Buy Adobe After Effects CS4, Get CS5 Free

Since we started offering all the direct download links for CS5 and for CS4 two weeks ago, the figures show that overwhelmingly the most popular selection down­loaded by a 7-to-1 margin is, surprisingly, the duo of After Effects CS4 and Premiere Pro CS4. At first that might seem odd – so why is it? It must be owing to the new 64-bit-only require­ment for those two products (and only those two products) in Creative Suite 5… Adobe explains the reason for this is because devel­oping in native 64-bit gives the best optimized perfor­mance benefits with the demanding technical require­ments of working with high definition video.

Note this is more of a Windows factor and does not affect the majority of Mac systems using Intel proces­sors… But without a 32-bit Windows version of After Effects CS5 or Premiere Pro CS5, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising the CS4 releases are still in demand. After all, statistics show that 58% of the broad Internet commu­nity is still running Windows XP, which isn’t supported for those CS5 apps.

The question then becomes, what to do about it? If you’re still on 32-bit or XP, but need one of these products after the free trial has run out, would your best choice be to buy the previous generation version of CS4? Doubtless your next computer will be 64-bit – so wouldn’t it be better to invest and get both – CS4 (for current use) and CS5 (for future growth) – two for the price of one? Especially since these two new releases have been getting stellar reviews…

Adobe has never sold the previous version of any soft­ware once a new major version is out, but fortunately in this case they have made arrange­ments. Today if you purchase a new suite edition, either CS5 Production Premium or CS5 Master Collection, you will receive both the CS5 and the CS4 releases for these particular applications – two versions to cover all possible instal­lation scenarios. The solution comes in the form of a 32-bit support package that contains the two extra releases.

So with this bonus, Production Premium becomes a pretty sweet deal as it includes seven major CS5 products but costs less than two of them – plus now you also get two CS4 apps on top. Add it all up and you’re getting a total value of $6,391 for the price $1,699, or almost 75% off on the collective package. The Student and Teacher cost is only $449, which is an incredible 93% off… And naturally you can try it out first if you like (separately from those CS4 links), completing the trial picture.