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Content-Aware Fill

Remove any image detail or object and watch as Content-Aware Fill magically fills in the space left behind. This breakthrough technology matches lighting, tone, and noise so it looks as if the removed content never existed.

Extraordinary image editing

Use the Mixer Brush and Bristle Tips in Photoshop CS5 Extended to explore lifelike, naturally textured painting. Add dimension to your imagery with 3D extrusions using Adobe Repoussé technology, and make precise image selections with Truer Edge technology.

Innovative vector drawing and painting

Quickly and accurately represent depth and distance using perspective tools in Adobe Illustrator CS5. Use the Bristle Brush to draw with the expressive quality of watercolors, oils, and pastels, but with the scalability of vectors.

Multiple artboards in Illustrator

Create files containing up to 100 artboards of varying sizes and display them how you want — overlapping, side by side, or stacked. Save, export, and print artboards independently or together. Save a range of artboards as a multipage PDF file.

Smooth designer-developer workflows

Work in parallel on the same Flex based project using Flash Catalyst CS5.5 and Flash Builder 4.5 Premium. Designers can make creative edits while developers manipulate code, and files flow easily back and forth for a fast, smooth workflow.

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.

Mobile platform and device support

Create content in Flash Professional CS5.5 optimized for delivery across a wide variety of devices with support for the Flash Player 10.2 and Adobe AIR® 2.6 runtimes; and for platforms including Android, BlackBerry®, webOS, and Adobe Digital Home.

Multiscreen Preview panel

View website designs as they would appear across screens of desktops, smartphones, tablets, and televisions within a single, easy-to-use panel in Dreamweaver CS5.5. Handle custom media queries and efficiently manage multiple CSS files.

Best-of-breed video editing and effects tools

Work efficiently and with maximum creativity using the best video editing and effects workflow on the market. Deliver reliably for broadcast, film, or online experiences with Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5.5, After Effects® CS5.5, and more.

Mercury Playback Engine and 64-bit performance

Work fluidly with high-resolution video footage thanks to the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine, which speeds up effects processing and rendering. Plus, work smoothly with very large images in Photoshop Extended thanks to 64-bit support and GPU acceleration.

Advanced motion graphics and effects

Be productive with advanced features in After Effects CS5.5. Searchable timelines and projects, expanded 3D compositing options, motion tracking with mocha for After Effects, and numerous interface efficiencies streamline almost everything you do.

Enhanced eBook authoring4 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.

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

3D, motion, and compositing

Produce engaging video experiences by leveraging innovative 3D workflows — enhanced editing, animation, and compositing — all with a unified user interface that makes moving between components fluid and intuitive.

Smooth image navigation in Photoshop Extended

Navigate gracefully to any area of an image with new, ultra-smooth zooming and panning. Just click to turn your canvas for distortion-free viewing at any angle — no more tilting your head while painting and drawing.

Object-based animation in Flash Professional

Gain complete control over individual animation attributes with object-based animation, which applies tweens directly to objects instead of to keyframes. Easily make changes to motion with Bezier handles.

Smart Objects in Dreamweaver

Insert any 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.

Project intelligence with XMP metadata support

Take advantage of the efficiency of XMP metadata. For example, Speech Search technology in Adobe Premiere Pro uses metadata to enable spoken words to become searchable, making it easy to find particular clips and making video assets searchable.

Adobe OnLocation for shooting direct to diskn

Get the benefit of a tapeless workflow without a tapeless camera. With cross-platform Adobe OnLocation, footage is automatically digitized and captured to disk as you shoot.

Smoother workflow with online services

Use integration with Adobe CS Live online services1,2 to enhance your workflow and increase efficiency thanks to streamlined creative reviews, browser compatibility testing, online collaboration, sharing, and more.

Comprehensive reach of the Flash Platform

Realize your vision online with the capabilities of the Adobe Flash Platform. Use Flash Catalyst® CS5.5 to design interactive content without writing code, Flash Professional CS5.5 to create ultra-expressive content, and Flash Builder 4.5 Premium to develop rich Internet applications.


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

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. 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.

3 Photoshop CS5 Extended (version 12.0.4 or later) and wireless Internet connection required. Mobile and tablet applications require a separate download and agreement to additional terms. Such applications may not be available in all countries or languages and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.

4 InDesign uses EPUB3 and HTML5 code to create eBooks with audio, video, and other advanced features. EPUB3 and HTML5 presentation, media playback, and double-byte character support (for example, Chinese, Japanese, or Korean) may not be supported by all devices, browsers, or EPUB readers.

5 Adobe Digital Publishing Suite requires a separate license and payment of associated fees.