Omniture technologies-Web utilities that capture, store, and analyze information generated by Web sites and other sources. Creative Suite 5 products, for the first time, include access to The new CS5 veers in a somewhat different direction than earlier versions with a specific concentration on online services and Web analytics. Since 2003, when Adobe first gathered its print and Web tools into a suite (later adding its video package), the company has offered a steady parade of updates for its creative professional user base.

More on After Effects and Soundbooth CS5.

More on Flash Catalyst and Flash Professional CS5, and Flash Builder 4.

More on Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Contribute CS5.

In this article, I've looked at the five major components of Creative Suite 5 - Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop and Premiere Pro - from the point of view of what's new and whether those features justify an upgrade. But in many ways, Adobe is inching toward making each piece of the suite part of a true whole, instead of just different apps corralled together under a common banner. The cynic in me says this is so Adobe can sell that many more licenses for the full suite instead of just the individual products. One thing that Adobe has been pushing for, based on my conversations with Adobe's product evangelists, is for content creators to see all the Creative Suite products as different facets of their entire workflow.

Master Collection ($2,599) contains everything: 15 applications plus three support apps (Bridge, Device Central and Dynamic Link) and integration with several of Adobe's online services (Story, CS Review, BrowserLab, and SiteCatalyst NetAverages).

Production Premium ($1,699) focuses on video and audio, with Flash and Photoshop on top for good measure.Web Premium ($1,799) is similar to Design Premium, but it leaves out the InDesign publishing app.Design Standard ($1,299) is the same as Design Premium but omits Flash and Dreamweaver, and uses Photoshop CS5 instead of Photoshop CS5 Extended (which contains more tools for doing 3-D graphics directly in Photoshop).Design Premium ($1,899) focuses on print and Web media, and omits the video and audio tools.

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