Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite (CS) is a discontinued software suite of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications developed by Adobe Systems.
| Developer(s) | Adobe Systems |
|---|---|
| Initial release | September 29, 2003 |
| Final release | Creative Suite 6
/ May 7, 2012 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, OS X |
| Platform | IA-32 (limited), PowerPC (limited), x86-64 |
| Successor | Adobe Creative Cloud |
| Type | Digital media creation and editing |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
The last of the Creative Suite versions, Adobe Creative Suite 6 (CS6), was launched at a release event on April 23, 2012, and released on May 7, 2012. CS6 was the last of the Adobe design tools to be physically shipped as boxed software as future releases and updates would be delivered via download only.
On May 6, 2013, Adobe announced that CS6 would be the last version of the Creative Suite, and that future versions of their creative software would only be available via their Adobe Creative Cloud subscription model. Adobe also announced that it would continue to support CS6 and would provide bug fixes and security updates through the next major upgrades of both Mac and Windows operating systems (as of 2013). The Creative Suite packages were pulled from Adobe's online store in 2013, but were still available on their website until January 2017.