The Master Collection CS3 Software Suite for Mac from Adobe is a software bundle that is aimed at the creative professional who needs a little bit of everything. The bundle includes every application in the CS3 line of Adobe products.
The bundle includes Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, InDesign CS3, Acrobat9 Pro, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Contribute, Fireworks CS3, After Effects CS3 Professional, Premiere Pro CS3, Soundbooth CS3, and Encore CS3. Also included are the components common to CS3 applications. The include Bridge CS3, Version Cue CS3, Device Central CS3, Dynamic Link, Stock Photos, and Acrobat Connect.
Most applications in the suite are Universal Binary applications that run at native speeds on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. The exceptions to this are Premiere Pro, Encore, Soundbooth and Dynamic Link, which run on Intel Macs only.
Bridge CS3
Bridge is a file browser and organization tool for the Creative Suite. It allows you to group Photoshop images into stacks, rate files on a star basis and view metadata. It is an essential tool for anyone who works with a large amount of media.
Photoshop Extended CS3
Photoshop Extended is the industry-standard image editing suite with 3D support for film, video, multimedia, engineering and science professionals. The software allows you to import popular 3D image model formats, work with medical DICOM images and create animations.
Extended can also work with 2D images, as it encompasses all of the features of the standard edition of Photoshop. This allows you to edit stills using a powerful layer-based approach. It also features smart filters to add artistic effects, powerful color and curve controls, digital camera raw image support and text tools.
Extended can also work with 2D images, as it encompasses all of the features of the standard edition of Photoshop. This allows you to edit stills using a powerful layer-based approach. It also features smart filters to add artistic effects, powerful color and curve controls, digital camera raw image support and text tools.
Illustrator CS3
Illustrator is a powerful vector graphics creation application. The software features standard drawing tools as well as flexible color and typography features. The software features integration with Adobe Flash and support for Pantone color swatches. Illustrator is often used by graphic designers, web content creators and visual effects specialists in creative projects.
InDesign CS3
InDesign is a powerful graphic design application. It features advanced page layout tools that can be used to make striking visual designs for magazine, print advertising and other applications. InDesign integrates with other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite, allowing designers to easily integrate it into a professional workflow. The software is an excellent choice for print design and page layout tasks.
Acrobat 9 Pro
Acrobat is a powerful application that allows you to create and edit documents in the popular Portable Document Format (PDF) file format. PDF files appear the same when they are displayed on any computer screen or printed, so they are an ideal way to electronically distribute media where proper page layout and presentation are imperative. This is a great way to create electronic user manuals, brochures, forms or memos.
Flash CS3 Professional
Flash is a development suite that is used to create Flash animations, videos and applications. Flash is the industry-standard file format for multimedia web and mobile content delivery. The software features full integration with the other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere Pro. Flash is an essential tool for multimedia web development.
Dreamweaver CS3
Dreamweaver is a powerful web development tool that allows you to work with HTML, XML and CSS data in either a code-based or powerful visual-based interface. The software features tools that help you better develop "best practices" web sites that are compliant with web standards. Dreamweaver seamlessly integrates with Fireworks, Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator, making it a crucial component for a powerfully streamlined web development workflow.
Contribute CS3
Contribute is a software package aimed at webmasters and bloggers. It allows content authors to post content to multiple websites and blogs simultaneously from within the Contribute application or Microsoft Office. It features seamless integration with Dreamweaver, ensuring that website integrity is not compromised. This is a great tool to allow multiple authors to update a single web site.
Fireworks CS3
Fireworks is a software program that is designed to be used for creating rough prototype versions of web sites and interfaces. The software lets you create, edit and optimize vector and bitmap images for use on the web. This is an excellent tool for graphic designers to use to present web interfaces to clients and web developers.
After Effects CS3 Professional
After Effects is a powerful 2D and 3D compositing and animation suite. The software can be used to create motion graphics for film, video, DVD, the web and mobile devices. It features an animation engine in which any frame can be keyframed. After Effects integrates seamlessly with other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite, allowing for a streamlined workflow when working on projects in conjunction with Flash, Photoshop or Premiere Pro.
Premiere Pro CS3
Premiere Pro is a professional video NLE and DVD creation suite. The software includes all the great features you expect from NLE software including multiple video and audio tracks, color correction and native support for digital camcorders. It also supports multicamera editing, Adobe PDF clip notes and Blu-ray disc authoring. Premiere Pro supports SD, HD and HDV video formats, and can even export video for use in Flash. It is an excellent editing choice for both professionals and hobbyists alike.
Soundbooth CS3
Soundbooth is a single-track audio editor that is designed for use by video editors who may not be audio experts. It features a powerful 3D spectrum analyzer and other tools that are designed to remove pops, hiss and other unwanted background noise from audio.
Encore CS3
Premiere Pro includes Encore, a full DVD production suite with support for DVD, Blu-ray and Flash. You'll be able to create a single project and choose to build for one of these formats on the fly, eliminating the need for maintaining separate projects for SD, HD and web authoring.
Device Central CS3
Device Central is designed to help developers create applications for display on mobile phones, PDAs and other portable devices. Device emulators will show you exactly what your project will look like on a specific mobile device, going so far as to emulate its processing power and memory. You'll be able to control the application using a clickable interface that reproduces buttons and controls on emulated device. The included library of devices is limited to those that support Flash Lite.