One of these is Flash Catalyst CS5, a Flash design tool that is focused on creating user interfaces, Internet applications, Web sites and the like, and allows you to transform static artwork into interactive interfaces and content, all without having to author code. There are some new additions to the stable of applications that is CS5. If the system has an NVIDIA GPU with CUDA technology, the Mercury Engine leverages that GPU for even faster renders, previews, playouts, encodes and effects. One of the specific performance boosts in 64-bit systems is the Mercury Engine, a 64-bit native and optimized, GPU-accelerated, multi-threaded playback engine that speeds rendering and effects preview, as well as playback, by as much as 80 to 90 percent, depending on format and task. For the record, 32-bit apps and plug-ins run fine in 64-bit systems, just slower.
In general, if you have the hardware and software to operate in 64-bit mode, this means a couple of things: overall speed and performance boosts from faster processing and the ability to access more RAM and the need to update all plug-ins when available (and many already are) to their 64-bit versions. Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection user interface The feature that has gotten the most overall attention, and deservedly so, is the 64-bit support in Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Media Encoder.
