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Adobe Photoshop CS3

Adobe Photoshop CS3 software accelerates your
path from imagination to imagery. Ideal for photographers, graphic
designers, and web designers, the professional standard delivers new
features such as automatic layer alignment and blending that enable advanced
compositing. Live filters boost the comprehensive, nondestructive editing
toolset for increased flexibility. And a streamlined interface and new
timesaving tools make your work flow faster.

Boost your productivity with a streamlined
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The Loupe tool in Adobe Bridge CS3 lets you
easily zoom into the fine detail of any image.
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The new overlay preview and Clone Source palette
let you preview, transform, and precisely position cloned areas in a
single fluid process.
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Zoomify export allows you to efficiently display
even the highest resolution imagery over low bandwidth web
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Work more productively
Take advantage of a wide range of improvements designed to boost your
productivity. Experience native performance on Intel based and PowerPC Macs
and on Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista systems. Maximize your
workspace with a streamlined interface, process raw images with increased
speed and quality, and manage assets more efficiently in the revamped Adobe
Bridge CS3. And enjoy complete compatibility with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
software (sold separately), so the changes you make to an image in one
product will automatically appear in the other.
Edit with unrivaled power
The comprehensive image-editing toolset in Photoshop CS3 lets you correct
and enhance your images with unmatched creative control. Experiment more
freely with nondestructive filters. Manage and correct color more easily,
and convert color images to rich black-and-white with one click. Retouch
images with more powerful cloning and healing tools. And count on higher
fidelity conversion when you merge a series of exposures into a 32-bit high
dynamic range (HDR) image.
Composite with breakthrough tools
Photoshop CS3 offers a wealth of features that make compositing multiple
images easier than ever before. Create more accurate composites with new
tools that automatically align and blend layers or images based on similar
content. Make an image selection with one brush stroke. Perfect any
selection edge in an easy-to-use, intuitive dialog box. And merge multiple
photos into a panorama with superior results.
Product highlights
- Boost your productivity with a
streamlined interface, enhancements to raw-image processing and asset
management workflows, and more.
- Experience unrivaled editing power
with nondestructive filters, more precise color-correction controls, and
more powerful cloning and healing tools.
- Easily create rich composites using
new tools for automatically aligning and blending layers and making
quick selections.
Audience benefit
Professional photographers--With
Adobe Photoshop CS3 software, you can perfect all of your images with
nondestructive filters and more powerful color-correction, cloning, and
healing tools, and you can create sophisticated composites more easily than
ever with breakthrough tools for automatically aligning and blending layers,
making quick selections, and more.
Serious amateur photographers--Adobe
Photoshop CS3 software delivers everything you need to edit images with
professional-quality results, and offers a simplified user interface that
makes learning and working in the program easier.
Print and web designers--Adobe
Photoshop CS3 software delivers unrivaled power to edit images, breakthrough
capabilities for creating sophisticated image composites, and the ability to
output your final files to a broad range of formats for print and the web.
Photography students and educators--From
raw-image processing, retouching, and compositing to final image output,
professional-standard Adobe Photoshop CS3 software offers a powerful
solution for digital photography workflows.
Work More Productively
Efficient and flexible work environment
Streamlined interface and palette
management
Maximize screen space for editing while keeping essential tools accessible.
Palettes are now arranged in convenient, self-adjusting docks that can be
widened to full size or narrowed to icons or even a thin, self-revealing
strip at the edge of your monitor.
Faster, more flexible asset management
with Adobe Bridge CS3
Organize and manage images more efficiently with Adobe Bridge CS3 software,
which now delivers improved performance, a Filter panel for easier
searching, the ability to group multiple images under a single thumbnail,
the Loupe tool, offline image browsing, and more.
Custom menus, shortcuts, and workspaces
Set up and save custom menus, keyboard shortcuts, and workspaces for quick
access to what you need.
Streamlined Workflow
Better raw image processing
Process raw images with increased speed and superior conversion quality
using the Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in, which now adds support for
JPEG and TIFF formats; new tools including Fill Light and Dust Busting;
compatibility with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software; and support for over
150 camera models.
Enhanced PDF support
Work more easily with Adobe PDF-based content. Precisely control the size of
PDF pages opened in Photoshop; add security controls and metadata, such as
copyright and exposure details, to images within PDF presentations; and
create a richer image display in PDF presentations and documents.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom support
Jump from Photoshop Lightroom software to Photoshop CS3 in one click for
advanced editing of your digital photos. Lightroom (sold separately) offers
an efficient, powerful way to import, manage, and present large volumes of
digital images.
Improved printing experience
Experience better control over print quality with color management, a larger
print preview window, and more controls in one place so you can print in
fewer steps. Improved printing controls, co-developed by Adobe and HP, make
printing easier and more predictable, and streamline setup options via
integration with select printers from HP, Epson, and Canon.
Presets
Make sophisticated color adjustments automatically with one-click presets in
Curves, the Channel Mixer, and the new Black and White conversion dialog
box.
Peak performance
Experience native performance on Intel and PowerPC based Macintosh
computers, and on Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista systems.
Automated production
Automate common production tasks in a variety of ways. Set up event-based
scripts, record a series of steps as an Action for efficient batch
processing, and design repetitive graphics faster with Variables.
History palette and Edit History log
Undo and redo any set of editing steps in an open image with the History
palette, and automatically track all editing steps within your files with
the Edit History log. Export steps to a text file or save them as part of
image metadata for easier documentation of your work, file audits, and more.
Wide range of supported formats
Import and export a wide range of file formats, including PSD, BMP, Cineon,
JPEG, JPEG2000, OpenEXR, PNG, Targa, and TIFF.
Adobe Device Central CS3
Create compelling mobile content, such as wallpapers and screensavers, and
then visually preview how it will render on mobile devices using the
built-in Adobe Device Central CS3. Tune your designs for mobile screen sizes
and lighting conditions.
Zoomify export for high-resolution web
display
Take advantage of Adobe Flash and Zoomify technology to export
high-resolution images to the web for viewing through Adobe Flash Player
software. Flash Player displays your image quickly and efficiently, letting
viewers zoom in on details with minimal delay.
Third-party solutions and resources
Take advantage of a wealth of additional resources--including software
plug-ins, books, and training--from the longstanding community of expert
Photoshop developers, authors, and trainers.
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| Auto-Align Layers
can automatically connect a series of photos into a panorama (left).
Auto-Blend Layers can then seamlessly blend lighting and texture to
complete the perfect composite image (right).
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Edit With Unrivaled Power
Nondestructive editing
Smart Filters
Add, adjust, and remove filters from an image without having to resave the
image or start over to preserve quality. Nondestructive Smart Filters allow
you to visualize changes without altering original pixel data.
Smart Objects
Perform nondestructive scaling, rotating, and warping of raster and vector
graphics with Smart Objects. Even preserve the editability of vector data
from Adobe Illustrator software.
Professional color and tone control
Color-correction enhancements
Take advantage of precision color correction made faster and easier.
Brightness/Contrast now provides better results from the same intuitive
interface, and enhanced Curves controls let you make automatic adjustments
with included presets or those you create; convert to black-and-white with
point sliders; and use a histogram, color channel lines, and a clipping
preview.
Black-and-white conversion
Easily convert color images to rich black-and-white and adjust tonal values
and tints with a new tool. Experiment with the included black-and-white
presets, or create and save your own custom presets to achieve the best
results.
Improved Channel Mixer
Take advantage of new functionality and a host of presets that make the
Channel Mixer easier to use for black-and-white conversion.
Enhanced 32-bit high dynamic range (HDR)
support
Create and edit 32-bit images and combine multiple exposures into a single,
32-bit image that preserves the full range of a scene--from the deepest
shadows to the brightest highlights. New image processing and alignment
algorithms deliver superior results.

Maximize screen space for editing while keeping
essential tools accessible.
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Intelligent Image Editing and
Enhancement
More powerful cloning and healing tools
Experience greater control when retouching images with cloning tools and the
Healing Brush. See source pixels under your tool or brush for more precise
positioning; preview changes to source content live; and set multiple source
points, scale, and rotate in the new Clone Source palette.
Rich painting and drawing toolset
Create or modify images with a wide assortment of professional, fully
customizable paint settings, artistic brushes, and drawing tools.
Enhanced Vanishing Point
Take perspective-based editing to a new level with the enhanced Vanishing
Point, which lets you create multiple planes in an image, connect them at
any angle, and then wrap graphics, text, and images around them to create
packaging mock-ups and more.
Composite With Breakthrough Tools
Easy compositing and selecting
Advanced compositing
Create more accurate composites by automatically aligning multiple Photoshop
layers or images based on similar content. The Auto-align Layers command
quickly analyzes details and moves, rotates, or warps layers to align them
perfectly, and the Auto-blend Layers command blends the color and shading to
create a smooth, editable result.
Improved Photomerge technology
Take advantage of refined Photomerge technology, which uses new
layer-alignment and layer-blending capabilities to let you automatically
stitch horizontal or vertical photos into seamless panoramas.
Quick Selection and Refine Edge tools
Make selections in a snap. Loosely draw on an image area, and the Quick
Selection tool automatically completes the selection for you. Then fine-tune
your selections with the Refine Edge tool.
Flexible layers
Composite images, text, and effects on hundreds of layers for
extraordinarily sophisticated results. Organize layers with up to five
levels of nesting, and save in different combinations as Layer Comps.
Which edition of
Photoshop CS3 is right for you?
Photoshop CS3 is available in two editions--Photoshop
CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended--to meet the diverse needs of
professionals in a wide range of fields.
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 |
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended |
| Builds on Photoshop CS2 with dozens
of improvements |
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| Increased productivity with a
streamlined interface, Camera Raw enhancements, next-generation
Adobe Bridge CS3, and Zoomify export |
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| Unrivaled editing power with live
filters, more precise color correction, easier black-and-white
conversion, and more powerful cloning and healing tools |
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| Breakthrough compositing with
automatic layer alignment and blending capabilities, easier
selections, and improved PhotomergeŽ technology |
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| 3D and motion support with the
ability to edit 3D content and incorporate it into 2D compositions,
paint and clone over multiple video frames, and more |
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| Comprehensive image analysis with
new image measurement and counting tools |
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