Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Standard

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

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

Included Applications

Photoshop CS5

Photoshop is the premiere application for image editing. It features numerous tools for working with digital photos and images. You can adjust curves, correct lens distortions, apply vignettes, and edit images on a pixel-based level

Illustrator CS5

Illustrator allows you to create and edit vector graphics. Vector graphics can be scaled to virtually any size, perfect for creating designs for anything from postage stamps to billboards. It supports many different fonts, gradient fills, transparencies, and more

InDesign CS5

InDesign allows you to design, preflight, and publish documents for print media, online use, and display on mobile devices. It gives you precise control over typography and features a wealth of creative tools. You can even include interactive elements, animation, video, and sound

Acrobat 9 Pro

Acrobat Pro gives you all the tools necessary to create and package documents in Adobe's ubiquitous PDF file format. PDFs appear the same on every computer screen and in print, ensuring that your document is delivered in the format that you intended. Acrobat also allows you to create forms which can be filled out electronically, helping to reduce the use of paper in your office

Bridge CS5

Bridge is a powerful media management tool that helps you keep track of your digital assets. It provides a single interface that allows you to browse and access all files that you use in Adobe projects. It also helps you keep track of files when working on a project in multiple Adobe CS applications

Device Central CS5

Device Central allows you to simulate a large number of handheld devices, including popular mobile phones, on your computer. This allows you to see exactly how your projects will run on a specific mobile platform, essential for developers who are creating content for mobile devices