Adobe launches suite for design, publishing

PALO ALTO: Adobe Systems Inc. will today, unveil Creative Suite, a new offering that combines upgraded versions of its popular Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive and Acrobat software.

Creative Suite, which also includes a new program called Version Cue to manage documents through the editing process, is aimed at Adobe's key market of graphic designers and publishers.

Unlike earlier product bundles offered by Adobe, Creative Suite is a single, integrated product, Jim Heeger, Adobe's senior vice president of creative professional products, told Reuters.

The English-language version of Creative Suite will ship before the end of November, he said.

Creative Suite Premium Edition is priced at $1,229 and Creative Suite Standard Edition will sell for $999, Adobe said.

Any customer who currently has a copy of Photoshop can upgrade to Creative Suite Premium Edition for $749 or to Standard Edition for $549.

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