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Professional image creation, editing, and printing program

Professional image creation, editing, and printing program

Vote: (89 votes)

Program license: Trial version

Developer: Adobe

Version: CS6

Works under: Windows

Vote:

Program license

(89 votes)

Trial version

Developer

Version

Adobe

CS6

Works under:

Windows

Pros

  • Industry standard tools available
  • Can all be purchased and downloaded online
  • Encompasses all design aspects required for designers today
  • Discounted upgrade pricing available for CS5 or CS5.5

Cons

  • Not for novice users -- requires some training and education to use
  • 64-bit support only, not available for 32-bit operating systems
  • Requires 1-2 GB RAM to operate and 7-8.5 GB available hard disk for installation

Once just a designer's dream, Adobe Creative Suite CS6 Design Premium brings together all of Adobe's most popular design programs together in one dynamic and powerful package. When it comes to digital design, no program gives designers more control over their work than the Adobe Creative Suite.

Features

Adobe Creative Suite CS6 doesn't just bring together a couple of popular tools and throw them together. It seamlessly intertwines options for designers, giving them access to Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Adobe Catalyst, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Media Encoder and Adobe Acrobat X.

What this does is give designers the power to edit images, create graphic design, retouch and edit, utilize desktop publishing tools, design websites, create animations, build multimedia web content, explore specialty web design work and have access to a powerful, popular PDF writer and reader all in one amazing program.

For the designer, whether it be for print content, multimedia content, corporate work, marketing design, web design or just editing photos, Adobe Creative Suite CS6 has every tool that you would ever need to get the job done with professional-quality results. Improvements to CS6 from CS5 include a higher rate of performance and speed. There have been slight changes to the visual look and organization of the tools, but it will still be familiar and comfortable to users of previous versions.

The Pros and the Cons

Anyone who has ever used Adobe products knows that they aren't free. Single software purchases can be quite costly, but Adobe now offers designers access to multiple solutions through the Creative Cloud program, making it much more affordable. A 30-day free trial is available and huge discounts are offered for students and schools.

Pros

  • Industry standard tools available
  • Can all be purchased and downloaded online
  • Encompasses all design aspects required for designers today
  • Discounted upgrade pricing available for CS5 or CS5.5

Cons

  • Not for novice users -- requires some training and education to use
  • 64-bit support only, not available for 32-bit operating systems
  • Requires 1-2 GB RAM to operate and 7-8.5 GB available hard disk for installation