The wait for Adobe Captivate 5 is (almost) over:
Today Adobe announced the release of Adobe Captivate 5 and the new eLearning Suite 2 will be in mid-June 2010.
So what can you expect of these new products?
Adobe Captivate 5:
The new Adobe Captivate 5 is not just an upgrade to Adobe Captivate 4. It is actually a complete rewrite of the program from A to Z. The rewrite of the program means that it will now also be available for Mac owners and for PC users it means that many of the annoying bugs that have been in the Adobe Captivate product line since version 2 are finally gone.
In addition to this Adobe Captivate 5 contains a lot of new cool stuff – I have been in the Beta test group and seen the program develop from day one and you in for a real treat. I have a whole series of blog posts planned about Adobe Captivate 5 and all the new and exiting features so stay tuned.
System requirements – Windows
- 1GHz or faster processor Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel Centrino®, Intel Xeon®, or Intel Core™ Duo (or compatible) processor
- Microsoft® Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7
- 1 GB minimum RAM (2GB recommended)
- 3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
- DVD-ROM drive
- 1,024×576 display (1,280×1024 recommended) with 16-bit video card
- Broadband Internet connection required for online services.
System requirements – Mac
- Multicore Intel® processor
- Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6
- 1 GB minimum RAM (2GB recommended)
- 3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on flash-based storage devices)
- DVD-ROM drive
- 1,024×576 display (1,280×1024 recommended) with 16-bit video card
- Broadband Internet connection required for online services.
Adobe eLearning Suite 2.0:
The Adobe eLearning Suite 2.0 contains the following programs:
Adobe Captivate 5
Adobe Flash Professional CS5
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
Adobe PhotoShop CS5 Extended
Adobe Soundbooth CS5
Adobe Presenter 7
Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Pro
Adobe Bridge CS5
Adobe Device Central CS5
Adobe Extension Manager CS5
Adobe Media Encoder CS5
However, more importantly it contains features and add-ins that you cannot get access to if you buy the products individually. These are a Course Builder Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 and Learning Interactions for Adobe Flash CS5.
The eLS 2.0 suite also allows you to record using Adobe Captivate 5 directly in Adobe Flash CS5 through a “Record Application” option as well as Adobe Captivate 5 integration with Adobe Device Central CS5.
7 Comments
Hi Michael,
The website listing 32 bit as a system requirement was an oversight. This is being fixed now and in the next few days you should see the update. Captivate 5 has been thoroughly tested for 64 bit systems, and will work on the same with no issues.
Regards,
Shameer
Sr. Product Manger – Adobe Captivate
Hi Shameer,
Excellent – Thanks for the clarification. I will update the post to reflect this.
Best regards,
Michael
ok.thank you
Guys can anyone let me know when will Captivate 5 Trial Version get released. I am much waiting for it 🙁
Seems like the official launch of Adobe Captivate 5 have been pushed to the end of June now, so I would expect the trial version to be available at the same time as well.
/Michael
Thanks Michael So have to wait for 2 more weeks 🙁
Yes unfortunately we will have to wait a bit more :o(