Adobe Creative Suite 5 is a suite of products including a WYSIWYG and text Web page editor, graphics software, video software, and more.
Adobe Creative Suite has several different versions that are all appropriate to Web developers. Trying to decide which version to buy can be difficult. Personally, I recommend Web Premium, for most web designers. Which Creative Suite Edition should I buy? (updated for CS5)
What is in the different Creative Suite editions? (updated for CS5)
Target Market(s): Professional Web Designers or Professional Web Developers
Review last updated: November 2, 2010.
Adobe Creative Suite Latest Reviews
- Design Premium CS5: 215 points, 69%%, 3 stars
- Web Premium CS5: 215 points, 69%, 3 stars
- Master Collection CS4: 205 points, 66%, 3 stars
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Adobe Creative Suite Technical Details
Operating System(s): Windows and Macintosh
Features:
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- Text editor
- WYSIWYG editor
- CSS validator
- XML validator
- Page preview
- Alternate browser or OS preview
- Wireless device preview
- Wireless scripts, functions, or links
- Save pages as XHTML with DTD
- Save pages as HTML with DTD
- Color coding
- Tag completion
- FTP or Site manager
- FTPs or Secure FTP
- Search and replace
- Extended search and replace (across multiple documents)
- Edit multiple files/tabbed file editing
- Edit images
- Connects to graphics software
- Multimedia functions
- Save Adobe AIR files
- Special character tools
- Can edit JavaScript
- Helps with Ajax JSON, or JQuery pages
- Can edit CSS
- Additional CSS assistance
- Can edit PHP, ASP, or JSP
- Dynamic page rendering and editing
- Database connectivity
- Edit XML and/or RSS
- Spell checking
- Save snippets of code
- Free templates
- Free scripts
- Form wizard
- Version control
- Support for teams editing the site (beyond version control)
- Customizable or extendable
- No limitation (beyond a possible time limit) on sites/pages built with the free trial
- Does not require subscription
- HTML validator has been removed in CS5 — But it still connects to external validators if you have them
- Ecommerce and site maps with extensions
- HTML 5 and CSS 3 have a free extension from Adobe to add them
- Link checker only checks onsite links
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Price: Web Premium $1899 (full) from $599 (upgrade)
Design Premium $1799 (full) from $599 (upgrade)
Master Collection $2599 (full) from $899 (upgrade)
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