Several months ago Adobe unleashed Adobe Creative Suite 5, their latest and greatest collection of tools to fit all sorts of creative people – Web Developers, Video Editors and Publishers. Initially one of the main selling points for the new collection was their support of Apple Products through the creation of an iOS conversion tool. Uncle Stevie put the kibosh on this neat tool prior to release. While the functionality is still there, there’s no guarantee Apple will let any of your creations into it’s Walled Garden. I’ve been playing around with the Super Bundle – Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection for the last few months now and while there have been little tweaks here and there, from an end user stand point there doesn’t appear to be a whole lot new here. Or anything that makes you go “Wow, I must have this!” What it does do well is fix most of the issues with previous versions, adds just enough to keep you interested and it’s now really fast and stable. Hasn’t crashed on me once during any of my tests.
This is how Adobe wants it, sure they’ll spout off about all the great new features – “oooh, look at this great brush stroke in Photoshop,” “Or how about these nifty 3D Capabilities,” “Or DreamWeaver has more CSS Features than you can shake a stick at,” but really this release feels like more of an under the hood spruce up than a full blown product revision. Adobe has the Microsoft problem where at some point, there’s but so much you can do to really improve a product – at least from an Feature standpoint. It’s why I’ve had a lot of problem wrapping my head around this year’s review. If you are in the business and you aren’t using Adobe’s tools, what’s wrong with you? They are the leaders for a reason.
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