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{{Short description|Discontinued software suite}} {{Infobox software | name = Adobe Creative Suite | logo = Adobe Creative Suite icon.svg | screenshot = | caption = Adobe Creative Suite 6 icon | developer = [[Adobe Systems]] | released = {{Start date and age|2003|09|29}} | discontinued = yes | latest release version = Creative Suite 6 | latest release date = {{Start date and age|2012|05|07}} | operating system = [[Microsoft]] [[Windows]], [[macOS|OS X]] | platform = [[IA-32]] (limited), [[PowerPC]] (limited), [[x86-64]] | language = | genre = [[Digital media]] creation and editing | license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] | replaced_by = [[Adobe Creative Cloud]] }} '''Adobe Creative Suite''' ('''CS''') is a discontinued [[software suite]] of [[graphic design]], [[video editing]], and [[web development]] [[application software|applications]] developed by [[Adobe Systems]]. 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.<ref name="editingwhiz1">{{cite web | first = Connor | last = Crosby | url = http://editingwhiz.com/2012/04/23/adobe-cs6-announcement/ | title = Adobe Announces CS6, Ships May 7th? | publisher = EditingWhiz | date = 2012-04-23 | access-date = 2013-02-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120708074429/http://editingwhiz.com/2012/04/23/adobe-cs6-announcement/ | archive-date = 2012-07-08 | url-status = usurped }}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web| last = Cunningham |first=Andrew|title=Adobe's Creative Suite is dead, long live the Creative Cloud|date=6 May 2013 |url = https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/adobes-creative-suite-is-dead-long-live-the-creative-cloud/ | publisher=Ars Technica}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Adobe heralds subscription-only future for Photoshop and Creative Suite|url=http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/05/06/Adobe-kills-perpetual-licenses-as-creative-suite-moves-to-creative-cloud-cc|publisher=Digital Photography Review|access-date=2013-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622072403/http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/05/06/Adobe-kills-perpetual-licenses-as-creative-suite-moves-to-creative-cloud-cc|archive-date=2013-06-22|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last = Campbell-Dollaghan | first=Kelsey|title=Say Goodbye to Creative Suite: Adobe CS Is Now Creative Cloud| date=6 May 2013|url = https://gizmodo.com/say-goodbye-to-creative-suite-adobe-rebrands-cs-as-cre-493155052|publisher= Gizmondo}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{Citation | newspaper = Mac World | url = http://www.macworld.com/article/2037034/adobe-scraps-software-licenses-in-favor-of-cloud-subscription-scheme-for-creative-suite-line.html | title = Adobe scraps Creative Suite software licenses in favor of cloud subscriptions}}.</ref> The Creative Suite packages were pulled from Adobe's online store in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.adobe.com/products/catalog.html | title= Products |publisher= Adobe |access-date = 2013-05-26}}</ref> but were still available on their website until January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.adobe.com/products/cs6.html |title=Creative Cloud now includes Creative Suite Master Collection and Design Premium features | publisher =Adobe |date=2017-01-09 |access-date= 2017-05-29|quote=As of January 9, 2017 Creative Suite is no longer available for purchase.}}</ref>
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