Here are the price comparisons - CS3 prices on the left, CS4 prices on the right.
CS3 MASTER COLLECTION PRICE UPGRADE
Upgrading from CS2 Premium to CS3 Design Premium actually costs $599.įor the sake of comparison, I’ll compare CS4 upgrade prices to CS3 upgrade prices, and assume that the copy of CS3 was upgraded from CS2 Premium. While the Adobe store lists some suite upgrades as low as $159, that’s to upgrade from CS3 to CS3.3, which has Acrobat 9 Pro. It’s a bit tricky to compare prices because before CS3, Creative Suite came in Standard and Premium varieties only, and upgrade paths weren’t always clear - for example, the upgrade from CS2 Premium to CS3 Master Collection costs $1,999, which was close to its full price. Some have claimed the CS4 Design Premium upgrade alone would cost $699. Some online discussions of CS4 have said that it would be only a minor upgrade, and an overpriced one that. Adobe Dynamic Link (Production Premium only).Adobe Version Cue CS4 (not included with Production Premium).
More after the jump! Continue reading below↓įree and Premium members see fewer ads! Sign up and log-in today. There are even more applications in the CS4 suites: Adobe Flash CS4 Professional (Premium only).Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended (Premium only).The product suite structure of CS4 is relatively unchanged from Creative Suite 3. Note that this is only an announcement - the products won’t be available to the public until next month. Today, Adobe Systems announced Creative Suite 4 (CS4), which contains all-new versions of the company’s design, Web, and video applications.