Adobe Design Standard Overview
Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design Standard provides a full set of professional tools for graphic design, page layout, and image editing – and for publishing creative content to mobile devices, the web, print, and tablets. The Design Standard suite comprises four industry-standard software programs that are essential to print designers and digital publishing professionals: Photoshop CS6, InDesign CS6, Illustrator CS6, Acrobat X Pro, Bridge CS6, and Media Encoder CS6.
The CS6 versions of the individual programs enjoy speed and performance enhancements, thanks to the Mercury Graphics Engine that’s in Photoshop and the Mercury Performance System of Illustrator. Both these software elements enable your 64-bit computer to address full system RAM in order to speed imaging and processing tasks and that once slowed down your workflow. With that extra processing power, you can enjoy the expanded capabilities of all the programs. Photoshop CS6, for instance, offers a Contact-Aware Patch that allows you to choose a sample area that serves as the basis for a patch. Illustrator enables you to convert raster images into editable, scalable vectors – the program’s bread and butter.
As the definition of “publishing” expands, so too do the functions of Adobe InDesign. Even before the CS6 version, the program had already embraced publishing interactive page layouts to iPads and other tablets, e-book readers, and other digital devices. You can create several different layouts to serve different display dimensions, and save them all within a single file. Liquid Layout automatically resizes your layout based on page size.
Creative Suite 6 Design Standard serves the design and publishing professional whose demands grow as quickly as technology advances. Photoshop CS6, for instance, now offers basic video editing functions with transitions and effects. Bridge CS6 digital asset management software is a powerful photo and design organizer that provides centralized access to all your creative assets. Media Encoder CS6 automates the process of creating multiple encoded versions of source files, Adobe Premiere Pro sequences, and Adobe After Effects compositions. As the required tasks of your profession creep over from other professional realms, Adobe continues to refine the interface and workflow of its Creative Suite applications. Your job might not be getting any simpler, but Adobe CS6 Design Standard helps you keep pace with expanded functions, improved performance, and streamlined workflow.
New for Photoshop CS6
Retouching Magic
Astonishing Performance
Video Editing
Faster Design Tasks
Crop Tool
Blur Gallery
Improved Auto-Corrections
Background Save
Scripted Patterns
Dozens of Time-Savers
New for Illustrator CS6
Mercury Performance System
Easy Pattern Creation
Image Trace
Gradients on Strokes
Enhanced User Interface
New for InDesign CS6
Multiple Layout Versions in One File
Content Linking Across Documents
PDF Forms
Small, High-Impact Enhancements
Bridge CS6
Cross-Platform, 64-bit Support
Adobe Mini Bridge
Display of Linked Files in InDesign Documents
JPEG Export
Custom Image Sizing and PDF Watermarks
Flexible Batch Processing
Drag-and-Drop Capability Between Applications
Editable Path Bar
Centralized Color Settings
Media Encoder CS6
Preset Browser
Fast, Sure Output to Virtually any Screen
Performance and Stability
ARRIRAW, RED EPIC, and RED Scarlet-X Support
Presets for Devices and Formats
Background Batch Encoding
Source Settings Applied to Encoding
Drag-and-Drop Encoding
Convenient Watch Folder Workflow
Metadata Output Templates
Interpret Footage Options
Crop and Trim Control
Support for Still Image Sequences
Adobe Flash Professional Cue Points from Metadata
FTP Export
MPEG Export Options
Other Features
Breakthrough Image Editing in Photoshop
Distinctive Vector Graphics in Illustrator
Professional Page Layout in InDesign
Tablet Publications in InDesign
E-Book Authoring in InDesign
Robust Preflighting
Efficient Delivery of Accessible Documents
PDF File Creation, Editing & Delivery
Performance on 64-Bit Operating Systems
Visual Media Browsing
Integration with Other Adobe Tools & Services