Still using Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Design Standard software? When you upgrade to CS5.5 from CS4 you’ll reap the benefits of all the great features introduced in CS5.5.


Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop

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

Complex image selection made easy in Photoshop

Produce highly accurate masks and make selections faster with Photoshop CS5. Even the trickiest image elements, such as hair and foliage, can be masked quickly and accurately to produce realistic composite images.

Puppet Warp in Photoshop

Precisely warp or stretch graphics, text, or image elements to create unique new looks for your designs.

Realistic painting effects in Photoshop

Easily paint with lifelike brush strokes to create beautiful, expressive images in Photoshop CS5. Blend a photo’s colors; use bristle properties such as shape, length, and stiffness; or define multiple colors on a brush and blend them into the underlying colors on your canvas.

Content-Aware Scaling in Photoshop

Automatically recompose an image as you resize it, preserving vital areas as the image adapts to the new dimensions, with Content-Aware Scaling in Photoshop. Get the perfect image in one step without cropping and retouching.

Multiple artboards in a single Illustrator file

Work on up to 100 artboards of varying sizes in one Illustrator file — named, organized, and viewed the way you want.

Beautiful strokes in Illustrator

Dynamically create and edit strokes with infinitely adjustable widths, precisely position and scale arrowheads and dashes, and finely control the scaling of art brushes along a path in Illustrator.

Perspective drawing in Illustrator

Draw shapes in accurate 1-, 2-, or 3-point linear perspective to create the look of realistic depth and distance.

Fluid vector painting in Illustrator

Combine the expressiveness of painting with the editability and scalability of vectors in Illustrator CS5. Paint freely with vectors that resemble real-world brush strokes, controlling paint opacity and bristle characteristics such as shape, length, and stiffness.

Multiple page sizes in a single InDesign file

Include different page sizes in a single InDesign document, and apply the same master page to different-sized layouts.

Simplified InDesign object selection and editing

Perform finicky layout tasks efficiently. Manipulate frames and frame content without switching tools. Dynamically adjust white space between objects to reposition page items. Use on-object controls to modify frame corners directly in the layout.

Paragraphs that span or split columns

Quickly create text that spans or splits into multiple columns in just a few steps.

Folio Producer tools in InDesign

Create engaging digital magazines, newspapers, and retail catalogs that incorporate eye-catching elements such as 360° object rotation and image panoramas for a wide variety of tablet devices. Upload to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite3 for further production and distribution.

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 tags4.

Interactive SWF files from InDesign

In InDesign, craft dynamic digital documents and presentations complete with interactivity, motion, video, and sound, and then deliver them as SWF files for viewing in Adobe Flash® Player.

Action Wizard in Acrobat Pro

Automate routine, multistep PDF tasks more easily in Adobe Acrobat® X Pro. The Action Wizard guides you through creating an Action, which is an automated sequence of steps that can be applied to a single PDF or batches of files.

More efficient delivery of accessible documents

Use enhanced features in InDesign CS5.5 and Acrobat X Pro that help you to deliver publications that meet Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 standards. Apply accessibility features more easily in InDesign CS5.5, and then check, adjust, and validate accessible PDF documents in Acrobat X Pro.


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

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 Photoshop CS5 (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.