Adobe Creative Suite CS5 Design Standard (Win) Upgrade from CS4

This upgrade version of Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Standard will install only if you are a licensed user of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, or Master Collection

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Standard is tightly integrated professional software for delivering distinctive print design in marketing collateral, magazines, books, packaging, and more. Achieve exceptional quality even under the tightest deadlines with best-in-class drawing, image editing, page layout, and print production tools.

Create outstanding print design, even under the tightest deadlines

• Accelerate print design and production-Meet even the most stringent deadlines with timesaving features for page layout, image editing, vector drawing, and print production. Deliver print projects faster without compromising creativity or quality.
• Add impact to print designs-Revolutionize everyday creative work using tools that let you create scalable artwork with the nuance and subtlety of natural media, enhance photographs with painterly effects, and paint freely onscreen much as you would with real brushes and paints.
• Streamline the review of creative projects-Bring creative reviews directly into your design workflow thanks to Adobe CS Review, a new Adobe CS Live online service that integrates with your design software. CS Live services are complimentary for a limited time.

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Standard includes:

• Adobe Photoshop CS5 -- Create powerful images with the professional standard
• Adobe Illustrator CS5 -- Explore new paths with the essential vector tool
• Adobe InDesign CS5 -- Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing
• Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro -- Deliver revolutionary digital documents and accelerate information exchange with PDF
• Adobe Bridge CS5 -- Powerful media manager
• Adobe Device Central CS5 -- Design, preview, and test engaging mobile content

FEATURES

• Comprehensive toolset for print design and production-Express even your most innovative creative visions in print using tightly integrated software for moving fluidly and confidently from inspiration to output. Accelerate creative reviews with new Adobe CS Live online services* that integrate with Design Standard. CS Live services are complimentary for a limited time.
• Sophisticated vector graphics-Craft compelling graphics with Adobe Illustrator CS5, the vector-drawing environment used by design professionals worldwide. Experiment freely and quickly to achieve the look you want for illustrations, creative effects, typography, and color.
• Professional page layout-Lay out stunning pages faster and more efficiently in Adobe InDesign CS5 with an intuitive design environment, precise typographic controls, built-in creative tools and effects, robust preflight capabilities, and a host of productivity features.
• Integration with CS Live online services-Bring creative reviews directly into your design workflow using new Adobe CS Review, part of CS Live online services. Initiate a quick online review from within Adobe Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, or InDesign CS5. Reviewers comment in their browser using simple annotation tools, and you view comments in the context of your work--making it much easier to match each comment to the right design element.
• Sophisticated typography-Easily compose beautiful type for page layouts, images, and illustrations using robust styles in InDesign CS5 and Illustrator CS5, along with a host of advanced typographic controls for creativity and precision.
• Breakthrough image editing-Create compelling digital images with 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 enhancements to accelerate everyday tasks.
• Adobe PDF creation, editing, and delivery-Prepare files for high-end print production with confidence using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. End-to-end PDF workflows share common technology to generate, preview, and print PDF files, enabling consistently high-quality output.
• Comprehensive preflight and production-Use robust preflight features in Acrobat 9 Pro to check files for high-end print publishing. Catch production glitches as you lay out pages, avoid color output surprises in graphics, and apply output presets in order to reliably meet exacting production standards and minimize costly errors.
• Faster performance-Perform day-to-day imaging tasks faster and process very large images at least ten times faster in Photoshop CS5. (Requires a 64-bit capable computer with a 64-bit version of Mac OS, Microsoft Windows 7, or Windows Vista. Actual performance increase will vary depending on the drivers you have installed, the feature you're using, and other factors.)
• Built-in creative tools and effects-Explore artistic possibilities with built-in Photoshop effects, nondestructive effects, and finer transparency controls in InDesign CS5.Create or modify images with brush tools and paint settings in Photoshop CS5. Sketch naturally and draw in accurate perspective in Illustrator CS5.

WHAT's NEW IN ADOBE CS5 DESIGN STANDARD :

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Standard software offers a host of productivity features for print design, including more precise image selection in Adobe Photoshop, enhanced object editing in Adobe InDesign, and perspective drawing in Adobe Illustrator. Revolutionize everyday creative work with innovative painting tools in Photoshop and Illustrator, and accelerate creative reviews thanks to integration with Adobe CS Live online services.* CS Live services are complimentary for a limited time.

• Complex image selection made easy-Enjoy faster, more precise edge detection in Photoshop CS5, even when selecting tricky image elements such as hair.
• Innovative painting tools-Revolutionize everyday creative work using tools in Photoshop CS5 and Illustrator CS5 that mimic real brushes and paints.
• Production and printing tools-Find and place files fast by using the new Adobe Mini Bridge panel accessible from within InDesign CS5 and Photoshop CS5. Export large PDF files in the background, and eliminate font-related production problems using document-installed fonts in InDesign.
• Faster, more precise drawing tools-Draw in accurate perspective, and dynamically finesse the details of strokes, arrowheads, and dashes using few steps in Illustrator CS5.
• Accelerated creative reviews-Bring creative reviews directly into your design workflow. Initiate reviews and receive comments from within your design software using Adobe CS Review, part of CS Live online services.
• Simplified object selection and editing-Perform repetitive layout tasks efficiently using new and enhanced tools and on-object controls in InDesign CS5.
• Resolution-independent effects-In Illustrator CS5, apply drop shadows, glows, blurs, and textures that maintain a consistent appearance at different resolutions throughout the design process.
• Powerful new text features-In InDesign CS5, take advantage of efficiencies such as the Track Text Changes feature and paragraphs that span and split columns.
• Multiple page sizes in a single InDesign file-Include different page sizes in a single InDesign CS5 document and apply the same master page to different-sized layouts.
• Faster performance-Perform day to day imaging tasks faster and process very large images at least ten times faster in Photoshop CS5. (Requires a 64-bit capable computer with a 64-bit version of Mac OS, Microsoft Windows 7, or Windows Vista. Actual performance increase will vary depending on the drivers you have installed, the feature you're using, and other factors.

Product information, specifications, and compatibility are for advisory purposes only, and is the buyers full responsibility to verify with the manufacturer prior to ordering.