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Return On Investment (ROI) Projections
How does it all add up?
is document looks at some key
gures extracted from the extensive
productivity benchmarking project
Pfeier Consulting has conducted on
Adobe Creative Suite 4 software.
While the complete benchmarking
project comprises over 120 individual
benchmarks, we have picked key
features of Adobe Creative
Suite 4 that are common in a
wide range of creative workflows,
and are usually repeated over and over
again.
Even seemingly minimal
productivity gains—say, a few
seconds for a single operation—
add up over time, when an
operation is frequently repeated.
Every mouse click counts, and every
second adds up. is is particularly
true for workows executed under
enormous deadline pressure.
Just the few features analyzed
here can save you many hours
over the course of a month—
precious time gained to be more
creative, more time to explore visual
ideas, to take your work to the next
level. And this is without taking into
account all the other productivity
enhancements in the Adobe Creative
Suite4.
Feature
Reptitions of
Benchmarked
Operations/day
Time saved
per month
Time saved
per year
t Photoshop CS4
The Adjustments Panel
10 3 h. 43 min. 41 h. 00 min.
t Photoshop CS4
Masks Panel
10 1 h. 55 min. 21 h. 09 min.
t Bridge CS4
Managing Images
5 1 h. 24 min. 15 h. 30 min.
t Photoshop CS4
OpenGL Support
10 1 h. 37 min. 17 h. 56 min.
t Adobe CS4 User Interface
Efficiency in Managing Windows
20 3 h. 18 min. 36 h. 21 min.
This table only looks at a small selection of new features introduced by the Adobe
Creative Suite 4. It is clear that even seemingly minimal productivity gains in frequently
repeated operations can save creative professionals hours or even days over the course
of a year.
Figures calculated from the number of repetitions of benchmarked operations for each feature. See feature pages for detail.
Return on Investment for Imaging Professionals
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