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- 1 Adobe OnLocation CS5 and Encore CS5 are included with Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium and Master Collection software or with the individual purchase of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5.
- 2 Adobe Bridge, Device Central, and Media Encoder are included with certain Creative Suite 5.5 software editions and creative professional products.
- 3 CS Live online services are complimentary until April 12, 2012.
- 4 Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms and Adobe’s online privacy policy. Online services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.
What is Creative Suite?
Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 software keeps you ahead of the rapid proliferation of mobile devices. Develop rich interactive apps for Android™, BlackBerry®, and iOS. Design engaging browser content in HTML5, and create immersive digital magazines. Mobilize your creative vision with the suite edition that's right for you.
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There's never been a better time to upgrade. Benefit from the latest in software capabilities and performance, and save 20% when you upgrade to the latest Adobe Creative Suite® edition or individual product from CS2, CS3, or CS4.
You'll not only be able to do much more using the latest Creative Suite® edition, you'll also get a 20% discount on your upgrade. So, if you've been considering upgrading, now is the time to take
advantage of this limited time offer.
Don’t miss your chance to save 20% off upgrade prices, lower support costs, and streamline administration of your creative software.
• Lower support costs by standardizing on the newest version of creative software. Managing a mix of software versions with different operating systems and hardware requirements is time consuming. Upgrade across your organization for the opportunity to reduce support costs.
• Simplify software administration by deploying one common version. Leverage improved deployment tools in Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 to get your entire organization on the latest version and free up
your team to work on other important tasks during the rest of the year.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies that affect your business. With Adobe’s industry-leading Creative Suite 5.5, your organization can deliver content and applications on mobile devices and tablets, making your organization more competitive.
• Consider volume licensing to save even more. Adobe Volume Licensing provides you with additional savings and budget predictability, and opting for upgrade coverage helps ensure your
organization will always be on the current version of industry-leading Adobe creative software.
Adobe recommends one of these two volume licensing programs when upgrading your existing creative suite licenses:
Bundle your Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 with an HP workstationAdobe® Creative Suite® 5 Master Collection software gives you and your team access to the most up-to-date creative workflows, such as tapeless workflows for video and motion graphics and the ability to create interactive content without writing code.
Creative Suite 5 Production Premium
Get breakthrough performance with innovations that dramatically increase productivity including native 64-bit support, the new Adobe Mercury Playback Engine, and expanding tapeless workflows.
Creative Suite 5 Design Premium
Get the unprecedented ability to create interactive content without writing code, express ideas faster and more naturally, and streamline critical processes thanks to integration with CS Live online services.
Creative Suite 5 Web Premium
Design and develop ideas into web, interactive, and device content and applications. Plus, take advantage of the newly expanded set of Adobe Flash® Platform tools for specialized workflows and integration with CS Live online services.
Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Master Collection
Design and deliver across media
Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Master Collection software is a comprehensive set of professional creative tools for delivering design across media. Make an impact by creating work for virtually any screen—mobile to tablet to HD display—all with one value-packed offering.
Product highlights
Create without boundaries—Discover new design tools and new ways to extend your creative reach using one comprehensive offering. Work without creative limits across print, video, mobile, and online media in the ultimate design environment.
Streamline critical processes—Speed up design reviews with online feedback, streamline website testing in multiple browsers,
collaborate on script development and content authoring, and more from within your favorite tools—integrated with Adobe CS Live online services.*†
* Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms and Adobe’s online privacy
policy (available at www.adobe.com/go/terms). Online services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration and may be subject to change or
discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.
† CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time. See www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.
Work efficiently and with precision—Do more in less time by taking advantage of boosted power, smooth integration, and smart workflows. Work faster with high-resolution images, fluidly edit complex video and motion graphics projects, and use intelligent shortcuts and streamlined tools.
Deliver to multiple screens—See your designs come alive on virtually any screen thanks to the latest mobile app development and device testing tools. Design for tablet display, create dynamic eBooks, and deliver easily to the big screen with enhanced HD video performance.
Top reasons to Buy Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Master Collection
The ultimate creative toolset in one comprehensive offering—Design and deliver across media using the creative environment that combines the components of Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium, Web Premium, and Production Premiumsoftware—all at a great value.
Industry-standard image editing—Make an impact with your images using Adobe Photoshop® CS5 Extended, the digital imaging standard preferred by professionals worldwide for its powerful state-of-the-art editing, compositing, painting, and effects capabilities.
Vector graphics that work across media—Create compelling graphics in Adobe Illustrator® CS5, the vector-drawing environment used by design professionals worldwide. Experiment freely and design efficiently with powerful tools for drawing, color, creative effects, and typography.
High-quality layout and production for print—Generate stunning page layouts quickly and efficiently in Adobe InDesign® CS5.5 with precise control over typography, built-in creative tools, and an intuitive design environment using workflows that take your layouts to print reliably with less risk of error.
Warp stabilizer effect in After effects cs5.5—Smooth a bumpy camera move, or lock a shot
automatically. Warp Stabilizer removes jitter and compensates for motion-related irregularities.
Folio producer tools in Adobe indesign—Create engaging digital magazines, newspapers, annual reports, manuals, and other documents that incorporate eye-catching elements such as 360° rotation and panoramas, all for playback on tablet devices, such as Apple iPad, RIM BlackBerry PlayBook, and a wide variety of Android™ tablets, including the Motorola Xoom. Upload them to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite* hosted solution for further production and distribution.
Elegant ebook authoring in indesign†—Create engaging eBooks with refined typography and images that resize automatically to fit virtually any screen. A smooth EPUB workflow lets you create compelling eBooks and helps minimize dependence on developers. Design eBooks with video and audio for eBook reader applications and browsers that support HTML5 video and audio tags.
† InDesign uses EPUB3 and HTML5 code to create eBooks with audio, video, and other advanced features. EPUB3 and HTML5 presentation, media playback, and double-byte character support (such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) might not be supported by all devices, browsers, or EPUB readers.
Best-of-breed video editing and effects tools—Work efficiently and with maximum creativity using the best video editing and effects workflow on the market. Deliver more reliably for broadcast, film, or online experiences with Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5.5, Adobe After Effects® CS5.5, and more.
Multiscreen preview panel—View website designs as they would appear on screens across desktops, smartphones, tablets, and televisions with a single, easy-to-use panel in Adobe Dreamweaver® CS5.5. Handle custom media queries and efficiently manage multiple CSS files.expanded platform and device support—Create content in Flash Professional CS5.5 optimized for delivery across a wide variety of devices with support for Adobe Flash Player 10.2 and Adobe AIR® 2.6 runtimes and new platforms including Android,™ Apple iOS, RIM, webOS, and Adobe Digital Home.
Support for the latest operating systems—Enjoy platform performance speeds that match the speed of your thoughts. Creative Suite components take full advantage of the performance and power of newer standard operating systems, including 64-bit support (see system requirements).
video workflow efficiency with dynamic link—Save time on video projects thanks to roundtrip editing and Adobe Dynamic Link, which eliminates intermediate rendering as you refine assets between After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Encore®.
Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Production Premium
Create video for virtually any screen using high-performance production tools
Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Production Premium is the high-performance leader in video production software. Produce your best work with game-changing innovations like the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine and the industry’s most efficient post-production workflow.
Product highlights
Work faster—Accelerate your video production workflow with sweeping performance enhancements that define new standards for speed and efficiency on both Mac OS and Windows.®
Craft great stories with game-changing innovations—Tackle virtually any post-production challenge with the industry-leading, tightly integrated creative toolset. Game-changing innovations help enable you to deliver the highest quality productions to virtually any screen.
Collaborate efficiently—Move sequences and assets through the production pipeline faster with open project exchange with other NLEs, while streamlining project reviews and improving communication with colleagues and clients.
Top reasons to buy Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Production Premium
Best-of-breed production tools—Get best-of-breed video, motion graphics, compositing, audio, and design tools packed with innovations that accelerate production workflows, inspire creativity, and help deliver high-quality productions to virtually any screen.
Native 64-bit operating system support—Work fluidly on HD and higher resolution projects using all the RAM on your system thanks to native 64-bit operating system support in Adobe After Effects,® Adobe Premiere® Pro, and Adobe Photoshop® Extended.
Breakthrough performance with the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine—Experience fast effects processing and rendering on both laptop and desktop computers with the native 64-bit, multicore, GPU-accelerated Adobe Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere® Pro.
Broad format support in Adobe Premiere Pro—Maximize the efficiency of your file-based workflow and edit virtually any format including DV, HDV, RED, DPX, Sony XDCAM, XDCAM 50, XDCAM EX and XDCAM HD, Panasonic P2, DVCPRO HD,AVCHD, AVC-Intra, and footage from DSLR cameras.
Groundbreaking motion graphics with After Effects—Create motion graphics and visual effects with industry-standard After Effects. Combine moving and still imagery, graphics, and text in 2D or 3D space. Animate practically any aspect of each element, and add sound for virtually any result you can imagine.
Rich 2D and 3D images with Photoshop Extended—Magically remove objects with Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop CS5 Extended. Paint with lifelike brush strokes and use creative 3D tools. Roundtrip images and motion-based content to Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Adobe Encore.®
Advanced audio-for-video editing in Adobe Audition®—Record, edit, mix, master, and sweeten audio with Adobe Audition CS5.5—now available for both Mac and Windows.® Roundtrip edit with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, or use OMF and XML to speed up project exchange with Avid Pro Tools and other NLEs.
Fast, more reliable encoding for multiple devices—Output your work for computers, smartphones, tablets, and television with Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5. Use intuitive presets and contextual menus to set up sequences once for multiple formats, and batch encode while you keep editing.
Timesaving integration—Save time on every project thanks to a familiar user interface; deep integration; roundtrip editing; and Dynamic Link, which eliminates intermediate rendering as you refine assets between After Effects,, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Encore.
Compatibility with large-scale workflows—Work with multiple NLEs thanks to roundtrip editing between Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro or Avid NLEs. Leverage industry-standard formats such as AAF, EDL, OMF, and XML to integrate with a variety of systems.
Integrated metadata for faster post-production—Develop scripts or outlines with Adobe Story, an Adobe CS Live online service.*† Leverage metadata acquired in production to search assets and dialogue and edit faster. Create searchable web DVDs to make assets discoverable online.
* Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms and Adobe’s online privacy
policy (available at www.adobe.com/go/terms). Online services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration and may be subject to change
or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.
† CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time. See www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.
Integration with CS Live online services—Collaborate with the Adobe Story, a powerful scriptwriting tool, a CS Live online service.*† Initiate reviews and collect feedback on dailies, storyboards, and works in progress with Adobe CS Review, a CS Live online service, and Acrobat.com.
* Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms and Adobe’s online privacy
policy (available at www.adobe.com/go/terms). Online services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration and may be subject to change
or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.
† CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time. See www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.
Vector graphics with Illustrator®—Import native Adobe Illustrator artwork into After Effects with layers, masks, blend modes, gradients, and effects intact. After Effects can continuously rasterize vector shapes for smooth edge detail at any size.
Interactive design—Create interactive designs with Adobe Flash Catalyst® or Flash Professional. Use Flash Catalyst for content such as simple video portfolios, or use powerful controls in Flash Professional to add video content to interactive experiences.
Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Design Premium
Deliver innovative ideas in print, web, interactive, and mobile design
Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Design Premium software is the ultimate toolkit for designing eye-catching print content, immersive digital magazines,* elegant eBooks,† dynamic PDF files, world-class websites, and interactive SWF content that displays consistently across screens of virtually any size.
Product highlights
Captivate audiences no matter what media they’re viewing—Extend the reach of your designs.
Build HTML5- and CSS3-based websites in Adobe Dreamweaver,® and use Adobe Flash® Professional to deliver content that more reliably scales to a wide variety of screens.
Express ideas faster and accelerate key project workflows—Save time using dozens of features in Adobe Photoshop® Extended, Illustrator,® InDesign,® and Acrobat® Pro that make quick work of everyday tasks and finicky details. Streamline project workflows such as creative reviews through integration with CS Live online services.*†
* Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms and Adobe’s online privacy policy (available at www.adobe.com/go/terms). Online services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.
† CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time. See www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.
Let your creativity flow—Use innovative 3D, animation, and painting tools; built-in creative effects; and elegant typographic features to express your wildest ideas without sacrificing quality or control.
Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Design Standard
Create outstanding print design, even under the tightest deadlines
Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Design Standard software combines industry-standard tools for editing digital images, creating vector graphics, and laying out top-quality print documents with elegant typography. Plus, you can extend your ideas beyond print with
dynamic presentations, eBooks, and digital magazines* that marry the appeal of interactivity with the quality of traditional print.
Product Highlights
Deliver exceptional print designs faster than ever before—Deadlines looming? Finish more work in less time with dozensof productivity features for accelerating everyday design and production tasks, along with integration with online services.*† for streamlining creative reviews.
† CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time. See www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.
Let your creativity flow—Burning with a new idea? Use innovative painting tools, built-in creative effects, and elegant typographic features to make even your wildest visions real without sacrificing quality or control.
Create innovative onscreen reading experiences—Want to go even further? Extend your ideas beyond print by authoring dynamic presentations, beautifully designed eBooks, and immersive digital magazines that marry the appeal of interactivity
with the quality of traditional print.
Deliver high-impact designs with this comprehensive toolkit for print design and production. Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Design Standard software combines industry-standard tools for editing digital images, creating vector graphics, and laying out beautiful designs with elegant typography. Freely express your wildest ideas in print at lightning speed—without ever sacrificing quality or precision. Also extend beyond print with dynamic presentations, highly designed eBooks, and immersive digital magazines* that marry the appeal of interactivity with the quality of traditional print.
Top reasons to Buy Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Design Standard
Breakthrough image editing in Adobe Photoshop®—Create compelling digital images with Adobe Photoshop CS5 software, the industry standard in digital imaging. Use versatile brush tools to paint with realistic strokes, precise selection tools to make exacting refinements, and a wide range of workflow and performance enhancements to accelerate everyday tasks.
Vector graphics for virtually any medium—Create distinctive vector artwork for a wide variety of projects, from logos and branding to illustrations for advertising, packaging, signage, and more. Adobe Illustrator® CS5 software provides precise drawing tools and expressive natural brushes for creating eye-catching content.
Professional page layout and production for print—Lay out stunning pages quickly and efficiently in Adobe InDesign® CS5.5 software with an intuitive design environment, precise typographic controls, built-in creative tools and effects, and robust preflight capabilities.
Folio Producer tools in Adobe InDesign—Create engaging digital magazines, newspapers, annual reports, manuals, and other documents that incorporate eye-catching elements such as 360° rotation and panoramas, all for playback on tablet devices, such as Apple iPad, RIM BlackBerry PlayBook, and a wide variety of Android™ tablets, including the Motorola Xoom. Upload them to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite* hosted solution for further production and distribution.
* Adobe Digital Publishing Suite requires a separate license and payment of associated fees. See www.adobe.com/products/digitalpublishingsuite for more information.
Elegant eBook authoring in InDesign†—Create engaging eBooks with refined typography and images that resize automatically to fit virtually any screen. A smooth EPUB workflow lets you create compelling eBooks and helps minimize dependence on developers. Design eBooks with video and audio for eBook reader applications and browsers that support HTML5 video and audio tags.
† InDesign uses EPUB3 and HTML5 code to create eBooks with audio, video, and other advanced features. EPUB3 and HTML5 presentation, media playback, and double-byte character support (such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) might not be supported by all devices, browsers, or EPUB readers.
Robust preflighting—Prepare files for hassle-free production by detecting errors in InDesign layouts with Live Preflight and in PDF files with robust preflight checks in Adobe Acrobat® X Pro software.
Author accessible documents—Use features in InDesign CS5.5 and Acrobat X Pro that help you deliver publications that meet Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 standards. Apply accessibility features in InDesign CS5.5, and then check, adjust, and validate accessible PDF documents in Acrobat X Pro.
Adobe PDF creation, editing, and delivery—Distribute layouts more reliably using Acrobat X Pro to create simple PDF documents, and package layouts, drawings, images, animation, video, audio, and other files in a single, secure PDF Portfolio.
Visual media browsing—Find files fast by browsing thumbnails instead of filenames with Adobe Bridge. Or browse thumbnails and place files from the Mini Bridge panel in Photoshop CS5 and InDesign CS5.5.
Help when you need it—Find the best answers for your Adobe product questions with Adobe Community Help, an online service for instruction, inspiration, and support.
Consistent Adobe user interface—Work quickly and intuitively thanks to a consistent approach to the user interface across all Design Standard components.
Performance on newer operating systems—Take advantage of the power and performance of newer Apple and Microsoft operating systems so you can work more quickly. And Photoshop CS5 is 64-bit native, which means even faster image editing no matter which computer platform you use.
Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Web Premium
Redefine the extraordinary in web design and development
Create and deliver standards-based websites and immersive digital experiences across desktops, smartphones, tablets, and televisions. Design and develop content for multiple platforms including Android,™ iOS, and Adobe® AIR.
Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Web Premium software provides everything you need to design, develop, and deliver standards-based websites and immersive digital experiences for desktops, smartphones, tablets, and televisions.
Product highlights
Design with industry-leading authoring tools—Build standards-based websites with Adobe Dreamweaver®, and create expressive interactive content with Adobe Flash® Professional. Use Adobe Flash Catalyst to design Flex® based apps without writing code, and Adobe Flash Builder™ 4.5 Premium Edition to develop rich Internet applications (RIAs).
Help ensure design integrity across the entire web—Get fast and more accurate browser compatibility testing and accelerate tasks such as collaborative content creation and reviews of presentations and project pitches with CS Live online services.*†
* Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms and Adobe’s online privacy
policy (available at www.adobe.com/go/terms). Online services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration and may be subject to change
or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.
† CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time. See www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.
Develop apps for virtually any mobile device—Extend your reach and create rich native applications for multiple platforms, including Adobe Flash Player, Android,™ iOS, webOS, and Adobe AIR
Top Reasons to buy Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Web Premium
Efficient workflows for desktop and mobile development—Efficiently create websites that display across desktops, smartphones, and tablet devices. Use the Multiscreen Preview panel, along with HTML5, CSS3, and helpful jQuery mobile framework starter templates in Adobe Dreamweaver® CS5.5.
Expanded platform and device support—Use Adobe Flash Professional to create content optimized for delivery to multiple screens, and reach audiences on the latest Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR® runtimes and on Android™, Apple iOS, RIM, webOS, and Adobe Digital Home devices.
Website and mobile application development—Build standalone applications targeted at multiple platforms using the new mobile support for ActionScript® and Flex® projects in Adobe Flash® Builder™ 4.5 Premium Edition. Leverage mobile-ready components optimized for performance and touch input.
Integration with Adobe BrowserLab—Help ensure the integrity of your designs across browsers and screens using Adobe BrowserLab, part of Adobe CS Live online services.*† Easily highlight layout differences and active links, and integrate with the Firebug Firefox extension.
* Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms and Adobe’s online privacy
policy (available at www.adobe.com/go/terms). Online services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration and may be subject to change
or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.
† CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time.
See www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.
Creative Suite integration—Enhance productivity and workflows when using Adobe Photoshop® CS5 Extended, Illustrator® CS5,and Flash Professional CS5.5 software. Leverage the FXG graphics file format and integration with Adobe Mini Bridge for digital asset management.
Full designer/developer workflow—Work collaboratively and confidently on shared Flex based projects with a new bidirectional workflow that allows designers who use Adobe Flash Catalyst® CS5.5 to work in parallel with developers who use Flash Builder 4.5.
Easy 3D extrusions with Adobe Repoussé—Quickly create stunning 3D artwork and apply rich material textures with Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended. Take your designs even further by leveraging the Adobe 3D Forge engine for advanced editing of 3D models.
Crisp graphics for web and mobile devices—Deliver clean, sharp, pixel-aligned raster artwork with enhanced anti-aliasing features in Adobe Illustrator CS5. Avoid fuzzy graphics by automatically aligning artwork to the pixel grid, and control the appearance of individual text objects.
Enhanced code snippets handling—Utilize over 20 new code snippets in Flash Professional CS5.5, including ones for creating mobile and AIR applications, use of the accelerometer, and multitouch gestures. Use the new pick whip to visually add interactivity with ease.
Approachable interaction design—Use Flash Catalyst CS5.5 to create expressive interfaces and interactive content without writing code. Define behaviors and sophisticated interactions using simple menu-based commands.
Advanced text support—Create print-quality typography using the Text Layout Framework in Flash Professional CS5. Work with columns and bidirectional text, and maintain layout and formatting with greater fidelity when importing from other Adobe products.
CSS inspection—Use Adobe Dreamweaver® CS5.5 to visually display the CSS box model in detail without reading code or requiring separate utilities. Move the cursor over block-level elements in Live View to see their cascade and context instead of using the Tag Selector.
Adobe® Photoshop® CS5
Create powerful images with the professional standard
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Refine with powerful photography tools—Create and refine images using state-of-the-art photography tools that deliver superior results with unprecedented ease and in fewer steps than ever before.
Maximize creative impact—Explore new creative possibilities with breakthrough tools that enable you to select, adjust, paint, and recompose images with tremendous precision and freedom.
Boost productivity—Accelerate your workflow with fast performance on 64-bit hardware systems, smoother interactions thanks to GPU acceleration, and dozens of time-savers throughout the application
Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 Extended
Discover new dimensions in digital imaging
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Innovate in 3D—Go beyond traditional image editing by bringing 3D elements to your 2D artwork directly within your favorite digital imaging application, which now offers an easy on-ramp to 3D image creation.
Maximize creative impact—Explore new creative possibilities with breakthrough tools that enable you to select, adjust, paint, and recompose images with tremendous precision and freedom.
Boost productivity—Accelerate your workflow with fast performance on 64-bit hardware systems, smoother interactions thanks to GPU acceleration, and dozens of time-savers throughout the application.
Top reasons to upgrade to Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 Extended
- Complex selections made easy—Get better-than-ever results when selecting intricate image elements,such as hair, and eliminate background color around selection edges. Automatically vary selection edges and perfect masks using new refinement tools.
- Content-Aware Fill—Remove any image detail or object and watch as Content-Aware Fill magically fills in the space left behind. This breakthrough technology matches lighting, tone, and noise so it looks as if the removed content never existed.
- Extraordinary painting effects—Achieve natural and realistic painting effects with the Mixer Brush,which offers on-canvas color blending, and Bristle Tips, which let you create lifelike, textured brushstrokes.
- 3D extrusions with Adobe Repoussé—Create 3D logos and artwork from any text layer, selection, path,or layer mask with Adobe Repoussé technology. Twist, rotate, extrude, bevel, and inflate your designs.
- Puppet Warp—Precisely reposition or warp any image element. Swing a raised arm to a person’s side in a photo, stretch text to create new effects, and more.
- State-of-the-art raw image processing—Use the Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 6 plug-in to nondestructively remove image noise while preserving color and detail; add grain to make digital photos look more organic; enjoy more control when performing post-crop vignetting; and more.
- Superior HDR imaging—Create photorealistic or surreal high dynamic range (HDR) images with unprecedented speed, control, and accuracy. Get better-than-ever results thanks to automatic ghost removal and greater control with tone mapping and adjustments, and even give single-exposure photos the look of HDR.
- Enhanced 3D realism and rich materials—Enhance 3D objects and designs with easy shadow creation, image-based lights, and materials like glass and chrome. Explore with different focus points in your 3D scene by adjusting the range for depth of field.
- Efficient workflow—Enjoy productivity and creativity boosts thanks to dozens of features and enhancements requested by Photoshop users. Straighten images automatically, choose colors from an onscreen color picker, adjust the opacity of many layers at once, and more.
- Faster performance across platforms—Speed up day-to-day imaging tasks and process very large images up to 10 times faster by taking advantage of cross-platform 64-bit support. (Requires a 64-bit-capable computer with a 64-bit version of Mac OS, Microsoft® Windows® 7, or Windows Vista®. Actual performance varies depending on amount of RAM, driver types, and other factors.)Better media management—Easily manage media with more flexible batch renaming, and access your assets in the context of what you’re working on by using the customizable Adobe Mini Bridge panel in Photoshop.
- Streamlined creative reviews through integration with CS Live services—Use Adobe CS Review, part of new CS Live online services*, to initiate a secure review without leaving Photoshop. Reviewers can add comments to your images from their browsers, and you see those comments appear automatically onyour screen. Adobe CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time. Visit www.adobe.com/ go/cslive for details.
Top reasons to buy Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 Extended
- 3D extrusions—Easily explore new creative directions: Create 3D logos and artwork with Adobe Repoussé technology. Twist, rotate, extrude, bevel, and inflate these designs, and then apply rich materials like chrome, glass, and cork.
- Advanced 3D editing capabilities—Push your creative boundaries with powerful 3D editing tools—even paint directly on 3D objects. Add 3D objects to your designs and create amazing composites. Illuminate your scene with real lighting, and animate your objects.
- Motion content editing—Paint, add text, and clone over multiple frames of an imported video sequence using your favorite Photoshop tools.
- Easy access to core editing power—Get just the tools you need—exactly when you need them—when performing common editing activities. Adjustments and Masks panels guide you in making precise edits.
- Extraordinary creative tools—Achieve realistic painting effects with the ability to mix colors on canvas and create natural brushstrokes. Merge multiple exposures into stunning high dynamic range (HDR)images. Move, warp, or stretch any image element.
- State-of-the-art photography—Easily merge multiple exposures to extend the dynamic range with more power, precision, and fidelity than ever before. Convert to black-and-white in new ways. And use Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools that intelligently preserve color and tone details.
- Image analysis—Use measurement and counting tools to extract quantitative information from images.Record and export data for further analysis. Import DICOM files as frames or as a volume to directlyanalyze and edit your image data.
- Industry-leading raw image processing—Enjoy superior results when you convert raw images with the Adobe Camera Raw 6 plug-in, which offers support for over 275 camera models plus nondestructive editing so you can experiment without harming your original photo.
- Automated compositing tools—Easily create a single image from a series of shots that have different focal points, smoothly blending color and shading and extending your depth of field. And take advantage of accurate, automatic layer alignment.
- Efficient media management—Manage your media visually with Adobe Bridge CS5 software. Enjoy more flexible batch renaming plus the ability to access files in the context of your work using the customizable Adobe Mini Bridge panel in Photoshop.
- Powerful printing options—Get outstanding prints in less time with automation, scripting, and a print dialog box that’s easier to navigate.
- Broad file format support—Import and export hundreds of file formats, including PSD, AI, PDF, NEF, CRW,TIFF, BMP, Cineon, JPEG, JPEG2000, FXG, OpenEXR, PNG, Targa, DICOM, OBJ, KMZ, Collada, U3D, 3DS(import only), 3G, FLC, MOV, AVI, DV Stream, Image Sequence, MPEG-4, and FLV.
- Extensibility—Personalize Photoshop and extend its capabilities. Use developer-created custom panels to accomplish specific tasks. Visit the Adobe Photoshop Marketplace for third-party plug-ins and resources. And check out Adobe Community Help for tips and tricks.
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® integration—Enjoy tight integration with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software (sold separately), easily moving files from Lightroom to Photoshop CS5 to create high dynamic range (HDR) images, panoramas, and multilayered Photoshop documents. Roundtrip your files back to Lightroom.
Whats new in Adobe® Premiere Pro® CS5.5
Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5.5 software lets you edit faster with true native format support. Get breakthrough performance on workstations and laptops; streamline collaboration; and boost productivity with an efficient, robust, cross-platform editing workflow.
Flexible, precise, and reliable editing tools
Edit the way you want with widely accepted, customizable NLE shortcuts and powerful, intuitive trimming and editing tools that give you more precision and control. Boost productivity with dual-system sound support and enhanced project exchange with Final Cut Pro and Avid software.
Fast, reliable multiscreen delivery
Output your work for computers, smartphones, tablets, and television with Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5. Use intuitive presets and contextual menus to set up sequences once for multiple formats, and batch encode while you keep editing.
Roundtrip workflows with Adobe Audition
Get a fast, flexible roundtrip audio workflow with Adobe Audition® CS5.5 software. Pass individual audio clips and multitrack mixes or complete video sequences between Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 and Adobe Audition for editing and sweetening.
Direct integration with Adobe Story
Speed up your editing workflow by importing scripts with metadata from Adobe Story, an Adobe CS Live online service,1,2 into Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. Eliminate hours of routine work using Speech Search and other metadata to quickly find footage.
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Improve your production workflow—Focus on telling your story with powerful, flexible editing tools.
With the native 64-bit Adobe® Mercury Playback Engine, the industry’s best native tapeless workflow, and unparalleled Adobe integration, Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5 sets a new standard in editing efficiency.
Collaborate openly and effectively—Work in an open, extensible post-production environment. Write scripts collaboratively. Efficiently gather feedback from clients and teammates. Easily exchange projects with other Adobe software, Final Cut Pro, and Avid software.
Deliver engaging video practically anywhere—Create video optimized for online viewing as well as for broadcast, disc, film, device, and mobile distribution. From capture to final delivery, use metadata to make assets easier to find in production, create engaging interactive experiences, and help audiences discover your videos online.
Whats new in Adobe After Effects CS5.5
Create motion graphics and visual effects with the industry standard
Adobe® After Effects® CS5.5 software is the industry-leading solution for creating sophisticated motion graphics and cinematic visual effects. Transform moving images for delivery to theaters, living rooms, personal computers, and mobile devices.
Warp Stabilizer
Smooth a bumpy camera move, or lock a shot automatically. Warp Stabilizer removes jitter and compensates for motion-related irregularities.
Camera Lens Blur
Create soft-focus effects with Camera Lens Blur. Set iris shape, blade curvature, and diffraction fringe characteristics for beautiful bokeh, and use these same settings for fantastic depth-of-field control with the After Effects 3D camera.
Source timecode support
Take the guesswork out of source footage edits. Timecode data in QuickTime, AVI, Broadcast WAV (BWF), DPX, and some variations of MXF is read directly in After Effects, and the Timecode effect can display both source timecode and composition frames.
Stereoscopic 3D workflow improvements
Animate and composite stereoscopic projects more easily. Quickly set up stereo camera rigs. Save time with simplified rendering of multiple cameras, and work with an updated 3D Glasses effect.
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Get 64-bit performance—Work more quickly with groundbreaking 64-bit performance that dramatically improves the experience of creating HD and higher resolution content. Streamlined tools and tight Adobe integration also accelerate your workflow.
Innovate visually—Express your visual ideas with freedom. Adobe After Effects CS5 revolutionizes motion design with an open-ended environment that fosters creative experimentation.
Composite efficiently—Realize your vision quickly and efficiently by drawing on a broad and deep set of tools designed to help you solve any creative challenge.
Deliver everywhere—Master modern media: Deliver your completed projects to the widest range of formats, from large format feature films and high-definition television to websites and mobile devices.
Whats new in Adobe® InDesign® CS5.5
Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing
Folio Producer tools
Create engaging digital magazines, newspapers, and retail catalogs that incorporate eye-catching elements such as 360° object rotation and image panoramas for a wide variety of tablet devices. Upload to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite1 for further production and distribution.
Access to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
Access the hosted services of Adobe Digital Publishing Suite from within InDesign to publish engaging digital documents for a range of tablet devices.
Enhanced eBook authoring2
Create more engaging eBooks, with less need for developers. Use a smoother workflow as you include refined typography and images that resize automatically to fit virtually any screen. Even add video and audio for eBook reader applications that support HTML5 video and audio tags.
Articles panel
Control the sequence of text, images, and graphics when you export to EPUB or HTML without changing your InDesign layout. Organize your content by dragging it into the new Articles panel to define the export order.
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Streamline review processes—Build powerful documents as a team. New integrated tools and the availability of efficient online services make review processes more efficient, whether your clients and colleagues are across the hall or around the world.
Do more in less time—Create, edit, and publish documents faster. A wealth of new productivity features help make page layout simpler, easier, and speedier.
Create powerful, innovative digital documents—Engage, inform, and attract readers with documents that include interactivity, animation, video, and sound. Develop stronger, more compelling communications with rich interactive documents.
Top reasons to upgrade to Adobe® InDesign® CS5
- Interactive documents and presentations—Engage and inform readers with documents and presentations that integrate interactivity, animation, sound, and video. Export documents directly from InDesign to SWF files for playback in Adobe Flash® Player.
- Simplified object selection and editing—Perform repetitive layout tasks efficiently. Manipulate frames and frame content without switching tools. Dynamically adjust white space between objects while maintaining the relationship between frames. Use on-object controls to modify frame corners directly in the layout.
- Integration with Adobe CS Review*—Create and share document reviews online from within InDesign through integration with CS Review, a new CS Live online service.* Invite colleagues and clients to comment using just a browser. Using the CS Review integration in InDesign, you can view comments in the context of your InDesign layout, making it easier to address feedback to meet project deadlines
- more efficiently. CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time—visit www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.
- Multiple page sizes—Create pages with different sizes in a single document to streamline file management. Share the same master page across different-sized layouts for greater efficiency.
- Tracked text changes—Mark up text directly in InDesign and easily track copy revisions. Get to inal copy faster by accepting or rejecting text changes within the document.
- Paragraphs that span and split columns—Quickly format headlines, subheads, or any text to span multiple columns in a single text frame without having to create separate text frames.
- All-new Layers panel—Easily manage layers in simple and complex documents. Quickly find, select,lock, hide, name, and change the stacking order of individual page items directly in the Layers panel.
- Drag objects from one group to another. The new Layers panel behavior is similar to the Layers panel in Adobe Illustrator® and Adobe Photoshop.®
- Production enhancements—Speed up delivery of print and digital documents. Preview InDesign pages and placed images in Adobe Bridge. Find linked assets used in one layout and drag them into another InDesign document using the integrated Mini Bridge panel.
- Eliminate missing fonts—InDesign automatically installs the required fonts when you open a document and uninstalls them when you close it. Appropriate font licensing is still required.
- Digital export—Export your page design and text layouts with greater fidelity to Flash Professional CS5,retaining animation, video, and sound from your InDesign document. Export InDesign content as XHTML with greater control over page order for editing in Adobe Dreamweaver® CS5. Export eBooks authored in InDesign CS5 to industry-standard EPUB files for reading on laptops or mobile devices, including the Apple iPad, Sony Reader, and Barnes & Noble nook. Include rich media to bring eBooks to life when read on a personal computer using Adobe Digital Editions, a desktop reading application.
- Live captions—Generate static or live captions automatically from image metadata, and add text before or after the selected metadata tag in InDesign. Specify the position and style of the caption, optionally including the caption on its own layer.
Top reasons to buy Adobe® InDesign® CS5
- Cross-media publishing—Publish documents in print, online, or on mobile devices. Create engaging interactive documents (SWF files) for playback in Adobe Flash® Player, complete with animation, sound, and video, interactive PDF documents with video or sound, or sophisticated layouts for print publishing using a versatile, intuitive toolset.
- Integration with Adobe CS Live online services—Improve the efficiency of critical design processes with new CS Live online services* that work with InDesign. Conduct online reviews of page layouts using CS Review, one of the new CS Live online services. CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time—visit www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.
- Integration with Adobe design, web, and digital-reading applications—Move projects smoothly from design to print or digital output thanks to tight integration with industry-leading Adobe solutions such as Adobe Photoshop,® Illustrator,® Acrobat,® and Flash Professional, as well as Adobe Digital Editions.
- Productivity tools—Produce sophisticated page layouts using customer-inspired productivity features such as the ability to include mixed page sizes in a single file, streamlined object selection and editing, an all-new Layers panel, smart guides, rapid table creation, and multiple-file placement with fewer clicks.
- Robust text composition—Create beautiful, sophisticated text for any medium with professional typography features, including styles, text wrap, the Paragraph Composer, OpenType® support, and drop caps. Include headlines that span or split columns without a separate text frame.
- Built-in creative tools—Explore creative possibilities directly within InDesign using integrated drawing tools, nondestructive effects, built-in Adobe Photoshop effects, finer transparency controls, and support for 3D Photoshop artwork.
- Preflighting and production—Speed up production, increase reliability, and deliver error-free documents with document-installed fonts, PDF export in the background, live preflighting, JDF technology, andon-screen controls.
- Automation—Create powerful automated workflows to reduce the time you spend on repetitive tasks. Standards-based XML features can automatically lay out pages with text and images. Incorporate database-driven content for greater efficiency when publishing across channels.
- Extensibility—Rapidly build unique workflows and software solutions for custom publishing using InDesign Markup Language (IDML), an XML-based file format that enables developers to create or modify files using standard XML tools.
- Collaboration in editorial workflows—Improve collaboration between design and editorial teams with tight integration between InDesign CS5 and Adobe InCopy® CS5 and the ability to track text changes in InDesign.
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Whats new in Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5.5
Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5.5 is the industry-leading web authoring and editing software that provides both visual and code-level capabilities for creating standards-based websites and designs for the desktop, smartphones, tablets, and other devices
CSS3/HTML5 support
Style with the CSS panel, updated to support CSS3. Design view now supports media queries, applying different styles as you adjust screen dimensions. Code for the future with HTML5, with code hinting and Design view rendering support.
jQuery integration
Add advanced interactivity with jQuery code hinting. jQuery is the industry-standard JavaScript library, making it simple to add a wide range of interactivity to web pages. Get a jump start with starter templates for mobile phones.
Native Android and iOS apps with PhoneGap
Build and package native apps for Android™ and iOS with new PhoneGap functionality. Convert your existing HTML to a mobile phone application within Dreamweaver using the open source PhoneGap framework.
Adobe BrowserLab integration
Preview dynamic web pages and local content with multiple viewing, diagnostic, and comparison tools. Dreamweaver integrates with Adobe BrowserLab, an Adobe CS Live online service1,2 that accurately tests web content across browsers and operating systems.
Adobe Fireworks CS5
Rapidly prototype and design for the web
Combine the power of vector and bitmap tools—Design with vector and bitmap tools together to achieve optimal imagery quickly. Enjoy pixel precision that maps to your resolution requirements, using graphics tools designed for screen-based output.
Produce better screen graphics, faster—Create rich, interactive screen graphics with fewer steps. Create and name slices efficiently, and then deliver superior-quality graphics optimized for the web and a wide range of devices.
Design once for multiple deliverables—Quickly optimize designs for websites, rich media applications, and mobile devices. Edit assets from other graphics programs for wider deployment with Fireworks.
Integrate client review into the design process.
Whats new in Adobe® Flash® Professional CS5.5
Create and deliver rich interactive content
Efficient workflows for mobile development
Manage FLA project files that target multiple devices. Share code and assets across documents and device targets to efficiently create, test, package, and deploy content for a wide range of screens and devices.
Content scaling when resizing stage
Save time when sharing symbols and motion paths across documents that are optimized for different screen sizes.
Enhanced layer control
Preserve important document structure when copying layers across multiple files and projects.
Symbol rasterization and better performance
Use new tooling options, on-stage symbol rasterization, and the Property Inspector to improve CPU, battery, and rendering performance on mobile devices.
Design with expression—Communicate your creative vision without sacrifice and set the bar for interactive design with typographic precision, layout fidelity, and expressive motion-editing capabilities.
Write code quickly and easily—Quickly and efficiently write code with powerful authoring tools and integration with Adobe Flash Builder™ software. Easily add interactivity directly in the ActionScript® language by injecting extensible code snippets.
Deliver in fewer steps and in more places—Save time and reduce the number of required steps when moving content from design, to development, and ultimately to delivery. Distribute consistently across personal computers, mobile devices, and screens of virtually any size and resolution.
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Adobe® Illustrator® CS5
Explore new paths with the essential vector tool
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Design with powerful creative tools—Take advantage of exceptional precision and power to create distinctive vector artwork. Combine highly controllable drawing tools with expressive natural brushes and dramatic effects to make unique, striking designs.
Work smoothly and efficiently—Speed up your workflow with innovations that encourage efficiency.Get the job done with purpose and agility using shortcuts and time-savers to take multiple ideas to multiple outputs.
Deliver virtually anywhere—Incorporate vector artwork into essentially any project and deliver resolution-independent graphics across media. Enjoy tighter-than-ever integration with other Adobe products and go anywhere your creativity takes you.
Experience the full power of next-generation Acrobat Dynamic PDF. Use Adobe Acrobat X Pro software to deliver high-impact communications that combine audio, video, interactive media, and a wide variety of file types into a polished, professional PDF Portfolio. Get feedback faster through easy-to-manage electronic reviews. Create and distribute fillable PDF forms to collect critical data. Apply passwords and permissions to protect your work.
And confidently store and share documents through easy-to-use services at Acrobat.com.
- Discover Acrobat Dynamic PDF—Connect, interact, and engage in powerful new ways. Share more compelling communications across file formats, platforms, and devices around the world—all with the reliability, visual fidelity, and control you expect from Acrobat.
- Increase productivity and achieve better results—Do your best work every day with speed, ease,and accuracy. Use innovative productivity tools to prepare, share, and present high-quality content.
- Automate multistep tasks so they can be completed consistently by anyone on your team. And distribute documents with confidence knowing you’ve permanently removed sensitive information.
- Work together more effectively—Keep everyone—colleagues, customers, partners, and suppliers—on the same page from project start to finish. Provide team members with a complete set of comment and markup tools, so all can participate in shared document reviews using free Adobe Reader® software.
- Protect shared documents with your choice of security settings. And seamlessly open and save PDF files stored in Microsoft SharePoint.
- Deliver high-impact, engaging communications—Capture the attention of your audience with polished,professional materials and presentations. Combine and organize a wide variety of content—including audio, video, and interactive media—into a customized PDF Portfolio. And apply new layouts, visual themes, and color palettes to make your work stand out.
- Explore next-generation solutions—Combine the power of Acrobat X Pro software with the ease of services at Acrobat.com. Upload documents into your online workspaces at Acrobat.com to share files with individuals or teams inside or outside your organization.
Top overall features
- Create PDF files—Create PDF documents from any application that prints, including one-button creation from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, and Access, as well as Lotus Notes, Internet Explorer, and Firefox.
- Improve scanning results—Scan and convert paper documents and forms to PDF. Automatically recognize text with optical character recognition (OCR) for archiving and searching within documents. Text can be copied for reuse in other applications.
- Combine files—Combine content from multiple sources—including documents, spreadsheets, emails, web pages, scanned paper, and images—into a single PDF file that can be viewed by virtually anyone, anywhere using free Adobe Reader® software.
- Convert PDF files to Word or Excel—Reuse content from PDF documents to get a head start on new projects. Save PDF files as Microsoft Word or Excel files and retain layouts, fonts, formatting, and tables.
- Edit PDF files—Quickly and easily edit PDF documents without going back to the original source file. Save time by making simple changes to text directly in your PDF files.
- Create fillable forms—Easily create fillable PDF forms from scanned paper documents and existing PDF, Word, or Excel files. Automatically convert static fields to fillable ones. Track and manage responses. Export data to a spreadsheet for analysis.
- Streamline document reviews—Review and mark up PDF documents quickly. Use digital versions of familiar commenting tools, including sticky notes and a highlighter. Then submit your feedback electronically.
- Protect sensitive information—Help prevent information from getting into the wrong hands. Use passwords to control access to your PDF documents, and use permissions to restrict printing, copying, or altering of PDF files.
- Use electronic approvals—Speed up document workflows and reduce paper consumption. Digitally sign and certify PDF documents using digital IDs. Enable recipients to validate document authenticity and integrity using certified documents.
- Share files online at Acrobat.com—Use services at Acrobat.com with Acrobat to store and send large documents to anyone you choose, inside and outside your organization.
Customers who own the following products are eligible to upgrade to Adobe Acrobat X Standard : Adobe Acrobat 7, 8, or 9 Standard
Customers who own Adobe Acrobat X Standard are eligible to upgrade to Adobe Acrobat X Pro
Discover Acrobat Dynamic PDF—Connect, interact, and engage in powerful new ways. Streamline howyou work. Collaborate more easily. And create high-impact communications—all with the reliability, visual fidelity, and control you expect from Acrobat.
- Maximize your productivity—Use a range of powerful tools to quickly capture, edit, and combine digital content—including audio, video, documents, forms, images, and screen captures—into professional business communications.
- Work better with everyone—Keep everyone on the same page through shared electronic reviews that enable participants to view and mark up PDF documents, see and respond to one another’s comments, and collaborate on a wider range of content.
- Create truly exceptional communications—Engage your audience with rich, compelling communications.Go beyond traditional documents to capture, edit, and combine a wide range of digital content into professional pieces that help you communicate clearly and improve business results.
- Explore next-generation solutions—Experience entirely new ways of working with others, inside and outside your organization. Combine the professional power of Acrobat X tools with the ease of services at Acrobat.com to send and store large files with confidence.
Adobe Acrobat X Suite includes the following components.
Adobe Acrobat X Pro—Prepare, protect, and deliver professional PDF communications.
Adobe Photoshop® CS5—Provide high-quality visuals for your business communications with the industrystandard for image editing.
Adobe Captivate® 5—Rapidly combine audio, video, screen recordings, slides, and more into rich media experiences.
Adobe Presenter 7—Quickly transform static PowerPoint slides into compelling, interactive presentations.
Adobe LiveCycle® Designer ES2—Create professional forms from templates or design them from scratch.
Adobe Media Encoder CS5—Convert a wide variety of video formats into an Adobe Flash® Player compatible format.
Top overall features
- Create polished PDF Portfolios—Assemble documents, presentations, images, audio, video, screen recordings, spreadsheets, email, forms, and more into a PDF Portfolio. Apply layouts, visual themes, and color palettes that can be branded with your corporate logo and colors.
- Edit digital images—Add high-quality visuals to your business communications with unprecedented speed and control. Crop, resize, retouch, and color-correct photos. Remove backgrounds and erase image elements. Make colors more vibrant and add special effects.
- Create and deliver rich media demonstrations—Rapidly combine audio, video, screen recordings, slides, and more into rich media experiences. Simultaneously record narration and onscreen actions, including mouse movements and keyboard activity, to create engaging presentations—no programming expertise required.
- Turn presentations into rich media experiences—Quickly transform static PowerPoint slides into compelling, self-running presentations. With just a few clicks, you can easily add narration, videos, and interactivity to make your business presentations look—and sound—better than ever.
- Create fillable forms—Easily create professional business forms. Choose from a library of PDF form templates—including invoices, employment applications, expense reports, and supply requisitions—or design your own forms from scratch.
- Convert video formats—Convert a wide variety of video formats into Adobe Flash® Player compatible formats.Add them to any PDF file to enable easy playback in Adobe Reader® software*—no special media player required.
- Manage electronic reviews—Provide team members with a complete set of commenting and markup tools. Enable all reviewers to participate using free Adobe Reader*. See and build on one another’s comments, and track review progress and participation.
Customers who own the following products are eligible to upgrade to Adobe Acrobat X Suite :
• Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional, 8 Professional, 9 Pro, or X Pro
• Adobe Acrobat 3D Version 7 or 8
• Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended
• Adobe Photoshop CS3, CS4, or CS5
• Adobe Photoshop CS3, CS4, or CS5 Extended
• Adobe Captivate 3, 4, or 5
