[Jason]

From Appleinsider:

Exclusive: Adobe Systems Inc. will announce Tuesday that its highly-anticipated Creative Suite 3.0 software suite will be available in six distinct bundles with European pricing ranging from €999 to €2799, AppleInsider has learned. Adobe Creative Suite Design Standard and Premium A suite targeted towards media professionals will be called "Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 Design." It will be offered in both "Standard" and "Premium" bundles that fetch €1269 and €1999, respectively. For print and publishing professionals, the "Standard" bundle will package InDesign 3.0, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3 and Acrobat 8 Professional. The "Premium" version will be geared more towards cross-media and graphics designers, adding Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, and swapping out Photoshop CS3 for Photoshop CS3 Extended. Adobe Creative Suite Web Standard and Premium The San Jose-based Adobe will also offer a pair of bundles specifically for Web developers as part of its "Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 Web" suite. The "Standard," and most affordable of all six Creative Suite 3.0 bundles, will cost €999 and include Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3, and Contribute CS3. A €1699 "Premium" package will also cater to web "designers," adding Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, and Acrobat 8 Professional. All Creative Suite 3.0 Web and Design suites, be it the Standard or Premium bundles, will also include Adobe Bridge CS3, Version Cue CS3, Device Central CS3, Stock Photos, and Acrobat Connect. Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium With film and video production professionals within its cross-hairs, Adobe also plans to roll out a €1999 suite called "Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 Production Premium." In addition to Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, and Flash CS3 Professional, the package will include After Effects CS3 Professional, Premier Pro CS3, Soundbooth CS3, and Encore CS3. Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection For those pro users and institutions that want all Adobe has to offer, a €2799 "Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 Master Collection" will provide just that. It'll include InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, Acrobat 8 Professional, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3, Contribute CS3, After Effects CS3 Professional, Premier Pro CS3, Soundbooth CS3, and Encore CS3. Both the Production Premium and Master Collection suites will also come with Adobe Bridge CS3, Version Cue CS3, Device Central CS3, Stock Photos, Acrobat Connect, Dynamic Link, OnLocation CS3, and Ultra CS3. The only exception is the omission of Version Cue CS3 from the Production Premium bundle. Most applications in the six-bundle release will be both Mac- and Windows-native, including all major components and their companion tools (Acrobat Connect, Bridge, Device Central, Dynamic Link, Stock Photos, and Version Cue). Only the Production Premium and Master Collection suites' video companion programs (OnLocation and Ultra) are limited to Windows systems. Adobe plans to officially celebrate the global launch of Creative Suite 3.0 at a special event in New York City on Tuesday, March 27th. However, the software will not ship until sometime later this Spring. Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 Software Bundles and Pricing (Euro) * DESIGN WEB PRODUCTION PREMIUM MASTER COLLECTION Standard Premium Standard Premium InDesign CS3 * * * Photoshop CS3 * Photoshop CS3 Extended * * * * Illustrator CS3 * * * * * Acrobat 8 Professional * * * * Flash CS3 Professional * * * * * Dreamweaver CS3 * * * * Fireworks CS3 * * * Contribute CS3 * * * After Effects CS3 Professional * * Premiere Pro CS3 * * Soundbooth CS3 * * Encore CS3 * * * Full price (Euro) €1,269 €1,999 €999 €1,699 €1,999 €2,799 Please note that European pricing tends to be much higher than U.S. pricing. Straight conversions from Euros to U.S. dollars are unlikely to yield actual U.S. pricing.

Wow. Pretty expensive.

Regards

For those confused (like me)...



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[jdcfsu]

I'll wait for Tuesday to see this confirmed and see what the upgrade prices will be. It might be cheaper just to upgrade one or two individual programs rather then buying the upgraded bundle.

[Moogs]

I think this rev of the CS will garner many positive reviews once it's out in the world.

It is somewhat expensive, but it's also without peer IMO. You're getting a lot of great new functionality with that expense, trust me.

[Majost]

I'm just hoping the Educational pricing will still be reasonable.

[Moogs]

I don't see why it would change dramatically, but who knows. If it hasn't changed in 3 or 4 years, then an increase is a possibility.

[chaos123x]

http://www.amazon.ca/s?ie=UTF8&keywo...%20more&page=5


Web Standard CDN$ 1,099.99

Web Upgrade CDN$ 549.99

Master Collection $ 3,439.99

Master Collection Upgrade CDN$ 1,924.99

Photoshop Cs3





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Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Web Standard Upsell [Mac] by Adobe Systems (DVD-ROM) (Mac OS X, Mac OS X Intel)
Buy new: CDN$ 1,099.99
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Adobe Creative Suites CS3 Master Collection [Mac] by Adobe Systems (DVD-ROM) (Mac OS X Intel)
Buy new: CDN$ 3,439.99
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Adobe Creative Suites CS3 Master Collection Upgrade [Mac] by Adobe Systems (DVD-ROM) (Mac OS X Intel)
Buy new: CDN$ 1,924.99
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Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 by Adobe Systems (DVD-ROM) (Windows Vista Business / Enterprise / Home Premium / Ultimate / XP)
Buy new: CDN$ 549.99
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Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Web Standard Upgrade by Adobe Systems (DVD-ROM) (Windows Vista Business / Enterprise / Home Premium / Ultimate / XP)
Buy new: CDN$ 549.99
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 by Adobe Systems (DVD-ROM) (Windows Vista Business / Enterprise / Home Premium / Ultimate / XP)
Buy new: CDN$ 894.99
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Buy new: CDN$ 1,539.99
Usually ships in 2 to 3 days




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Adobe Indesign CS3 by Adobe Systems (DVD-ROM) (Windows Vista Business / Enterprise / Home Premium / Ultimate / XP)
Buy new: CDN$ 959.99
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Upgrade by Adobe Systems (DVD-ROM) (Windows Vista Business / Enterprise / Home Premium / Ultimate / XP)
Buy new: CDN$ 274.99
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Adobe Illustrator CS3 by Adobe Systems (DVD-ROM) (Windows Vista Business / Enterprise / Home Premium / Ultimate / XP)
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Adobe Illustrator CS3 Upgrade by Adobe Systems (DVD-ROM) (Windows Vista Business / Enterprise / Home Premium / Ultimate / XP)
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Buy new: CDN$ 2,199.99
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Adobe Creative Suites CS3 Master Collection by Adobe Systems (DVD-ROM) (Windows Vista Business / Enterprise / Home Premium / Ultimate / XP)
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[Wyatt]

I'm just hoping they still sell the apps individually. I really only want Photoshop, and I don't want to have to pay for an entire bundle to get it.

[chaos123x]

SOMONE COPY AND POST THE BOX IMAGES NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Before amazon takes them down!

[chucker]

Originally Posted by chaos123x SOMONE COPY AND POST THE BOX IMAGES NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Before amazon takes them down!

http://flickr.com/photos/chucker/set...7600025773100/

[chaos123x]

thanks chucker!

[psmith2.0]

Oooh, that's a cool, new look. I like it!

And dig the Illustrator CS3 box, and all that orange!

My app, my color...all melding together.

It's a sign, I tell ya!

[chaos123x]

Looks like this stuff won't be released on till July 1, 2007

Allot of the programs are intel only and not universal! WTF?

There are allot of fast g4 and g5 users out there, what is adobes problem.... Apple said to make Universal apps not intel only apps.

ghey

[Mugge]

Hmmm...

I think I'm going to design some kick-ass boxes and sell them for kings ransom.

Inside will be a note telling people to go to www.gimp.org/downloads

[EmC]

That's wierd seeing "Adobe Flash" and "Adobe Fireworks."

[dmegatool]

Never bought adobe products yet. I'm wondering... does the cd key will work on Windows/Mac or if I buy the Mac version, it will only work on OSX ?

[chucker]

Originally Posted by dmegatool Never bought adobe products yet. I'm wondering... does the cd key will work on Windows/Mac or if I buy the Mac version, it will only work on OSX ?

I believe you'd have to buy a crossgrade.

[Robo]

I like the cool new look. I have to get the Master Collection now, though. It's fabulous

[jdcfsu]

Originally Posted by chucker I believe you'd have to buy a crossgrade.

Yeah, that's correct. It costs like $4 and they send you the Mac software. Pretty easy to do with a phone call.

I think it's kind of stupid that Photoshop doesn't come with Web Standard. It'll cost me $400 to upgrade Photoshop CS2 and Dreamweaver 8 to their CS3 versions but if I wanted to upgrade to Web Premium, the only one with Photoshop, I'd have to shell out $1399... Oh well.

[Wyatt]

Originally Posted by jdcfsu Yeah, that's correct. It costs like $4 and they send you the Mac software. Pretty easy to do with a phone call. I think it's kind of stupid that Photoshop doesn't come with Web Standard. It'll cost me $400 to upgrade Photoshop CS2 and Dreamweaver 8 to their CS3 versions but if I wanted to upgrade to Web Premium, the only one with Photoshop, I'd have to shell out $1399... Oh well.

That is completely stupid. I don't understand why they seem to think that only high-end Web professionals have a use for Photoshop.

Any word on academic pricing yet?

[Jason]

Academic Prices are up now - at least on the UK Education site.

I chose Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard - Student Edition - £163.32

Also, interestingly, at the bottom of the page it says 'English language version is expected to ship by end April 2007.'

That's really soon!

Regards

[Wyatt]

Hey, thanks Jason. That's really interesting. Isn't that about what CS2 sold for? That's pretty close to what it sold for here.

[edit]
http://www.academicsuperstore.com/qu...ch=cs3&x=0&y=0

They're up on Academic Superstore (an academic software seller in the states) now, too.

Interesting tidbits: Photoshop CS3 Extended is the same price as plain jane CS2 and they also have the software listed as shipping in "mid-April."

Despite the fact that I'm more of a Web guy, I'll probably get Design Standard if I get one of the bundles. It's much closer to what I need for my journalism classes. Plus, it's only $100 more than just Photoshop and it includes InDesign, Illustrator, and Acrobat. An excellent deal, IMO.

[Jason]

Originally Posted by fcgriz Hey, thanks Jason. That's really interesting. Isn't that about what CS2 sold for? That's pretty close to what it sold for here. [edit] http://www.academicsuperstore.com/qu...ch=cs3&x=0&y=0 They're up on Academic Superstore (an academic software seller in the states) now, too. Interesting tidbits: Photoshop CS3 Extended is the same price as plain jane CS2 and they also have the software listed as shipping in "mid-April." Despite the fact that I'm more of a Web guy, I'll probably get Design Standard if I get one of the bundles. It's much closer to what I need for my journalism classes. Plus, it's only $100 more than just Photoshop and it includes InDesign, Illustrator, and Acrobat. An excellent deal, IMO.

The educational prices are REALLY nice IMO. As you said, it's pretty close to what CS2 sold for. Nice work, Adobe.

[åsen]

After ordering Design Standard through Adobe UK, the receipt says:

Pre-order Estimated Availability Date Tuesday, April 24, 2007

[Moogs]

Happy to answer any questions now that the NDA has passed.

For those wondering about the difference between PS Extended and Standard, to me the most compelling features are the new motion related additions. Painting directly onto movie frames, treating movies as regular layers, and controlling a movie from an After Effects-like timeline is very cool.

For photographers there is also a more powerful version of Vanishing Point, HDR image processing, and Clone Sourcing (where you can offset, rotate and do all sorts of things to customize your clone source area, to better fit your destination area).

There's also some serious functionality for medical and forensic imaging, so people in those markets will want to take a close look. The Extended features were held out of the public beta so they're being introduced today for the first time. That's why I mention it.


Other notes:

SPRY framework for Dreamweaver is a pretty cool thing also. Allows you to add all sorts of standards-based interactive menus, effects, etc without having to hand-code them all yourself. Also, tons of common CSS layout templates will make it a lot easier for people to get started as the column and container behaviors are all laid out for you. Just about every variant I've ever seen is covered.

DW does not take advantage of the new Common Adobe Interface yet, but hopefully it will in the future. All the other bigtime apps - Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, GoLive, Flash, and to some extent Bridge - have the new interface and it rocks IMO. Extremely easy to customize your workspace now without restacking and nudging things all over the place, and you can have a lot more functionality available to you without taking up much additional screen space. Pwnage!

[psmith2.0]

Awesome to hear, Moogs! Can't wait to get a look at these new apps and learn more about them.

[Wyatt]

Hey Moogs, how much integration is there between InDesign and Dreamweaver? I'd love to be able to build a design in InDesign and export it as XHTML to Dreamweaver.

Also, can InDesign CS3 documents be opened in InDesign CS2? I'm thinking about buying the Design Premium bundle, but only if that works. If not, I'll get Web Premium and save myself a hundred bucks on EDU pricing.

[rant]I just wish there was a way to build your own bundle without paying full-price for the apps. I just want Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and Photoshop (and maybe InDesign), but I don't want the other crap that comes with the bundles I'm looking at. I really don't give a rat's ass about Fireworks or Flash.[/rant]

[dmegatool]

Is there any limitation on educationnal version ? Like you can't use it for commercial use or something...

[iThink therefore iMac]

From the Academic Superstore website...

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.

So I guess it isn't exclusive for Intel Mac's...

[Wyatt]

Originally Posted by dmegatool Is there any limitation on educationnal version ? Like you can't use it for commercial use or something...

That's typical, but I'm not sure about the Adobe licenses. I would imagine there's such a provision in there, though.

[Jason]

This will be my first CS purchase and I am curious to know - will it likely ship all on one disc with one serial number for all apps or is it likely to be multiple discs/serial numbers?

Regards