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Real-World Productivity for Imaging Professionals Table of Contents Introduction This document presents key findings of a benchmarking project designed to assess the impact of Adobe Creative Suite 4 on the productivity of creative professionals. Benchmarks were designed to measure how specific functions speed up everyday tasks. For details on the methodology used to conduct these benchmarks, see “About the Benchmarks” at the end of this report.
Real-World Productivity for Imaging Professionals How the Adjustments Panel Can Speed Up Non-destructive Image Correction What is it all about? The Adjustments Panel was introduced in Photoshop CS4 to streamline the process of making non-destructive changes to images. Previously, in order to make such changes, it was necessary to create an adjustment layer, choose the kind of adjustment (Levels, Contrast, etc), and then adjust desired settings.
Real-World Productivity for Imaging Professionals Productivity Gains of the Masks Panel in Photoshop CS4 What is it all about? Creating and managing masks has always been one of the most powerful Photoshop features for image composition. But up to now, this was not a particularly simple or intuitive process. Photoshop CS4 changes this with a new Masks Panel that takes a lot of the guess work out of mask creation.
Real-World Productivity for Imaging Professionals How Bridge CS4 Helps You Streamline Image Management What is it all about? Bridge CS4 offers a wide range of document management options specific to creative workflows. The new Review mode for the selection of files provides significant efficiency gains for sorting and selecting large quantities of images.
Real-World Productivity for Imaging Professionals OpenGL Support Lets You Zoom Through Your Images What is it all about? Photoshop CS4 is one of the first Creative Suite applications to harness the considerable power of the video cards in modern computers using the industry standard OpenGL protocol, and speeds up image-navigation features such as zooming and panning. How do I use it? OpenGL support is automatically activated if the appropriate hardware is detected (but it can be deactivated if required).
Real-World Productivity for Imaging Professionals How Adobe Creative Suite 4 Increases Efficiency in Managing Windows What is it all about? Adobe Creative Suite 4 sports a new user interface for managing windows and panels, making working with multiple documents much more convenient.
Creative Potential for Imaging Professionals The Magic of Content-Aware Scaling with Photoshop CS4 What is it all about? Content-aware scaling is one of the most impressive features in Photoshop CS4. It allows you to stretch or squeeze an image in a way that preserves zones of high detail (in our example, the bubbles), while streching portions with lower detail (the background).
Return on Investment for Imaging Professionals Return On Investment (ROI) Projections How does it all add up? This document looks at some key figures extracted from the extensive productivity benchmarking project Pfeiffer Consulting has conducted on Adobe Creative Suite 4 software.
Real-World Productivity for Imaging Design Professionals Professionals About the Benchmarks: How We Measure Productivity tt This benchmark project was commissioned by Adobe and independently executed by Pfeiffer Consulting. tt All the productivity measures presented in this document are based on real-world workflow examples designed and executed by professionals. tt No scripting or programming of any kind was used during the execution of the benchmarks.
The Adobe Creative Suite 4 Benchmark Project This report was created by Pfeiffer Consulting (http://www.pfeifferconsulting.com). All texts and illustrations © Pfeiffer Consulting 2009. Reproduction prohibited without previous written approval. For further information, please contact research@pfeifferreport.com.
