Adobe Creative Suite

The Adobe Creative Suite [ ə ˌ swi ː doʊbi kɹieɪt.ɪv t] is a collection of design, graphics, and production programs of the company Adobe Systems. The first version of the Adobe CS came in September 2003 with new versions of all applications on the market.

The latest version of the Adobe Creative Suite 6 ( CS6 ) was presented on 23 April 2012 and published on May 7, 2012. Although now newer versions of the program within the Adobe Creative Cloud are released, the CS6 is still available as a download version with permanent license.

Applications

The Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of standalone programs, each of which covers a specific field of application.

• Adobe Acrobat is responsible for Adobe's Portable Document Format ( PDF). Adobe Acrobat Standard, Adobe Acrobat Pro, and Adobe Acrobat Suite used to create and edit PDF files. Adobe Reader is a free program to view PDF files.
• Adobe After Effects is a compositing and animation software. With it, film footage with computer- generated images and effects, you can put together.
• Adobe Audition is a professional audio editor software for editing digital audio files.
• Adobe Bridge is the central program for all project files and file formats that are supported by the programs of the Creative Suite. Here, a zoomable and browsable file preview, and extensive management capabilities for meta element are provided.
• Adobe Contribute editing the contents of a website. It allows multiple users within an organization to update web sites, without requiring them to have web design skills.
• Adobe Device Central supports the user in Preview Flash, bitmap, web and video content on mobile devices. With the introduction of Creative Suite CS6 development and distribution with Adobe Device Central April 23, 2012 have been set.
• Adobe Dreamweaver is an HTML editor, consisting of a combination of a WYSIWYG editor with parallel source editing.
• Adobe Dynamic Link regulates the cooperation of After Effects with Premiere Pro and with Encore.
• Adobe Encore is the authoring of DVD and Blu -ray discs.
• Adobe Fireworks is a graphics program that can work with raster graphics and vector graphics and create.
• Adobe Flash is a software family with the following components: Adobe Flash Professional.
• Adobe Flash Catalyst.
• Adobe Flash Builder, formerly Adobe Flex Builder.
• Adobe Flash Player, a free application to play Flash files (SWF).

Editions

Adobe sells Creative Suite applications in five different combinations currently, the " editions" so-called:

• Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design Standard is an edition of Adobe Creative Suite 6 family of products for professional print, web and graphic designer.
• Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium is an edition of the product family of professional graphic and web designers, and developers.
• Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium is an edition for professional developers who produce content for film, video, web, and mobile devices.
• Adobe Creative Suite 6 Master Collection contains all the applications above mentioned editions
• Adobe Creative Cloud is an edition of Adobe Creative Suite 6 on a subscription basis, which includes all contents of the Master Collection and beyond provides additional cloud services.

Adobe also offers so-called " Student and Teacher " editions of all the above mentioned software packages. Since the version CS5 also a commercial use of the discounted student and student editions is allowed.

The following table compares the various editions of the latest Adobe Creative Suite 6:

Revision history

Adobe Creative Suite 2

Published in April 2005 second edition of Creative Suite applications included the Photoshop CS2, InDesign CS2, Illustrator CS2, GoLive CS2, and Acrobat 7.0 Professional. New then came the Design Process Manager Version Cue CS2, as well as the File Browser Adobe Bridge as a control center. Available was the suite for Windows (32 bit) and MacOS ( PowerPC).

In December 2012, the activation server was " disabled due to a technical error. " Customers are encouraged to use newer versions of this software. Who still wants to continue using the software programs and standard serial numbers must download a version without activation obligation from the Adobe website.

Adobe Creative Suite 3

On 27 March 2007 a ​​new edition of Creative Suite was announced. The versions are manifold:

All versions share Adobe Bridge CS3, Adobe Device Central CS3, Adobe Stock Photos ( was posted on April 1, 2008 ), Adobe Acrobat Connect. Adobe Version Cue CS3 is not only included in Production Premium.

Adobe Creative Suite 4

On September 23, 2008 Adobe announced Creative Suite 4, which is available in Germany since mid-November 2008. The program packages have been changed slightly. More progress has announced in the cooperation of the various programs Adobe. In addition, the user interfaces have been unified.

Adobe Creative Suite 5

On April 12, 2010 Adobe announced Creative Suite 5 at. The version of " Web Standard " has been deleted. The packages have, however, hardly changed, but the price recommendations have been partly reduced significantly.

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5

On April 11, 2011 Adobe announced Creative Suite 5.5 at. The most important change, a new license pricing model was introduced on a monthly rental basis. Soundbooth was in this publication is replaced by Adobe Audition CS5.5.

Adobe Creative Suite 6

The Adobe Creative Suite 6 could be pre-ordered as of 23 April 2012 and has been available since May 7. Photoshop CS 6 has already been previously tested as a beta version for free. The test period ended with the launch of Creative Suite 6 users of Creative Suite versions 3 and 4 were able to use until the end of 2012, the normal upgrade packages to upgrade to Creative Suite 6. After forfeit this right and will be available only from Creative Suite 5.0. Adobe has this model explicitly announced as a temporary solution, because of the rhythm change in the version releases. In the future, only the two previous versions, including intermediate versions like CS 5.5, upgradeable. With the introduction of Creative Suite CS6 Adobe launched the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription service to get its users a monthly fee for full access to all functions of the Adobe Creative Suite CS6.

Follow-up version for cloud computing and other marketing of version 6

In May 2013, Adobe remarked to the further development plans. Thus, the product will in future no longer be developed as buying software, but only as a rental software in the cloud. To around 60 euros a month for the subscription model will be due. For this reason, the version 6 should indeed be the future still sold, but will in future no longer being developed, according to Adobe.