{"id":12264,"date":"2007-03-07T21:55:24","date_gmt":"2007-03-07T21:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/03\/announcing-two-flavors-of-photoshop-cs3.html"},"modified":"2007-03-07T21:55:24","modified_gmt":"2007-03-07T21:55:24","slug":"announcing_two_flavors_of_photoshop_cs3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/07\/announcing_two_flavors_of_photoshop_cs3\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing two flavors of Photoshop CS3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adobe is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/aboutadobe\/pressroom\/pressreleases\/200703\/030807Photoshop.html\">announcing today<\/a> that there will be two editions of Photoshop CS3&#8211;<em>Photoshop CS3<\/em> and <em>Photoshop CS3 Extended<\/em>. From the press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In addition to the highly anticipated Photoshop CS3 software for designers and professional photographers, Adobe will also deliver Photoshop CS3 Extended, a completely new edition of Photoshop which allows cross-media creative professionals to stretch the limits of digital imaging. Photoshop CS3 Extended includes everything in Photoshop CS3 plus a new set of capabilities for integration of 3D and motion graphics, image measurement and analysis. Photoshop CS3 Extended also simplifies the workflow for professionals in architecture, engineering, medical and science.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, because the products haven&#8217;t been formally introduced yet (that&#8217;s what the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/creativesolutionspr\/2007\/03\/adobe_creative_suite_3_to_be_a_1.html\">March 27 event<\/a> is all about), I can&#8217;t get into a lot of details about the features (or price, or Suite configurations).&#160; But I can pass along what&#8217;s in the press release:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Film and video specialists can perform 3D model visualization and texture editing, paint and clone over multiple video frames. <\/li>\n<li>Animators can now render and incorporate rich 3D content into their 2D compositions.<\/li>\n<li>Graphic and web designers can create an animation from a series of images &#8211; such as time series data &#8211; and export it to a wide variety of formats, including QuickTime, MPEG-4 and Adobe Flash\u00ae Video*.<\/li>\n<li>Architects, medical professionals and scientists will enjoy increased support for specialized image formats so they can easily view, annotate, and edit images in their native format.<\/li>\n<li>Scientific researchers can create animations from medical images for presentation purposes, and architects can make accurate measurements of objects in their 3-D images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, in a nutshell, <u><em>Photoshop CS3 Extended includes everything that&#8217;s in Photoshop CS3, plus support for 3D, video, and measurement<\/em><\/u><em>.<\/em>&#160; The point is <strong>not<\/strong> to turn Photoshop into After Effects, Premiere, Maya, etc.&#160; Rather, the idea is to extend what you can do with the application, being smarter and more flexible about bringing in 3D and video, letting you use Photoshop&#8217;s unique painting and compositing tools in new ways.&#160; It allows Adobe to address specialized needs in a way that was never practical in the past, with a one-size-fits-all Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>About the name: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The products are called &quot;Photoshop CS3&quot; and &quot;Photoshop CS3 Extended.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>There is no &quot;Photoshop Standard,&quot; and there is <em>especially<\/em> <strong>no<\/strong> &quot;Photoshop Pro,&quot; &quot;Photoshop Advanced,&quot; &quot;Photoshop Premium,&quot; or the like.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why is the name a big deal?&#160; Simply put, we don&#8217;t want to express or imply<br \/>\nthe message that Photoshop CS3 isn&#8217;t advanced or pro, or that &quot;This extended version is the one everyone<br \/>\nwould get, if only money were no object.&quot;&#160; The standard version of Photoshop will be the right choice for many people.&#160; Extended is there for people with specific needs, who want to push the tools &amp; their skills in new ways.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>What do you think?&#160; I&#8217;m extremely excited about this evolution in the history of Photoshop, and I wish we could give you a demo of exactly what&#8217;s coming, but we&#8217;ll be there soon enough. <\/p>\n<p>&#8211;J.    <\/p>\n<p>[Update: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/photoshop\/ps_psext_info.html\">A bit more info<\/a> has been posted on Adobe.com.]<br \/>\n<br \/>* <em>This relies on Flash Professional being installed, as it supplies the FLV codec. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adobe is announcing today that there will be two editions of Photoshop CS3&#8211;Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended. 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