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Adobe Creative Suite 3: Summary (3/2007)
by Douglas Dixon
Adobe Creative Suite 3 - Summary Chart
Product summary
Individual applications
Bundled editions
See also: Deliver Everywhere: Adobe's
Creative Suite 3 (NAB)
Adobe's Creative Suite 3 was just announced on March 27, 2007 (www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite).
Adobe Creative Suite 3 - Design - Web
- Production - Master Collection
This is a huge upgrade of the Adobe Creative product line, with design and
development tools spanning the creative workflow across print, web, video,
interactive and mobile. The tools are even more tightly integrated, especially
with extensive support for Flash design and export from Adobe's recent
acquisition of Macromedia. CS3 also marks the return of the video Production
tools to the Macintosh platform. The Design and Web applications ship in April
2007, and the Production tools ship in the third quarter 2007.
CS3 includes some 13 applications, bundled in 6 suites, plus 6 additional
technology components:
- New versions of the Adobe Design tools
- Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, InDesign CS3
- Plus new Photoshop CS3 Extended
- New versions of the Adobe video Production tools
- After Effects CS3 Professional, Premiere Pro CS3,
Encore CS3
- Plus new Soundbooth CS3 (replacing Audition)
- Plus new tools from the Serious Magic acquisition
- OnLocation CS3, Ultra CS3
(Windows only)
- Plus integrated Web tools from the Macromedia acquisition
- Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Contribute
CS3, Fireworks CS3
- Plus Acrobat 8 Professional
- Plus additional bundled technology components
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Adobe Bridge CS3, Adobe Acrobat Connect, Adobe Stock Photos
- Adobe
Version Cue CS3, Adobe Device Central CS3, Adobe Dynamic Link
Note: Information and pricing are summarized from public sources, and
may be incorrect or out of date.
Check the Adobe website for more information. Corrections and updates are
welcome.
Find Adobe
Creative Suite 3 Production Premium (Windows or Mac) on Amazon.com
Find Adobe
Creative Suite 3 Master Collection (Windows or Mac) on Amazon.com
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Creative Suite 3
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Pricing
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Master
Collection
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Design Standard
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Design Premium
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Web Standard
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Web Premium
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Production Premium
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Street US$
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$2499
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$1199
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$1799
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$999
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$1599
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$1699
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Ship
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3Q 07
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4/07
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4/07
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4/07
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4/07
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3Q 07
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Acrobat 8 Professional
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$449
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PDF docs
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Design
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Design
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Prem
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xx
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Design
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Photoshop CS3
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$649
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Design
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Photoshop CS3
Extended
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$999
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images
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Extended
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Extended
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Extended
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Illustrator CS3
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$599
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graphics
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Design
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Design
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Web
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Prod
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InDesign CS3
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$699
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layout
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Design
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Design
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Web
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Flash CS3 Professional
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$699
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interactive
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Design
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Web
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Web
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Prod
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Dreamweaver CS3
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$399
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website
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Design
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Web
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Web
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Contribute CS3
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$149
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Web pub
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Web
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Web
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Fireworks CS3
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$299
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Web ims
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Web
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Web
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Production
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After Effects CS3
Professional
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$999
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motion
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Prod
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Premiere Pro CS3
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$799
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video
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Prod
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Soundbooth CS3
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$249
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audio
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Prod
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Encore CS3
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w/Prem
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DVD
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Prod
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OnLocation CS3
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w/Prem
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record
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Prod
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Ultra CS3
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w/Prem
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key
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Prod
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Also:
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Bridge CS3
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browse
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All
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All
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All
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All
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All
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Acrobat Connect
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e-collab
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All
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All
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All
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All
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All
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Stock Photos
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online
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All
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All
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All
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All
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All
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Version Cue CS3
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versions
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All
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All
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All
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All
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xx
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Device Central CS3
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mobile
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All
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