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Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta to drop this friday
Written by Nature Sniper
Friday, 15 December 2006
Here comes the Adobe Photoshop CS3 BETA version. Until the final one comes out, be prepared to download the Adobe Photoshop CS3 BETA version at Adobe's Lab website. A valid
serial number to one of the various Creative Suite 2.0 distributions is needed.
Exclusive: Adobe Systems Inc. on friday will make available for
download an early public beta of its next-generation graphics editor,
Photoshop CS3, but will otherwise abstain from delivering pre-release
copies of other Creative Suite 3.0 applications.
People familiar with the matter tell AppleInsider that Adobe
chief executive Bruce Chizen will formally announce plans for the beta
release during the company's fiscal fourth quarter conference call with
analysts and members of the media on Thursday.
On the other hand, those same people say that the San Jose,
Calif.-based software developer does not plan to release or discuss
details of other Creative Suite 3.0 applications, such as Illustrator,
Dreamweaver and InDesign.
The Photoshop CS3 beta, which will be posted to the Adobe Labs website
on friday, will include Adobe Bridge and Device Central components, and
be available simultaneously for both the Mac and Windows operating
systems.
People familiar with the Macintosh version of the editor confirm it to
be a Universal Binary which "simply screams" on Apple Computer's new
Intel-based hardware. However, they tell AppleInsider that this week's beta will include only the standard version of Photoshop CS3.
In its labs, Adobe has also been developing an "Advanced" version of
Photoshop CS3 -- geared towards the video and science markets -- with
enhanced capabilities for the most demanding and specialized images.
Among the many features expected in Photoshop CS3 Advance, due
alongside Creative Suite 3.0 in March, are: Vanishing Point 2, HDR
support, rotoscoping, Dicom support, 3D file support, and a fast
fourier transform filter.
In order to download the Photoshop CS3 beta, users will need a valid
serial number to one of the various Creative Suite 2.0 distributions.
The release will be made available exclusively in English, AppleInsider has been told, but that will not preclude users of international distributions from participating in the beta test.
Although Adobe will welcome feedback on Photoshop CS3 beta through the
Adobe Labs forums, it will not be providing technical support on the
release.
Word of Adobe's intentions to hold an early CS3 beta was reported exclusively by AppleInsider this past weekend.
