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The box design for CS1 featured an abstract pattern, symbolizing the flow of work between applications. Inside, the CDs were labeled with simple icons: an eye (Photoshop), a pen (Illustrator), and a page (InDesign).

By modern standards, Adobe CS1 was a lightweight program, but in 2003, it was a heavy hitter. Installation required physical CDs (a full install was over 1 GB, which was massive for hard drives of that era). adobe cs1

Installing from (no DVDs yet) took several discs and about 45 minutes.

Allowed designers to combine a spot color with a process color to save press costs. Adobe Illustrator CS (Version 11.0) Richard Black - Design and Marketing in Halifax,

Automatically homogenized the color profiles of different images to ensure visual continuity in composites.

This release was critical in Adobe's push to replace QuarkXPress as the dominant desktop publishing program: Installation required physical CDs (a full install was

Provided an inline, text-only word processing window to edit copy without layout distractions.