Adobe officially announced its Creative Suite (CS4), a design software package consisting of 13 different application, 14 integrated technologies and seven services.

Key products of CS4 include Photoshop CS4, which includes GPU acceleration (read our review here) as well as InDesign CS4, which enables designers to export files to XFL (or SWF) to manipulate the document within Flash CS4.  InDesign and Photoshop sell for $699 each (standalone version, upgrades from $199); Photoshop Extended CS4 is priced at $999.

Adobe continues to offer several packages for different customer groups.

The Creative Suite 4 Design Premium (InDesign, Photoshop Extended, Acrobat 9 Pro, Fireworks) is priced at $1799 (upgrades from $599).

The Creative Suite 4 Web Premium (Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Contribute, Device Central, Acrobat 9 Professional) is priced at $1699 (upgrades from $599).

The Creative Suite 4 Production Premium (After Effects Professional, Premiere Pro, Encore, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Flash Professional, Soundbooth, OnLocation) is priced at $1699 (upgrades from $599).

 The Creative Suite 4 Master Collection with all applications will sell for $2499.