Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Master Collection

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General Information Manufacturer Adobe Systems, Inc Manufacturer Part Number 29280037 Manufacturer Website Address www.adobe.com Product Name Creative Suite v.3.0 Master Collection - Complete Product Marketing Information Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection features highly integrated, exceptionally productive tools for designing content across media. Product Information Software Main Type Graphics/Multimedia Software Sub Type Graphics/Designing Software Name Creative Suite v.3.0 Master Collection - Complete Product Features & Benefits The latest and greatest creative tools: Discover new levels of creative opportunity and efficiency with all-new versions of professional Adobe tools for print, web, interactive, film, video, and mobile design An amazing value: Expand your technical skills without breaking your budget Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection software combines the best of the Design Premium, Web Premium, and Production Premium editions into one value-packed offering Easy collaboration between designers and developers: Produce rich, engaging content that can be freely deployed on the web and on a wide variety of mobile and other devices Quickly copy motion to ActionScript 3.0 language to hand off to a developer working with Flash, or use scripts to automate tasks across components of the software Master Collection offers robust features for producing and deploying cutting-edge content as well as improving efficiencies between designers and developers Complete creative freedom: Whether you need to produce printed brochures, compelling websites, rich interactive experiences, engaging mobile content, or stories told through motion and sound, find the perfect mode of expression for your ideas with Master Collection You'll also find learning resources, CSS-based web page starting points, animation presets, and other support for quickly getting high-quality results in design disciplines you're just starting to explore Tools to help your business grow: Venture into new creative territory with Master Collection, which offers everything you need to excel in your core discipline as well as meet changing customer requirements and expand your creative business in new directions Streamlined cross-media publishing: Easily publish content to multiple media Preview Photoshop, Flash, or Illustrator artwork for mobile devices using Device Central Prepare audio in Soundbooth, and then layer it over video in Adobe Premiere Pro - and export the result as FLV for use on a website Repurpose InDesign layouts using XML, and export InDesign layouts as XHTML to open in Dreamweaver Master Collection makes it easy to leverage your content for various final media Standards-based professional output: Master Collection meets your most rigorous output criteria, from high-quality print to high-definition video It offers the professional output options you need for every design discipline, from print to web to video Adobe's ongoing focus on open standards means your work can easily go wherever you want Efficient installation and management: Simplify installation and software management using a single installer and serial number Install all components at once, or install only those you most need now, and add additional components later Language Support Universal English Distribution Media/Method CD-ROM Suite Contents Adobe Bridge CS3 Adobe Version Cue CS3 Adobe Device Central CS3 Adobe Acrobat Connect Adobe Dynamic Link Adobe InDesign CS3 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended Adobe Illustrator CS3 Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Adobe Fireworks CS3 Adobe Contribute Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 Adobe Soundbooth CS3 Adobe Encore CS3 Adobe OnLocation CS3 Adobe Ultra CS3 and Adobe Stock Photos Package Type Retail Platform Support PC License Information License Type Complete Product License Pricing Standard License Quantity 1 User Miscellaneous System Requirements Processor: Intel Pentium 4 (1.4 GHz for DV; 3.4GHz for HDV), Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon (dual 2.8GHz for HD), or Intel Core Duo (or compatible) processor; SSE2-enabled processor required for AMD systems Operating System: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions) Hard Disk: 20.5 GB of available hard-disk space to install all core components (up to 1 GB of additional free space may be required during installation); custom installing select components requires less space Dedicated 7,200 RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD; SCSI disk subsystem preferred Memory: 1 GB of RAM for DV; 2 GB of RAM for HDV and HD; more RAM recommended when running multiple components Optical Drive: DVD-ROM Blu-ray burner required for Blu-ray Disc creation DVD+-R burner required for DVD creation Others: DirectX or ASIO compatible sound card 1,280x1,024 monitor resolution with 32-bit video card; Adobe recommended graphics card for GPU-accelerated playback DirectX 9 capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM (For some 3D features in Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended; for OpenGL support, an Adobe After Effects supported OpenGL 2.0 card (NVIDIA recommended) For SD/HD workflows, an Adobe certified card for capture and export to tape OHCI compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device QuickTime 7.1.5 software required to use QuickTime features Internet or phone connection required for product activation Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos* and other services * 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.

Customer Reviews

Reviewed on 2008-07-17 Adobe is the trailblazer of creativity... Anyone who gives the Master Collection less than five stars obviously doesn't know the product. I spent 4 months in a CS3 Illustrator class in college just learn advanced basics of Illustrator alone. User friendly, intuitive and the industry standard over ANY Microsoft product, CS3 Master Collection if for serious geeks like me. I cannot imagine trying to handcode HTML or XHTML without the wonders of Dreamweaver. I am much more productive and can crank out large websites in a matter of days instead of weeks. For serious Web designers, this product will pay for itself in the time you save hand coding and such. Worth every penny. I would, however, recommend buying Adobe's "Training from the source" books to go along with the software. You can get them cheap used on Amazon or eBay. The books are invaluable in learning the software.

Reviewed on 2008-04-17 Don't Believe The Hype! If you have Production Studio Premium or other such suites this really is not worth the massive difference in price. Adobe CS3 Master Collection is more hype and fluff then substance. I might have upgraded to this suite from my modestly priced Production Premium $799.00 upgrade if Adobe had not slapped such an outrageous $1999.00 price tag onto it for doing so. Come on, $1999.00? I paid less then that for my original full version of CS Production Studio Premium! Seriously Adobe, $1200.00 more for 5 or 6 added programs of which 2 or 3 I will probably never use? Give me a break! No, I mean it, give us ALL a break! Save your money and just go with CS3 Production Studio Premium, minus Adobe Audition 3.0 of course, you'll have to pay extra for that one since Adobe felt compelled to replace it with Soundbooth, a lesser quality program (thanks a lot Adobe!). In the end I'll say this, Adobe makes some of the best software for film, animation, entertainment, graphics and web design, they just need to work a little bit on better customer service and work ethics and a good place to start would have been making the upgrade for CS3 Master Collection a lot more affordable.

Reviewed on 2008-02-08 It delivers what it stands for but installation on XP Pro was not straight forward We did discover that the installation of the DVD did not work properly and that the hacks published on Adobe's website did not apply to us. For us to install it we had to put a CS3 map into the root of the station with exactly the same name as on the CD. It is important to maintain exactly the names and all files of the first three application DVD's. You don't have to copy all the other data to that folder, just the application directory content. From there you can run it. All other tips and tricks simply didn't work but this one did. After the intial application install you can add the other components at will directly from the DVD's. The software itself, well what can you say. It delivers what it stands for and is the #1 in this area. We rather use this then the free ware or cheaper alternatives to save money at the end of the day. I hope this is helpful for others. GZ

Reviewed on 2008-01-23 Glad I was forced to buy it! This baby was required for my Graphic Arts class. My first thoughts were "What's wrong with my Abode Photoshop 7? & why do I NEED a $965 piece of software?" Well, it turns out that my school's supplier was charging less than half of the retail price, so I shut up. ....................................................................... When it got here, I wasn't happy that I had to install 8 dics that wanted 32 gigs of RAM or that it had more system requirements than a high-end video game. But it does make sence, concidering you're getting InDesign, Illustrator (which I've been wanting), Acrobat 8, Flash (been wanting that too), Dreamweaver (heard good things about it), Fireworks, Contribute, After Effects, Premiere, Soundbooth (if it's like Sound Forge, it's a boon), * Encore as well as Photoshop, so I'll be exploring this stuff for months. .................................................................... On the plus side, there are Flash tutorials on how to use this stuff; great for people who learn best by watching, doing, & hearing & get distracted when reading. Who knows what kind of cool artistic things I can make, I can even learn to make webtoons!

Reviewed on 2007-12-10 The Holy Grail of Creative Suites! Adobe CS3 is the most powerful seamlessly integrated creative suite EVER. There is nothing that even remotely compares to this suit. To list feature by feature would take volumes and would not do it justice. If you are SERIOUS about ALL aspects of web production including multimedia video and audio, special effects, animation, and authoring, this suite does it all. This is powerful software. You will need a solid system. Because this software is so integrated you will often want 2 to 4 hefty programs running for one project. For example, I often have Photoshop, Premier, and After Effects running as well as Adobe Bridge. Adobe Bridge is what brings the whole package together. Not only does it make file organization a breeze, it allows you to move a single project from application to application. I'm running CS3 on a Dell XPS 710 w/ twin 10k hard drives, a 2.4GHz Intel duo core, an NVIDIA 8800 GTX video card and 2GB ram. It handles it, but I will be upgrading to 4GB ram so it will handle it better. Bottom line, Adobe CS3 AMAZING.

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