Download All Official Adobe CS4 and CS3 Free Trials
May 19th, 2010 Leave a comment
[UPDATE (5/3/2011) – If you'd like to download new CS5.5 directly see our full set of links.
If you want to buy After Effects CS4 or Premiere Pro CS4, see our recommendation here.]
If you want to buy After Effects CS4 or Premiere Pro CS4, see our recommendation here.]
Even though Creative Suite 5.5 is out and is a phenomenal release, some folks still need the earlier versions for various reasons: 32-bit vs 64-bit (e.g., After Effects and Premiere Pro), compatibility with other software or systems owned, the rest of your class or company is still on CS4, you need to reinstall but no longer have your original disks or download file, etc… But this older software is now hard to find – Adobe doesn’t publicize or provide a web interface for it. So if you’ve been searching high and low all over the Internet to find the official Adobe trial downloads for CS4 or CS3, well your search is over!
Below are two tables for CS4 trial downloads in major languages. These links go to the authentic and original CS4 files residing on Adobe’s servers, are guaranteed genuine and will not change. For Windows, each program consists of two files, an .exe and a 7-Zip file (.7z). The .exe file will only work once the .7z package is fully downloaded and resides in the same location. For the Mac, it’s just a single .dmg file for each program.
There are also optional “extra content” downloads included here for most products that consist of one or two additional files, which you can install separately after the main product is installed.
Note: Very Important Instructions
| Other Direct Download Links |
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| CS5.5 |
| CS5 |
| Acrobat X |
| Lightroom 3 |
| Elements 10 |
| Captivate 5 |
You need to have a free Adobe account and be logged into it to use the links below, as Adobe sets a session cookie on your browser that allows you to access the direct download links. Otherwise, you will receive an “access denied” or “resume your download” message preventing the connection. So please follow these instructions carefully or the links will not work!
- Adobe recommends temporarily turning off any surfing restrictions you might have running, like site or cookie blocking, firewalls or antivirus software.
- Click «here» to visit this page like you want to try Photoshop CS5.1, and then select the “Download Now” button at the bottom.
- If you already have an Adobe ID, then please sign in with it (checking “Remember me“), otherwise take a minute to create one for yourself.
- Wait a moment and then close/cancel any download windows that pop up for the trial of Photoshop CS5.1 (you can do a full trial for it later).
- Now that you’re logged in at Adobe with the trials cookie set, you can instantly download any of the software below. Just make sure you have plenty of disk space available.
- Download the files either by clicking directly on the DDL links, or by right-clicking and choosing “Save Link As…” on the popup menu – and save all files to the same place.
- Then follow the product installation instructions here.
Creative Suite 4 – Adobe CS4 Downloads
| Creative Suite 4 Trials (English) | Windows | Mac | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Trial | Extra Content | Trial | Extra | |||
| * See here about purchasing After Effects CS4 and Premiere Pro CS4. | ||||||
| After Effects CS4* | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 4 | File 1 | File 2 |
| Premiere Pro CS4* | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 4 | File 1 | File 2 |
| Photoshop CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Dreamweaver CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 4 | File 1 | File 2 |
| Illustrator CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| InDesign CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| InCopy CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Flash Pro CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Fireworks CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Contribute CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | |||
| Soundbooth CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | |||
| Acrobat 8 Pro | File 1 | |||||
| Creative Suites | ||||||
| CS4 Master Collection | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS4 Design Premium | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS4 Design Standard | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS4 Web Premium | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS4 Web Standard | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS4 Production Premium* | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
And for other countries, here are the CS4 trial download links for most Western European languages – which can include French/Français, German/Deutsch, Dutch/Nederlands, Danish/Dansk, Finnish/Suomi, Swedish/Svenska, Norwegian/Norsk, Italian/Italiano, Portuguese/Português, and Spanish/Español:
| Creative Suite 4 Trials (Western Europe) | Windows | Mac | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Trial | Extra Content | Trial | Extra | |||
| * See here about purchasing After Effects CS4 and Premiere Pro CS4. | ||||||
| After Effects CS4* | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 4 | File 1 | File 2 |
| Premiere Pro CS4* | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 4 | File 1 | File 2 |
| Photoshop CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Dreamweaver CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 4 | File 1 | File 2 |
| Illustrator CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| InDesign CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| InCopy CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Flash Pro CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Fireworks CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Contribute CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | |||
| Soundbooth CS4 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | |||
| Acrobat 8 Pro | File 1 | |||||
| Creative Suites | ||||||
| CS4 Master Collection | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS4 Design Premium | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS4 Design Standard | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS4 Web Premium | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS4 Web Standard | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS4 Production Premium* | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 | |
We suggest using a browser other than Internet Explorer to download any of the files above. They can be quite large and sometimes IE has difficulty with the file or the download. Using Firefox or Chrome will work better. IE has also been known to drop the extensions (.exe and .7z) from the filenames, so you may have to restore or rename them back.
Creative Suite 3 – Adobe CS3 Downloads
Here are the links for the official CS3 trials in English, all downloaded from Adobe servers. For CS3 on Windows, there are almost no .7z files; usually it’s only .exe files. For the Mac, it’s all .dmg files. All other instructions remain the same as for CS4 above.
| Creative Suite 3 Trials (English) | Windows | Mac | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Trial | Extra Content | Trial | Extra | ||
| * See here for buying After Effects CS4/CS5 and Premiere Pro CS4/CS5. | |||||
| After Effects CS3* | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Premiere Pro CS3* | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Photoshop CS3 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Dreamweaver CS3 | File 1 | File 1 | |||
| Illustrator CS3 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| InDesign CS3 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| InCopy CS3 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Flash Pro CS3 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Fireworks CS3 | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| Contribute CS3 | File 1 | File 1 | |||
| Soundbooth CS3 | File 1 | File 1 | |||
| Acrobat 8 Pro | File 1 | ||||
| Creative Suites | |||||
| CS3 Master Collection | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 |
| CS3 Design Premium | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS3 Design Standard | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS3 Web Premium | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS3 Web Standard | File 1 | File 2 | File 1 | File 2 | |
| CS3 Production Premium* | File 1 | File 2 | File 3 | File 1 | File 2 |
If you’re looking for CS2, CS, or an even earlier release, you can try digging around on Adobe’s FTP server for older products (but that’s really only for advanced users).
It is strongly advised not to use unknown sites or sources to download Adobe software, as increasingly these files are being used to deliver viruses and trojans onto users’ computers.
Did these links work for you? Hope they helped you out; please let us know in the comments below… And please see our companion page if you want the direct download links for all CS5.5 products.
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OK, then I download files 1 and 2?
Yes, if there are two files listed for the product trial you’re interested in.
@kary
You have to start downloading one of adobe’s products even if you’re not going to use it. While the akami downloader is busy then click the product you want from prodesigntools.
*Note: the product that you HAD to click on from adobe’s website, don’t download the product fully. Just until you get the product you want from prodesigntools.
Hope it helps!
Overview :
1. Download a product from adobe. BUT NOT FULLY. unless u plan to use it.
2. Come back to prodesigntools and download the product, while akami is busy downloading the other one.
3. Once your chosen product starts downloading, cancel the akami download.
— I know its a lot to read. I had the same problem ;)
Yes, right on target Tiara, and in line with the instructions – thanks for putting it so well!
This is great! Thanks Man! I really need this kind of software because of a compatibility issue.
You idiots, it redirects to CS5.5
It’s like…very useful…
Please read and follow the download instructions in the article, thanks Lexa.
WORKED AWESOME!!! Thanks so much!
@ Tiara
No problem! Glad to help
but do u do it
@ Tiara
Please explain how to even start the download. Trying to dnld Photoshop CS4. Keeps taking me to another page to sign in. I am signed in on Adobe site. Spoke to Adobe, they said they are not supporting this page. The versions are old and only the CS5 trial dnld is available. Need CS4 PS, Ilustrator, InDesign and Dreamweaver.
What do you mean by akami in your instructions above? Please help, thanks, Diane
Hey there Diane, sorry you’re having difficulty getting it to work for you. Please don’t contact Adobe Support… Even though these files are pulled directly from their servers, Adobe doesn’t support older trial versions and we wouldn’t want them having any reason to take them down for being too much trouble, because a lot of current customers do have very valid needs for them.
If the downloads are not working for you for some reason, try reviewing the instructions above plus previous comments here. Most people have no problem at all (and we have never had any issue in testing), but if you do then pretty much every possible situation has been addressed already in the prior comments. Thanks.
@Diane
1. Download ANY trial version of CS5 from Adobe’s website. Make sure it starts
2. Come back here and download Photoshop CS4 or whichever trial you want/need
3. It should download
4. Cancel the download of the CS5 product, if you don’t want that trial also
Thanks, I was able to get the downloads. Appreciate the support.
Diane
That’s great Diane, thank you for the update… What do you think it was that kept it from working for you before? Can you put your finger on the aspect that was different in getting it to download?
Knowing that might help future visitors who happen to run into the same thing… Thanks!
I’m trying to get Adobe Production Premium CS4, I followed all of the steps as listed above but when I try installing I get the following message: “The file archive part of Adobe Production Premium CS4 installer is missing”, etc etc. It won’t let me proceed with installation although I did everything as listed above. I need to get this program along with After Effects because I was given a serial key from my school for the CS4 versions. Can anyone tell me anything about the file archive and how do I acquire it?
I currently have the Adobe Master Collection CS5.5 installed but not Production Premium or After Effects due to my 32-bit system. Please help
@ Josh
Never mind. I found the answer in an earlier comment. Thanks
I don’t know what I’m doing wrong…
I’m trying to download After Effects CS4 preferably (or AE CS3).
First, I clicked on the link for After Effects CS5.5 on the Adobe website, and press cancel on the first download window.
Then, I downloaded both the files for AE CS4 into the Downloads section of my Documents. When I run the .exe for CS4, an error message pops up saying “A problem occurred while extracting the archive. Please try installing the installer again.”
What am I doing wrong?
Hmm Gina, that’s a rare one… But please see this earlier comment exchange and see if that helps.
Also make sure the downloaded files are located somewhere on the same disk drive that you want to install the program to.
If still no luck, you might try the download again – if possible from a different browser, computer, and/or Internet connection (not Wi-Fi).
I’m wondering if any one else has come across problems installing Adobe software where jscript.dll is not registered. No amount of trying to register the file works, even tried replacing the dll and repairing using cmd prompt repair tool. All my account securities are at their highest level. It looks like I’m going to have to do a Windows 7 repair but it’s a last resort!
Yes Phil, there are some folks that occasionally run into messages about JScript.DLL not being properly registered during Creative Suite installation…
Check out the Adobe Knowledgebase article on this issue, hopefully that will help.
Downloaded everything with no problem, but there is no .exe in the mix, so can’t the install started for CS3. Suggestions?
Hi Trent, please see Pegah’s earlier comment and response if that happens, and you don’t see an .EXE file – thanks.
I clicked to download the CS4 Design Premium files for Mac and the files that actually were downloaded were for Design Standard. The dmg for the content refers to Design Premium but the installer is for Design Standard. Is there an error in the link or did I make some other mistake?? Thanks.
Hello, there’s no error in the link, so long as you’re sure you have the right one. And the files/names are different. But here is the way it is for CS5, so it may be the same for CS4:
“Note there is no separate trial download for Design Standard – you go with the bigger Design Premium and then decide which version you’d like to keep at time of product purchase, depending on the serial number.”
My system crashed and my new notebook computer does not have a disc or DVD drive, so I needed these to install the CS4 Premium suite I already purchased……thank you !
Glad to hear it helped Mary, we do get a lot of folks in that situation here. Thanks for letting us know!
Hi there,
I downloaded the file for Photoshop CS3 but it is only one file ADBEPHSPCS3_WWE.dmg – when i click on it, it opens the Photoshop window but no installation option, just shows files and what not – but no installation options. What am i doing wrong?
I’m using Mac, Safari for the download
Thanks,
dnsorozco
That’s the right (one single) file for Mac, all right – but it’s possible it didn’t get downloaded completely or correctly.
If you know how to install software from DMG files on a Mac, and it’s not working, then the only solution would be to try the download again – perhaps using a different browser, computer, and/or Internet connection (no Wi-Fi).
Hey, so when I try to download the Photoshop trial, it automatically downloads the Adobe Installer, so it doesn’t even start to download the trial yet; when I open up the .dmg for the installer, it says it isn’t compatible with my architecture…
(I’m trying to get After Effects CS3, i use a Apple iBook G4). Is this suppose to happen, and if not, what do I do to fix it?
Yes Oliver, Adobe CS3 should run on a PowerPC G4 – but you should have at least 1GB of memory and a monitor resolution of at least 1,024×768, per the CS3 system requirements.
BTW, there are nothing but trials available here. After downloading, the Adobe installer you get is for the trial.
Hi
Thanks to you I have managed to get through graphic design portfolio work and gotten on with work without it costing me a fortune. So thank you! However, I recently downloaded InDesign trial on my new macbook pro, it could be a coincidence but if this has anything to do with this download would like it mentioned before I run to the Apple Store to complain! When I switched the screen on yesterday, the page with the password request was a tiny box and the rest of the browser was black? Then when I clicked on the password box, repetitive images of the page image came up? Just now the browser went into hibernation, when I pressed the Enter button to awaken it. The screen was black and again could only see square snippets of the page as little squares?
This is weird and I hope this is just this InDesign trial causing the system to do this and not the actual laptop crashing. What can I do? Thank you for all of your help
Any one else experienced this on a Mac?
Welcome Alex, glad you’re making progress with the product trial, but we’ve never heard of anything like that before and don’t think it has to do with the Adobe software…
If you have any doubts, uninstall that trial and use the newer (latest) CS5.5 direct download links instead.
Hi, I have downloaded After Effects CS4 and its Extra Content without problems but when I click “Setup” it doesn´t do anything, nothing happens.
I checked and it is actually running as a process, using very little of the memory and the CPU, but it doesn´t set up anything and I have waited it to start for a long time. What could be wrong?
Thanks!
Hey there Paco, what version of Windows do you have? Are you running as Administrator when you try to install it?
See the suggestions here:
Every time I start the Adobe Setup.exe, nothing happens
Wow! That is a very fast answer.
I have Windows Vista Home Premium 32bits and I have tried to run as Administrator with same results. I have read the suggestions but I am afraid I don´t understand what should I do. I’ll quote the sentences I don´t understand:
“Is the system properly updated/ patched? Have you installed additional components like .NET and MSVC runtimes? Also look into re-installing the MSInstaller system. Most setup failures relate to some such component being missing, in particular legacy installer stuff that may not be part of service packs or the current IE9 installs…”
I don’t know what to do with this, I am not at this level. If you could explain me what could I try or where could I learn enough to understand the sentence above and try something myself I would be grateful.
Anyway, congratulations for this website and the work you are doing, I think it is incredibly useful.
Sure Paco. Basically that was asking if the user’s computer was too new to install the older software without issues… But since you have an older operating system with Vista, that’s not really at play.
Try reading this thread instead – there are more users there with a similar problem and more recommendations on things to try. Good luck!
I want to download CS4 but following your steps the download manager which appeared was an Intel one and my dual 867 G4 couldn’t handle it. Any suggestion? Thanks
Sorry Peter, don’t know anything about that one – there is no Intel download manager that we’ve ever heard of, nothing that’s associated with Adobe’s products… It must be something from somewhere else?
Adobe does use the Akamai Download Manager, but following the instructions here allows you to download without that as necessary.
@ProDesignTools
Thank you, but I think I wrote my comment wrong…my problem is not that the actual trial won’t run, but the INSTALLER won’t work, and I need the Installer to actually get the trial. Does that clear it up?
Yes, but it’s still unclear why it’s not working for you Oliver… What is the exact error message you’re getting? It would be much easier to diagnose with that information – thanks.
Hi, I downloaded CS4 and installed it and everything, but when I try to open the program it says that the licensing for this product has expired. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Hi Monica, have you ever run any Adobe trial containing that CS4 product on the same computer before? If so, you’re out of luck for that – but can do a CS5.5 trial instead…
If not, see this earlier comment and the responses which follow it – or try the suggestions in this help article.
@ ProDesignTools
Thank you. I have tried many different things and read many threads about similar problems and I haven´t fixed yet. It seems it is a big problem with Adobe. Actually I am giving up :(
But I want to congratute you for the fabulous website you have and the great work you do in this forum.
Wow, sorry to hear it didn’t work out Paco – that’s the first we’ve heard of a problem like that. But thank you for your diligence and for the kind words!