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Design without limits
Work at the speed of your imagination
Deliver virtually anywhere

Design without limits

Tackle any creative challenge with Adobe® Creative Suite® 6 Master Collection software. Explore groundbreaking ways to design for tablets and smartphones, speed up image editing, enhance high-end motion, and deliver stunning experiences. Express your vision without bounds thanks to the ultimate design environment.

Content-aware technologies in Photoshop Extended

Content-aware technologies in Photoshop Extended

Retouch images with astonishing ease, control, and precision in Adobe Photoshop® Extended. Remove or move selected image objects, and Content-Aware technology magically fills, patches, extends, or recomposes your image with stunning results.

Simplified 3D design in Photoshop Extended

Simplified 3D design in Photoshop Extended

Dive into 3D artwork creation with intuitive on-canvas and in-context scene editing. Drag shadows into place, animate 3D objects, and give 3D objects a sketched look.*

Intuitive video creation in Photoshop Extended

Intuitive video creation in Photoshop Extended

Bring image-editing power to video. Enhance any clip using the full range of familiar tools in Photoshop Extended, and then combine clips and stills with transitions, audio, and effects.

Blur Gallery in Photoshop Extended

Blur Gallery in Photoshop Extended

Quickly create photographic blur effects using a simple interface with on-image controls. Create tilt-shift effects, sharpen one focal point, or vary the blur among many focal points.

Seamless vector pattern creation in Illustrator

Seamless vector pattern creation in Illustrator

Easily create seamlessly tiled vector patterns in Adobe Illustrator®. Experiment freely with different types of repeating patterns that can be edited at any time for maximum design flexibility.

Powerful image tracing in Illustrator

Powerful image tracing in Illustrator

Confidently convert raster images to editable vectors with a powerful tracing engine in Illustrator. Get clean lines, accurate fitting, and reliable results using simple, intuitive controls.

Gradients applied to strokes in Illustrator

Gradients applied to strokes in Illustrator

Apply gradients to your strokes — along the length, across the width, or within the stroke itself — all with complete control over gradient placement and opacity.

Support for the latest HTML5/CSS3 standards in Dreamweaver

Support for the latest HTML5/CSS3 standards in Dreamweaver

Take advantage of updates to the newest industry technologies using Dreamweaver CS6, including CSS3 transitions for animating changes and WebKit support.

Adobe Premiere Pro multicam editing

Adobe Premiere Pro multicam editing

Easily edit 16-plus camera multicam shoots, apply effects that span multiple clips using adjustment layers, and kick-start color correction with the Three-Way Color Corrector in Adobe Premiere® Pro.

Dynamic timeline trimming in Adobe Premiere Pro

Dynamic timeline trimming in Adobe Premiere Pro

Finesse your edits with precision using advanced trimming tools in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Trim clips directly in the timeline via keyboard entry or in the Program monitor using JKL shortcuts.

Video stabilizing tools

Video stabilizing tools

Remove unwanted movement from footage using the powerful Warp Stabilizer in Adobe After Effects® and Adobe Premiere Pro. Use rolling shutter removal to eliminate skew and wobble without forcing stabilization.

3D Camera Tracker in After Effects

3D Camera Tracker in After Effects

Track elements in 3D space with depth of field, shadows, and reflections. Automatically analyze and place 3D track points onto 2D footage while you work, in the background.

Ray-traced, extruded text and shapes in After Effects

Ray-traced, extruded text and shapes in After Effects

Extrude fully ray-traced text and shapes natively and take full advantage of reflections, environment maps, and more.

Variable mask feathering in After Effects

Variable mask feathering in After Effects

Create a separate set of splines to precisely control mask feathering. Get the exact shape you want with the proper degree of softness at any point along the mask edge, resulting in a big boost to creative flexibility.

SpeedGrade for powerful color grading

SpeedGrade for powerful color grading

Manipulate light and color in your video productions with the powerful Lumetri™ Deep Color Engine in Adobe SpeedGrade™. With broad support for video formats including RAW, HDR, and stereoscopic, apply precise HDR grading to raw content and finished edits.

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Work at the speed of your imagination

With new power under the hood, you can work fluidly on your most complex projects using tools optimized for speed and performance. Reengineered features let you design with significantly fewer steps. Fast, intuitive access to your favorites helps keep your creativity flowing.

Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine in Photoshop Extended

Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine in Photoshop Extended

See near-instant results when editing with key tools such as Liquify and Puppet Warp. The new Mercury Graphics Engine delivers unprecedented responsiveness for a fluid feel as you work.*

Adobe Mercury Performance System in Illustrator CS6

Adobe Mercury Performance System in Illustrator CS6

Work with precision, speed, and rock-solid stability on large, complex files due to native 64-bit support on Mac OS and Windows® with RAM and overall performance optimization.

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Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro

Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro

Get amazing performance from the 64-bit Adobe Mercury Playback Engine on desktops and laptops, GPU optional. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 adds support for MacBook Pro OpenCL-based GPUs and NVIDIA® Maximus™ dual-GPU configurations.

Global Performance Cache in After Effects

Global Performance Cache in After Effects

After Effects CS6 takes 64-bit performance to a new level with new Global Performance Cache, which optimizes and stores your previews so you're beating deadlines instead of waiting for updates.  More about Global Performance Cache ›

Blazing-fast FTP performance in Dreamweaver

Blazing-fast FTP performance in Dreamweaver

Transfer large files with blazing speed using a specifically engineered, multithreaded File Transfer Protocol in Adobe Dreamweaver®.

New, modern interfaces

New, modern interfaces

Work with sleek, intuitive, and newly redesigned user interfaces in Photoshop Extended CS6, Illustrator CS6, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Benefit from hundreds of design touches for a smoother, more consistent experience.

New and reengineered design tools in Photoshop Extended

New and reengineered design tools in Photoshop Extended

Create superior designs faster in Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended with consistent formatting of type styles, vector layers with strokes and gradients, custom strokes and dashed lines, and more.

Linked content in InDesign

Linked content in InDesign

Link content within or across Adobe InDesign® documents, so that changes made to the parent text or object are applied to all linked children objects. Even changes to interactivity are applied to linked content.

Content Collector tools in InDesign

Content Collector tools in InDesign

Grab text and objects from an existing layout using the Content Collector in InDesign. In a new layout, use the Content Placer to add those items in the order you want them to appear on the page.

Efficient, fluid video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro

Efficient, fluid video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro

Take advantage of powerful, flexible nonlinear video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 to tell your most compelling stories. Edit virtually any type of media in native formats, from video shot on a phone to 5K and beyond.

After Effects and Illustrator integration

After Effects and Illustrator integration

Instantly convert Illustrator vector art (AI and EPS formats) into shape layers in After Effects. Easily animate vector art in 2D or extrude to 3D.

Rolling shutter artifact removal in After Effects

Rolling shutter artifact removal in After Effects

Apply rolling shutter artifact removal independently of stabilization. The rolling shutter technology introduced with Warp Stabilizer can be used with ultimate control.

Advanced motion tracking in After Effects

Advanced motion tracking in After Effects

Handle even the trickiest tracking jobs with the 2D planar tracking tools in mocha for After Effects CS6 (included; English user interface only) from Imagineer Systems Ltd., with tracking masks and variable feather via mocha shape.  

Sprite sheet generation in Flash Professional

Sprite sheet generation in Flash Professional

Export symbols and animation sequences from Adobe Flash® Professional to instantly generate CSS sprite sheets that improve workflow and performance.

Faster, more precise audio editing in Adobe Audition

Faster, more precise audio editing in Adobe Audition

Speed up your audio editing workflow with new and improved tools in Adobe Audition®. Perform precise cleanup, quickly align and edit dialogue, change clip pitch and speed, automate mixes, and more.

Real-time clip stretching in Adobe Audition

Real-time clip stretching in Adobe Audition

Stretch audio clips nondestructively in real time. Preview changes and settings, and render for higher quality results. Easily adjust pitch and speed together using varispeed mode.

Real-time performance in SpeedGrade

Real-time performance in SpeedGrade

Experience real-time feedback while you design looks for your video and grade your footage. The GPU-accelerated, 64-bit Lumetri Deep Color Engine is optimized for performance, regardless of resolution or frame size.

Footage ingest and logging with Prelude

Footage ingest and logging with Prelude

Manage preproduction efficiently with Adobe Prelude CS6. Ingest nearly any file-based format and begin logging immediately with searchable temporal markers that flow through post-production, allowing you to work faster and stay organized.

Auto-save and recovery in Photoshop Extended

Auto-save and recovery in Photoshop Extended

Let auto-save work behind the scenes without interruption, even saving your largest files in the background. Count on automatic recovery of your work in the event of an unexpected shutdown.

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Deliver virtually anywhere

Deliver robust, engaging web and mobile experiences with support for the latest advancements in HTML5 and CSS3. Create complex, responsive designs that can fluidly adapt to virtually all screen sizes and form factors, and across iOS, Android™, and other popular platforms.

Alternate and Liquid Layout in InDesign

Alternate and Liquid Layout in InDesign

Efficiently create and design multiple versions of a layout within a single InDesign file. Apply liquid page rules to automatically adapt content when you create an alternate layout with a different size or orientation.

Fluid Grid Layout for devices in Dreamweaver

Fluid Grid Layout for devices in Dreamweaver

Design and develop confidently for mobile devices with advanced tools in Dreamweaver CS6, including CSS3-based layouts that scale adaptively to all screen sizes and form factors.

Access to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite

Access to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite

Access Adobe Digital Publishing Suite from within InDesign to publish engaging digital documents for a range of tablet devices. New Single Edition now available for publishing to iPad.†

Multiscreen Preview panel

Design for smartphones, tablets, and desktops with the Multiscreen Preview panel. Use media query support to style and visualize rendering of your designs for a wide range of devices.

jQuery and PhoneGap support in Dreamweaver

jQuery and PhoneGap support in Dreamweaver

Create compelling websites and apps for smartphones, tablets, and desktop computers. Take advantage of integrated support for jQuery Mobile and Adobe PhoneGap™ to streamline your development of mobile apps.

Elegant eBook authoring in InDesign

Elegant eBook authoring in InDesign

Create engaging eBooks with refined typography and images that resize to fit any screen with InDesign CS6. Add video and audio for apps that support HTML5 video and audio tags and take advantage of EPUB3 support.§

Broad format support in Adobe Premiere Pro

Broad format support in Adobe Premiere Pro

Edit virtually any format in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 including DV, HDV, RED, DPX, Sony XDCAM, XDCAM 50, XDCAM EX and XDCAM HD, Panasonic P2, DVCPRO HD, AVCHD, AVC-Intra, and footage from DSLR cameras.

PDF forms within InDesign

PDF forms within InDesign

Create form fields directly within InDesign, before you export to PDF, so that your forms can look as good as the rest of your designs.

Common Library elements in Fireworks

Common Library elements in Fireworks

Mock up your designs and themes for iOS, Android, and social networks using new mobile app templates, state-of-the-arts symbols, and components in the Common Library in Adobe Fireworks® CS6.

Mobile platform and device support in Flash Professional

Mobile platform and device support in Flash Professional

Create content in Flash Professional for delivery across a wide variety of devices with support for the Flash Player 11.2 and Adobe AIR® 3.2 runtimes; and for platforms including iOS, Android™, and Adobe Digital Home.

Single-codebase mobile applications in Flash Builder Premium

Single-codebase mobile applications in Flash Builder Premium

Rapidly develop cross-platform web, desktop, and mobile applications using Adobe Flash Builder® 4.6 Premium. Leverage a common Flex or ActionScript® codebase to write for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry®.

Business Catalyst integration

Business Catalyst integration

Use the integrated Adobe Business Catalyst® panel in Dreamweaver to connect and edit sites you build with Business Catalyst (available separately). Build e-commerce sites with the hosted solution.

Integration with other tools and services

Integration with other tools and services

Enjoy direct integration with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Adobe Creative Cloud™, and Adobe Touch Apps within core components of Master Collection.†‡

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