developers will cost you US$1,699.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium comes with the following applications for playing with audio, video and interactive media:

• After Effects CS4
• Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
• Photoshop CS4 Extended
• Flash CS4 Professional
• Illustrator CS4
• Soundbooth CS4
• Adobe OnLocation CS4
• Encore CS4
• Adobe Bridge CS4
• Adobe Device Central CS4

This packege for the web developers will cost you US$1,699.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection

If you are a serious web developer and have to work with both web development tools and podcasting related projects then this is a the package you should go for:

• InDesign CS4
• Photoshop CS4 Extended
• Illustrator CS4
• Acrobat 9 Pro
• Flash CS4 Professional
• Dreamweaver CS4
• Fireworks CS4
• Contribute CS4
• After Effects CS4
• Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
• Soundbooth CS4
• Adobe OnLocation CS4
• Encore CS4
• Adobe Bridge CS4
• Adobe Device Central CS4
• Dynamic Link
• Version Cue CS4

As can be seen that this is the fully loaded version of creative suite 4 and hence will cost you US$2,499.

The prices are for purchasing a completely new version of Creative Suite 4. However, if you already have the suite you can go for an upgrade which will be less costly on your pocket. We hope that the trial download for all the packages will be available soon for us to write a review and for you to try the product yourself before purchasing.