Adobe Creative Suite 6

**Adobe Creative Suite 6**, commonly abbreviated to **CS6**, is the successor to Creative Suite 5 / 5.5. It was the last iteration of the Creative Suite series from Adobe to offer perpetual licenses and was succeeded by Adobe Creative Cloud.

## Editions

* Design Standard is focused on professional design and print.
* Design & Web Premium is focused on all stages of print, web, and mobile publishing.
* Production Premium is focused on the creation and production of videos, movies and rich media.
* Master Collection contains all the applications of the various editions of CS6.

## Applications

* Adobe Acrobat X Pro
* Adobe After Effects CS6
* Adobe Audition CS6
* Adobe Bridge CS6
* Adobe CS Live
* Adobe Dreamweaver CS6
* Adobe Dynamic Link
* Adobe Encore CS6
* Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit
* Adobe Extension Manager CS6
* Adobe Fireworks CS6
* Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 Premium
* Adobe Flash Professional CS6
* Adobe Illustrator CS6
* ~~Adobe InCopy CS6~~ (was not included in the suite and was only available through Adobe Creative Cloud)
* Adobe InDesign CS6
* Adobe Media Encoder CS6
* Adobe Photoshop CS6 (the Extended edition was included in Premium and Master Collections)
* Adobe Prelude CS6
* Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
* Adobe SpeedGrade CS6
* ~~Adobe Story Plus CS6~~ (was not included in the suite and was only available through Adobe Creative Cloud)

## Marketing

The packaging designs and marketing imagery were produced by Tolleson Design.

## Compatibility

### macOS

Creative Suite 6 for Mac requires an Intel-compatible processor, with Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later. Installation on macOS 10.12 "Sierra" to 10.14 "Mojave" may require security adjustments. CS6 is not installable on macOS 10.15 "Catalina"; it may be possible to pre-install on an older macOS and then update, though workarounds may be needed with varying results. CS6 is confirmed not to work on macOS 11 "Big Sur" and later.

### Windows

Creative Suite 6 for Windows requires an Intel-compatible processor, with Windows XP with Service Pack 3 or later. Some video applications may require Windows 7 or later. It is known to install and run fine on Windows 10 and 11.

## References

1. ↑ Adobe / Creative Suite Campaign, Tolleson Design. Accessed 2020-01-26.
2. ↑ If any of your apps don't work in MacOS Mojave, a small tweak in your settings might fix the problem by Dave Smith, Business Insider. 2018-12-06.
3. ↑ Catalina workaround for Adobe CS6? by LightningMike. Apple Community. 2020-01-20.
4. ↑ Photoshop CS6 not opening in Big Sur update for Mac by scottkb2000, Adobe Support Community. 2020-12-03.
5. ↑ adobe CS6 on win 11 by bibuha, Reddit. 2021-11-30.

## See also

* Adobe eLearning Suite 6, the last version to be available through a perpetual license.
* Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6, the last version to be available through a perpetual license.

## External links

* Adobe Creative Suite 6 family at Adobe (archived 2012-04-24, 2013-04-30)
	+ Creative Suite 6 system requirements at Adobe Learn & Support (2016-03-09)
	+ Installing Creative Suite on macOS 10.12 (Sierra), macOS 10.13 (High Sierra), and macOS 10.14 (Mojave) (2020-04-23)
* Adobe CS6 by Tolleson Design at Flickriver