Adobe Creative Suite (CS) is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The collection consists of Adobe's applications (e.g., Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign), that are based on various technologies (e.g., PostScript, PDF, Flash). The latest version, Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4), was announced on September 23, 2008 as the successor to Adobe Creative Suite 3.
It was officially released on October 15, 2008. 30-day trials for all products except those in Japanese should be available. Adobe sells Creative Suite applications in six different combinations called "editions".
All applications in CS4 feature the same user interface, with a new tabbed interface for working with concurrently running Adobe CS4 programs where multiple applications can be opened inside multiple tabs contained in a single window. It was announced that nVidia CUDA technology is now available via 3rd party plugins which will accelerate H.264 video encoding.
Geez, it's been so long since I've used these programs, the level of my utter crapness is beyond description. Right. Just have to keep going. I've been here before. GRR!