

The new CS5 veers in a somewhat different direction than earlier versions with a specific concentration on online services and Web analytics. Since 2003, when Adobe first gathered its print and Web tools into a suite (later adding its video package), the company has offered a steady parade of updates for its creative professional user base. More on After Effects and Soundbooth CS5.More on Flash Catalyst and Flash Professional CS5, and Flash Builder 4.More on Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Contribute CS5.We have enormous expectations on how this will perform in the market.” “We’ve hit our stride not just with a speed bump in functionality and performance…this is a big leap ahead in some of the capabilities we have built in to CS5. “As a technology that generates more than half of the company’s revenue, this is an incredibly important release for us,” John Loiacono, Adobe’s senior vice president and general manager of Creative Solutions, told Macworld. This set of coordinated programs, popularly called Adobe CS5, includes new versions of 14 products and their associated apps, four new online services, and a brand new interactive Web design product. Adobe has launched the fifth incarnation of its Creative Suite collection of professional applications for print and Web designers and videographers.
