So, the next version of the Adobe Creative Suite (4) will be “unveiled” on September the 23rd. Having seen the new Fireworks beta earlier in the year, I’m feeling distinctly like not bothering this time around. In the past, I’ve tended to skip alternate versions of Photoshop or the Creative Suite, on the basis that it’s not that important to my work to be bang up to date. For the last couple of revisions though, I have upgraded each time (mostly because I had to write a book about Photoshop CS3).
Here are my predictions:
1) Integration. Everything will work better together. Seamless drag and drop between applications. Except when you really want it to.
2) A must-have new feature in Photoshop that will make your digital photography workflow immeasurably better.
3) You still won’t be able to mix and match application bundles, and the UK pricing will be outrageous in comparison to the dollar price.
4) Spiffy new packaging. No longer using “Aquo” as the default cross-media demo project, which has almost become a sub-brand of Adobe.
5) John Nack will rave about it like a corporate puppet while appearing to maintain a reasonable “everyman” image.
Or maybe I’m jaded and old. We wait with baited breath Adobe.
