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This article is from March 27, 2007, and is no longer current.
What's New in Adobe Creative Suite 3
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On March 27, 2007, Adobe finally stopped teasing us with pre-announcements of announcements and officially revealed full details of 13 newly upgraded products that are in some version of the Creative Suite 3. Let me repeat: 13 apps upgraded at the same time. It’s like Adobe was a giant can of Coke someone put in a commercial paint mixer turned on high, then popped open so all the new stuff came foaming out at high velocity.
To avoid splashing your nice clothes with too much information, I’ve focused this overview on five of the upgraded CS3 apps: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash. Note that I’m not reviewing the apps. A team is working on the reviews right now, but the apps aren’t even shipping yet. Until those writers receive final code in a couple weeks, I won’t unleash their opinions on you. Instead, what you’ll see in the articles linked below is my distillation of the major new features.
Many Suites for Many Groups
With all those apps crossing so many boundaries, Adobe created several versions of the Creative Suite. Here’s what they include, and how much they’ll cost you.
CS3 Design Premium: $1,799 standalone, or $599 if you own previous versions of the Creative Suite or Macromedia Studio. If you bought Creative Suite 2.3, it’s a $440 upgrade. Applications include InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Acrobat 8 Professional, Bridge CS3, and Version Cue CS3.
CS3 Design Standard: $1,199 standalone, or $399 if you own previous versions of the Creative Suite. Applications include InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, Acrobat 8 Professional, Bridge CS3, and Version Cue CS3.
CS3 Web Premium: $1,599 standalone, or $499 if you own previous versions of Studio 8, Studio MX 2004, Studio MX, or the Creative Suite. Applications include Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Fireworks CS3, Illustrator CS3, Acrobat 8 Professional, Contribute CS3, Bridge CS3, and Version Cue CS3.
CS3 Web Standard: $999 standalone, or $399 if you own Studio 8, Studio MX 2004, Studio MX, or qualifying previous versions of both Dreamweaver and Flash. Applications include Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Fireworks CS3, Contribute CS3, Bridge CS3, and Version Cue CS3.
CS3 Production Premium: $1,699 standalone, or $799 if you own previous versions of the Adobe Production Studio. Applications include After Effects CS3 Professional, Premiere Pro CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Flash CS3 Professional, Illustrator CS3, Soundbooth CS3, Encore CS3, OnLocation CS3, Ultra CS3, Device Central CS3, and Bridge CS3.
CS3 Master Collection: $2,499 standalone, or $1,999 if you own more previous versions of the Creative Suite or Studio 8, Studio MX 2004, Studio MX, or Adobe Production Studio. Applications include InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Contribute CS3, Fireworks CS3, After Effects CS3 Professional, PremierePro CS3, Soundbooth CS3, Encore CS3, Acrobat 8 Professional, Bridge CS3, Version Cue CS3, Device Central CS3, OnLocation CS3, and Ultra CS3.
Except for the CS3 Production Premium and CS3 Master Collection, all individual applications and the collections they’re in are expected to ship between April and June of 2007.
Platforms
All applications in the Design and Web Standard and Premium collections run on both the Mac OS X (Intel-based and PowerPC), and on Windows XP and Vista.
Read the articles:
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Great start for a complex assortment of applications… but, whatever happened to GoLive?
When Adobe merged with Macromedia, GoLive clashed with Flash/Freehand or one of the other Macromedia products. They were too similar.
You know the rules, if two companies merge & they have the same personnel, the one who bought out the company gets to fire the one without money.
If might get gutted for its parts, but I doubt it. So say good-bye to GoLive!!