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Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium

This Academic edition has the same features and capabilities of the retail version, and is shipped to you in a factory sealed retail box. However, this version is able to be sold below the retail price because of an educational discount.

Create video for virtually any screen using high-performance production tools

Take advantage of breakthrough, cross-platform performance with the leader in video production software. Produce your best work with game-changing innovations like the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe® Premiere® Pro and the industry’s most efficient postproduction workflow. Tightly integrated best-of-breed video, animation, compositing, audio, and design tools in Adobe Creative Suite® 5.5 Production Premium software provide the creative features and toolsets you need to deliver high-quality results.

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium combines:

Adobe Student and Teacher Editions

Get up to 80% off with Adobe Student and Teacher Editions

New Adobe Student and Teacher Editions give students—and now educators—access to low prices on full versions of the latest Adobe design software.

Please Note: Adobe Student and Teacher Editions are for students, teachers, school staff, and other educators who meet Adobe eligibility guidelines. After you receive your purchase, you will send your eligibility to the third-party verification organization, Identit-e, in order to activate the software. Individuals will be authorized for only one license of each Adobe Student and Teacher Edition title. See eligibility guidelines below.

Top reasons to get the Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium

• Flexible, precise, and reliable editing tools: Edit the way you want with widely accepted, customizable NLE shortcuts and powerful, intuitive trimming and editing tools that give you more precision and control in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. Boost productivity with dual-system sound support and enhanced project exchange with Final Cut Pro software.
• Advanced audio-for-video editing in Adobe Audition: Record, edit, mix, master, and sweeten audio with Adobe Audition® CS5.5—now available for both Mac OS and Windows. Roundtrip edit with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, or use OMF and XML to speed up project exchange with Avid Pro Tools and other NLEs.
• Breakthrough performance with the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine: Experience fast effects processing and rendering on both laptop and desktop computers with the native 64-bit, multicore, GPU-accelerated Adobe Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Warp Stabilizer: Smooth a bumpy camera move, or lock a shot automatically. Warp Stabilizer removes jitter and compensates for motion-related irregularities.
• Faster, more reliable encoding for the multiscreen environment: Output your work for computers, smartphones, tablets, and television with Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5. Use intuitive presets and contextual menus to set up sequences once for multiple formats, and batch encode while you keep editing.
• Expanded support for RAW digital cinema and file-based workflows: Gain new workflow flexibility with RAW digital cinema files and other file-based footage. Experience faster performance for high-resolution RED footage, as well as enhanced support for RED, Sony XDCAM, Canon XF, and CinemaDNG formats.
• Camera Lens Blur effect and camera property in After Effects: Create soft-focus effects with Camera Lens Blur. Set iris shape, blade curvature, and diffraction fringe characteristics for beautiful bokeh, and use these same settings for fantastic depth-of-field control with the After Effects 3D camera.
• Asset intelligence for accelerated post-production: Locate assets and dialogue quickly in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 with integrated support for metadata from Adobe Story, an Adobe CS Live online service.

Top reasons to buy Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium

• Best-of-breed production tools: Get best-of-breed video, motion graphics, compositing, audio, and design tools packed with innovations that accelerate production workflows, inspire creativity, and help deliver high-quality productions to any screen.
• Native 64-bit operating system support: Work fluidly on HD and higher resolution projects using all the RAM on your system, thanks to native 64-bit operating system support in Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Photoshop Extended.
• Broad format support in Adobe Premiere Pro: Maximize the efficiency of your file-based workflow and edit virtually any format, 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.
• Groundbreaking motion graphics with After Effects: Create motion graphics and visual effects with industry-standard After Effects. Combine moving and still imagery, graphics, and text in 2D or 3D space. Animate practically any aspect of each element, and add sound for virtually any result you can imagine.
• Rich 2D and 3D images with Photoshop Extended: Magically remove objects with Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop Extended. Paint with lifelike brush strokes and use creative 3D tools. Roundtrip images and motion-based content to Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Encore.
• Fast, reliable encoding for the multiscreen environment: Output your work for computers, smartphones, tablets, and television with Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5. Use intuitive presets and contextual menus to set up sequences once for multiple formats, and batch encode while you keep editing.
• Timesaving integration: Save time on every project thanks to deep integration, roundtrip editing, and Dynamic Link, which eliminates intermediate rendering as you refine assets between After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Encore.
• Compatibility with large-scale workflows: Work with multiple NLEs thanks to roundtrip editing between Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro or Avid NLEs. Leverage industry-standard formats, such as AAF, EDL, OMF, and XML, to integrate with a variety of systems.
• Integrated metadata for faster post-production: Develop scripts or outlines with Adobe Story, an Adobe CS Live online service. Leverage metadata acquired in production to search assets and dialogue and edit faster. Create searchable web DVDs to make assets discoverable online.
• Integration with Adobe CS Live online services: Collaborate with Adobe Story, a powerful scriptwriting tool. Initiate reviews and collect feedback on dailies, storyboards, and edited works in progress with Adobe CS Review and Acrobat.com.
• Vector graphics with Illustrator: Import native Adobe Illustrator artwork into After Effects with layers, masks, blend modes, gradients, and effects intact. After Effects can continuously rasterize vector shapes for smooth edge detail at any size.
• Interactive design: Create interactive designs with Adobe Flash Catalyst or Flash Professional. Use Flash Catalyst for content such as simple video portfolios, or use powerful controls in Flash Professional to add video content to interactive experiences.

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Student and Teacher Editions Eligibility Guidelines

PLEASE NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure that you are eligible to buy and use this software before purchasing this product. Once opened, it is non-returnable, non-refundable in accordance with our returns policy.

Program Purchasing Restrictions: You may purchase only one license per platform of any Adobe Student and Teacher Edition product per year. Purchases of suite editions (such as Design Premium or Master Collection) are limited to one title per platform per year. Adobe Student and Teacher Edition products may be used only on your privately owned computer and may not be resold.

Eligible persons include:

• University and college students — students enrolled at a higher education institution defined as an accredited public or private university or college (including community, junior, or vocational college) that grants degrees requiring not less than the equivalent of two years of full-time study
• Primary and secondary school students — students enrolled at an accredited public or private primary or secondary school providing full-time instruction
• Faculty and staff — teachers and staff employed by an accredited primary or secondary school, public or private university or college, school district, or board of education (including emeritus status professors)*
• Homeschooled students and their teachers — students and teachers as defined by state homeschooling regulations.

Proof of eligibility

Students:

Proof of current enrollment, stating your name, the institution name, and the current date or term*

Types of proof of enrollment include:

• School ID card
• Report card
• Transcript
• Tuition bill or statement
• Any other document issued by the educational institution that includes your name, the institution name, and the current date or term

Teachers, faculty, and staff:

• Current ID that includes your name, the date, and the name of the educational entity or an official document such as the following:
• Institutional paycheck stub
• Letter on official letterhead from the registrar of the educational entity indicating current employment

Note: Any sensitive information such as pay amounts, grades, or social security numbers can be covered or crossed out.

Homeschooled students and their teachers:

• Dated copy of a letter of intent to homeschool2
• Current membership ID to a home school association (for example, the Home School Legal Defense Association)
• Dated proof of purchase of curriculum for the current academic school year

Unqualified institutions include:

• Nonaccredited schools and religious organizations
• Museums
• Prekindergarten or child care facilities
• Churches
• Libraries
• Hospitals in Canada
• Training centers or schools granting certificates for courses such as computer software training, including, without limitation: Ziff Davis University, Learning Tree University, New Horizon Computer Learning Center, Teacher Training Centers
• Military schools that do not grant academic degrees
• Research laboratories not recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Canadian/Provincial Ministries of Education, for example, institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Defense or Energy or the National Research Council Canada. In addition, laboratories in the U.S. defined as Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) and University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) are not eligible. Examples include: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
• Other unqualified examples as listed by Adobe from time to time on its website

Footnotes:

• Accredited schools are those that are approved by an association recognized by the U.S. Department of Education/State Board of Education or the Canadian/Provincial Ministries of Education and that teach students as their primary focus. In the U.S., such associations include: Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Northwest Association of Accredited Schools.
• Documents dated within the last six months are considered current.

System Requirements:

Mac OS

• Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support
• Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6.3; Mac OS X v10.6.3 required for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere® Pro
• 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended)
• 20.6GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
• 1280x900 display (1280x1024 recommended) with qualified hardware accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM
• Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere Pro; visit www.adobe.com/go/premiere_systemreqs for the latest list of supported cards
• Some GPU-accelerated features in Adobe Photoshop® Extended require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
• 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed
• Core Audio–compatible sound card
• DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
• Java™ Runtime Environment 1.5 or 1.6
• QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features
• Adobe Flash® Player 10 software required to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files