Adobe previews Photoshop CS3, announces CS 2.3

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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Adobe Systems earlier this month offered attendees at the Photoshop World conference proof that it is progressing swiftly in transitioning its Creative Suite line of software applications to Apple's new Intel Mac platform.



Adobe previews next-gen Photoshop



"During the Photoshop World keynote, Adobe's Sr. Vice President of Creative Solutions provided a quick look at Photoshop CS3, apparently running on an Intel-based Mac," PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster wrote in a note to clients on Monday.



"While the presentation did not reveal any of the CS3 features, it provided evidence that the company has already successfully moved this core application to the Intel-Mac platform."



Photoshop CS3, code-named "Red Pill," is just one of several graphics and content creation applications due as part of CS3 in the spring of 2007. The new software suite will also combine software technologies from Macromedia Corp., which Adobe acquired for $3.4 billion last year.



The September Photoshop World attracted the highest attendance in the show's history, with approximately 3,000 attendees (up from 2,600 last year). "We believe the increased attendance at the event is another indication that the creative pro industry is strong," Munster wrote.



According to the analyst, 87 percent of the customers he spoke to during the conference said there is a greater than 50 percent likelihood they will buy the combined Adobe/Macromedia suite within 12 months of release. Meanwhile, 52 percent indicated there was a greater than 70 percent likelihood that they buy the product during the same timeframe.



Next year's Photoshop World is scheduled for April 4-6 at the John B. Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Mass., suggesting a release of Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 may precede the conference.



Adobe announces Creative Suite 2.3



In related news, Adobe on Monday announced Creative Suite 2.3 Premium, the next version of its professional bundle of Adobe applications.



Version 2.3 will include its Acrobat 8 Professional software, the newly released version of its PDF workflow software. In addition to supporting industry-standard PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 files, Acrobat 8 Professional now outputs PDF/X-4 for native transparency support, as well as PDF/A for long-term archiving.



Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium also bundles Dreamweaver 8, the Web design and development tool acquired from Macromedia.



Adobe expects to ship Creative Suite 2.3 plus Dreamweaver 8 (in English, French, German, and Japanese) in the fourth quarter 2006. Estimated street prices will be $1200 for the full version of Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium, $160 for an upgrade from Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium, and $550 for an upgrade from Creative Suite 1.x Premium and Standard.
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  • Reply 1 of 39
    i love it



    'Meanwhile, 52 percent indicated there was a greater than 70 percent likelihood that they buy the product during the same timeframe.'



    Silly analysts...
  • Reply 2 of 39
    need universal photoshop
  • Reply 3 of 39
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ndmccormack


    i love it



    'Meanwhile, 52 percent indicated there was a greater than 70 percent likelihood that they buy the product during the same timeframe.'



    Silly analysts...



    I was just going to quote that. That line is just great.
  • Reply 4 of 39
    When CS3 arrives, there should be a combined upgrade deal: if you have older versions of Photoshop AND Dreamweaver for instance, you should be able to get CS3 for reduced cost.



    And they'd better not demand that you be upgrading from a recent version: the REASON I have been waiting (with Adobe and Macromedia both) is for Universal versions.
  • Reply 5 of 39
    No word on the fate of Fireworks?
  • Reply 6 of 39
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AppleInsider


    Version 2.3 will include its Acrobat 8 Professional software, the newly released version of its PDF workflow software. In addition to supporting industry-standard PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 files, Acrobat 8 Professional now outputs PDF/X-4 for native transparency support, as well as PDF/A for long-term archiving.

    /c]



    Long term archival needs a special format? what the heck for? a PDF made with acrobat 2 can load in acrobat 7, thats the whole point of the pdf standard, why do we need a seperate offshoot as an "archival format"?
  • Reply 7 of 39
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by a_greer


    Long term archival needs a special format? what the heck for? a PDF made with acrobat 2 can load in acrobat 7, thats the whole point of the pdf standard, why do we need a seperate offshoot as an "archival format"?



    Acrobat 2 documents can be loaded in Acrobat 7, but who's to say that Acrobat 7 documents will be able to load in Acrobat 12? The PDF format in Acrobat 2's day was very simple, but it's since evolved to support embedded audio and video, JavaScript, and other features that may not be well supported (if at all) in the years to come. The PDF/A format solves this problem, but it's not actually a new format. It's simply a restricted version of the PDF 1.4 format. For example, it disallows audio and video, it requires that fonts must be embedded and licensed for universal display, colorspaces must be specified in a device-independent manner, that sort of thing. If you make sure your PDFs meet the restrictions specified in the PDF/A standard, then your data should be viewable for decades to come.



    More information
  • Reply 8 of 39
    "Codename: Red Pill" huh? Sounds like someone likes the Matrix.
  • Reply 9 of 39
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AppleInsider


    Version 2.3 will include its Acrobat 8 Professional software, the newly released version of its PDF workflow software.



    Described in more detail at Adobe's product page.
  • Reply 10 of 39
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ndmccormack




    Silly analysts...



    'Tricks are for kids'
  • Reply 11 of 39
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ringo


    No word on the fate of Fireworks?



    Adobe released a survey to users back in April to test reaction to various pricing structures and application bundles with CS3 after the whole Macromedia merger. They were listing "Adobe Fireworks 3" as part of the proposed CS3 Web Suite, along with Dreamweaver 9, Acrobat 8, Flash Pro 9, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, and Contribute 4. Unless they've changed their plans since then, Fireworks should be alive and well, used as a replacement for ImageReady.
  • Reply 12 of 39
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Fireworks is so much better than Photoshop.
  • Reply 13 of 39
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Placebo


    Fireworks is so much better than Photoshop.



    LOL
  • Reply 14 of 39
    'Meanwhile, 90 percent indicated there was a greater than 100 percent likelihood that they buy the product as soon as it becomes available for Intel-Mac's!'



    Where is that figure.
  • Reply 15 of 39
    And yet no feature information? I have this nagging fear that all CS3 will be is Intel compatible and "integrated" with Macromedia apps, but technically virtually indistinguishable from CS2—aside from maybe integrating acquired RAW technology. The "2.3" update only confirms that fear (what the hell is that, anyway? $550 for Dreamweaver and Acrobat for CS2 Standard users? Calling it 2.3? Adobe should be embarrassed).



    I get the distinct impression Adobe is in a corporate Ivory Tower and completely disconnected from its actual users. Talk to us Adobe! Prove otherwise.
  • Reply 16 of 39
    elrothelroth Posts: 1,201member
    87 per cent said there is greater than 50 per cent likelihood, while 52 per cent said there is greater than 70 per cent likelihood - STOP! My head is spinning.
  • Reply 17 of 39
    If Adobe had any decency they'd release a public beta of CS3 Photoshop so we'd have something to use for the next eight months...
  • Reply 18 of 39
    zazzaz Posts: 177member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dacloo


    LOL



    Re: Fireworks vs PS



    When it the specifics of web graphics, it stacks up rather heartily.



    Z
  • Reply 19 of 39
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cory Bauer


    If Adobe had any decency they'd release a public beta of CS3 Photoshop so we'd have something to use for the next eight months...



    you will use a beta for pro work?

    If you are on a tight deadline a crash wipeing out your work is the last thing that you want.
  • Reply 20 of 39
    Depends on the definition of Beta. If it's Adobe's Lightroom definition of Beta (ie, Alpha), then certainly not. If it is feature complete with no output related bugs, then likely. It's not as if random crashes in Illustrator haven't taught us to save frequently.
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