by Patric King
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About the Author
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Patric King is a contributing editor to Print and the co-owner of web design and development studio House of Pretty.
Bridge is now much more focused on two primary tasks. First, it acts as a conduit between projects across multiple media with previews into every sort of CS4-based document, from InDesign to Fireworks. In Bridge, a designer can manage a campaign and its assets across print, video, web, and mobile media and in all their resolutions, without accidentally destroying high-resolution files. Bridge is also tightly integrated with Photoshop with a review mode that previews images for client selection in a pleasant carousel manner. The selection process is easily keyboard-driven and allows a photographer to sit with a client, review hundreds of image files, and make quick edits, all with three or four keystrokes.
Camera Raw is also easiest to access from Bridge, the assumption being that photographers will need to select and quickly edit exposure and color settings. Camera Raw is nondestructive to original image files—a photographer can crop, recolor, and basically re-shoot images without actually damaging the raw image file. Adobe Creative Suite 4 review
* Main introduction to CS4.* Photoshop “Some of the greatest differences between CS3 and CS4 can be seen in Photoshop.” Click to read more about Photoshop.
* Illustrator “Illustrator’s biggest improvements are found in the program’s smaller details.” Click to read more about Illustrator.
* InDesign “It’s now easier to design prototypes of Flash sites in InDesign to hand off to a full development team.” Click here to read more about InDesign.
* Flash, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver “Dreamweaver is now basically reborn with several new, useful concepts powering it.” Click to read more about Flash, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver.