Adobe Releases
Beta Version of Photoshop CS3
Company Also
Previews Adobe Bridge and All-New
Adobe Device Central
SAN
JOSE, Calif. - Dec. 14, 2006 - Adobe
Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE)
will introduce a beta version of
Adobe Photoshop CS3 software, the
next release of the world standard
in digital imaging, on Friday,
December 15th. Adobe is delivering a
widely available Photoshop CS3 beta
to enable customers to more easily
transition to the latest hardware
platforms, particularly Apple's new
Intel-based systems.
The
beta is available as a Universal
Binary for the Macintosh platform,
aswell as for Microsoft(r) Windows(r)
XP and Windows Vista computers.
The
final shipping release of Adobe
Photoshop CS3 is planned for
Spring2007. The software can be
downloaded at:
http://labs.adobe.com, in the
early hours Pacific Standard Time on
December 15.
Packed with new features, Photoshop
CS3 beta also includes a pre-release
version of a major upgrade to Adobe
Bridge, as well as a preview release
of the all-new Adobe Device Central.
Photoshop customers can use Adobe
Device Central to design, preview,
and test compelling mobile content,
created specifically for smaller
screens. This new tool, integrated
in the Photoshop CS3 beta,
simplifies and accelerates the
creation of mobile content through a
preview environment and built-in
device profiles.
"This
is an exciting time for the Mac, and
Adobe wanted to ease the move to new
Intel-based systems with a preview
release of Photoshop CS3," said John
Loiacono, senior vice president of
Creative Solutions Business Unit at
Adobe. "We didn't want to leave
Windows customers out of the party,
so the beta is available to everyone
in the creative industry's most
passionate user community -- no
matter what their platform choice.
We
still have some surprises in store,
but this beta gives customers an
early chance to see the power of
another great Photoshop release,
optimized and tuned to run natively
on the latest hardware and
operatingsystems."
To
utilize Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta,
customers require a serial number
from either Adobe Photoshop CS2,
Adobe Creative Suite(r) 2, Adobe
Creative Suite Production Studio,
Adobe Design Bundle, Adobe Web
Bundle or Adobe Video Bundle. Adobe
Photoshop CS3 beta is available in
English only. Customers who have a
valid serial number for all other
language versions of qualifying
Adobe products can download the
software. Without a serial number,
users can still download Adobe
Photoshop CS3 beta, with the product
expiring after two days. Customers
must register online with Adobe or
have an existing Adobe.com
membership account to access the
software.
In
related previews of future
technologies, Adobe has also
released two new web tools as beta
releases. Adobe CSS Advisor is a new
web-basedcommunity site to easily
identify and resolve browser
compatibilityissues. Web designers
and developers can contribute their
own issues, comment on existing
issues, or become an editor to
participate in driving the site's
future. The site is accessible at:
www.adobe.com/go/cssadvisor.
Also introduced is a beta release of
Adobe Spry framework for Ajax, a
designer-focused solution for adding
the interactive power of Ajax when
developing rich, dynamic web-sites.
Adobe Spry framework for Ajax is
available at:
www.adobe.com/go/cssadvisor.
For
Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta,
recommended system requirements are
as follows. For Macintosh: Mac OSX
10.4.8 or 10.5, 1 GHz PowerPC(r) G4
or G5 processor, Intel based
Macintosh. For Windows: Intel(r)
Xeon(r) , Xeon Dual, Centrino(r) or
Pentium(r) 4 processor, Microsoft
Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or
higher, Microsoft Windows Vista.
Both platforms require 512 MB RAM
and a 1024x769 resolution screen.
Photoshop CS3 beta will expire soon
after the launch of Photoshop CS3 in
Spring 2007.
Details on final pricing, system
requirements and availability have
yet to be determined.
