Adobe may have its own arsenal to do battle with Apple. Its synchronized upgrades of 16 important applications is likely to have a huge impact on the creative community because of giant technological leaps forward.

Adobe Creative Suite 5’s collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications held so much interest that when the company posted a sneak preview video a few weeks ago it quickly got 2 million views.

The company says the new suite has greater intelligence and awareness of content within images that will allow more complex manipulation. The new tools and creative controls will address the needs of the video, web, medical, manufacturing and engineering industries, according to Digital Photography Review. Another analyst says CS5 is now the benchmark for professional creatives working on the page and on the screen.

Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended will be available as stand-alone applications or key components of the Adobe Creative Suite® 5 family. Company head Shantanu Narayen says the new suite will revolutionise how we work, live and communicate.