Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium Datasheet

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.

Top reasons to upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium Code hinting for HTML5 and CSS3—Enjoy rich code hinting and completion for HTML5

and CSS3 in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5.

Multiscreen Preview in Dreamweaver—View website designs as they would appear on screens of different sizes and resolution—all within a single, easy-to-use panel in Dreamweaver CS5.5.

Folio Producer tools in 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 these documents to the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite* hosted solution for further production and distribution.

Authoring for latest platforms and devices with Adobe Flash Professional—Use Adobe Flash Professional CS5.5 software to create interactive experiences that render consistently across desktop, browser, and hand-held devices. Reach audiences via the latest Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR® runtimes—and on Android, RIM, Apple iOS, webOS, and Adobe Digital Home devices.

Enhanced eBook authoring† in InDesign—Create more engaging eBooks with less need for developers. Enjoy a smoother workflow as you include refined typography and images that resize automatically to fit virtually any screen. You can even add video and audio for eBook reader applications that support HTML5 video and audio tags.

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.

More control and flexibility for creating interactive content without writing code— Create resizable applications and components, and craft more precise and expressive transitions and effects with Adobe Flash Catalyst.

Action Wizard in Acrobat Pro—Automate routine, multistep PDF tasks more easily in Acrobat X Pro. The Action Wizard guides you through creating an Action, which is an automated sequence of steps that can be applied to a single PDF or batches of files.

Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Design PremiumDeliver innovative ideas in print, web, interactive, and mobile design

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium combines:

Adobe Photoshop® CS5 Extended Adobe Illustrator® CS5 Adobe InDesign® CS5.5 Adobe Dreamweaver® CS5.5 Adobe Flash® Professional CS5.5 Adobe Flash Catalyst® CS5.5 Adobe Fireworks® CS5 Adobe Acrobat® X Pro

Additional components: Adobe Bridge CS5 Adobe Device Central CS5.5 Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5

Integrates with Adobe CS Live online services‡§:Learn about the newest features of CS Live online services‡§—complimentary until April 12, 2012. Visit www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.

Subscription option:Get the same product with low monthly payments. Visit www.adobe.com/go/cssubscription to learn more.

* Adobe Digital Publishing Suite requires a separate license and payment of associated fees. Visit www.adobe.com/products/digitalpublishingsuite for more information.

† 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.

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* Adobe Digital Publishing Suite requires a separate license and payment of associated fees. Visit www.adobe.com/products/digitalpublishingsuite for more information.

† 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.

‡ CS Live online services are complimentary until April 12, 2012. Visit www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.

§ 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.

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For more informationProduct details:www.adobe.com/go/creativesuitedesign

Upgrade details:www.adobe.com/go/ dp_upgrade

System requirements Windows®• Intel®Pentium®4orAMDAthlon® 64processor

•Microsoft®WindowsXPwithServicePack3;WindowsVista®HomePremium,Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended);orWindows7

•1GBofRAMormorerecommended•9.3GBofavailablehard-diskspacefor

installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)

•1280x800displaywithqualifiedhardware-acceleratedOpenGLgraphicscard,16-bitcolor,and256MBofVRAM

•SomeGPU-acceleratedfeaturesrequiregraphics support for Shader Model 3.0 andOpenGL2.0

•SomefeaturesinAdobeBridgerelyonaDirectX9–capablegraphicscardwithatleast64MBofVRAM

•DVD-ROMdrivecompatiblewith dual-layerDVDs

• Java™RuntimeEnvironment1.5(32bit) or 1.6

•QuickTime7.6.2softwarerequiredformultimedia features

•AdobeFlashPlayer10softwarerequired toexportSWFfiles

•BroadbandInternetconnectionrequiredfor online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis§

Mac OS•MulticoreIntelprocessor•MacOSXv10.5.8orv10.6•1GBofRAMormorerecommended•10.3GBofavailablehard-diskspacefor

installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volumethatusesacase-sensitivefilesystem or on removable flash storage devices)

•1280x800displaywithqualifiedhardware-acceleratedOpenGLgraphicscard,16-bitcolor,and256MBofVRAM

•SomeGPU-acceleratedfeaturesrequiregraphics support for Shader Model 3.0 andOpenGL2.0

•DVD-ROMdrivecompatiblewith dual-layerDVDs

• JavaRuntimeEnvironment1.5or1.6•QuickTime7.6.2softwarerequiredfor

multimedia features•AdobeFlashPlayer10softwarerequired toexportSWFfiles

•BroadbandInternetconnectionrequiredfor online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis§

For updates to system requirements, visit www.adobe.com/go/ designpremium_systemreqs.

The continuing evolution of creative power from AdobeIn addition to the new features listed on page 1, here’s a snapshot of powerful features that were added in previous releases of Creative Suite Design Premium.

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