[MacTUG] Adobe Ships Creative Suite 3

[Glenn Anderson]

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/ 
200704/041607CS3Shipping.html


Adobe Ships Creative Suite 3For immediate release
Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Flagship Creative Applications Also Available
SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 16, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated  
(Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of the  
highly-anticipated Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Design Premium and  
Standard editions and Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium and Standard  
editions. This revolutionary release of brand-new, tightly  
integrated, design and development software unites the best of Adobe  
and former Macromedia® product innovation to provide designers and  
developers worldwide with a broad spectrum of creative options.

Also available for purchase today are new versions of the following  
stand alone Adobe creative applications: Adobe Photoshop® CS3, Adobe  
Photoshop CS3 Extended, Adobe InDesign® CS3, Adobe Illustrator® CS3,  
Adobe Flash® CS3 Professional, Adobe Dreamweaver® CS3, Adobe  
Fireworks® CS3, and Adobe Contribute® CS3. These new Adobe CS3  
applications and Adobe Creative Suite 3 editions are available as  
Universal applications for both PowerPC® and Intel-based Macs and  
support both Microsoft® Windows® XP and Windows Vista™. Customers  
will experience increased levels of performance and speed running  
Creative Suite 3 natively on Intel-based Macintosh systems and the  
latest Windows hardware.

The expanded Creative Suite 3 family also includes Adobe Creative  
Suite 3 Production Premium, a complete integrated post-production  
solution for video and rich media professionals, and Adobe Creative  
Suite 3 Master Collection, which combines all of Adobe's new CS3  
design and development applications in a single box—the most  
comprehensive creative environment ever delivered. Both of these  
Creative Suite editions are expected to ship in the third quarter of  
2007.

Fully Integrated Design Toolkit Powers Creativity
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium delivers an essential, highly- 
efficient toolkit for print, web, interactive, and mobile design. The  
software integrates new releases of InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3  
Extended, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3,  
and Acrobat® 8 Professional for creating compelling publications,  
websites, rich interactive experiences, and engaging content. Also  
available today is Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard software  
for designers and print service providers focusing on professional  
design and print production.

With Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, users can experiment  
with, save, and apply color combinations quickly and intuitively  
using the new Live Color feature in Illustrator; perform image  
editing tasks such as selecting image areas, compositing images, and  
applying filters faster and more flexibly with Photoshop CS3  
Extended; master Flash more easily thanks to its new Adobe-standard  
user interface; and repurpose print content on the web by exporting  
InDesign CS3 documents as XHTML and the modifying them in Dreamweaver  
CS3 using CSS.

Innovative Web Design and Development Tools Maximize Productivity
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium edition is a comprehensive suite  
that combines the essential tools for web and interactive design and  
development including the new versions of Adobe Dreamweaver CS3,  
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, Adobe Fireworks CS3, Adobe Contribute  
CS3 - along with major releases of key design tools such as Adobe  
Photoshop CS3 Extended, Adobe Illustrator CS3, and Adobe Acrobat 8  
Professional. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Standard edition is also  
available today to serve the professional designer and developer  
focused on design, development, and website maintenance.

Loaded with new and innovative features, Creative Suite 3 Web  
editions offer users faster, more productive workflows across the  
applications. Now, for the first time, web professionals can import  
native Photoshop and Illustrator files directly into Flash and  
Fireworks with full fidelity. Users can also create consistent  
experiences across all browsers, operating systems, and a range of  
mobile and handheld devices with the new Spry Framework for AJAX, a  
pre-built, cross-browser compatible library of widgets and effects  
that make it faster and easier to build rich, interactive websites.  
Fireworks CS3 boasts new workflows for rapidly prototyping RIA  
layouts for websites and web applications, intelligent Photoshop and  
Illustrator integration, and a library of common and customizable  
graphics assets.

New and Enhanced Integration Technologies Boost Performance
Both the Creative Suite 3 Design and Web editions include Adobe  
Device Central CS3, designed to boost the productivity of creative  
professionals developing content for mobile handsets with essential  
tools to design, emulate and test content across a wide range of  
mobile device and handheld frameworks. These editions also  
incorporate an updated version of Adobe Bridge CS3, the hub of Adobe  
Creative Suite, which provides instant access to Version Cue® CS3,  
Acrobat Connect™ and an expanded Adobe Stock Photos service.

Pricing and Availability
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium,  
and Web Standard are immediately available to customers in the United  
States and Canada, and are available through Adobe Authorized  
Resellers and the Adobe Store at www.adobe.com/go/gn_store .  
Estimated street price for the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium  
edition is US$1799, US$1199 for Creative Suite 3 Design Standard  
edition, US$1599 for Creative Suite 3 Web Premium and US$999 for  
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Standard. There are numerous upgrade paths  
available for Adobe customers. For more detailed information about  
features, upgrade policies, pricing, and international versions  
please visit: www.adobe.com/go/creativesuite .

About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information  
- anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information,  
visit www.adobe.com .

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