By Michael Muchmore April 23, 2012 08:31am EST

Adobe Releases Creative Suite 6 (CS6)

Adobe today announced the next version of its professional design software suite, Creative Suite 6 (CS), along with a new online offering called Creative Cloud. The company said the suite would be available within 30 days, with pre-ordering starting today. Anchored by the groundbreaking image editor Photoshop, the suite is a massive bundle of software including the Illustrator drawing app, InDesign for layout, Premiere Pro for video editing, and Flash and Dreamweaver for Web programming. The fullest version of the suite (with a dozen major apps), CS6 Master Collection, sells for $2,599, while Creative Cloud offers a new subscription model including all the apps for just $49.99 per month.