Adobe Creative Suite CS5 Master Collection Macintosh Upgrade from CS4 DVD Educational Software

Features

Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 Master Collection software delivers a comprehensive toolset for designing across media. Explore exciting enhancements that include new ways to create interactive content, breakthrough performance, and integration with new Adobe CS Live online services to boost productivity. CS Live services are complimentary for a limited time.

Interactive design without writing code

Design sophisticated interactive content and create functional interfaces in new Adobe FlashR Catalyst™ CS5 without writing code. Transform your unique vision into compelling online experiences using Flash Catalyst, and deliver virtually perfect project files to developers who use Adobe Flash Builder™ to add functionality and integration with servers and services.

Extraordinary image creation and editing

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

Innovative vector drawing and painting

Quickly and accurately represent depth and distance using new perspective tools in Adobe Illustrator® CS5. You can now precisely control stroke width, arrowheads, and dashes. And use the new Bristle Brush to draw with the expressive quality of watercolors, oils, and pastels, but with the scalability and editability of vectors.

Industry-leading performance enhancements

Work faster thanks to multiple performance gains. New GPU acceleration in Photoshop CS5 Extended enables quick image cropping, color picking, and brushwork. Work faster in high resolution due to native 64-bit support in Photoshop, Adobe After Effects® CS5, and Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5. The new Adobe Mercury Playback Engine speeds up effects processing and rendering in Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe Dynamic Link is now dramatically faster.

Integration with new Adobe CS Live online services

Accelerate time-consuming activities and collaborate widely thanks to integration with new Adobe CS Live online services that include Adobe CS Review for design feedback, Adobe BrowserLab to accurately test websites, Adobe Story for script development, and Acrobat.com to enhance communication around the globe. CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time - visit www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.

Expressive motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects

Isolate moving foreground elements quickly in After Effects CS5 using the revolutionary new Adobe Roto Brush tool. Speed up compositing with variable-width mask feathering and new trackable masks. And start animating instantly using the new Auto-Animate button that automatically sets your starting keyframe to the current time.

Interactive documents and presentations

Create memorable documents and presentations complete with interactivity, motion, sound, and video in Adobe InDesign® CS5. Enhance page layouts with rich media using new motion presets for easy animation creation. Take advantage of support for FLV and MP3 audio file import to engage and excite your audiences.

Support for evolving web trends

Design and develop complex websites with exciting new enhancements to Adobe Dreamweaver® CS5. Create dynamic websites more easily using Dreamweaver with full support for the leading content management frameworks, including Joomla!, Drupal, and WordPress.

Immersive interactive design and delivery

Fluidly animate complex jointed objects and create print-quality interactive typography in Adobe Flash Professional CS5. Add personality to your inverse kinematic motion with Spring, a new Bones tool attribute. New text capabilities include advanced styling controls. And new XML support provides tighter integration with other Adobe products.

Subtle changes, big differences

Do more in less time with a wealth of productivity enhancements that streamline everyday tasks. Your favorite tools keep getting better with features such as Truer Edge selection technology in Photoshop CS5, the Shape Builder tool in Illustrator CS5, and variably sized master pages in InDesign CS5.

System Requirements

Windows

• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (Intel Core™2 Duo 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 and After Effects
• 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-based 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 the Adobe Premiere Pro system requirements page for the latest list of supported cards
• Some GPU-accelerated features in Adobe Photoshop® Extended 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 Microsoft Windows Driver Model
• 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)
• 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×

Mac OS

• Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
• Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6.3; 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-based 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 the Adobe Premiere Pro system requirements page 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 1.5 or 1.6
• 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×

Return Policy

Computer Products for Education (‘CPE’) can accept returns on most items within 14 days of delivery for a full product refund provided that the product is unopened and that you have first obtained a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number prior to returning the product to CPE. Software that has been opened and is defective may be exchanged for a replacement item of the same title and platform only. If the return is a direct result of an error by CPE, CPE will pay the return shipping costs. Outside of 14 days from delivery, defective products must be returned directly to the manufactuer according to the manufacturer's warranty and cannot be returned to CPE.

Any product which includes the phrase 'No Returns' in the product description is not eligible to be returned and may only be exchanged if defective upon arrival.

A Returned Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number must ALWAYS accompany all returns. To obtain your RMA number, please call our customer service team at (800) 679-7007. Products returned without obtaining an RMA number may be REFUSED or subject to a 15% restocking fee at the discretion of CPE.

When returning items to CPE with a valid RMA number, you must ship via a traceable insurable carrier. We recommend using UPS or the U.S. Postal Service with tracking number/delivery confirmation and insurance on the shipment. Please use the original shipping box. All original product parts are required for return, including product packaging.

Due to manufacturer restrictions, we cannot accept returns of the following items:

• Any Autodesk, Avid, and Quark products that have been opened cannot be returned.
• Any item that has been discontinued by the manufacturer.
• Recordable CDs/DVDs, Ink Cartridges, Paper, or Toner for Fax Machines.
• Any item returned more than 20 days after delivery.
• Any item that is not in its original condition.
• Any item returned without a RMA number.
• Any item returned to locations other than the return shipping address specified by CPE upon issuance of the RMA number.

CPE is authorized by the manufacturers to sell products at educational discounts and must abide by the return policies set forth by the manufacturers.

If you have any questions concerning our Return Policy, please call our customer service team at 800-679-7007 or send and email to support@educational-software.com.