Adobe announces the Creative Suite 3 product bundles including design, web and video production packages.

Adobe CS3 software packages

Adobe has announced the complete product line for Creative Suite version 3 graphics software.

Adobe have finally completed the unification of both its own and Macromedia's graphics software product line, with the announcement of the latest range of Creative Suite software bundles, Adobe CS3.

There are six versions of the CS3 product range, each targeted at either print designers, web designers, or multimedia and video production professionals. The print design and web design bundles come as either a Standard edition, or as a fully featured Premium software bundle.

A key difference between the Premium and Standard editions of the software packages are the different versions of Photoshop CS3 that are bundled. Adobe recently announced the addition of Photoshop CS3 Extended to its product range. Which means that graphic designers now have the choice of two different versions of Adobe Photoshop. The Extended version will only come with the Premium software bundles.

At the top of the range is a product bundle called the Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection, which features 12 of Adobe's graphics applications in one package. The various CS3 bundles will comprise selections from brand new versions of most of the Adobe / Macromedia product line, including Photoshop, Photoshop Extended, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash Pro, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Adobe has announced that nearly all of the Adobe CS 3 programs will be released as Universal Binary applications. This means that they will run at full speed on for both PowerPC Macs, as well as the newer Intel-based Macs. Adobe CS3 applications will also support Microsoft Windows XP and the newly released Windows Vista operating system.

The new Adobe CS3 product range

Both the design and web versions of the Adobe CS3 bundles include Adobe Bridge, Version Cue, Adobe Device Central, Adobe Stock Photos and Acrobat Connect.

The Production Premium and Master Collection bundles also include Adobe Bridge, Adobe Device Central, Acrobat Connect, Dynamic Link, Adobe OnLocation and Ultra.

When will CS3 be available?

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design and Creative Suite 3 Web will begin shipping in April 2007. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production and Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection will begin shipping in the third quarter of 2007.

How much will CS3 cost?

Adobe have published estimated street prices for CS3. Design Premium is estimated at US$1799, Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium at US$1599, Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium comes in at US$1699 and Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection will go for an estimated US$2499.

Adobe

27 March 2007

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