Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta Out On Dec 15

Today, Adobe Systems will introduce a beta version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 software, the next release of the world standard in digital imaging.


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 version of the software, which can be downloaded at http://labs.adobe.com, is available as a Universal Binary for the Macintosh platform, as well as for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista computers.

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.

John Loiacono, Senior Vice President - Creative Solutions Business Unit, Adobe, said, "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. 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 is. 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 operating systems."

To utilize Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta, customers require a serial number from Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Creative Suite 2, Adobe Creative Suite Production Studio, Adobe Design Bundle, Adobe Web Bundle, or Adobe Video Bundle.

It is also learnt that 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.

The system requirements recommended for Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta are: for Macintosh - Mac OSX 10.4.8 or 10.5, 1 GHz PowerPC G4 or G5 processor, Intel based Macintosh; and for Windows - Intel Xeon , Xeon Dual, Centrino or Pentium 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.

Meanwhile, Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta will expire soon after the launch of Photoshop CS3 early next year. >