Amazon.com: Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Standard Upgrade from CS2/CS3[OLD VERSION]: Software

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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.

Upgrade from CS2/CS3 to Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Standard

Customers who have a license for the following applications are eligible for upgrade pricing:

Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, & Master Collection
Creative Suite 2.x Premium & Standard
Macromedia Studio 8
Adobe Production Studio Premium and Standard

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Standard combines:

Adobe Photoshop CS5

Adobe Illustrator CS5

Adobe InDesign CS5

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

Additional components:

Adobe Bridge CS5
Adobe Device Central CS5
Integration with new Adobe CS Live online services

Top reasons to upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Standard

Complex selections made easy
Get better-than-ever results in Adobe Photoshop CS5 when selecting tricky image elements such as hair, and eliminate background color around selection edges.

Simplified object selection and editing
Save time by performing repetitive layout tasks efficiently in Adobe InDesign CS5. Manipulate frames and frame content without switching tools. Dynamically adjust white space between objects to reposition page items. Use on-object controls to modify frame corners directly in the layout.

Innovative paint brushes
Revolutionize your everyday creative print work with exciting tools in Adobe Illustrator CS5 and Photoshop CS5. Create scalable vector artwork with the nuance and subtlety of fine art, enhance photographs with painterly effects, and paint freely on screen much as you would with physical brushes and paints.

Resolution-independent effects
In Illustrator CS5, apply raster effects such as drop shadows, glows, blurs, and textures that maintain a consistent appearance at different resolutions throughout the design process.

Production and printing tools
Find and place files fast using the new Mini Bridge panel as you work in InDesign CS5 and Photoshop CS5. Export large PDF files in the background, and eliminate font-related production problems using document-installed fonts in InDesign.

Enhanced text tools
In InDesign CS5, take advantage of efficiencies such as text-change tracking and paragraphs that span and split columns.

Faster, more precise drawing tools
In Illustrator CS5, adjust stroke width interactively using convenient width handles, precisely size and position arrowheads, and align dashes symmetrically. Draw shapes and scenes in accurate 1-, 2-, or 3-point linear perspective.

Multiple page sizes in a single InDesign file
Streamline design and production of projects with multiple page sizes, such as marketing collateral and complex magazine folds. Include different page sizes in a single document and apply the same master page to different-sized layouts.

Photoshop CS5 provides unparalleled editing and enhancement control with powerful new selection-refinement tools that produce superior results with complex subjects and state-of-the-art noise removal, sharpening, and raw-image processing with Adobe Camera Raw 6. Click to enlarge.

Paint freely in Illustrator CS5 with the vector-based Bristle Brush to produce lifelike brush strokes. Click to enlarge.

Adobe InDesign CS5 software provides precise control over typography and built-in creative tools for designing, preflighting, and publishing documents for print, online, or to mobile devices. Click to enlarge.

Accelerated creative reviews with Adobe CS Live online services
Bring creative reviews directly into your design workflow using new CS Live online services that integrate with your Creative Suite software. Conveniently initiate online reviews from within Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign. 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. CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time--visit www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.

Faster performance in Photoshop
Perform day-to-day imaging tasks faster, and process very large images at least 10 times faster. (Requires a 64-bit-capable computer with a 64-bit version of Mac OS, Microsoft Windows 7, or Windows Vista. Actual performance increase varies depending on the installed drivers, the features that you're using, and other factors.)

Create powerful images with the professional standard

Adobe Photoshop CS5 delivers breakthrough capabilities to help you create images with impact. Refine your images with reengineered photography tools for removing noise, adding grain, and creating high dynamic range (HDR) images. Get precise results when making complex selections. Remove any image element and see the space fill in almost magically. Paint with naturally textured brushstrokes and realistic color blends. Also work fast with cross-platform 64-bit support and dozens of other time-savers.

Refine with powerful photography tools
Create and refine images using state-of-the-art photography tools that deliver superior results with unprecedented ease and in fewer steps than ever before.

Maximize creative impact
Explore new creative possibilities with breakthrough tools that enable you to select, adjust, paint, and recompose images with tremendous precision and freedom.

Boost productivity
Accelerate your workflow with fast performance on 64-bit hardware systems, smoother interactions thanks to GPU acceleration, and dozens of time-savers throughout the application.

Adobe Illustrator CS5--Explore new paths with the essential vector tool

Create distinctive designs for any project. Used by creative professionals worldwide, Adobe Illustrator CS5 software provides precision and power. Paint expressively with vectors, draw in perspective, and explore designing for interactivity. Move easily between Illustrator, other Adobe products, and Adobe CS Live online services. Get the job done efficiently but beautifully, moving quickly from multiple ideas to multiple outputs with complete control and delivering exactly what you had in mind.

Design with powerful creative tools
Take advantage of exceptional precision and power to create distinctive vector artwork. Combine highly controllable drawing tools with expressive natural brushes and dramatic effects to make unique, striking designs.

Work smoothly and efficiently
Speed up your workflow with innovations that encourage efficiency. Get the job done with purpose and agility using shortcuts and time-savers to take multiple ideas to multiple outputs.

Deliver virtually anywhere
Incorporate vector artwork into essentially any project and deliver resolution-independent graphics across media. Enjoy tighter-than-ever integration with other Adobe products and go anywhere your creativity takes you.

Adobe InDesign CS5--Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing

Adobe InDesign CS5 software provides precise control over typography and built-in creative tools for designing, preflighting, and publishing documents for print, online, or to mobile devices. Bring documents and presentations to life with interactivity, animation, sound, and video. Leading industry tools, and productivity enhancements make page layout simpler and faster. Access Adobe CS Live online services* from within InDesign to streamline critical review processes.

Streamline review processes
Build powerful documents as a team. New integrated tools and the availability of efficient online services make review processes more efficient, whether your clients and colleagues are across the hall or around the world.

Do more in less time
Create, edit, and publish documents faster. A wealth of new productivity features help make page layout simpler, easier, and speedier.

Create powerful, innovative digital documents
Engage, inform, and attract readers with documents that include interactivity, animation, video, and sound. Develop stronger, more compelling communications with rich interactive documents.

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro--Protect documents and accelerate information exchange with PDF

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro software builds on the foundational feature set of Acrobat 9 Standard to provide business and creative professionals with additional capabilities, including enhanced security features, high-end print production support, and easy-to-manage electronic document reviews.

Deliver polished, professional documents
Quickly integrate content, insert company logos, define navigation, and add polish to your PDF Portfolio using one of many customizable templates.

Create dynamic electronic forms
Use included Adobe LiveCycle Designer software--a professional form design tool--to create, customize, and automate dynamic forms.

Collaborate and share with virtually anyone, anywhere
Gain the input you need--in real time--through interactive, shared document reviews that help participants see and build on each other's comments.

Adobe Creative Suite 5

With powerful new creative tools, enhanced performance and workflows, and the ability to integrate with timesaving new Adobe CS Live online services, Adobe Creative Suite 5 software provides the edge you need to create rich content for virtually any media--print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile. Whether you need to produce printed pages efficiently or design and distribute engaging content online, on film, on air, and on device, you'll find the right combination of Adobe tools to increase your productivity and keep pace with your creative vision.