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Express your wildest ideas at lightning speed with Adobe® Creative Suite® 6 Design Standard software. Use industry-leading tools to edit digital images, create vector graphics, and deliver top‐quality print documents with elegant typography. Craft eBooks and publications for iPad and other tablet devices as easily as pages for print.

Breakthrough image editing in Photoshop

Breakthrough image editing in Photoshop

Deliver eye-catching results with the industry standard in digital imaging. Enjoy creative freedom and precise control when refining and compositing images, applying artistic effects, and painting with versatile brush tools.

Video editing in Photoshop

Video editing in Photoshop

Edit video in Photoshop to include in your digital publishing projects. Quickly combine clips and stills using transitions, audio, and effects, such as pan and zoom.

Distinctive vector graphics in Illustrator

Distinctive vector graphics in Illustrator

Create top-quality vector artwork for any project, from logos to illustrations for advertising, packaging, signage, and more. Use precise drawing tools and expressive natural brushes to create graphics that get noticed.

Professional page layout in InDesign

Professional page layout in InDesign

Lay out, preflight, and produce stunning page layouts with intuitive design software that offers precise control over typography and built-in tools for creative effects.

Tablet publications in InDesign

Tablet publications in InDesign

Use InDesign to create media-rich publications for iPad and other tablet devices. Add interactive elements such as pan and zoom, slide shows, audio, and video. Upload to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite† for distribution. 

eBook authoring in InDesign

eBook authoring in InDesign

Create engaging eBooks with refined typography and images that resize automatically to fit any screen. Add video and audio for eBook mobile devices that support HTML5 video and audio tags, and take advantage of EPUB3 support.‡

Robust preflighting

Robust preflighting

Prepare files for hassle-free production for print and digital layouts by finding errors in InDesign with Live Preflight, or by using robust preflight checks and fixes in Adobe Acrobat® X Pro.

Efficient delivery of accessible documents

Efficient delivery of accessible documents

Apply accessibility rules in InDesign — including tab and read-aloud order — and then check, adjust, and validate accessible PDF documents in Adobe Acrobat Pro.

PDF creation, editing, and delivery

PDF creation, editing, and delivery

Distribute layouts reliably using Acrobat X Pro to create simple PDF documents and package layouts, drawings, images, video, audio, and other files in a single polished PDF Portfolio.

Performance on newer operating systems

Performance on newer operating systems

Take advantage of the full power and performance of newer Windows® and Mac OS systems. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator are 64-bit native for lightning-fast creativity and production.

Visual media browsing

Visual media browsing

Find files fast by browsing thumbnails instead of filenames with Adobe Bridge software. Or browse thumbnails and place files from the Mini Bridge panel in Photoshop and InDesign.

Integration with other Adobe tools and services

Integration with other Adobe tools and services

Enjoy integration with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite,† Adobe Creative Cloud™, and Adobe Touch Apps within individual components of Design Standard.§

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