Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium - Student & Teacher Edition

Take advantage of breakthrough, cross-platform performance with Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium software. Produce your best work with game-changing innovation, such as the Mercury Playback Engine and the most efficient post-production workflow in the industry. With tightly integrated best-of-breed video, animation, compositing, audio, and design tools, CS5.5 Production Premium provides the creative features you need to accelerate your production workflow and deliver high-quality results.

Adobe Student and Teacher Editions are for students, teachers, school staff, and other educators who meet Adobes Student & Teacher eligibility criteria.

Please note the activation key is provided by Adobe, you must apply to Adobe directly to get this key following the instructions provided with the software.

When do I have to provide proof of eligibility to Adobe?
Proof of eligibility must be submitted to Adobe after purchase in order to receive a serial number and use your Student and Teacher software. Explicit instructions on submitting your proof of eligibility will be included inside your Student and Teacher Edition box.

How must evidence of eligibility be provided?
You must provide an electronic copy of your proof of eligibility via web upload using the web address provided in your Student and Teacher Edition package.

More Questions?
Adobe Student & Teacher Edition product use rights and how to prove your eligibility
Adobe Student & Teacher eligibility criteria.

64-bit OS required for Adobe® After Effects® CS5.5 and Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5.5.
Windows

64-bit support required: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (Intel Core™ i3, i5, or i7 or AMD Phenom® II recommended); Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Phenom II required for Adobe Premiere Pro
64-bit operating system required: Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended) or Windows® 7
2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended)
16.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install 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
Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9–capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM
7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed
Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape for SD/HD workflows
OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device
Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows Driver Model
DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (DVD+-R burner for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
Java™ Runtime Environment 1.5 (32 bit) or 1.6
QuickTime 7.62 software required for QuickTime features
Adobe Flash® Player 10 software required to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files
Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*

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
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; external Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
Java™ Runtime Environment 1.5 or 1.6
QuickTime 7.62 software required for QuickTime features
Adobe Flash® Player 10 software required to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files
Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*

Visit the NVIDIA website for system requirements and compatibility. The list of graphics cards that are compatible with Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5 is updated on a regular basis.

* Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms and Adobe's online privacy policy (available at www.adobe.com/go/terms). Online services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.