Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 Design Standard is tightly integrated professional software for delivering distinctive print design in marketing collateral, magazines, books, packaging, and more. Achieve exceptional quality even under the tightest deadlines.

Comprehensive toolset for print design and production

Express even your most innovative creative visions in print using tightly integrated software for moving fluidly and confidently from inspiration to output. Accelerate creative reviews with new Adobe CS Live online services* that integrate with Design Standard. CS Live services are complimentary for a limited time.

Sophisticated vector graphics

Craft compelling graphics with Adobe Illustrator® CS5, the vector-drawing environment used by design professionals worldwide. Experiment freely and quickly to achieve the look you want for illustrations, creative effects, typography, and color.

Professional page layout

Lay out stunning pages faster and more efficiently in Adobe InDesign® CS5 with an intuitive design environment, precise typographic controls, built-in creative tools and effects, robust preflight capabilities, and a host of productivity features.

Integration with CS Live online services

Bring creative reviews directly into your design workflow using new Adobe CS Review, part of CS Live online services. Initiate a quick online review from within Adobe Photoshop® CS5, Illustrator CS5, or InDesign CS5. Reviewers comment in their browser using simple annotation tools, and you view comments in the context of your work — making it much easier to match each comment to the right design element.

Sophisticated typography

Easily compose beautiful type for page layouts, images, and illustrations using robust styles in InDesign CS5 and Illustrator CS5, along with a host of advanced typographic controls for creativity and precision.

Breakthrough image editing

Create compelling digital images with Photoshop CS5, the industry standard in digital imaging. Use versatile brush tools to paint with realistic strokes, precise selection tools to make exacting refinements, and a wide range of workflow and performance enhancements to accelerate everyday tasks.

Adobe PDF creation, editing, and delivery

Prepare files for high-end print production with confidence using Adobe Acrobat® 9 Pro. End-to-end PDF workflows share common technology to generate, preview, and print PDF files, enabling consistently high-quality output.

Comprehensive preflight and production

Use robust preflight features in Acrobat 9 Pro to check files for high-end print publishing. Catch production glitches as you lay out pages, avoid color output surprises in graphics, and apply output presets in order to reliably meet exacting production standards and minimize costly errors.

Faster performance

Perform day‐to‐day imaging tasks faster and process very large images at least ten times faster in Photoshop CS5. (Requires a 64-bit capable computer with a 64-bit version of Mac OS, Microsoft® Windows® 7, or Windows Vista®. Actual performance increase will vary depending on the drivers you have installed, the feature you're using, and other factors.)

Built-in creative tools and effects

Explore artistic possibilities with built-in Photoshop effects, nondestructive effects, and finer transparency controls in InDesign CS5. Create or modify images with brush tools and paint settings in Photoshop CS5. Sketch naturally and draw in accurate perspective in Illustrator CS5.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• Photoshop CS5
• Illustrator CS5
• InDesign CS5
• Acrobat 9 Pro
• Bridge CS5
• Device Central CS5

System requirements