Many apps, many uses--all of them creative. If your work involves graphics and design, odds are you already use a version of at least one of the tools in Adobe System's just-announced Creative Suite 3.
Adobe bills its announcement of CS3 as the company's largest release, because it's offering--count 'em--six configurations of the suite to address design and workflow needs across print, Web, mobile and interactive platforms, and video. A whopping 13 programs have been upgraded as stand-alone apps as well, including: Photoshop CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, InDesign CS3, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, and After Effects CS3.
We've reviewed two of the major updated programs that are part of CS3: Photoshop CS3 (we looked at the public beta) and Dreamweaver CS3.
Although CS3 isn't shipping yet, it will be soon: The first suites, Design Premium and Standard, and Web Premium and Standard, will ship in April. The others, Production Premium and Master Collection, will ship in the third quarter. The price for CS3 depend upon which configuration of apps you buy, and what product(s) you're upgrading from. Pricing starts at $999 for the Creative Suite 3 Web Standard edition, and scales all the way up to $2499 for the Creative Suite 3 Master Collection.
Our friends at Macworld have done a bang-up job on dissecting Adobe CS3. Click on over and take a look.
