Answers to yourquestions about theAdobe PhotoshopCS3 betaQuestions & Answers
Q. What is the Adobe
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A. Adobe Photoshop CS3 is the next version o Adobe Photoshop soware, the proessionalstandard in digital imaging, to be released in spring 2007. Te Photoshop CS3 beta is anunnished version o the application that we are making available to you now, to enableyou to work natively on the latest hardware and operating system platorms prior to ourultimate release o the nal product.
Q. What’s the big news?
A. Adobe is delivering a widely available Photoshop CS3 beta to enable customers tomore easily transition to the latest hardware platorms, particularly Apple’s new Intelbased systems. Te beta is available as a Universal Binary or the Macintosh platormas well or Microso
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Q. Why is Adobe making the Photoshop CS3 beta available now?
A. Adobe has a long-standing commitment to the Mac community and this release isAdobe’s way o delivering native perormance to our Mac customers many months earlierthan we otherwise could have done. Over the years, Photoshop has consistently doneright by Mac customers, oering a ree PowerPC
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update or Photoshop 2.5 and a reeG5 update or PS 7, even though new versions were right around the corner. Making thePhotoshop CS3 Beta available to all o our Mac-based Photoshop CS2 users is a urtherproo o our commitment to the platorm. Since a large portion o our customer base ison Windows, Adobe is simultaneously releasing a Windows version o the PhotoshopCS3 beta to Windows XP and Vista users.
Q. Who is eligible or the Photoshop CS3 beta?
A. Te Photoshop CS3 beta is available in English only but to Photoshop CS2 usersworldwide. It is available to licensed users o either the Photoshop CS2 (ull, upgrade,and education), Adobe Creative Suite 2.x Standard or Premium (ull, upgrade, andeducation), Adobe Production Studio Standard and Premium (ull, upgrade, andeducation), Adobe Video Bundle (ull, upgrade, and education) or Adobe Web Bundle(ull, upgrade, and education). You will need to provide your Photoshop CS2, CreativeSuite, Production Studio or Bundle serial number in order to get a Photoshop CS3 betaserial number, enabling you to activate the Photoshop beta and use it beyond the 2-day grace period.
Q. Where is the Photoshop CS3 beta available or download?
A. Te Photoshop CS3 beta is available on Adobe Labs (http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/). Adobe Labs is the source or early looks at emerging
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products and technologies rom Adobe. It is not just or developers, but also or technology enthusiasts.On Adobe Labs, you can get early access to downloads, samples, documentation, release notes, tutorials,and more.
Q. What are the system requirements o the Photoshop CS3 beta?
A. Te Macintosh and Windows minimum system requirements are as ollows:
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• PowerPC® G4 or G5 or Intel based Macintosh processor• Mac OS X v.10.4.8• 320MB o RAM (512MB recommended)• 512 minimum o RAM i you are running Adobe Bridge as well• 64MB o video RAM• 1.5GB o available hard-disk space• 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card• DVD-ROM drive• Internet or phone connection required or product activation• Quickime 7 soware required or multimedia eatures
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• Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel Centrino®, Intel Xeon®, or Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor• Microso® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista™• 320MB o RAM (512MB recommended)• 512 minimum o RAM i you are running Adobe Bridge as well• 64MB o video RAM• 650MB o available hard-disk space• 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card• DVD-ROM drive• Internet or phone connection required or product activation• Quickime 7 soware required or multimedia eatures
Q. What’s new in the Photoshop CS3 beta?
A. Our primary reason or releasing this beta version is to allow our Macintosh customers to runPhotoshop natively on the latest Intel based systems, but we have no doubt that all o our customers willenjoy exploring the application and seeing some o the new eatures we have in store. Te application isnot yet complete, but some o the eatures you may want to check out in the beta include: Non-destructiveSmart Filters, Quick Selection tool, Rene Edge, Automatic layer alignment and blending, VanishingPoint with multiple, adjustable angle perspective planes, Black and White conversion and o course many more or you to discover. For more inormation on the new eatures, please go tohttp://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/.Photoshop CS3 beta also includes a pre-release version o a major upgradeto Adobe Bridge as well as a preview release o the all-new Adobe Device Central.
Q. Is the Photoshop CS3 beta eature set complete?
A. By denition, a beta is not the nal build o a product. Since the Photoshop CS3 soware is ar along inits development cycle, there will not be time to incorporate eature eedback rom this public beta into thenal release. However, engineering and testing work on Photoshop CS3 will be ongoing until the launchin spring 2007, and eature suggestions gathered during the public beta may still inuence uture releaseso the soware.
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Q. Can I use the Photoshop CS3 beta in my proessional workow? What are the limitations o a beta?
A. Although some may nd the Photoshop CS3 quality good enough to use in a production environment,the nature o beta soware is that it is not production quality, so not everything may work perectly.Customers should be aware that Adobe will not oer any technical support or the Photoshop CS3 beta.
Q. Will Adobe provide support or the Photoshop CS3 beta?
A: No. Adobe will not be providing any technical support or the Photoshop CS3 beta. I you wouldlike to exchange ideas with other customers using the beta, please go to the Adobe Labs page (http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/) or helpul links, including the Photoshop CS3 beta orum,and John Nack’s blog (http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/). I you have a question or want more inormationabout mobile authoring in Photoshop soware, visit Bill Perry’s blog at http://www.ashdevices.net/mobileauthoring/. Perry is manager o Adobe’s developer relations or mobile and devices. I you havequestions about Adobe Bridge, go to theBridge team’s blog at: http://blogs.adobe.com/bridge/.
Q. I I make a eature suggestion about the Photoshop CS3 beta, will I see it in the shipping product?
A. Te timing o this release is such that our plans or Photoshop CS3 are already set. Adobe is always eagerto hear what users think, however, and eedback will be considered or uture versions o Photoshop.
Q. What i I fnd a bug in the beta?
A. I you nd a bug in the Photoshop CS3 beta, please le a bug report via the orm on Adobe Labs at(http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/). With Microso® Windows Vista, Mac OS X (Leopard)and the Intel based Macintosh transition all coming at once, Adobe welcomes customer eedback to makeour products production ready.
Q. Will there be updates to the Photoshop CS3 beta beore the fnal product ships?
A. We do not plan any additional beta releases or Photoshop CS3 beore it is announced and ships.
Q: When will the Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta expire?
A. Te Photoshop CS3 beta will expire soon aer the launch o Photoshop CS3 in spring 2007.
Q. Will the Photoshop CS3 beta be available in languages other than English?
A. No. Te Photoshop CS3 beta however is available to licenced Photoshop CS2 users worldwide.
Q. Are there any training materials available?
A. Adobe will provide Release Notes on the Adobe Labs page at (http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/). Tere is also a Photoshop CS3 beta Forum where you can exchange eedback. John Nack’sblog is also a good inormation resource at http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/. I you have a question or wantmore inormation about mobile authoring in Photoshop, visit Bill Perry’s blog at http://www.ashdevices.net/mobileauthoring/. Perry is manager o Adobe’s developer relations or mobile and devices. I you havequestions about Adobe Bridge, go to theBridge team’s blog at: http://blogs.adobe.com/bridge/
Q. Can this beta help third-party developers?
A. Te availability o the Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta provides developers with a head start indeveloping plug-ins beore Photoshop CS3 ships. Photoshop CS3 beta APIs can be used to developthird-party tools now and then tested once Photoshop CS3 is available, allowing your product to be
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