How to Use Adobe Creative Suite 4 on Multiple Computers
The Adobe Creative Suite includes a complete library of software to accomplish most media production tasks. As of 2010, Adobe includes 17 individual software titles in their “Master Collection” edition of the Creative Suite that can handle everything from video production to web design. An individual or media production business can use multiple computers running CS4 to increase the efficiency of their workflow. When the computers are networked together, Adobe Version Cue and Adobe Bridge allows users to share Adobe documents used in the same project.
- Install Adobe Creative Suite on two or more computers.
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Assign a task specific to each workstation. For example, in a web design production environment, one workstation can complete preparation of graphics using Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, while another uses Adobe Dreamweaver to arrange the completed graphics in a web page layout.
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Designate a computer where shared resources will be stored. Other computers will use this computer to store documents created by each CS4 application. Install Adobe Version Cue server on this computer.
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Manage documents using Adobe Version Cue. Adobe Version Cue allows multiple users working with the same documents to check in and check out documents, track changes and control document access between computers.
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Open Adobe Bridge to access CS4 documents managed by the Version Cue. Bridge allows you to view the metadata stored with Adobe documents. Metadata can include important production notes saved with each file. These notes can be useful to others engaged in the workflow of the project.