Editing Adobe Creative Suite (section)

=== Creative Suite 1 and 2 ===
[[File:Adobe Creative Suite 2 logo.svg|right|thumb|The Adobe Creative Suite 2 logo]]
The first version of Adobe Creative Suite was released in September 2003<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200309/092903CREATIVESUITE.html | title = Creative Suite | type = press release | publisher = Adobe | access-date = 2010-04-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100509011539/http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200309/092903CREATIVESUITE.html | archive-date = May 9, 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and Creative Suite 2 in April 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200504/040405CreativeSuite.html | title= Creative Suite 2 | type= press release | publisher= Adobe | access-date= 2010-04-04 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100401085746/http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200504/040405CreativeSuite.html | archive-date= April 1, 2010 | url-status= dead }}</ref> The first two versions (CS and CS2) were available in two editions.

The Standard Edition included:
* [[Adobe Bridge]] (since CS2)
* [[Adobe Illustrator]]
*[[Adobe InCopy]]
* [[Adobe InDesign]]
* [[Adobe Photoshop]]
*[[Adobe Premiere Pro]] (since CS2)
* [[Adobe ImageReady]]
* Adobe Version Cue
* Design guide and training resources
* Adobe Stock Photos

The Premium Edition also included:
* [[Adobe Acrobat|Adobe Acrobat Professional]] (Version 8 in CS2.3)
* [[Adobe Dreamweaver]] (since CS2.3)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200609/091806CreativeSuite.html |date=18 September 2006 |access-date=10 January 2014 |publisher=[[Adobe Systems]] |title=New Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Enhances Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 |quote=Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium also bundles Dreamweaver® 8 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323064143/http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200609/091806CreativeSuite.html |archive-date=23 March 2007 }}</ref>
* [[Adobe GoLive]]

Creative Suite helped InDesign become the dominant publishing software, replacing [[QuarkXPress]], because customers who purchased the suite for Photoshop and Illustrator received InDesign at no additional cost.<ref name="girard20140113">{{Cite news |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/quarkxpress-the-demise-of-a-design-desk-darling/ |title=How QuarkXPress became a mere afterthought in publishing |last=Girard |first=Dave |date=2014-01-13 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref>

Adobe shut down the "activation" servers for CS2 in December 2012, making it impossible for licensed users to reinstall the software if needed. In response to complaints, Adobe then made available for download a version of CS2 that did not require online activation, and published a serial number to activate it offline.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/ |title = CS2 downloads|publisher=Adobe|date=2013-01-01|access-date=2013-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1114930 | title = Adobe Community: Looking to activate Creative Suite 2, Acrobat 7, or Macromedia products? | publisher= Adobe |date= 2002-07-21 |access-date=2013-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html |title=Adobe CS2 Downloads |publisher=Adobe |date=2013-01-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130108024913/http%3A//www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html |archive-date=January 8, 2013 }}</ref> Because there was no mechanism to prevent people who had never purchased a CS2 license from downloading and activating it, it was widely thought that the aging software had become [[freeware]], despite Adobe's later explanation that it was intended only for people who had "legitimately purchased CS2".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html |title=Adobe CS2 Downloads |publisher=Adobe |date=2013-01-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130108024913/http%3A//www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html |archive-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mobilemag.com/2013/01/14/adobe-cs2-is-now-available-for-free-sort-of/ | title = Adobe CS2 is Now Available for Free, Sort Of | publisher = Mobile Magazine | date = 2013-01-14 | access-date = 2013-01-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130118062409/http://www.mobilemag.com/2013/01/14/adobe-cs2-is-now-available-for-free-sort-of/ | archive-date = 2013-01-18 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The later shutdown of the CS3 and CS4 activation servers was handled differently, with registered users given the opportunity to get individual serial numbers for offline activation, rather than a published one.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-05|title=Re: CS3, Acrobat 8 ~ Activation Servers Retired|url=https://community.adobe.com/t5/download-install/cs3-acrobat-8-activation-servers-retired/m-p/9291719#M45952|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Adobe|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729144950/https://community.adobe.com/t5/download-install/cs3-acrobat-8-activation-servers-retired/m-p/9291719 |archive-date=2021-07-29 }}</ref>