Adobe Photoshop / Creative Suite 3 on March 27th?

[MacRumors]

Betanews reports that a Merrill Lynch analyst has stated that Adobe will likely introduce their Creative Suite 3 near March 27th "with a ship date that would follow shortly afterwards".

Jay Vleeschhouwer, the analyst who wrote the report disclosing the release date, says he expects about six different CS3 product suites, and 14 individual products overall. Core CS3 products would include Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

ThinkSecret posted a similar article reporting that Adobe had ramped up the release of development builds and that a ship date could come "as early as the end of March."

Builds are now being released to testers on an almost weekly basis, each more polished than the previous with continual bug fixes and stability improvements.

[D3LM3L]

Seems like a valid prediction...

and I DOUBT Leopard will be released similarly.

[coumerelli]

I so cannot wait

[pgwalsh]

Originally Posted by coumerelli

I so cannot wait

Me too. It's about time and I'm excited. I'm still using PhotoShop 7 and Illustrator 10, so this should be a nice upgrade on my new Mac Pro.

[failsafe1]

I welcome the introduction of CS3. I held off on CS2 so I look forward to the performance boost.

[twoodcc]

well this will make a lot of people happy. bring it on, so more people can buy new intel macs

[digitalbiker]

Alright!

This is the news I was waiting to hear. This means the new Mac Pro release is very immenent! I think it was fairly well accepted that Apple was a little reluctant to upgrade the Mac Pro until the premier industry photo suite went universal.

I have been waiting on purchasing a new Mac Pro ever since gen 1 came out last summer.

[tribulation]

while i know the photoshop cs3 beta is about, what about the other universal cs3 apps? have they even definitely said what will be the choice apps for the suite yet?

photoshop of course, illustrator, and then dreamweaver [has this ever even been confirmed besides rumors?], fireworks I think, and indesign? anyone know if that is actually confirmed by anyone. has anybody seen a universal version of indesign or illustrator yet on here? i wish i had that beta.

[ChrisA]

Originally Posted by digitalbiker

Alright!

This is the news I was waiting to hear. This means the new Mac Pro release is very immenent! I think it was fairly well accepted that Apple was a little reluctant to upgrade the Mac Pro until the premier industry photo suite went universal.

I have been waiting on purchasing a new Mac Pro ever since gen 1 came out last summer.

You, me and a few thousand more, I assume were all thinking they didn't really want an Intel Mac if it was just going to be running Rosetta 80% of the time.

But now maybe I don't need a Mac Pro. The 24" iMac may be good enough. CS3 seems to run about 60% faster than CS2. So I figure if you were happy with CS2 on a Mac Pro then you'd be just as happy with CS3 on a machine that is 1/2 the speed of a Mac Pro. (Notice the "if".)

[Rychiar]

i been enjoyin the beta for months now of photoshop but it will def be nice to aquire the whole suite and have plugins enabled

[pito189]

This would be glorious in every single way. Having Illustrator crashing constantly and then having to wait another 3 minutes for it to start every single time has gotten quite old and quite a pain in my ass.

LETS GO CS3 WOO HOOO!

[thejadedmonkey]

I can see Apple doing this...
CS3, which requires 10.5... so... here's 10.5. and to show it off, our new Mac Pro Octo!

yup... I can see it now..

[Peace]

Originally Posted by thejadedmonkey

I can see Apple doing this...
CS3, which requires 10.5... so... here's 10.5. and to show it off, our new Mac Pro Octo!

yup... I can see it now..

Exactly!

Am I wrong or did I read somewhere that CS3 was optimized for Leopard?

[KingofAwesome]

Maybe this will jump-start Mac Pro sales... which will maybe get Apple to release some other stuff I'm waiting for... which will maybe remove a digit from my bank account balance... which will make my cats hungry. So, in essence, CS3 will lead to a decrease in my neighborhood small rodent population. Woo hoo!

[bigbossbmb]

I don't remember seeing anything about optimization for Leopard... but that would be nice.

I can't wait. I hope After Effects 8 comes out at this time too, but I may have to wait until after NAB for that one.

[RichP]

I dont think adobe would want to limit their potential customer base to those running Leopard only.

I cant wait though, intel native goodness!

[Rocketman]

Originally Posted by Peace

Exactly!

Am I wrong or did I read somewhere that CS3 was optimized for Leopard?

It is optimized for the "Core Duo/Quad platform". Leopard is similarly optimized for same.

64 bit, multi-processor centric, etc.

If Apple changes processor suppliers again we have to wait 2 YEARS to get software for it AGAIN. The good news is Intel has announced its next 2-3 die shrinks are going to use similar instruction sets (with supersets introduced each time). Further it has announced its next two die shrinks have become technically feasible already. Good news. After that 4-6 year cycle plays out, the next processor family has not presented itself yet.

Rocketman

[ChrisA]

Originally Posted by thejadedmonkey

I can see Apple doing this...
CS3, which requires 10.5... so... here's 10.5. and to show it off, our new Mac Pro Octo!

yup... I can see it now..

CS3 has been out in Beta form for a long time now. We know pretty much what it looks like and what it does. It does NOT require Leopard. Adobe would have to be stupid to beta test something for so long, work out the bugs and then have the "real" release be different from the beta. We can be very sure there will be no surprises. The release of CS3 is a non-event All it really means is that now you owe Adobe an upgrade fee and the free version of CS3 will stop working.

[awesomebase]

Adobe, listen to me... I know have a new Photoshop program every year is gravy for you, but we need something much more important... BRING BACK FRAMEMAKER!! That is by far one of your best applications and it is desperately needed for the OS X environment.

[gugy]

Originally Posted by thejadedmonkey

I can see Apple doing this...
CS3, which requires 10.5... so... here's 10.5. and to show it off, our new Mac Pro Octo!

yup... I can see it now..

True,
It feels that NAB will be the place where the new Mac Pro will be announce.
Just look at that.
Adobe CS3 end of March.
Leopard end of March or earlier April
MacPro at NAB (April 14-19)

Makes perfect sense. Mac Pro octo-core will utilize full power of Adobe and Apple's Leopard.
then at WWDC, new MacBook Pro's

Bring it on!

[iGav]

Originally Posted by pito189

This would be glorious in every single way. Having Illustrator crashing constantly and then having to wait another 3 minutes for it to start every single time has gotten quite old and quite a pain in my ass.

And that's why god created Freehand.

'bout time on the CS3 front though... Adobe have REALLY dragged their arses on this one...

I wish we had other viable options in the design world, rather than being held ransom by the one company.

[Maccus Aurelius]

It's going to be good for everyone, including people who still run PPC systems. The only difference is that it will be Universal Binary which means faster app booting and much faster response times which is the big issue I have with my present Creative Suite on my macbook. I do plan on running leopard, but I can't wait to have both that and CS3 and eventually my Mac Pro. Oooooh mama.

[CalCanuck]

Originally Posted by iGav

And that's why god created Freehand.

Exactly! Couldn't have put it better myself. Now we just have to hope Adobe doesn't screw with a good thing.

[dante@sisna.com]

Originally Posted by pito189

This would be glorious in every single way. Having Illustrator crashing constantly and then having to wait another 3 minutes for it to start every single time has gotten quite old and quite a pain in my ass.

LETS GO CS3 WOO HOOO!

My Illustrator CS2 rarely crashes -- maybe like 4 times in a year and we use it all day long, everyday -- curious are you on a G5 or Mac Pro

[Maccus Aurelius]

PPC apps have a higher potential of crashing on Intel macs, which isn't terribly surprising since they're all running with the aid of a translator. I run CS on my macbook and it has never ever crashed and I use it all the time. The only problem I have is that it doesn't run as quickly as it would on a powerbook. Despite being a PPC app Photoshop, Illustrator, After effects 6.5, Final Cut Pro and Aperture all run fairly smoothly on my macbook, and all have yet to ever crash.