New HTML 5 support in Dreamweaver CS5.5 includes jQuery mobile framework integration for browser-based content and PhoneGap integration for native and mobile application design and development. With this version, designers and developers can construct mobile applications for a range of devices and operating systems including iOS, Android, and BlackBerry. The CS5.5 version of the Web Premium package includes updated versions of Dreamweaver, Flash Professional, Flash Catalyst, Flash Builder, Device Central, a new Flex framework for mobile devices (due out in June for iOS), and Acrobat X Pro. Subscription pricing for the Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium is $95 per month, while subscriptions to Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard are $65 per month. These demonstrate the creative possibilities of using tablets for Photoshop workflows. The new SDK lets developers build tablet applications that interact with Photoshop from a variety of devices including iOS, Android, and BlackBerry PlayBook. Accompanying the new SDK are three new iPad applications: Adobe Color Lava for Photoshop Adobe Eazel for Photoshop and Adobe Nav for Photoshop.
With CS5.5 Adobe has also introduced the Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit (SDK) that integrates tablet development into the traditional design workflow. With the CS5.5 version of the Design Premium, users can also create Websites based on HTML 5 and CSS3 and interactive mobile applications built with Flash tools. Updates to Dreamweaver CS5.5-which include the Live View mode, CSS panel, and a Multiscreen Preview panel-act to streamline the design of Websites that require optimization for viewing on multiple devices, and let designers preview desktop, tablet, and smart phone browsers side-by-side. Designers can now add refined typography, images that resize automatically to fit various screen sizes, and video and audio for e-book reader applications that support HTML 5 video and audio tags.
The enterprise version of the Digital Publishing Suite is available now.Ī number of features in InDesign have also been enhanced to improve reading experiences on e-book devices, such as Barnes and Noble Nook, Sony Reader, and Apple iPad. InDesign CS5.5 works in concert with Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite, which supports creation, publication, sale, and analysis of content on a range of tablets, including Apple’s iPad. Documents can include video, audio, panoramic views, 360-degree object rotation, image pan and zoom, integration of HTML and HTML 5 content, and more. Integrated into InDesign CS5.5 is the new Folio Producer that publishers can use to enhance tablet-based designs with rich media and interactivity for producing digital magazines, newspapers, corporate publications, e-books, and advertising. “We believe that adding mid-cycle releases in between our milestone releases, which will now happen every two years, will help our customers keep ahead of the market trends.” “We decided to change our Creative Suite release schedules, starting with CS5.5, to help our customers overcome the challenges they’ve been having with the wave of new mobile devices coming to market,” Dave Burkett, vice president and general manager of Adobe Creative Suite, told Macworld. Subscription pricing is also available for the following individual applications: After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash Professional, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Photoshop Extended, and Premiere Pro. The complete mid-cycle lineup now features Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection, Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium, Creative Suite 5.5 Web Premium, Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium, and Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard.
With the new schedule comes a new pricing plan: Adobe’s new Subscription Editions program is designed to make its creative tools more affordable to the artists and designers who need them and to give new users-and those who need the software only for specific projects-more opportunities to work with the apps.