Adobe 5.5 Master Collection 65115907 User Manual

Adobe Systems Incorporated 

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San Jose, CA 95110-2704  

USA 

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 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

• Broadband Internet connection required for online

services and to validate Subscription Edition (if 
applicable) on an ongoing

 basis

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Windows
• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (Intel

Core™ i3, i5, or i7 or AMD Phenom® II recommended);
Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Phenom II required for Adobe 
Premiere Pro  

• Processor with 64-bit support required for Adobe

Premiere® Pro and After Effects®

• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows

Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise 
with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended); or
Windows 7  

• 64-bit edition of Windows Vista or Windows 7

required for Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and the 
Subscription Edition of Master Collection

• 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended)
• 24.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation;

additional free space required during installation 
(cannot install 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 

• Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9–

capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM

• 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video

formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed

• Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape for

SD/HD workflows

• OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV

capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device

• Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or  

MME/WDM

• DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs

(DVD+-R burner for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for
creating Blu-ray Disc media) 

• Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6 (included)
• Eclipse™ 3.6.1 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

• Broadband Internet connection required for online

services and to validate Subscription Edition (if 
applicable) on an ongo

ing basis

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CS Live online services are complimentary until April 12, 2012. See

www.adobe.com/go/cslive for more details.

2

Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional
terms and Adobe’s online privacy policy (available at

www.adobe.com/go/terms). Online services are not available in all countries or

languages, may require user registration and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription
charges may apply.

4

InDesign uses EPUB 3 and HTML5 code to create eBooks with audio, video, and other advanced features. EPUB 3 and HTML5
presentation, media playback, and double-byte character support (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean) may not be supported by all
devices,browsers, or EPUB readers.

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Adobe Digital Publishing Suite requires a separate license and payment of associated fee(s). For more information, visit
www.adobe.com/products/digitalpublishingsuite.

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Creative Suite, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Flash Builder, Flash Catalyst, Flex, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop are either registered trademarks 

or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. AMD Athlon and AMD Phenom are trademarks or registered 

trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Mac OS is a trademark of Apple, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Android is a trademark of  

Google, Inc. Intel, Intel Core, and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista are 

either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Java is a trademark or registered trademark 

of Oracle and/or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Second quarter 2011

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