If you're trying to determine the best version of Creative Suite to buy, you need to know what is in each version. There are 6 versions of Creative Suite 4, but two are not well-suited to Web Design because they do not include a Web editor (Dreamweaver or Contribuite). This table explains what is in each version of Creative Suite 4 best suited to Web designers.
Adobe Creative Suite
| Web Standard Buy Direct |
Web Premium Buy Direct |
Design Premium Buy Direct |
Master Collection Buy Direct |
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| Products | |||||
| InDesign | yes | yes | Buy Direct | ||
| Photoshop Extended | yes | yes | yes | Buy Direct | |
| Illustrator | yes | yes | yes | Buy Direct | |
| Acrobat 9 Pro | yes | yes | yes | Buy Direct | |
| Flash Pro | yes | yes | yes | yes | Buy Direct |
| Dreamweaver | yes | yes | yes | yes | Buy Direct |
| Fireworks | yes | yes | yes | yes | Buy Direct |
| Contribute | yes | yes | yes | Buy Direct | |
| After Effects | yes | Buy Direct | |||
| Premiere Pro | yes | Buy Direct | |||
| Soundbooth | yes | yes | Buy Direct | ||
| OnLocation | yes | ||||
| Encore | yes | ||||
| OnLocation and Encore are not available for individual sale, but can be bought with Creative Suite Production Premium (Buy Direct), Premiere Pro (Buy Direct), or Master Collection (Buy Direct). | |||||
| Shared Features, Services, and Applications These are not available for individual sale. |
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| Bridge | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Device Central | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Dynamic Link | yes | ||||
| Version Cue | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
