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[Antony]

Adobe Systems Inc. has announced the long-awaiting Adobe Creative Suite 3 today, marking the largest software release of Adobe's 25-year history. Adobe’s new Creative Suite 3 line-up unites the best of Adobe and Macromedia product innovation to provide designers and developers with a broad spectrum of creative options for all facets of print, web, mobile, interactive, film, and video production. The significant of Creative Suite 3 is that the majority of applications in CS3 will be Universal applications for both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs, as well as supporting Microsoft Windows XP and Vista.

Adobe's Creative Suite application packages include:


Creative Suite 3 Design Premium - US$1799

• Adobe InDesign CS3
  
• Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
  
• Adobe Illustrator CS3
  
• Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
  
• Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
  
• Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

Creative Suite 3 Design Standard - US$1199

• Adobe InDesign CS3
  
• Adobe Photoshop CS3
  
• Adobe Illustrator CS3
  
• Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

Creative Suite 3 Web Premium - US$1599

• Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
  
• Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
  
• Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
  
• Adobe Fireworks CS3
  
• Adobe Illustrator CS3
  
• Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
  
• Adobe Device Central CS3

Creative Suite 3 Web Standard - US$999

• Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
  
• Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
  
• Adobe Fireworks CS3
  
• Adobe Contribute CS3
  
• Adobe Device Central CS3

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard, and Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium and Standard will begin shipping in April 2007. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium and Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection for Mac OS X on Intel-based systems and for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista platforms will begin shipping worldwide in the third quarter of 2007.

For more detailed information about features, upgrade policies, pricing, and international versions please visit: www.adobe.com/go/creativesuite.

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[Antony]

[img=left]http://mac.sillydog.org/pix/MacOSX_Universal_60px.gif[/img]With the release of Adobe Creative Suite 3, there's a new addition to Photoshop family - Photoshop CS3 Extended. This specialised version of Photoshop includes features geared towards image analysis, 3D, and motion support for video and animation along with all of the features in Photoshop CS3.

Photoshop CS3 Extended adds a measurement log palette, calculates value ranges in images, a scale marker, and supports multiple 3D model file formats, texture editing for 3D models, an enhanced vanishing point feature that measures in perspective on 3D models. The video post production tools include layer support in frame-by-frame video editing, exporting to several video formats and Flash.

Photoshop CS3 Extended will be available in April, and the recommended retail price is US$999. (The recommended retail price for Photoshop CS3 is US$649.)

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[Antony]

For video post production, Adobe also released Creative Suite 3 Production Premium suite. It contains After Effects CS3 Professional, Premiere Pro CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Flash CS3 Professional, Illustrator CS3, Soundbooth CS3, Encore CS3, OnLocation CS3, Ultra CS3, Dynamic Link, Device Central CS3, and Adobe Bridge CS3.

It is interesting to note that on Mac versions, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and Adobe Soundbooth CS3 are not Universal applications, they are only available for Intel-based Macs. Also, Adobe OnLocation CS3 and Adobe Ultra CS3 are Windows only.

The suite requires at least a G4 processor for the Universal Binary applications. Other system requirements includes Mac OS X 10.4.9, at least 1GB of RAM for DV, and 2GB or more for HDV and HD editing, 1280x1024 monitor resolution, a 32 bit video card, QuickTime 7.1.5, and a DVD ROM drive for installation.


Adobe CS3 Production Premium is priced at US$1699 and will be available in the third quarter of 2007. (Upgrade starts at US$799.)



If you want all 12 applications, you can choose Adobe Create Suite 3 Master Collection, which has a price tag of US$2499 and will be available worldwide in the third quarter of 2007.

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[Antony]

If you are looking for CS3, and want to save yourself some money, you can do so now, legally.

You can buy any of the current version 2.3 Creative Suite now (before CS3 ships), and be eligible for a free upgrade to the equivalent CS3 version.

Since Adobe has announced the new CS3, and it is still net yet available. You can take this opportunity to save you some money with Adobe's Post Announcement Upgrade Policy, "Customers who purchase an Adobe product during a limited time after Adobe announces a new product version, are eligible for a free upgrade to the current version".

The current price for Adobe CS 2.3 is significantly cheaper than CS 3.

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