Adobe Releases Photoshop CS3 Beta

If you have been a long time Photoshop fan, you will probably know this story by now. Adobe just released the first public beta of Photoshop CS3. This beta natively supports Intel based Macs and also runs fine on Windows Vista. CS3 beta gives you a preview of future technologies which Adobe is planning to incorporate into the final version of CS3, like Adobe CSS Advisor, a new web based community to resolve browser compatibility issues and Adobe Spry Framework, a designer-focused solution for adding the interactive power of Ajax when developing rich, dynamic web-sites.

You need to have a valid license of Photoshop CS2, Adobe Creative Suite® 2, Adobe Creative Suite Production Studio, Adobe Design Bundle, Adobe Web Bundle or Adobe Video Bundle to try the software beyond the trial period of 2 days. To obtain a obtain CS3 beta serial number, go here and enter your CS2 serial number.

System Requirements:

Macintosh
• PowerPC® G4 or G5 or Intel based Macintosh processor
• Mac OS X v.10.4.8
• 320MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
• 512 minimum of RAM if you are running Adobe Bridge as well
• 64MB of video RAM
• 1.5GB of available hard-disk space
• 1,024×768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
• QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features

Windows
• Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel Centrino®, Intel Xeon®, or Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista™
• 320MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
• 512 minimum of RAM if you are running Adobe Bridge as well
• 64MB of video RAM
• 650MB of available hard-disk space
• 1,024×768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
• QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features

Final version of Photoshop CS3 is still in its development cycle and is expected to release by Spring 2007. Details regarding pricing and availability has not yet been decided.

Download Photoshop CS3 Beta | Read Press Release

This post was published by on December 16, 2006

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  • http://ajaydsouza.com/ Ajay D’Souza

    So have you tried it out yet?

  • http://afterlife69.com Afterlife(69)

    Cool stuff, I’ll be sure to try it out. Also I have to inform you that the links list at the bottom of the post is a little messed.

    http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9230/linkslistmessedvv0.jpg

  • http://afterlife69.com Afterlife(69)

    Also forgot, I’m using Firefox 2.0 on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2.

  • http://tech-buzz.net Thilak

    Ajay: No, not yet. I’ll be downloading it this evening.

    Afterlife(69): Thanks for the update, I’ll fix it ASAP

  • http://techtites.com/ Ajay D’Souza

    Do post back a review on the same