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Adobe Creative Suite 6 (CS6)



Adobe® Creative Suite® 6 software enables your creative thoughts to materialize at lightning speed.


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Adobe® Creative Suite® 6 software delivers a whole new experience for digital media development, letting your creative ideas flow lightning fast and helping you to reach audiences wherever they may be.


Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended

Edit and composite images, plus use 3D tools, edit video, and perform advanced image analysis.

Adobe Photoshop CS6

Edit and composite images.

Adobe Illustrator CS6

Create vector-based graphics for print, web, video, and mobile and edit video.

Adobe InDesign CS6

Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing.

Adobe Acrobat X Pro

Create, protect, collaborate, and print PDF documents.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS6

Design, develop, and maintain standards-based websites and applications.

Adobe Flash Professional CS6

Create rich interactive content across platforms and devices.

Adobe Fireworks CS6

Rapidly prototype websites and applications and optimize web graphics.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

Edit your way with high-performance video editing software.

Adobe After Effects CS6

Create motion graphics and visual effects with the industry standard.

Adobe Audition CS6

Create, edit, and enhance audio for broadcast, video, and film.

Adobe SpeedGrade CS6

Manipulate light and color in video footage.

Adobe Prelude CS6

Streamline import and logging for any video format.

Adobe Media Encore CS6

Author DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and output to the web.

Which version of
Adobe Creative Suite
CS6 is right for you?		 Available Adobe Creative Suite 6 (CS6) Editions
Print-centric designers & print professionals
Adobe CS6
Design Standard

Overview		 Designers, web & web appdevelopers & interactive designers
Adobe CS6
Design & Web Premium

Overview		 Video editors, motion graphics, & visual effects artists
Adobe CS6
Production Premium

Overview		 Creative pros & education
Adobe CS6
Master Collection

Overview
Adobe Photoshop CS5 ExtendedAdobe Photoshop CS6 Extended        
Adobe Photoshop CS6Adobe Photoshop CS6        
Adobe Illustrator CS5Adobe Illustrator CS6        
Adobe InDesign CS6Adobe InDesign CS6        
Adobe Acrobat X ProAdobe Acrobat X Pro        
Adobe Dreamweaver CS6Adobe Dreamweaver CS6        
Adobe Flash Professional CS6Adobe Flash Professional CS6        
Adobe Fireworks CS6Adobe Fireworks CS6        
Adobe Premier Pro CS6 Adobe Premiere Pro CS6        
Adobe After Effects CS6 Adobe After Effects CS6        
Adobe Audition CS6 Adobe Audition CS6        
Adobe Bridge CS6 Adobe SpeedGrade CS6        
Adobe Device Central CS5Adobe Prelude CS6        
Adobe Encore CS5Adobe Encore CS6        
  Integrates with Adobe CS Live Online Services* †
CS Live online services*†        
Adobe BrowserLab
Adobe CS Review
Acrobat.com
Adobe Story
SiteCatalyst® NetAverages™

Save time in performing common tasks by using this set of online services for:

  • Testing web pages across browsers and operating systems
  • Reviewing content within the context of the application
  • Collaborating on content over the web
  • Simplifying script development for video projects
  • Tracking the latest web analytics and trends to inform a digital strategy
  System Requirements for Adobe Creative Suite 6 (CS6) by Edition
For Designers
Adobe CS6
Design Standard		 For Print, Web & Interactive Designers
Adobe CS6
Design & Web Premium		 For Video & Motion
Adobe CS6
Production Premium		 For Creative Pros
Adobe CS6
Master Collection
Processor

Mac: Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support


Windows: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor

Mac: Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support


Windows: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor

Mac: Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support


Windows: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor with 64-bit support; Intel Core i7 processor required for Adobe® SpeedGrade™

Mac: Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support


Windows: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor with 64-bit support; Intel Core™ 2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor required for Adobe® Premiere® Pro, After Effects®, and Encore®; Intel Core i7 processor required for Adobe SpeedGrade™
Min RAM Size

Mac: 2GB of RAM (8GB recommended)


Windows: 1GB of RAM (3GB recommended) for 32-bit; 2GB of RAM (8GB recommended) for 64-bit

Mac: 2GB of RAM (8GB recommended)


Windows: 2GB of RAM (3GB recommended) for 32-bit; 2GB of RAM (8GB recommended) for 64-bit

 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)

Mac: 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)


Windows: 2GB of RAM (4GB recommended) for 32-bit; 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended) for 64-bit
Min Hard Drive Space

Mac: 7GB of available hard-disk space for installation


Windows: 8.5GB of available hard-disk space for installation


Additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)

Mac: 10.5GB of available hard-disk space for installation


Windows: 14.5GB of available hard-disk space for installation


Additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)


Optional: 7200 RPM hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended).

10.5GB of available hard-disk space for installation


Additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)


7200 RPM hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended)

Mac: 15.5GB of available hard-disk space for installation


Windows: 14.5GB of available hard-disk space for installation


Additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)


Additional disk space required for disk cache, preview files, and other working files; 10GB recommended


Optional: 7200 RPM hard drive (multiple fast disk drives, preferably RAID 0 configured, recommended).
Min Operating System

Mac: Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7


Windows: Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1

Mac: Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7


Windows: Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1

Mac: Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7


Windows: Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)

Mac: Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7


Windows: Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1; Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) required for Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Encore; Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 required for SpeedGrade
Display / Video Card

1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit color, 256MB of VRAM and OpenGL 2.0-capable system

1280x800 display (1280x1024 recommended) with 16-bit color, 512MB of VRAM and OpenGL 2.0-capable system

1280x800 display (1280x1024 recommended) with 16-bit color, 512MB of VRAM, 1680x1050 display required, second professionally calibrated viewing display recommended for Adobe® Speedgrade™ and OpenGL 2.0-capable system.


Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere® Pro; see the latest list of supported cards


Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated ray-traced 3D renderer in Adobe After Effects® see the latest list of supported cards


Optional: Tangent CP200 family or Tangent Wave control surface for Speedgrade


Windows: Optional: For SDI output, NVIDIA Quadro SDI Output card required for Speedgrade.

1280x800 display (1280x1024 recommended) with 16-bit color, 512MB of VRAM, 1680x1050 display required, second professionally calibrated viewing display recommended for Adobe® Speedgrade™ and OpenGL 2.0-capable system.


Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere® Pro; see the latest list of supported cards


Optional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated ray-traced 3D renderer in Adobe After Effects® see the latest list of supported cards


Optional: Tangent CP200 family or Tangent Wave control surface for Speedgrade


Windows: Optional: For SDI output, NVIDIA Quadro SDI Output card required for Speedgrade.
DVD-ROM DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs

Mac: DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; external Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)


Windows: DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (DVD+-R burner for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)

Mac: DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; external Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)


Windows: DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (DVD+-R burner for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
Software Requirements

Adobe Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files


Windows: Microsoft Update KB930627 is required for Adobe Acrobat® for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (64-bit).

Adobe Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files


QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for HTML5 media playback and multimedia features


Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6


Windows: Microsoft Update KB930627 is required for Adobe Acrobat® for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (64-bit).

Adobe Flash® Player 10 software required to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files


QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for multimedia features


Java™ Runtime Environment 1.5 (Windows 32-bit) or 1.6

Eclipse™ 3.7 Cocoa version (for plug-in installation of Adobe Flash® Builder®) the following distributions are supported: Eclipse IDE for Java EE and Java Developers, Eclipse Classic, Eclipse for PHP Developers


QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime, multimedia and HTML5 media playback


Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6
Internet This software will not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

This software will not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

This software will not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.

 This software will not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* Phone activation is not available.
Full sytem requirements For CS6 Design Standard system requirements For CS6 Design & Web Premium system requirements For CS6 Production Premium system requirements

For CS6 Master Collection system requirements

*Disclaimer
This product may allow you to extend its functionality by accessing certain features that are hosted online, including the Adobe CS Live online services ("Online Services"). The Online Services, and some features thereof, may not be available in all countries, languages, and/or currencies and may be discontinued or modified in whole or in part without notice. Use of the Online Services is governed by separate terms of use and by the Online Privacy Policy, and access to some services may require user registration. Some Online Services may be subject to fees and require a subscription. Fees subject to change. For more details and to review the applicable terms of use and Online Privacy Policy, visit www.adobe.com.

Adobe Volume Licensing Programs

To learn more about Adobe Volume Software Licensing, please contact your account manager or click here to submit a request for more information.

Transactional Licensing Program (TLP) Highlights

TLP covers most Adobe desktop products and there are no membership requirements. TLP covers most Adobe desktop products and there are no membership requirements. No minimum order is required.

Contractual Licensing Program (CLP) Highlights

CLP is designed to meet the needs of medium and large organizations with the power to aggregate purchases for better pricing. The discount level is based on the size of the initial purchase and can be improved if subsequent purchases exceed the point minimum for the next discount level.

Adobe Upgrade Plan
Highlights

Many of Adobe's Open Options' software licensing program offer Upgrade Plan. You are assured of access to all Adobe upgrades for your covered products during the life of your Upgrade Plan - all at a single cost per licensed product.

Enterprise Agreement Licensing
Program Highlights

The Enterprise Agreement offers large organizations substantial cost savings over standard license pricing as well as simplified license and budget tracking through a single agreement. With the Enterprise Agreement, you can easily standardize on the latest Microsoft technology across your enterprise.

Compare the features offered by each of the programs below: Adobe Volume Licensing (AVL) 5.0 Program Overview
Transactional
License Program (TLP) 		Contractual License Program (CLP)
    Corporate Government Education
Minimum Purchase Requirements No 10,000 points 10,000 points 5,000 points
Minimum Reorder Requirements No No.
Initial order sets
discount level. 		No.
Initial order sets
discount level. 		No.
Initial order sets
discount level.
Signed Contract Required? No Yes Yes No
Forecasting Required? No No.
Initial order sets discount level with no further purchase required. 		No.
Initial order sets discount level with no further purchase required. 		No.
Initial order sets discount level with no further purchase required.
Upgrade Protection Available? No Yes Yes Yes
Technical Support Available? Yes
Installation/defect support is available. Premium Expert Support may also be purchased. 		Yes
Installation/defect support is available. Premium Expert Support is also available. 		Yes
Installation/defect support is available. Premium Expert Support is also available. 		Yes
Installation/defect support is available. Premium Expert Support is also available.
Media Included? No.
CD, doc kits ordered separately. Electronic Software Download (ESD) available at no charge. 		No.
CD, doc kits ordered separately. Electronic Software Download (ESD) available at no charge. 		No.
CD, doc kits ordered separately. Electronic Software Download (ESD) available at no charge. 		No.
CD, doc kits ordered separately. Electronic Software Download (ESD) available at no charge.

  Adobe Volume Licensing (AVL) 5.0 License Points
Point Program Type Corporate Government Education
TLP Point Minimum  
Point Level 1 1+ 1+ 1+
Adobe's Nonprofit Licensing Program is TLP. There are no minimum purchase quantity requirements.
CLP Point Minimum  
Point Level 1 10,000 10,000 - 299,999 5,000 - 49,999
Point Level 2 100,000 300,000+ 50,000 - 99,999
Point Level 3 300,000 N/A 100,000+
Point Level 4 1,000,000 N/A N/A