In Version Cue, you create projects that you and other users can access through Adobe Creative Suite components, InCopy, and Acrobat 8. Projects keep related files together in one place. Version Cue manages the files in these projects. Because Version Cue works in all Adobe Creative Suite components, InCopy, and Acrobat 8, your design process isn’t interrupted when you work on individual files within a project.
You can use Version Cue in a single application, such as Photoshop CS2, to track changes to a file as you work on it. In addition, workgroups or an individual can use Version Cue across applications. Multiple users can manage projects that contain files from all Adobe Creative Suite components and Acrobat 8. Projects can include non-Adobe files, such as text documents, billing forms, or spreadsheets. When you keep all managed files related to a project in one place, you eliminate the task of tracking down important files.
Here’s an example of how you might use Version Cue with Adobe Creative Suite: You start by creating a new project and adding a Photoshop file containing the main image for a printed piece. Then, you add art from Illustrator and text from InDesign. Next, you add GoLive web elements to leverage your printed content for use in a web page. As you and your team work on each piece of the project, Version Cue creates versions to keep track of changes. When it’s time to present the project, you create a PDF of each project file and use the Version Cue Administration utility to set up an online PDF review. Your customers, supervisors, or peer reviewers view and comment on the project using Acrobat.