Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium

Today’s video production workflows benefit tremendously from applications that are architected and optimized for 64-bit operating systems. You can experience 40% to 200% faster high-definition (HD) workflows moving from 32-bit with 4GB of RAM to 64-bit with 16GB of RAM. Performance gains include increased editing speed, rapid switching among tools, and faster rendering—all of which give you more time to be creative with CS4 Production Premium. Jan Ozer of Digital Content Producer and EventDV tested CS4 Production Premium on 32-bit and 64-bit systems and concluded that “rendering trials clearly demonstrated that a 64-bit system delivered superior performance with most formats... the 64-bit system was 67% faster on my standard DV test file, up to 63% faster on HDV-related tests, up to 40% faster on AVCHD tests, and up to 227% faster on tests using footage from the RED camera.”
Because of these benefits, the majority of video professionals have already transitioned to 64-bit capable systems, including Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard, or 64-bit versions of Windows® Vista® and Windows 7 operating systems.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium includes:

• Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium combines full versions of:
• Adobe After Effects CS4
• Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
• Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended
• Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional
• Adobe Illustrator® CS4
• Adobe Soundbooth® CS4
• Adobe OnLocation™ CS4
• Adobe Encore® CS4

Plus:

• Adobe Device Central CS4
• Adobe Bridge CS4
• Adobe Dynamic Link

Top features:

Industry-leading performance with the new Mercury Playback Engine
Work dramatically faster thanks to the native 64-bit, GPU-accelerated Adobe Mercury Playback Engine that provides rock-solid performance and stability, even at 4K resolution and beyond.

Faster Dynamic Link
Refine compositions and sequences by jumping between After Effects CS4 and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 using faster performance in Dynamic Link. New memory settings make running multiple Production Premium components more efficient.

Richer, more compelling 2D and 3D images
Make 3D artwork by extruding an object such as a text layer in Adobe Photoshop® CS4 Extended. Create expressive digital paintings, blending colors with lifelike, textured brush strokes. Intelligently replace unwanted objects with surrounding textures or colors with Content-Aware Fill.

Roundtrip editing with other NLEs
Tap the full power of Production Premium — even if you favor Final Cut Pro or Avid NLEs. Move projects easily back and forth between these editors and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.

Dozens of timesaving improvements
Boost productivity with workflow features and enhancements suggested by users like you in Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop Extended, and After Effects.

Flash Professional for interactive video projects
Streamline video processes with on-stage video scrubbing and a new cue points property inspector in Adobe Flash® Professional.

Enhanced Adobe Media Encoder
Produce content in virtually any format, including DPX, FLV, F4V, H.264, MPEG-2, QT, WM, and more.

Intuitive perspective drawing
Automatically generate perspective grids for 1-, 2- or 3-point linear perspectives in Adobe Illustrator® CS4, complete with controls for horizon lines and vanishing points. Artwork automatically draws in the visual dimensions set by the Perspective Grid.

Faster multitrack audio in Soundbooth
Enjoy numerous enhancements to multitrack editing in Adobe Soundbooth® CS4, and access more than 10,000 sound effects and more than 130 Soundbooth Scores for no charge.

Fast, accurate keying with Ultra keyer
Experience breakthrough performance and achieve fast, accurate chroma keying — even on challenging HD footage — with the Ultra® keyer in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Easy online video portfolios
Create video portfolio websites and interfaces without writing code in new Adobe Flash Catalyst™. Integrate video, sound effects, and dynamic media as easily as working with static artwork, and then add interactions to control their playback.

Script-to-screen workflow
Speed up production and post-production with the collaborative scriptwriting tool Adobe Story, a new Adobe CS Live online service. Integrated metadata support in Adobe Story makes it easy to create shot lists in Adobe OnLocation™ CS4 and rough cuts in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. CS Live services are complimentary for a limited time.

Roto Brush
Isolate moving foreground elements from their backgrounds in fewer steps using the Roto Brush in After Effects, automatically creating transparency around foreground elements.

Expanded tapeless support
Edit tapeless and DSLR media formats natively using the industry-leading tapeless workflow in Adobe Premiere Pro. You never waste valuable production time transcoding or rewrapping, and you always have access to the original file's pristine quality.

Native 64-bit support in After Effects
Work more easily with complex high-resolution projects and see longer RAM previews thanks to native 64-bit operating system support in After Effects. Enhanced disk caching allows you to spend less time waiting and more time creating.

Integration with CS Live online services
Initiate reviews and collect client feedback on dailies, storyboards, and edited works in progress with Adobe CS Review and Acrobat.com — both part of CS Live online services.

System requirements:

• 2GHz or faster processor for DV; 3.4GHz for HDV; dual 2.8GHz for HD*
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista†)
• 2GB of RAM (more RAM recommended when running multiple components)
• 16.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
• 1,280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible graphics card
• Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0
• Dedicated 7200 RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD; SCSI disk subsystem preferred
• For SD/HD workflows, an Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape
• OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device
• DVD-ROM drive (DVD+-R burner required for DVD creation)
• Blu-ray burner required for Blu-ray disc creation
• Microsoft Windows Driver Model– or ASIO-compatible sound card
• QuickTime 7.4.5 software required to use QuickTime features