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Adobe Illustrator CS4—What’s New 10
Creative Pro Online Services
Connect to the power of the online community through your creative desktop. New online
services accessed from within Adobe Illustrator CS4 let you search for help and get answers
from the online community; share your screen with colleagues or clients in a few quick
clicks; get color inspiration from your peers, and more. With new online services in
Illustrator CS4, you can take your ideas to the next level.
Adobe Community Help. Get the power of an online search engine within your Illustrator
CS4 soware, but with more targeted results thanks to Adobe Community Help. Searchable
content includes the comprehensive product-specic Help that Adobe has always delivered,
plus additional Adobe and third-party content chosen by experts at Adobe and in the design
and production communities. With Adobe Community Help, you can nd the focused
answers you need, fast. (Internet connection required for extended content.)
Acrobat.com. Acrobat.com is a set of online services—le sharing and storage, PDF conver-
ter, online word processor, and web conferencing—that you can use to create and share
documents, communicate in real time, and simplify working with others. anks to the
connection between one of the Acrobat.com services, Adobe ConnectNow, and Illustrator
CS4, you can meet live over the web to share your screen, present creative concepts and
ideas, and brainstorm with up to two online guests for no additional service charge. To
share your screen with colleagues and clients, choose File > Share My Screen. Guests can
then see your desktop on their screens as you work. You can exchange ideas using the chat
pod, add a live video or audio feed, or use the Whiteboard feature to enable guests to
comment on content. You can even temporarily hand over control of the screen to a guest to
collaborate on a le. Additional Acrobat.com services, such as Share, Create PDF, My Files,
and Adobe Buzzword, are accessible via your web browser. (Internet connection required.)
Adobe Kuler™. Explore, create, and share color themes with Adobe Kuler. Kick start
your creative projects with color inspiration from the online Kuler community. Browse
thousands of themes by newest, most popular, or highest rated; or search themes by tag
word, title, or creator. emes can be downloaded and moved to your Swatches panel with
a single click. You can also upload colors from your Swatches panel to share with others.
(Internet connection required for community functionality.)
Adobe Bridge Home. Visit Adobe Bridge Home—an online channel available in Adobe
Bridge CS4—and stay up to date with what’s new from Adobe and the design, web
development, and video and audio production communities at large. Watch the latest video
tutorials for Illustrator CS4, listen to a podcast interview with a leading designer, or learn
about the next training event in your community. Discover tips and resources that can help
you work smarter and faster. (Internet connection required.)
Illustrator CS4 includes a Kuler panel,
which enables browsing and
searching Kuler themes from inside
Illustrator. Download themes from
the online Kuler community directly
to your Swatches panel.
What’s new in Adobe Bridge CS4
Adobe Bridge CS4—included with Illustrator CS4
—is a visual le browser that helps you search,
view, and sort through many assets to quickly
nd the ones you want. New features and
enhancements include:
•Fasterperformancefromstartuptobrowsing,
including an option to display previews
embedded in raw images
•Easieraccesstotask-basedworkspaces
•AnewListviewwithrichdataandfamiliar
sorting controls
•Built-inpreviewandcreationofHTMLandFlash
webgalleries,andPDFcontactsheets
•One-clickfull-screenpreviews
•Collectionsfororganizingrelatedassetsin
freeform or search-based virtual groups—even
when assets are spread across multiple folders
•Fast,detailedsearchresultsthankstotight
integrationwithSpotlightinMacOSXand
DesktopSearchinWindowsVista®
•Newreviewmodes,suchasCarouselViewfor
quickly cycling through assets
•Smartanalysisandauto-stackingofHigh
DynamicRange(HDR)andpanoramicimages
forhandotoPhotoshop
•Newsupportforpreviewing3Dimages
•CameraRawimprovements,including
non-destructive application of dodge, burn,
sharpen, and other adjustments