Product Description

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium

Maximize your productivity with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium software, the total post-production solution available for both Mac and Windows. Tighter-than-ever integration between Adobe's all-new video, audio, and design tools, now including Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, offers a smooth workflow from concept to delivery. Reach the widest possible audience by delivering content to film, video, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, the web, and mobile devices.

Includes Full Versions of:

• After Effects CS3
• Premiere Pro CS3
• Photoshop CS3 Extended
• Flash Professional CS3
• Illustrator CS3
• Soundbooth CS3
• Encore CS3
• Adobe Bridge CS3
• Adobe Connect
• Device Central CS3
• Adobe OnLocation (Windows Only)
• Adobe CS3 Ultra (Windows Only)

  Features:

  • Future-ready tools for delivery of video content anywhere
    Meet today's production demands and tomorrow's 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 devices — from mobile to Blu-ray Disc — give 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 Adobe After Effects software and view your updates instantly in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Encore software.
    
  • Engaging online experiences leveraging new Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
    Use Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, the industry's 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 software.
    
  • Compositing and animation with After Effects CS3 Professional
    Innovative new features make the industry standard even more essential. After Effects CS3 Professional 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 and Adobe Encore CS3
    Now available for Mac and Windows, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 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.
    
  • 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 software, 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 Adobe Illustrator CS3 software.
    
  • Fast, intuitive audio editing and creation with Adobe Soundbooth CS3
    Soundbooth CS3 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 isn't 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.

Windows System

• Hard Drive Space: 24.5 GB (dedicated 7,200 RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD; SCSI disk subsystem preferred)
• Operating System: Microsoft^® Windows^® Vista (certified for 32-bit), Windows XP Pro or Home w/SP2
• Processor Type: Intel^® Pentium^® 4, Centrino^®, Xeon^®, or Core Duo,^® or SSE2-enabled AMD^® processor
• Processor Speed: 1.4 GHz for DV (P4), 3.4 GHz for HDV (P4), 2.8 GHz for HD (Dual Xeon)
• RAM: 1 GB for DV (2 GB for HDV/HD). Additional RAM required to run programs simultaneously
• Graphics: 1280x1024 screen resolution with 32-bit color, DirectX^® 9 capable graphics card with 64 MB of VRAM, Adobe-recommended graphics card for GPU-accelerated playback and OpenGL support
• Other: DVD-ROM drive, QuickTime^® 7.1.5, broadband internet connection, Microsoft DirectX or ASIO-compatible sound card
• Advanced: Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape; DVD+-R burner or Blu-ray burner; OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export, and transmit to DV device, Adobe-certified card for export to tape