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[Antony]

Photoshop CS3 Beta available for download! (from 15th Dec)



Adobe announced on Thursday that it is launching a public beta test phase for Photoshop CS3. The final version is slated to ship in spring 2007. The beta version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 will be available from tomorrow (15th December).

It's an Universal Application



The public beta is a Universal Binary application, allowing it to run natively on PowerPC and Intel-based Macs - something Mac users have been begging for ever since Apple introduced its Intel-based systems.

Photoshop CS3 beta also includes a pre-release version of a major upgrade to Adobe Bridge, as well as a preview release of the all-new Adobe Device Central. Photoshop customers can use Adobe Device Central to design, preview, and test compelling mobile content, created specifically for smaller screens. This new tool, integrated in the Photoshop CS3 beta, simplifies and accelerates the creation of mobile content through a preview environment and built-in device profiles.

The Beta version of Photoshop CS3 can be downloaded from Adobe Labs from early hours of 15th December (US Pacific Standard Time).

Adobe Releases Beta Version of Photoshop CS3 (Adobe Press Release, 14th Dec 2006)

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[Pu7o]

It's now available! You can get it here. If you don't have a Photoshop CS3 Beta key, then you will only be allowed to use the software for two days. To get a Photoshop CS3 Beta serial, you need to input your legitimate Photoshop CS2 key here.

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[DJGM]

Is this public beta for Mac users only?

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[Pu7o]

No, it's for both Mac and Windows.

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[DJGM]

In that case, it should be in the General Computing and Tech section . . .

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[Antony]

The release of Photoshop CS3 Beta has greater importance to Mac OS X rather than Windows platform. This post should be remained in Mac forum.

New features for the Photoshop CS3 beta include the following:

• Non-destructive Smart Filters
• Quick Selection Tool
• Refine Edge
• Automatic layer alignment and blending
• Vanishing Point with multiple, adjustable angle perspective planes
• Black and White conversion
• Enhanced Adobe Camera Raw

The minimum system requirements for the Photoshop CS3 beta are listed below.

• Macintosh
  PowerPC G4 or G5 or Intel based Macintosh processor
  Mac OS X v.10.4.8
  320MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
  64MB of video RAM
  1.5GB of available hard-disk space
  1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
  DVD-ROM drive
  Internet or phone connection required for product activation
  QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features
  
• Windows
  Intel Pentium 4, Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon, or Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor
  Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista
  320MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
  64MB of video RAM
  650MB of available hard-disk space
  1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
  DVD-ROM drive
  Internet or phone connection required for product activation
  QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features

Detailed page about Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/

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[Antony]

Photoshop CS3 Beta has released few days ago, and Photoshop's most important platform - Mac - now has some benchmarks.

BareFeats has published benchmarks of Photoshop CS2 vs CS3 Beta on high-end Macs (Mac Pro 3GHz vs Power Mac G5 Quad-Core 2.5GHz)

Both Mac Pro and Power Mac G5 Quad are of "quad"-core, Mac Pro features Intel Xeon processors, and Power Mac G5 features PowerPC processors. Both machines have 8GB of RAM.

A quick conclusion from BareFeats' data, CS3 Beta is faster than CS2 on Intel-based Mac, but no much speed improvement on PowerPC-based Mac (in fact, a little bit slower).

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