Still using Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Master Collection 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

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.

Interactive documents and presentations

Create memorable documents and presentations with interactivity, motion, sound, and video in InDesign CS5.5. Enhance layouts with rich media using motion presets and support for FLV and MP3 audio file import to engage your audiences.

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.

Mercury Playback Engine

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.

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.

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.

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.

Roto Brush

Rotoscope in a fraction of the time with the revolutionary Roto Brush in After Effects CS5.5. Isolating moving foreground elements from their backgrounds with automatic transparency is dramatically fast.

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.4

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.

Integration with Adobe CS Review

Streamline creative reviews using integration with CS Review, part of CS Live online services. From within your favorite tools, include vector art, images, page layouts, and video sequences in a single online review that's easy to use and invites fast, targeted feedback.

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.

Fast object selection and transformation

Select an object in InDesign CS5.5 and perform transformations with ease. Efficiency-optimizing tools and on-object controls speed up and simplify repetitive, everyday layout tasks.

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

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.

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.

Crisp graphics for web, interactive, and mobile

Create clean, sharp artwork that aligns accurately — and automatically — on the pixel grid in Illustrator CS5, eliminating fuzzy graphics for the web or mobile devices.


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.