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    Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Design Premium Upgrade [Mac] [OLD VERSION]

    Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Design Premium Upgrade [Mac] [OLD VERSION]

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    From: Adobe
    Category: Software

    Buy New: $827.44



    Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 15 reviews
    Sales Rank: 2373

    Format: Dvd-rom
    Platforms: Mac Os X Intel, Mac Os X
    Media: DVD-ROM
    Edition: Premium - Upgrade
    Autographed: No
    Memorabilia: No
    Batteries Included: No
    Operating System: Mac OS X Intel
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
    Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1

    MPN: 19500232
    Model: 19500232
    UPC: 883919075785
    EAN: 0883919075785
    ASIN: B000O27T8A

    Release Date: April 20, 2007
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

    Features:
      • The ideal solution for creating pages for print, designing pages for the web and mobile devices, editing photos, and creating illustrations
      • Deliver innovative ideas in print, web, and mobile design
      • Enjoy a unified, integrated design experience with new self-adjusting panels and other shared interface elements for maximum productivity
      • Combines full new versions of Adobe InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, and Acrobat 8 Professional
      • Combines all-new versions of essential tools for producing everything from professional page layouts to rich interactive experiences in a unified, intuitive environment

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Product Description
    Upgrade only; previous version of CS Premium, Standard or Studio required

    Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium software is the designer's dream toolkit for print, web and mobile publishing. It combines all-new versions of essential tools for professional page layout, image editing, illustration, and Adobe PDF workflows with new tools for producing engaging websites, interactive experiences, and mobile content -- all in a unified, intuitive design environment. It's productive, intuitive, and tightly integrated environment with everything you need to design content for tomorrow as well as today. Import layered Photoshop and Illustrator files into Flash, animate them and export in ActionScript 3.0 for developers Preview and test your designs using mobile device profiles in Adobe DeviceCentral CS3 Easily organize, browse, locate, and preview assets with Adobe Bridge CS3 Use InDesign for direct access to Adobe Stock Photos Export InDesign layouts as XHTML to use in web designs in Dreamweaver

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    Note: This is the upgrade version of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium.

    Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium Upgrade software is the designer's dream toolkit for print, web, and mobile publishing. It combines all-new versions of essential tools for professional page layout, image editing, illustration, and Adobe PDF workflows with new tools for producing engaging websites, interactive experiences, and mobile content--all in a unified, intuitive design environment.



    From exploring design concepts to finessing production details, you can leverage the tightly integrated tools in Creative Suite 3 Design Premium to make even your most visionary ideas real--in print, on the web, and on mobile devices.

    Deliver Innovative Ideas in Print, Web, and Mobile Design

    Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium software is the designer's dream toolkit for print, web, and mobile publishing. It combines all-new versions of essential tools for producing everything from professional page layouts to rich interactive experiences in a unified, intuitive environment.

    Design with essential tools
    Let your ideas take flight with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, which equips you to craft your best creative work more easily and efficiently than ever before. From thinking through concepts to finessing production details, you can leverage the intuitive tools in Creative Suite 3 Design Premium to make even your most visionary ideas real. Creative Suite 3 Design Premium lets you stay true to your creative intent without making compromises along the way.

    Keep your ideas flowing
    Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium lets you slip into the creative zone and stay there by offering tight integration and shared features that enable you to move fluidly between tasks. Easily move assets between components to avoid awkward workarounds. Import Adobe Photoshop Extended and Illustrator artwork into Adobe Flash, for example, or paste Photoshop images into Adobe Dreamweaver. Visually manage assets in Adobe Bridge, coordinate with team members using Adobe Version Cue, and host real-time, web-based meetings with Adobe Acrobat Connect--all from within Creative Suite 3 Design Premium.

    Design for today...and tomorrow
    Prepare content for a wide range of media, from print pieces to interactive websites to mobile devices, using integrated tools to produce industry-standard output. Depend on reliable Adobe PDF workflows for print production, move from print design to web design by exporting XHTML from Adobe InDesign to Dreamweaver, and enable efficient developer workflows as you create cutting-edge interactive experiences. From pages to pixels, Design Premium lets you design for tomorrow as well as today.



    Photoshop CS3 Extended for specialized image editing


    Illustrator CS3 for vector graphics creation


    Adobe InDesign CS3 for page layout


    Flash CS3 Professional for interactive design


    Dreamweaver CS3 for web design and development


    Acrobat 8 Professional for Adobe PDF workflows

    Audience benefit

    Design professionals
    Express your ideas in virtually any medium, from paper to pixels, using intuitive tools that help you stay true to your creative intent. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium software is the designer's dream toolkit for print, web, and mobile publishing, combining all-new versions of essential tools for professional page layout, image editing, illustration, and Adobe PDF workflows with new tools for designing engaging websites, interactive experiences, and mobile content in a unified design environment. Design Premium also offers visual asset management, effective file management for collaborative creative teams, mobile content previewing, and access to services such as Adobe Stock Photos* for royalty-free imagery and Adobe Acrobat Connect* for web conferencing. With Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, you can create beautiful, engaging content, collaborate effectively, and equip yourself for new business opportunities with tools that let you design for tomorrow as well as today.

    Print professionals
    Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium software offers print professionals industry-standard tools for design and production. Creative Suite 3 Design Premium combines full new versions of Adobe's leading design and production tools-- Adobe InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, and Acrobat 8 Professional--in a tightly integrated environment that offers productivity features for visual asset management, effective file management, mobile content previewing, and direct access to online services. Enjoy consistent print controls, shared color settings, and shared PDF export presets across Design Premium components, and generate reliable output using support for high-end Adobe PDF workflows, including PDF/X. Preflight |PDF files using Acrobat, which now offers automated file correction, and automate workflows using JDF. Even improve communication with customers using real-time, web-based meetings with Adobe Acrobat Connect.* Creative Suite 3 Design Premium gives you the most trusted tools for the job, helping you realize smooth production processes--and diversify your services.

    IT professionals
    Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium software enables creative teams to realize their ideas more quickly and efficiently than ever before. Built on industry standards to provide long-term compatibility, Creative Suite 3 Design Premium can be deployed across networks, is extensible and scriptable, and can be tailored to meet a variety of specialized design and publishing needs. Design Premium combines full new versions of Adobe's essential design tools--Adobe InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, and Acrobat 8 Professional--with Adobe Bridge CS3, Adobe Version Cue CS3, Adobe Device Central CS3, Adobe Stock Photos*, and Adobe Acrobat Connect* for improved collaboration and productivity in creative workgroups. Offering a single installer and serial number for easy installation and backed by the quality and reliability Adobe is known for, Creative Suite 3 Design Premium meets the needs of your creative team.



    Visually manage assets in Adobe Bridge


    Test mobile designs in Adobe Device Central


    Coordinate with team members using Adobe Version Cue


    Host real-time, web-based meetings with Adobe Acrobat Connect

    Top New Benefits of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium

    All-new versions of essential creative tools
    Experience the ultimate creative toolset with Adobe InDesign CS3 for page layout, Photoshop CS3 Extended for specialized image editing, Illustrator CS3 for vector graphics creation, Flash CS3 Professional for interactive design, Dreamweaver CS3 for web design and development, and Acrobat 8 Professional for Adobe PDF workflows.

    Unprecedented integration
    Use native files more easily than ever in different design workflows: Import Photoshop and Illustrator files into Flash, and copy Photoshop files into Dreamweaver. And enjoy a unified, integrated design experience with new self-adjusting panels and other shared interface elements.

    Powerful design workflows
    Bring your most visionary ideas to life in print, on the web, and on mobile devices. Automatically find and fix errors before printing high-quality pages using InDesign and Acrobat. Export InDesign layouts as XHTML to use in web designs in Dreamweaver. Easily create graphics in Flash using the Adobe-standard Pen tool. And test mobile designs in Adobe Device Central.

    Support for the latest Mac and Windows systems
    Get the most out of Creative Suite 3 Design Premium on Intel based Mac systems and Microsoft Windows Vista computers. Work smoothly on legacy PowerPC based Mac and Windows XP systems as well.

    New dimensions in digital imaging with Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
    Select image regions more intuitively, apply filters nondestructively, manipulate 3D images, and create accurate composites of images with similar content using Photoshop CS3 Extended.

    Inspired vector graphics creation in Adobe Illustrator CS3
    Explore, apply, and control color variations using Live Color in Illustrator CS3. Select and align points and edit paths more easily than ever before, and easily incorporate vector graphics into print, web and interactive, and mobile designs.

    Efficient, powerful page design with Adobe InDesign CS3
    Explore more creative possibilities and experience new levels of productivity using InDesign CS3, which offers powerful features for creating graphically rich, complex documents; professional typographic controls; and robust, reliable printing.

    Visual media management in Adobe Bridge CS3
    Easily organize, browse, locate, and preview assets with Adobe Bridge CS3, which offers faster performance; customizable workspaces; nondestructive batch-editing of TIFF, JPEG, and camera raw files; playback of Flash files; and direct access to useful services such as Adobe Stock Photos.*

    Stronger designer-developer workflows
    Import layered Photoshop and Illustrator files into Flash, animate them, and export them automatically in the ActionScript 3.0 language to hand off to developers. Use new CSS layouts in Dreamweaver to jump-start standards-based web pages, and collaborate with developers to produce interactive web experiences using the Spry framework for Ajax.

    Integrated support for mobile design
    Produce compelling mobile graphics in Illustrator and Photoshop Extended, add interactivity in Flash, and code pages for mobile display in Dreamweaver. Then preview and test your designs using mobile device profiles in Adobe Device Central CS3.

    Additional Features

    Industry-leading image editing and illustration
    Experience unrivaled image editing and compositing, and even perform advanced image analysis, using Photoshop CS3 Extended. Produce inspired vector graphics with Illustrator CS3, which lets you interactively explore, apply, and control color. And work seamlessly between the two components with native file format support.

    Designer-developer workflows
    Import layered Photoshop and Illustrator files into Flash, animate them, and export them automatically in the ActionScript 3.0 language to hand off to developers. Use new CSS layouts in Dreamweaver to jump-start standards-based web pages, and collaborate with developers to produce interactive web experiences using the Spry framework for Ajax.

    Adobe PDF print workflows
    Use widely available Adobe PDF to create reliable and consistent final output, streamline print production--including automatically fixing mistakes before they get to press--and automate workflows using JDF.

    Support for PDF/X standard
    Create reliable, press-ready layouts using ISO- and ANSI-standard PDF/X, including PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4 (draft), and PDF/A.

    Powerful JDF workflows
    Automatically convert InDesign files to Adobe PDF and preflight and validate them against the targeted output intent (including number of pages, page size, and more) using enhanced JDF workflows.

    Shared PDF presets
    Use built-in Adobe PDF export presets--or create custom presets--in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to generate consistent Adobe PDF files for electronic review or final output.

    Streamlined print production
    Preflight Adobe PDF files in Acrobat 8 Professional and fix problems before they get to press. Automatically correct hairlines, downsample image resolution, flatten transparency, and more.

    Automation through scripting
    Speed routine tasks and automate processes within and across components of the software by writing scripts in JavaScript, AppleScript, Microsoft Visual Basic, and the ExtendScript toolkit.

    Efficient and easy-to-manage deployment
    Easily deploy Design Premium using a single installer and serial number, and track, manage, and accurately allocate Adobe software assets using Adobe License Manager.

    * Online services, including, but not limited to, Adobe Stock Photos and Acrobat Connect, may not be available in all countries, languages, and currencies. Availability of services is subject to change. Use of online services is governed by terms and conditions of a separate agreement and may be subject to additional fees. For details, visit www.adobe.com.

    Adobe Creative Suite 3: What's in Each Edition?

    ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 3 EDITIONS
    DESIGN PREMIUM
    DESIGN STANDARD
    WEB PREMIUM
    WEB STANDARD
    PRODUCTION PREMIUM
    MASTER COLLECTION
    Adobe Photoshop CS3 extended
    Adobe Photoshop CS3
    Adobe illustrator CS3
    Adobe indesign CS3
    Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
    Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
    Adobe dreamweaver CS3
    Adobe Contribute CS3
    Adobe Fireworks CS3
    Adobe After effects CS3 Professional
    Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
    Adobe Soundbooth CS3
    Adobe encore CS3
    Adobe onlocation
    *
    Adobe ultra CS3
    *
    ADDITIONAL FEATURES AND SERVICES IN ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 3
    Adobe bridge CS3
    Adobe version Cue CS3
    Adobe device Central CS3
    Adobe dynamic link
    Adobe Stock Photos
    Adobe Acrobat Connect

    * Adobe Ultra runs on Microsoft Windows only. For Macintosh users, Adobe OnLocation requires Bootcamp and Windows (purchased separately), or a separate Windows-based computer.


    Customer Reviews:   Read 10 more reviews...

    4 out of 5 stars Good upgrade!   February 10, 2008
    A. Shmahalo (CA, USA)
    0 out of 2 found this review helpful

    Great software. I give it 4 stars because Bridge is a bit CPU hungry and has some bugs. But looks like Adobe keeps fixing them so it seams working smoother after few updates. As usually a great upgrade and I love using all the programs.


    1 out of 5 stars Watch Out!   January 24, 2008
    Tim Celeski (Seattle)
    6 out of 6 found this review helpful

    Be careful!

    Adobe seems to have gone out of their way to infuriate their long time customers through an arcane, illogical and ultimately deceptive upgrade offer. You can spend hours on their website trying to make sure that you have the required products for an upgrade. Besides the obvious CS1 and CS2 versions that will let you successfully install CS3, you see listed everywhere you can upgrade from Macromedia's Studio MX or Studio 8 all over their website and marketing materials. Well, guess what? If you buy any of the print focused CS3 Design Suites you can't use the Studio MX or 8 serial numbers! After a long phone call with a polite Adobe rep who had to spend quite a bit of time himself checking with others to make sure the information was right, I was told that the ONLY CS3 upgrade package that will work with the Studio serial numbers are the CS3 Web Design packages. Not the regular print focused Design packages.

    By the time I got off the phone I was totally perplexed at their lack of logic not allowing Macromedia Studio customers who use Freehand to upgrade to a product that has Illustrator included. If you buy CS3 Design Standard or Premium and expect to upgrade from a Macromedia Studio package you can get stuck with an unusable upgrade that costs nearly $400.

    I've been working with Adobe's products for since beta testing version .7 of Illustrator over 20 years ago. Obviously, I've been a supporter of them for a very long time. Today I walked away from Adobe furious.



    5 out of 5 stars Excellent Upgrade   January 12, 2008
    Steve-O (Upland, CA)
    0 out of 1 found this review helpful

    I cannot emphasize how much easier it has become to navigate The Creative Suite interface. The UI has evolved into one that is both clean and attractive, while becoming much more customizable. CS3 offers much better integration between applications and has some really cool new additions.


    1 out of 5 stars Overpromised, Underdelivered   November 7, 2007
    J. Christoff (Washington, DC)
    3 out of 5 found this review helpful

    I was hoping Adobe would fix a lot of the bugs in Dreamweaver (especially, the horrible slowness on the Mac platform) but it seems they ignored Dreamweaver altogether and focused on redoing their own products.

    Avoid if you can.



    3 out of 5 stars An expensive cumbersome pig of a product   October 18, 2007
    buru buru piggu (New York, NY USA)
    10 out of 13 found this review helpful

    I am a professional illustrator/designer/web developer and have been an Adobe fan since I discovered Photoshop (2.5?!) in high school. But lately, Adobe has given me a lot less to love, starting with the intrusive online activation of CS2, PDF overhead, and Adobe's sloppy followup to the Flash player (9 fails to install on a lot of people's OS X).

    CS3, in similar fashion, seems slapdash. Photoshop and Illustrator are Adobe's cash cows, and CS3 feels like a rushed product to squeeze money out of designers. It's a PIG! It took 45 minutes to install Design Premium on my Quad Core workstation at the office. It loads slower than CS2 and takes up more resources. After opening Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash to see what Adobe changed, I promptly went back to using CS2 and never used CS3 again. I didn't see any compelling reason to switch, or relearn the interface, as Adobe seems to require you to do every new version.

    I had low expectations for CS3, as I'm usually skeptical of new product releases. This perception of cash milking wasn't helped by the fact that Adobe confusingly split the line into 6 packages. Now you have to decide which version fits you. You may end up paying for something you don't need, or want one piece of software that's in another package. You can't save some money by removing something you don't want, or adding something that you do.

    One bright light I was holding onto was the possibility of Flash being better integrated with the Adobe interface and workflow. One of the most annoying things about Flash was its unfailing ability to paste shapes and gradients from Illustrator all messed up. Gradients end up as bitmaps, curves get bent, and complex shapes just seem to make Flash choke. Importing from Flash into Illustrator via cut & paste would result in similar disasters.

    I was also hoping for an Illustrator-styled gradient tool (drag a line from the start point to the end point to paint the object), instead of Flash's bizarre and cumbersome one where you have to rotate a circle for radial grads, or sandwich lines for linear grads. I didn't test out CS3's cut & paste compatibility, but sadly, the interface was not integrated. It's the same old Macromedia styled tools.

    As for Dreamweaver being added here, that's much like every new version of Microsoft Office that comes out each year. Do you really care? It's an HTML editor, for Pete's sake. How much improvement can you make on what is essentially a text editor? For people who handcode, you can stick w/ your old DW... or GASP! Notepad.

    For me, I'll continue to use CS and CS2. Personally, I see absolutely no reason for this upgrade, except to reward Adobe for a lackluster and, what I feel, is an unfinished product. It feels very much like an early-adopter product. CS just keeps getting bigger and bigger with each version, but not more stable, dangerously approaching the point of bloatware. If it's all a suite and integrated, why the need for 4 gigs of space to install? Shouldn't many components be shared between all the products, and result in less memory/hard drive use? 700+ megs for Acrobat?! Like others have said, wait for CS4 when they actually might integrate the Macromedia products properly.


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