Combines Adobe After Effects® CS3 Professional, Adobe Premiere® Pro CS3, Photoshop® CS3 Extended, Flash® CS3 Professional, Illustrator® CS3, Soundbooth™ CS3, and Encore® CS3, and also includes Adobe Dynamic Link, Bridge CS3, Device Central CS3, Adobe OnLocation™ CS3 (Windows® only), and Ultra® CS3 (Windows only).
Top features
Available for Mac and Windows
Work on the platform of your choice. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium is now available for both Mac and Windows and is supported by a broad selection of books, training materials, third-party plug-ins, and leading industry partners including the OpenHD Partner Alliance.
Future-ready tools for delivery of video content anywhere
Meet todays production demands and tomorrows challenges head on. Broad support for leading standards and formats, an open approach to hardware and platform support, a rich ecosystem of plug-ins and other third-party solutions, and the ability to deliver video content to new types of devicesfrom mobile to Blu-ray Discgive you a competitive edge.
Extensive integration for exceptional productivity
Unparalleled integration between the components of Production Premium saves time at every step of the process so you can work at peak efficiency. A unified interface and integrated workflow make it easier than ever to move projects and files between components. In addition, Adobe Bridge offers new file type support and metadata previews.
No more intermediate rendering thanks to Adobe Dynamic Link
Enjoy greater freedom to experiment with new ideas without having to wait for intermediate rendering. Exclusively available in Creative Suite 3 Production Premium, Adobe Dynamic Link allows you to edit a composition in After Effects and view your updates instantly in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Encore.
Engaging online experiences leveraging new Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
Use the industrys most advanced interactive authoring environment to integrate your video content into uniquely engaging websites, presentations, and mobile content. Preserve vectors from animations created in After Effects, import SWF files as vectors into After Effects with alpha channels preserved, and encode FLV files with cue points from After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe Soundbooth.
Compositing and animation with new Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional
Innovative new features make the industry standard even more essential. Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional software offers new Shape Layers for drawing and animating vector shapes, an intuitive new approach to shape animation using the Puppet tool, new integration with Adobe Flash and Photoshop software, and dramatically improved performance so you can maintain your creative momentum.
Real-time editing with new Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, Adobe Encore CS3, and Adobe OnLocation CS3* (Windows only)
Now available for Mac and Windows, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 software offers scalable, efficient, and flexible nonlinear video editing with improved slow-motion capabilities and delivery options. Support for HD, HDV, SD, and DV gives you the flexibility to deliver high-quality work. Use Encore CS3 to create full-featured, menu-driven standard-definition DVDs, high-definition Blu-ray Discs, and interactive DVD-style SWF files for immediate use on the web. In Windows, enjoy new direct-to-disk recording and on-set monitoring tools to produce high-quality video footage with Adobe OnLocation CS3.
Image editing and graphics creation with Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended and Illustrator CS3
Integrate images and graphics for use in your productions. With Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended, use new video layer support to edit and paint your video frame by frame, or clone between frames. Use advanced drawing, texturing, coloring, tracing, and typography tools to create vector artwork with Illustrator CS3.
Fast, intuitive audio editing and creation with Adobe Soundbooth CS3
Adobe Soundbooth CS3 software lets you take command of your audio in film, video, and Flash CS3 projects with convenient, task-based tools that make high-quality audio production more efficient, even if audio production isnt your specialty.
Video production and preview for mobile devices
Use the Adobe Media Encoder in After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Soundbooth to export 3GP and H.264 video for mobile phones, iPods and PSP systems, and other mobile devices. Preview the results for supported devices using Adobe Device Central CS3.
*For Macintosh users, Adobe OnLocation requires Boot Camp and Windows (purchased separately) or a separate Windows based computer.
System requirements
Windows
- Intel Pentium 4 (1.4GHz processor for DV; 3.4GHz processor for HDV), Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon (dual 2.8GHz processors for HD), or Intel Core Duo (or compatible) processor; SSE2-enabled processor required for AMD systems
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions)
- 1GB of RAM for DV; 2GB of RAM for HDV and HD; more RAM recommended when running multiple components
- 23.5GB of available hard-disk space to install all components (up to 1GB of additional free space may be required during installation)
- Dedicated 7,200 RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD; SCSI disk subsystem preferred
- Microsoft DirectX or ASIO compatible sound card
- 1,280x1,024 monitor resolution with 32-bit video card; Adobe recommended graphics card for GPU-accelerated playback
- Some 3D features in Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended require a DirectX 9 capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM; for OpenGL support, an Adobe After Effects supported OpenGL 2.0 card (NVIDIA recommended)
- For SD/HD workflows, an Adobe certified card for capture and export to tape
- DVD-ROM drive
- Blu-ray burner required for Blu-ray Disc creation
- DVD+-R burner required for DVD creation
- OHCI compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device
- QuickTime 7.1.5 software required to use QuickTime features
- Internet or phone connection required for product activation
- Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos* and other services
Macintosh
- Multicore Intel processor (Adobe Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Flash Professional, and After Effects Professional are universal binary and also work on a PowerPC G4 or G5 processor; Adobe OnLocation is a Windows application and may be used with Boot Camp)
- Mac OS X v.10.4.9
- 1GB of RAM for DV; 2GB of RAM for HDV and HD; more RAM recommended when running multiple components
- 21.5GB of available hard-disk space to install all components (up to 1GB of additional free space may be required during installation)
- Dedicated 7,200 RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD; SCSI disk subsystem preferred
- Core Audio compatible sound card
- 1,280x1,024 monitor resolution with 32-bit video card; Adobe recommended graphics card for GPU-accelerated playback
- For OpenGL support: Some 3D features in Photoshop CS3 Extended require an OpenGL 1.4 capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM; After Effects CS3 Professional requires an OpenGL 2.0 card (NVIDIA recommended)
- DVD-ROM drive
- Blu-ray burner required for Blu-ray Disc creation
- SuperDrive required for DVD burning
- QuickTime 7.1.5 required to use QuickTime features
- Internet or phone connection required for product activation
- Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos* and other services
* Online services, including, but not limited to, Adobe Stock Photos and Acrobat Connect, may not be available in all countries, languages, and currencies. Availability of services is subject to change. Use of online services is governed by terms and conditions of a separate agreement and may be subject to additional fees.
