Adobe Photoshop CS3
Manufacturer: Adobe
Operating system support: Windows XP SP2, Vista Home Premium or better, Mac OS X 10.4.8
Price: Photoshop CS3: $649 (upgrade from Photoshop 7, CS, or CS2: $199); Photoshop CS3 Extended: $999 (upgrade from Photoshop 7, CS, or CS2: $349) — shop for Photoshop CS3

Well, it has arrived—probably the most-anticipated program for Intel Macs has made its way to Apple's newest CPU platform, and you can almost hear the collective sigh of relief from Mac users (it's only slightly louder than the mumbles of "don't do this to us again" from Adobe). But CS3 isn't just a small update—it's chock full of enough new stuff that's Adobe feels it's now worth branching out into two different versions: Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended. Don't worry though—all of the Photoshop CS2 features are in still the standard edition and both include Bridge CS3. But don't just take my word for it.

You'll notice what's not mentioned there: ImageReady. Adobe has axed it completely and has instead replaced it with Fireworks CS3, which is sold in a separate web suite package or as a standalone program. But don't worry—you don't need to get Fireworks to do simple animated GIFs since the ImageReady frame-based animation palette is incorporated into Photoshop CS3 Standard. Still, not everything from ImageReady made it in, and some beta users were already lamenting the loss of JavaScript rollovers for slices. It also seems that you can't open an animated GIF to show the animated frames anymore—you have to have the source PSD file.

System requirements

Macintosh

• PowerPC® G4 or G5 or Intel processor
• Mac OS X 10.4.8
• 512MB of RAM
• 2GB of available hard disk space
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit or greater video card
• Some 3D features in Photoshop Extended require an OpenGL 1.4 capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM

Windows

• Intel® Pentium 4, Intel Centrino®, Intel Xeon, Core™ Duo (or compatible) processor
• Microsoft® Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or
• Windows Vista™ Home Premium, Business, Ultimate or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions)
• 512MB of RAM
• 1GB of available hard disk space
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit or greater video card
• Some 3D features in Photoshop CS3 Extended require a DirectX 9 capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM

---

Adobe PhotoShop Extended(Working) and Photoshop For Dummies

---