Adobe CS5.5 Design Standard [Mac]

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard

Produce high-impact print designs and digital publications

Deliver exceptional print designs, freely expressing your wildest ideas at lightning speed–without ever sacrificing quality or precision. Extend beyond print by authoring dynamic presentations, eBooks, and digital magazines* that marry the appeal of interactivity with the quality of traditional print.

Preview interactive overlays–including panorama views, 360-degree rotation, scrolling and panning, and embedded websites–within the context of your publications. View larger.

In InDesign, you can map styles to HTML, EPUB, or PDF tags in the Export Tagging pane of the Paragraph Style Options and Character Style Options dialog boxes. View larger.

What is Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard?

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.

Key Features

Deliver high-impact print designs and digital publications using industry-standard software for editing digital images, creating eye-catching vector graphics, and laying out stunning pages that incorporate elegant typography. Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard software combines the latest versions of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, and more. This comprehensive toolkit offers many features that let you freely express your wildest ideas without sacrificing quality, precision, or speed. Plus, now you can extend beyond print with dynamic presentations, beautifully designed eBooks, and immersive digital magazines* created through integration with the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite 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.

Impress a client or prospect with an easy-to-create, customized PDF Portfolio. View larger.

In the Acrobat Tools pane, the Action Wizard enables you to create new Actions and edit existing Actions. View larger.

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-degree 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.

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.

The Edit Action dialog box allows you to drag steps into an Action, or sequence, that you can apply repeatedly in order to save time. View larger.

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

Make an impact through print, video, and digital experiences for virtually any device and platform. With powerful new creative tools, enhanced performance, simple workflows, and support for cutting-edge standards like HTML5 and EPUB 3, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 software helps you create rich content for virtually any media. Whether you need to produce printed pages, create high-end video, or design and distribute engaging interactive content for the latest smartphones and tablets, Creative Suite 5.5 is ready to help you boost productivity and keep pace with your creative vision.

	DESIGN PREMIUM	DESIGN STANDARD	WEB PREMIUM	PRODUCTION PREMIUM	MASTER COLLECTION
	Design Professionals	Print Designers; Print Professionals	Web Designers; Web Developers; Interactive Designers	Web Professionals; Motion Graphics Artists; Broadcasters	Graphic Design Professionals; Web and Interactive Design Professionals; Video and Broadcast Professionals
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended	•		•	•	•
Adobe Photoshop CS5		•
Adobe Illustrator CS5	•	•	•	•	•
Adobe InDesign CS5.5	•	•			•
Adobe Acrobat X Pro	•	•	•		•
Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5.5	•		•	•	•
Adobe Flash Professional CS5.5	•		•	•	•
Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 Premium			•		•
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5	•		•		•
Adobe Fireworks CS5	•		•		•
Adobe Contribute CS5			•		•
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5				•	•
Adobe After Effects CS5.5				•	•
Adobe Audition CS5.5				•	•
Adobe OnLocation CS5				•	•
Adobe Encore CS5				•	•
ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS
Adobe Bridge CS5	•	•	•	•	•
Adobe Device Central CS5.5	•	•	•	•	•
Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5	•	•	•	•	•
Adobe Dynamic Link				•	•
INTEGRATES WITH ADOBE CS LIVE ONLINE SERVICES
	•	•	•	•	•

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium

Create video for virtually any screen using high-performance production tools

A completely new high-performance audio engine takes full advantage of multicore processors to make Adobe Audition CS5.5 an even more powerful all-in-one editing and mixing environment. View larger.

Tackle any production challenge and deliver video to virtually any screen with breakthrough performance, the industry’s best file-based workflow, and streamlined collaboration.

What is Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium?

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.

You can send Adobe Premiere Pro clips and sequences to Adobe Audition for advanced audio editing and restoration, then roundtrip back to Adobe Premiere Pro.

Like Adobe Premiere Pro, Audition can exchange projects with Final Cut Pro and other NLEs, to simplify integration with larger workflows.

Key Features

Take advantage of breakthrough, cross-platform performance in Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium, the leader in video production software. Produce your best work with game-changing innovations like the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro and the industry’s most efficient post-production workflow. Tightly integrated best-of-breed video, animation, compositing, audio, and design tools provide the creative features and toolsets you need to accelerate your production workflow and deliver high-quality results.

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.

After Effects displays a frame overlay to show that it’s automatically analyzing the shot–the first step in stabilization.

Warp Stabilizer offers considerable control over the automated result without creating actual keyframes in the timeline. The Subspace Warp option, chosen by default, performs pixel analysis to correct for motion artifacts including parallax shifts. View larger.

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.

To make it easier to output your work to virtually any video and device format, the new Adobe Media Encoder user interface includes three sections–the Queue pane, the Current Encode pane, and the Watch Folders pane. View larger.

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.

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.

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.

Bokeh blur is the natural result when light highlights appear in the defocused area of an image, but many blur features don’t account for this. The depth-of-field effects on the right bring focus to the face by making the foreground appear defocused. View larger.

With Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium, you can:

Work faster. Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium takes the breakthrough performance delivered in Creative Suite 5 and makes it more accessible; in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, expanded support for mobile and desktop video cards brings Adobe Mercury Playback Engine GPU acceleration to a wider selection of systems, including Windows laptops for editing in the field. Edit with a highly efficient keyboard-driven workflow, and boost productivity with dual-system sound support and other timesaving features suggested by users. Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium gives you new flexibility when working with RAW digital cinema files and other file-based footage in After Effects CS5.5 and Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, building upon the industry’s best file-based workflow which eliminates transcoding and rewrapping while preserving the pristine quality of your footage. 64-bit Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 simplifies multiscreen delivery–with new, intuitive presets and contextual menus that let you set up sequences once for batch encoding to multiple formats such as PCs, smartphones, and television, while you continue editing.

Craft great stories with game-changing creative innovation. Adding to the groundbreaking Roto Brush feature that After Effects CS5 introduced, the new Warp Stabilizer gives you options for improving the quality of handheld footage; Camera Lens Blur lets you control which parts of a scene are in focus; and Light Falloff enables you to manage how light behaves in a 3D scene. Improve your audio workflow and get best-in-class editing and multitrack mixing tools, powerful sweetening options, and rock-solid performance using Adobe Audition CS5.5–available for the first time on Mac OS, as well as Windows.

Collaborate efficiently. Easily integrate CS5.5 Production Premium with existing workflows, whether you’re part of a small workgroup or a large-scale enterprise. Move projects back and forth more easily between Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition, and other NLEs such as Apple Final Cut Pro. Adobe Story, an Adobe CS Live online service for collaborative script writing, now directly integrates with Adobe Premiere Pro and helps you create metadata-rich, production-ready assets. New presets in Adobe Media Encoder make it easier to send sequences to Adobe CS Review, another CS Live online service, making it easier for you to get feedback from clients and teammates on works in progress.

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5

Make an impact through print, video, and digital experiences for virtually any device and platform. With powerful new creative tools, enhanced performance, simple workflows, and support for cutting-edge standards like HTML5 and EPUB 3, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 software helps you create rich content for virtually any media. Whether you need to produce printed pages, create high-end video, or design and distribute engaging interactive content for the latest smartphones and tablets, Creative Suite 5.5 is ready to help you boost productivity and keep pace with your creative vision.

	DESIGN PREMIUM	DESIGN STANDARD	WEB PREMIUM	PRODUCTION PREMIUM	MASTER COLLECTION
	Design Professionals	Print Designers; Print Professionals	Web Designers; Web Developers; Interactive Designers	Web Professionals; Motion Graphics Artists; Broadcasters	Graphic Design Professionals; Web and Interactive Design Professionals; Video and Broadcast Professionals
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended	•		•	•	•
Adobe Photoshop CS5		•
Adobe Illustrator CS5	•	•	•	•	•
Adobe InDesign CS5.5	•	•			•
Adobe Acrobat X Pro	•	•	•		•
Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5.5	•		•	•	•
Adobe Flash Professional CS5.5	•		•	•	•
Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 Premium			•		•
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5	•		•		•
Adobe Fireworks CS5	•		•		•
Adobe Contribute CS5			•		•
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5				•	•
Adobe After Effects CS5.5				•	•
Adobe Audition CS5.5				•	•
Adobe OnLocation CS5				•	•
Adobe Encore CS5				•	•
ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS
Adobe Bridge CS5	•	•	•	•	•
Adobe Device Central CS5.5	•	•	•	•	•
Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5	•	•	•	•	•
Adobe Dynamic Link				•	•
INTEGRATES WITH ADOBE CS LIVE ONLINE SERVICES
	•	•	•	•	•