Adobe releases beta of Photoshop CS3 Universal (English)

**fryke** · #1 December 15th, 2006, 11:21 AM

You can download it at the following link. Need an account there. Plus a CS2 serial number (Creative Suite or Photoshop). Otherwise it'll only work for two days.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitle...bs%5Fphotoshop

**Captain Code** · #2 December 15th, 2006, 06:49 PM

I downloaded it from
http://trials.adobe.com/pub/esd/labs...0_12-14-06.dmg
and when you install it there's a 30 day trial, not 2. So I'm not sure what'll happen in another day if it'll keep working but it did say 30 days when installing.

simbalala · #3 December 15th, 2006, 07:29 PM

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So I'm not sure what'll happen in another day if it'll keep working but it did say 30 days when installing.

Did you get and plug in a serial number or are you running without one?

**Captain Code** · #4 December 15th, 2006, 08:04 PM

No I didn't put one in, I just downloaded and selected the option below entering a serial number which was 30 day trial.

simbalala · #5 December 15th, 2006, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Code

No I didn't put one in, I just downloaded and selected the option below entering a serial number which was 30 day trial.

That’s interesting. I should have looked more closely but I already had gotten the CS3 serial number by plugging my CS2 number into the other page so I didn’t even read the other info.

Does the beta expire at any length of time if one has a serial number?

simbalala · #6 December 15th, 2006, 08:31 PM

There are some videos here

http://www.photoshopuser.com/cs3/index.html

which show some of the new features. I played with CS3 a little so far, mainly to figure out the new interfaces.

**fryke** · #7 December 16th, 2006, 03:36 AM

And I have to say the new interface is nicely done. The docking of the palettes is nice. Should've been like that for years. I hope they get it right this time and these go through _all_ Adobe apps in Creative Suite. (In earlier versions, InDesign got old GoLive style palettes, whereas GoLive lost them...) I really like the interface of Photoshop 10. And its speed is nice as well.

Thank The Cheese · #8 December 16th, 2006, 05:31 AM

The best feature for me is simply the native support. CS2 is very unstable for me (though PS is passable, it's Illustrator CS2 that gives me the most trouble)

anyway, I look forward to using this. I love the Smart Filter feature, allowing you to apply filters non-destrictively.

hopefully Illustrator and friends are not too far behind!