Adobe to Offer Photoshop CS3 in Two Flavours

[Suhit Gupta]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/07030808adobecs3.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/07030808adobecs3.asp</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) show that it will expand its digital imaging product line, offering two editions of Adobe® Photoshop® CS3. In addition to the highly anticipated Photoshop CS3 software for designers and professional photographers, Adobe will also deliver Photoshop CS3 Extended, a completely new edition of Photoshop which allows cross-media creative professionals to stretch the limits of digital imaging. Photoshop CS3 Extended includes everything in Photoshop CS3 plus a new set of capabilities for integration of 3-D and motion graphics, image measurement and analysis. Photoshop CS3 Extended also simplifies the workflow for professionals in architecture, engineering, medical and science."</i><br /><br />Adobe seems to be catching the Microsoft bug of having a bunch of versions with different levels of software features. In addition to the standard edition, imaging professionals and enthusiasts will have the option of a yet more comprehensive tool in the form of an extended version. This is said to build on the already bulging feature set by adding 3-D and motion graphics oriented capabilities as well as allowing image measurement and analysis. There is no pricing information available yet but I'd bet it will set us back a pretty penny. Now back to using Paint .NET.

[cameron]

Adobe seems to be catching the Microsoft bug of having a bunch of versions with different levels of software features. In addition to the standard edition, imaging professionals and enthusiasts will have the option of a yet more comprehensive tool in the form of an extended version. This is said to build on the already bulging feature set by adding 3-D and motion graphics oriented capabilities as well as allowing image measurement and analysis. There is no pricing information available yet but I'd bet it will set us back a pretty penny. Now back to using Paint .NET.

I'll agree that the Extended version is probably going to be at least a few hundred dollars more - however I don't think that's a bad thing. From what I can tell, the features in the Extended version are all going to be brand new features, and are really targeted at the video space. I honestly don't think that pro or amateur photographers will find the features incredibly useful.

[Philip Colmer]

Hopefully, they will put the Extended version into the Production Studio suite ... or maybe CS3 into the Standard suite and CS3 Extended into the Premium suite.

We'll see.

--Philip