1. REVIEWS - Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Design
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Adobe CS3 Design Premium Mac Upgrade. Upgrade from Creative Suites Premium or Standard or Studio 8.
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Product Description
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.

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.*

7. 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.

8. 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. Read more