Creative Suite 3 Design Standard

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard software is the indispensable toolkit for professional design and print production. It combines all-new versions of essential tools for page layout, image editing, illustration, and Adobe PDF workflows with integrated features that enhance productivity and help streamline workflows, all in a unified creative environment. Creative Suite 3 Design Standard gives you everything you need to express and print your ideas faster and more easily than ever before.

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Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard software empowers K-12 students and teachers to design and express creative ideas using full-featured, industry-standard tools for digital communication. With integrated tools for layout, image editing, and illustration, students and teachers can create professional-quality print materials and content that can be used
for websites and interactive projects while gaining valuable career skills in the process. Design Standard makes it easy to express creative ideas graphically, and with greater speed and freedom than ever before.

Top reasons to buy Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard

All-new versions of essential creative tools— Experience a highly productive creative toolkit with:
-Adobe InDesign CS3 for professional page layout
-Adobe Photoshop CS3 for unrivaled image editing
-Adobe Illustrator CS3 for inspired vector graphics creation
-Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional for efficient Adobe PDF workflows
-Adobe Bridge CS3, which also offers direct access to Adobe Version Cue CS3, Adobe Stock Photos, Adobe Device Central CS3, and Adobe Acrobat Connect

Unprecedented integration for exceptional productivity— Enjoy a consistent design experience across InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop with shared interface elements such as self-adjusting panels that dock out of your way when not in use. And use native file formats smoothly across software components to streamline design and production.

Support for the latest Mac and Windows systems— Get the most out of Design Standard on Intel based Mac systems and Microsoft Windows Vista computers. Work smoothly on legacy PowerPC based Mac and Windows XP systems as well.

Efficient, powerful page design with Adobe InDesign CS3— Explore more creative possibilities and experience new levels of productivity using InDesign CS3, which offers powerful features for creating graphically rich, complex documents; professional typographic controls; and robust, reliable printing.

Powerful color and printing capabilities— Print Photoshop composites, Illustrator artwork, and InDesign layouts with confidence thanks to robust color options, consistent color settings, and professional output controls for high-quality printing.

Exceptional native file format support— Open Photoshop images in Illustrator and Illustrator artwork in Photoshop, and place both types of native files, as well as Adobe PDF files, in InDesign layouts. Streamline your design and production processes in myriad ways using native file format support.

Reliable Adobe PDF workflows— Use Adobe PDF to create reliable and consistent final output, streamline print production—including automatically fixing mistakes found during preflight—and automate processes using JDF.

Cross-media publishing— Contribute your assets to cross-media workflows. Hand off Photoshop image comps for use in web prototyping, preview Illustrator artwork as it might appear on a mobile device, and export InDesign layouts as XHTML for use by colleagues in web page layouts.

Visual media management in Adobe Bridge CS3— Efficiently organize, browse, locate, and preview assets with Adobe Bridge CS3, which offers faster performance; customizable workspaces; nondestructive batch-editing of TIFF, JPEG, and camera raw files; direct playback of Flash files; and direct access to useful services such as Adobe Stock Photos.*

Shared features and services— Work more efficiently using a host of shared features and services, including Adobe Stock Photos* for purchasing royalty-free images; Acrobat Connect* for hosting web-based, interactive meetings; and Version Cue CS3 for workgroup file management.

System requirements
Macintosh

PowerPC G4 or G5 or multicore Intel processor

Mac OS X v.10.4.8, Java Runtime Environment 1.5 required for Adobe Version Cue CS3 Server

1GB of RAM

5.3GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation)

1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card

DVD-ROM drive

QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia 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.