What is Master Collection?

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection software delivers the professional creative tools you need to reach audiences everywhere, even on Android, BlackBerry®, and iOS devices. Create standards-based websites in HTML5, produce video faster than ever before, and design immersive digital experiences all with one value-packed offering

What's new in 5.5?

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 that now better handles custom media queries and multiple CSS files
Robust jQuery 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
Support for more mobile platforms and devices 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, RIM, iOS, webOS, and Adobe Digital Home
A 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
Action Wizard in Acrobat Pro Automate routine, multistep PDF tasks more easily in Adobe 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
Advanced audio-for-video editing 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 ProTools and other NLEs
Folio Producer tools in InDesign Create engaging digital magazines, newspapers, and retail catalogs that incorporate eye-catching elements such as 360° object rotation and image panoramas for a wide variety of tablet devices. Upload to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite5 for further production and distribution
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 filters and effects
Enhanced eBook authoring in InDesign Create more engaging eBooks, with less need for developers. Use a smoother EPUB workflow as you include refined typography and images that resize automatically to fit virtually any screen. You can now even add video and audio for eBook reader applications that support HTML5 video and audio tags.4
Warp Stabilizer Smooth a bumpy camera move, or lock a shot automatically. Warp Stabilizer removes jitter and compensates for motion-related irregularities.
Enhanced creative freedom on the go Take your creativity beyond the desktop. Use mobile devices like the iPad with Adobe Ideas sketching software and additional companion apps as they become available for Photoshop CS5 Extended.3 See all mobile apps
Flash Builder 4.5 for developing for mobile Rapidly develop cross-platform web, desktop, and mobile applications, leverage a common Flex and/or ActionScript® codebase to write apps for Android, iOS, and BlackBerry, while sharing code from web and desktop apps with Flash Builder 4.5 Premium Edition

• Create without boundaries Get it all with Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Master Collection software. Create in new ways for mobile, video, print, and online media with the ultimate design environment, fully loaded with Adobe's professional tools
• Work efficiently and with precision Do more in less time. Do more in real time. Tap into the power of performance and take advantage of a wealth of new efficiencies, from mobile design to animation to HD video
• Deliver to multiple screens See your designs come alive on smartphones, fill tablets with engaging reading experiences, and deliver easily to the big screen in HD video
• Streamline productivity Review. Test. Collaborate. Integration with Adobe CS Live online services helps you streamline common tasks so you can stay focused on being creative

• 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 Edition 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
• 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 9 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
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis