Adobe 5.5 Master Collection 65161041 User Manual
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Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection
What’s New
• Beautiful strokes with variable widths. Dynamically create and edit strokes in Adobe 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.
and finely control the scaling of art brushes along a path.
• File-based workflows in video production. Work natively with pristine file-based footage in
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 and Adobe After Effects CS5.5. Edit file-based media formats using
industry-leading workflows to save valuable production time transcoding or rewrapping.
industry-leading workflows to save valuable production time transcoding or rewrapping.
• Video workflow efficiency with Dynamic Link. Save time on video projects thanks to roundtrip
editing and Dynamic Link, which eliminates intermediate rendering as you refine assets between
After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Encore.
After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Encore.
• Fast object selection and transformation. Select an object in Adobe InDesign CS5.5 and
perform transformations with ease. A collection of efficiency-optimizing tools and on-object
controls speed up and simplify repetitive, everyday layout tasks.
controls speed up and simplify repetitive, everyday layout tasks.
• Crisp graphics for web, interactive, and mobile delivery. Create clean, sharp artwork that aligns
accurately—and automatically—on the pixel grid in Adobe Illustrator CS5, eliminating fuzzy
graphics for the web or mobile devices.
graphics for the web or mobile devices.
Still using Creative Suite 3?
If you’re currently using CS3 Master Collection or any CS3 component by itself, consider a few tools
you may not be aware of. The following are key features that were introduced with Creative Suite 4
and are included with CS5.5 Master Collection.
you may not be aware of. The following are key features that were introduced with Creative Suite 4
and are included with CS5.5 Master Collection.
• Smooth image navigation in Photoshop Extended. Quickly turn your canvas for distortion-free
viewing at any angle—no more tilting your head while painting and drawing. Navigate gracefully
to any area of an image with ultra-smooth zooming and panning.
to any area of an image with ultra-smooth zooming and panning.
• Multiple artboards in Illustrator. Create files containing up to 100 artboards of varying sizes and
display them any way you want—overlapping, side by side, or stacked. Save, export, and print
artboards independently or together, even as a multipage PDF file.
artboards independently or together, even as a multipage PDF file.
• Object-based animation in Flash Professional. With object-based animation in Flash
Professional, create simple but engaging animations in as few as two steps. Apply tweens directly
to objects instead of to keyframes, and easily make changes to motion with Bezier handles.
to objects instead of to keyframes, and easily make changes to motion with Bezier handles.
• Smart Objects in Dreamweaver. Insert any Adobe Photoshop PSD document in Dreamweaver to
create an image Smart Object tightly linked to the source file. Make changes to the source image
and update your image in Dreamweaver without opening Photoshop.
and update your image in Dreamweaver without opening Photoshop.
• Advanced motion graphics and effects with After Effects. Be productive and creative with
advanced features in Adobe After Effects. Searchable timelines and projects, expanded 3D
compositing options, motion tracking with mocha, and numerous interface efficiencies stream-
line almost everything you do.
compositing options, motion tracking with mocha, and numerous interface efficiencies stream-
line almost everything you do.
• Project intelligence with XMP metadata support. Take advantage of the efficiency XMP
metadata. For example, Speech Search technology in Adobe Premiere Pro speeds editing by
using metadata to turn spoken words into searchable metadata, making it easy to find particular
clips and making video assets searchable.
using metadata to turn spoken words into searchable metadata, making it easy to find particular
clips and making video assets searchable.
• Adobe OnLocation for shooting direct to disk. Get the benefit of a tapeless workflow without a
tapeless camera. With Adobe OnLocation, footage is automatically digitized and captured to disk
as you shoot.
as you shoot.
• Blob Brush tool in Illustrator. Sketch with a brush that generates a single clean vector shape,
even when strokes overlap. Draw naturally, using the Blob Brush tool together with the Eraser
and Smooth tools.
and Smooth tools.
What is Flash Catalyst?
Use Adobe Flash Catalyst to
rapidly prototype user interfaces
for websites and applications
without writing code.
Leverage your design skills
with Photoshop, Illustrator,
and Fireworks to transform
static artwork into expressive,
interactive Flex-based projects
that can be published for the
Flash Player or as cross-platform
Use Adobe Flash Catalyst to
rapidly prototype user interfaces
for websites and applications
without writing code.
Leverage your design skills
with Photoshop, Illustrator,
and Fireworks to transform
static artwork into expressive,
interactive Flex-based projects
that can be published for the
Flash Player or as cross-platform
Adobe AIR applications.
New for Flash Catalyst CS5.5 is a
workflow that enables roundtrip
workflow that enables roundtrip
collaboration with developers
who use Adobe Flash Builder 4.5.
You can also create resizable
applications and components,
craft more precise and expressive
transitions and effects, and
efficiently design developer-built
custom components.
craft more precise and expressive
transitions and effects, and
efficiently design developer-built
custom components.