Adobe Resource Center Powered by DVPA                   Adobe Production Studio Archive (Tips & Tricks, Reviews, and Features) Adobe Announces Creative Suite 3 Productions Premium (Download PDF of New Features) Put Your Ideas in Motion with the Total Post-Production Solution Maximize your productivity with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium, the total post-production solution available for both Mac and Windows that enables post-production and rich media professionals to create and deliver visually innovative projects for film, broadcast, web, DVD, and mobile devices. Tighter than ever integra­tion among Adobe’s all-new video, audio, and design tools—now including Adobe Flash® CS3 Professional software for output to the web and Adobe Soundbooth™ CS3 software for audio—ensures fluidity in every aspect of your workflow, including capturing, editing, motion graphics, effects, compositing, audio, and interactive authoring. Essential tools—Adobe Production Premium, the successor to Production Studio, combines new versions of After Effects CS3 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, and Encore CS3 software, and adds new Adobe Flash CS3 Professional and Soundbooth CS3. Also new to the Production Premium toolset are Adobe OnLocation CS3 software for direct-to-disk capture and on-set monitoring, and Ultra CS3 for fast, effective keying. Intelligent integration—Unparalleled integration between components of Production Premium saves time at every step of the process. With the exclusive Dynamic Link feature, you can immediately view your After Effects work in Adobe Premiere Pro and Encore—without rendering. Export Flash video from After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro for further enhancement in Flash CS3. Author interactive, menu-driven productions for DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and finished SWF files ready for playback over the web, all from the same project in Encore. Common interface elements throughout and the ability to copy and paste or drag and drop between components further enhance your productivity. Easily move your work from one component of Production Premium to another while preserving layers, styles, color management settings, and more, thanks to shared file formats. Agile workflows—Production Premium runs on the latest versions of Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows (including Windows Vista), providing agile workflows from start to finish. New output options include enhanced and expanded Flash output for the web and new video format support for mobile phones and other portable devices. An open and flexible approach to format and hardware support means you can work with the platform of your choice, and be prepared for further evolution in post-production demands. Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional (Download PDF of New Features) Discover more flexible vector drawing and animation with new Shape Layers. Use the Puppet tool for a new and intuitive approach to animation, and discover creative ideas you never knew you had with Brainstorm—an innovative and fun-to-use tool that frees you to interactively explore a wide range of animation possibilities with ease. After Effects CS3 also provides a new level of efficiency in client and colleague review processes with PDF-based Adobe Clip Notes. Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, now including Adobe OnLocation CS3 (Download PDF of New Features) Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 is ready to give you better control of time in your productions with improved slow-motion and variable-speed control features and better control of time on your productions, with the ability to record your shoots directly to disk, right on the set. You get greater control over quality on the set as well, with a powerful collection of new on-set monitoring tools with Adobe OnLocation CS3 (requires Windows and Boot Camp for Mac). Expand your creative options via integration with Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional and Photoshop CS3 software and edit virtually any format from DV to HD and beyond with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3. Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended and Adobe Illustrator CS3 You get the latest releases of both of these industry-leading graphic tools with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium. Both solutions introduce exciting new features that specifically support post-production professionals. You can now edit and paint movies frame by frame in Photoshop, or easily create Illustrator documents preformatted for the most popular film, video, and mobile device outputs. Adobe Flash CS3 Professional   Now you can export Flash video from After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro and markers convert to cue points for easy handling in Adobe Flash CS3 Professional. You can then enrich those productions in Flash by using enhanced interactive authoring and drawing tools. In Flash CS3 Professional, you can import native Photoshop and Illustrator files with full fidelity. To further smooth your path, workspace panels and other interface elements in Flash now closely match those in Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, After Effects CS3, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 to make moving between tasks intuitive. New Adobe Soundbooth CS3 Quickly accomplish common audio production tasks such as trimming clips, removing noise, creating sound effects, polishing voiceovers, and customizing music to fit your production, even if audio production isn’t your specialty. Built for video editors, web designers and developers, motion graphics artists, and other creative professionals, Adobe Soundbooth CS3 software delivers tools for everyday audio editing and cleanup, sound design, and music creation—all within a familiar, Adobe interface. Adobe Encore CS3 Adobe Encore CS3 makes getting your productions to the widest possible audience easier and faster than ever. Create projects for Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and the web at the same time. In Encore, professional authoring, design, and mastering tools are combined to help you deliver multiple media formats with ease. You can create simple single-menu disks as well as elaborate titles complete with interactive menus, multiple audio tracks, and subtitle tracks. The public previews of Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, Adobe After Effects Professional CS3 and Soundbooth CS3 are now available as a free download at http://labs.adobe.com. Pricing and Availability (Download PDF of Pricing and Availability) Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium will begin shipping worldwide in the third quarter of 2007 and will be available for pre-order immediately through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe Store at www.adobe.com/store. Estimated street price for Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium is US$1,699, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 (includes Adobe Encore CS3 and Adobe OnLocation CS3. OnLocation is Windows only) is US$799, After Effects CS3 Professional is US$999, and Flash CS3 Professional is US$699. From March 27, 2007 through August 28, 2007 you can buy current releases of Adobe Production Studio Premium, Adobe After Effects 7.0 Professional, or Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 software and get a complimentary upgrade to the new CS3 version of these products or their equivalent when they ship. You will also be able to upgrade from Production Studio Premium to Adobe Master Collection CS3 at the regular upgrade price. There are numerous upgrade paths available for Adobe customers. For more detailed information about features, upgrade policies, pricing, and international versions please download PDF Here. Find all current special offers on Adobe products.