Adobe Master Collection Creative Suite CS 5.5 MAC - Installs on up to 2 Computers

Installs on up to two computers!! Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection

This Academic edition has the same features and capabilities of the retail version, and is shipped to you in a factory sealed retail box. However, this version is able to be sold below the retail price because of an educational discount.

Design and deliver across media

• Enhanced multiscreen preview panel
• More efficient video workflow and advanced audio-for video editing
• Expanded platform and device support

Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Master Collection software is a comprehensive set of professional creative tools for delivering design across media. Make an impact by creating work for virtually any screen—mobile to tablet to HD display—all with one value-packed offering.

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection combines:

• Adobe Photoshop® CS5 Extended
• 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
• Adobe Bridge CS5
• Adobe Device Central CS5.5
• Adobe Dynamic Link
• Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5

Adobe Student and Teacher Editions

Get up to 80% off with Adobe Student and Teacher Editions

New Adobe Student and Teacher Editions give students—and now educators—access to low prices on full versions of the latest Adobe design software.

Please Note: Adobe Student and Teacher Editions are for students, teachers, school staff, and other educators who meet Adobe eligibility guidelines. After you receive your purchase, you will send your eligibility to the third-party verification organization, Identit-e, in order to activate the software. Individuals will be authorized for only one license of each Adobe Student and Teacher Edition title. See eligibility guidelines below.

Top reasons to upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection

• Enhanced Multiscreen Preview panel: View website designs as they would appear across desktops, smartphones, tablets, and televisions within the enhanced panel in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 and experience better handling of custom media queries and multiple CSS files.
• Robust jQuery Mobile support: Build rich content for a variety of devices with support for the jQuery Mobile framework in Dreamweaver CS5.5. Take advantage of mobile templates, contextual code hinting, and the ability to quickly insert objects into a design.
• Expanded platform and device support: Create content in Adobe Flash Professional CS5.5 optimized for delivery across more devices thanks to support for Flash Player 10.2 and Adobe AIR 2.6 and new platforms, including Android, iOS, RIM, webOS, and Adobe Digital Home.
• More efficient video workflow: Trim and edit with more efficiency and precision in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. Use widely accepted NLE shortcuts, and easily sync separately recorded field audio with your video, thanks to new dual-system sound support.
• Advanced audio-for-video editing in Adobe Audition CS5.5: Record, edit, mix, master, and sweeten audio with Adobe Audition CS5.5—now available for Mac OS 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.
• Warp Stabilizer effect in After Effects CS5.5: Smooth a bumpy camera move, or lock a shot automatically. Warp Stabilizer removes jitter and compensates for motion-related irregularities.
• Performance boost with the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine: Work faster thanks to enhancements in the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. Edit using newly certified laptop GPUs, get real-time playback of mixed-format timelines, and use more GPU-accelerated effects and transitions.
• 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° 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 for further production and distribution.
• 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.
• Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 Premium: Leverage a single development platform to deliver expressive, easy-to-use applications on the most popular mobile platforms and a multitude of mobile devices. A new bidirectional workflow with Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5.5 allows developers to collaborate intelligently with designers on shared projects.

Top reasons to buy Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection

• The ultimate creative toolset in one comprehensive offering: Design and deliver across media using the creative environment that combines the components of Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium, Web Premium, and Production Premium software—all at a great value.
• Industry-standard image editing: Make an impact with your images using Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended, the digital-imaging standard preferred by professionals worldwide for its powerful state-of-the-art editing, compositing, painting, and effects capabilities.
• Vector graphics that work across media: Create compelling graphics in Adobe Illustrator CS5, the vector-drawing environment used by design professionals worldwide. Experiment freely and design efficiently with powerful tools for drawing, color, creative effects, and typography.
• High-quality layout and production for print: Generate stunning page layouts quickly and efficiently in InDesign CS5.5 with precise control over typography, built-in creative tools, and an intuitive design environment using workflows that take your layouts to print reliably and with less risk of error.
• 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.
• Best-of-breed video editing and effects tools: Work efficiently and with maximum creativity using the best video editing and effects workflow on the market. Deliver reliably for broadcast, film, or online experiences with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, After Effects CS5.5, and more.
• Multiscreen Preview panel: View website designs as they would appear across screens of desktops, smartphones, tablets, and televisions within a single, easy-to-use panel in Dreamweaver CS5.5. Handle custom media queries and efficiently manage multiple CSS files.
• Support for the latest operating systems: Enjoy platform performance speeds that match the speed of your thoughts. Creative Suite components take full advantage of the performance and power of the newer standard operating systems, including 64-bit support (see system requirements).
• Video workflow efficiency with Dynamic Link: Save time on video projects thanks to roundtrip editing and Adobe Dynamic Link, which eliminates intermediate rendering as you refine assets between After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Encore.
• Fast object selection and transformation: Select an object in InDesign CS5.5 and perform transformations with ease. Efficiency-optimizing tools and on-object controls speed up and simplify repetitive, everyday layout tasks.
• Beautiful strokes with variable widths: Dynamically create and edit strokes in Illustrator CS5 that have infinitely adjustable widths. Precisely position and scale arrowheads and dashes, and finely control the scaling of art brushes along a path.
• Project workflow acceleration with online services: Use integration with Adobe CS Live online services to enhance your workflow and increase efficiency thanks to streamlined creative reviews, browser compatibility testing, online collaboration, sharing, and more.
• Smooth web designer-developer workflows: Work in parallel on the same Flex based project using Flash Catalyst CS5.5 and Flash Builder 4.5 Premium. Designers can make creative edits while developers manipulate code, and files flow easily back and forth for a fast, smooth workflow.
• Adobe Mercury Playback Engine and 64-bit performance: Work faster thanks to enhancements in the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. Edit using newly certified laptop GPUs, get real-time playback of mixed-format timelines, and use more GPU-accelerated effects and transitions.
• Integration with Adobe BrowserLab: Ensure the accuracy and integrity of your web designs across browsers by using integration with Adobe BrowserLab, part of CS Live online services. From within Dreamweaver CS5.5, you can easily find layout differences, active links, and more.
• Integration with Adobe CS Review: Streamline creative reviews using integration with Adobe CS Review, part of CS Live online services. From within your favorite tools, include vector art, images, page layouts, and video sequences in a single online review that’s easy to use and invites fast, targeted feedback.
• Professional audio production: Design sound at a professional level with cross-platform Adobe Audition CS5.5. Record, mix, edit, and master with tools that match the creativity and impact of your video and motion graphics.
• Premium tools for Flex developers: Leverage a single development platform to deliver expressive, easy-to-use applications on the most popular mobile platforms and a multitude of mobile devices. A new bidirectional workflow with Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5.5 allows developers to collaborate intelligently with designers on shared projects.

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Student and Teacher Editions Eligibility Guidelines

PLEASE NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure that you are eligible to buy and use this software before purchasing this product. Once opened, it is non-returnable, non-refundable in accordance with our returns policy.

Program Purchasing Restrictions: You may purchase only one license per platform of any Adobe Student and Teacher Edition product per year. Purchases of suite editions (such as Design Premium or Master Collection) are limited to one title per platform per year. Adobe Student and Teacher Edition products may be used only on your privately owned computer and may not be resold.

Eligible persons include:

• University and college students — students enrolled at a higher education institution defined as an accredited public or private university or college (including community, junior, or vocational college) that grants degrees requiring not less than the equivalent of two years of full-time study
• Primary and secondary school students — students enrolled at an accredited public or private primary or secondary school providing full-time instruction
• Faculty and staff — teachers and staff employed by an accredited primary or secondary school, public or private university or college, school district, or board of education (including emeritus status professors)*
• Homeschooled students and their teachers — students and teachers as defined by state homeschooling regulations.

Proof of eligibility

Students:

Proof of current enrollment, stating your name, the institution name, and the current date or term*

Types of proof of enrollment include:

• School ID card
• Report card
• Transcript
• Tuition bill or statement
• Any other document issued by the educational institution that includes your name, the institution name, and the current date or term

Teachers, faculty, and staff:

• Current ID that includes your name, the date, and the name of the educational entity or an official document such as the following:
• Institutional paycheck stub
• Letter on official letterhead from the registrar of the educational entity indicating current employment

Note: Any sensitive information such as pay amounts, grades, or social security numbers can be covered or crossed out.

Homeschooled students and their teachers:

• Dated copy of a letter of intent to homeschool2
• Current membership ID to a home school association (for example, the Home School Legal Defense Association)
• Dated proof of purchase of curriculum for the current academic school year

Unqualified institutions include:

• Nonaccredited schools and religious organizations
• Museums
• Prekindergarten or child care facilities
• Churches
• Libraries
• Hospitals in Canada
• Training centers or schools granting certificates for courses such as computer software training, including, without limitation: Ziff Davis University, Learning Tree University, New Horizon Computer Learning Center, Teacher Training Centers
• Military schools that do not grant academic degrees
• Research laboratories not recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Canadian/Provincial Ministries of Education, for example, institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Defense or Energy or the National Research Council Canada. In addition, laboratories in the U.S. defined as Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) and University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) are not eligible. Examples include: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
• Other unqualified examples as listed by Adobe from time to time on its website

Footnotes:

• Accredited schools are those that are approved by an association recognized by the U.S. Department of Education/State Board of Education or the Canadian/Provincial Ministries of Education and that teach students as their primary focus. In the U.S., such associations include: Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Northwest Association of Accredited Schools.
• Documents dated within the last six months are considered current.

System Requirements:

Mac OS

• Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
• Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6; Mac OS X v10.6 required for Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 Premium and Flash Builder integration with Flash Catalyst and Flash Professional; Mac OS X v10.6.3 required for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere Pro
• 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended)
• 26.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation(cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
• 1280x900 display (1280x1024 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM
• Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere Pro; visit www.adobe.com/go/premiere_systemreqs for the latest list of supported cards
• Some GPU-accelerated features in Adobe Photoshop require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
• 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed
• Core Audio–compatible sound card
• DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs(SuperDrive for burning DVDs; external Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
• Java Runtime Environment 1.6
• Eclipse 3.6.1 Cocoa version required for plug-in installation
• QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime and multimedia features
• Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files and to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files