Adobe Creative Suite CS5.5 Design Standard (Mac) Upgrade from CS5

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. Extend beyond print with dynamic eBooks and digital documents that marry interactivity with the quality of traditional print design.

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard includes:

• Photoshop CS5
• Illustrator CS5
• InDesign CS5.5
• Acrobat X Pro
• Bridge CS5
• Device Central CS5.5

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard Integrates with:

• CS Live online services

TOP FEATURES
Get industry-standard tools for editing digital images, creating vector graphics, and laying out beautiful designs with elegant typography in Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard software. Extend beyond print with interactive digital publications.

• Breakthrough image editing in Photoshop
  Create compelling digital images with Adobe Photoshop CS5, 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 features to accelerate everyday tasks.
• Vector graphics for virtually any medium
  Create distinctive vector artwork for any project, from logos and branding to illustrations for advertising, packaging, signage, and more. Adobe Illustrator CS5 provides precise drawing tools and expressive natural brushes for creating eye-catching content.
• Professional page layout and production
  Lay out stunning pages quickly and efficiently in Adobe InDesign CS5.5 with an intuitive design environment, precise typographic controls, built-in creative tools and effects, and robust preflight capabilities.
• Folio Producer tools in InDesign
  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 Suite 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 helps minimize dependence on developers. Design eBooks with video and audio for applications and browsers that support HTML video and audio tags.
• 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.
• Authoring of accessible documents
  Use features in InDesign CS5.5 and Acrobat X Pro that help you to 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 reliably using Acrobat X Pro to create simple PDF documents, and package layouts, drawings, images, animation, video, audio, and other files in a single, polished 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.
• Creative reviews within your design workflow
  Streamline reviews through integration with Adobe CS Review, an Adobe CS Live online service. Initiate shared reviews from within Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, and InDesign CS5.5. Invite others to comment with easy-to-use browser-based tools, and view their comments in the context of your design.
• Enhanced creative freedom on the go
  Take your creativity beyond the desktop. Use mobile devices like the iPad with Adobe Ideas sketching software and additional companion apps as they become available for Photoshop CS5.

FEATURES NEW SINCE CS5
Increase your productivity with dozens of features introduced in Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard software that let you edit images, create vector graphics, and lay out pages faster than ever before -- whether you're creating for print or interactive digital publications.

• Folio Producer tools in InDesign
  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 Suite for further production and distribution.
• Enhanced eBook authoring4 in InDesign
  Create more engaging eBooks, with less need for developers. Use a smoother EPUB workflow as you include refined typography and images that resize automatically to fit virtually any screen. You can now even add video and audio for eBook reader applications that support HTML5 video and audio tags.
• Action Wizard in Acrobat Pro
  Automate routine, multistep PDF tasks in Adobe Acrobat X Pro. The Action Wizard guides you through creating an Action, which is an automated sequence of actions that can be applied to a single PDF or batches of files.
• Enhanced creative freedom on the go
  Take your creativity beyond the desktop. Use mobile devices like the iPad with Adobe Ideas sketching software and additional companion apps as they become available for Photoshop CS5.
• More efficient delivery of accessible documents
  Use enhanced features in InDesign CS5.5 and Acrobat X Pro that help you to deliver publications that meet Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 standards. Apply accessibility features more easily in InDesign CS5.5, and then check, adjust, and validate accessible PDF documents in Acrobat X Pro.

System requirements

Windows

• Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor
• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 2; or Windows 7
• 1GB of RAM or more recommended
• 7.7GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM
• Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
• Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9-capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM
• DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs
• QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features
• Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*

Mac OS

• Multicore Intel processor
• Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6
• 1GB of RAM or more recommended
• 8.2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM
• Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
• DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs
• QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features
• Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*

*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.

Activation

This product must be activated over the Internet prior to use. Visit the Product Activation Center to learn more about activation.

Product information is advisory only. Specifications and compatibility should be checked with the manufacturer before order. Images are for illustrative purposes only.