Adobe Photoshop CS3 Expert Reviews

The world's greatest image-editing app goes Universal and gets a makeover - and the new version firmly holds onto its title.

Same great functionality as Photoshop CS3 Standard, with additional tools for 3D and video artists. Universal binary.

Extended features need work. Some ImageReady functionality now missing.

. The additional Extended functionality has a definite 1.0 air, and it will likely undergo serious refinement over the next few versions. Currently, we find it difficult for the average Photoshop user to justify paying more for the Extended version.

Photoshop CS3 packs refinements and additions that will please digital imagers of every kind. There's room for some interface polish here and there, but CS3 is also the most refined version of Photoshop yet.

Imaging and productivity enhancements throughout; superb new image-alignment and monochrome-conversion tools; dramatically improved Camera Raw module.

Interface has some rough edges; some compromises in smart-filter functionality.

Sprawling upgrade offers new features and goes Intel-native

This welcome addition to the CS3 family is easy to learn and use, and its many capabilities have great potential for use in these professions. Its seamless integration with the main product makes it a natural addition to any technical expert's toolkit.

Powerful new capabilities in addition to all of the other improvements in the Standard version; good integration into Photoshop interface; fast 3-D manipulation; useful for scientific, medical, architectural, and engineering applications.

No DWG format support; limited number of video frames when importing into individual layers.

In CS3, Adobe did a very good job of making interface improvements without moving too far away from the familiar. Most of the new elements unique to Photoshop Extended are well integrated into the standard Photoshop and accessed from familiar tools such a...

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Productivity is much improved thanks to speed increases, workflow enhancements, and a more-streamlined interface; nice black-and-white conversion capabilities; no more ImageReady.

No real enhancements made to meat-and-potatoes masking features; print layout tools still sadly lacking.

With its streamlined tools, enhanced nondestructive editing capabilities, and better performance, Adobe Photoshop CS3 will look very attractive to almost any user.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 is here, Universal Binary and all. Ars goes in-depth with the latest version of one of Adobe's flagship applications, covering both the standard and Extended editions.

Photoshop CS3 is a tricky one to rate since what it does, it does very well. Not all of the Extended features will appeal to everyone, but things like the Black and White adjustment, curves with histogram, layer auto-align and auto-blend, Camera RAW 4, Sm...

There are high-school seniors who have never lived in a world without Photoshop. Does this venerable application still have room for improvement?

Some of these features, most notably Stack Mode, are available only in the Extended version of Photoshop. Might be helpful to mention this

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A slew of new and unique features add formidable power to the premier image-editing program.

Immensely powerful image editing tools; tight integration with other Adobe apps

Expensive; steep learning curve; UI font can be tiny on high-resolution displays

In a surprise move by Adobe, they have released a free public beta of its new Photoshop CS3. Photoshop is regarded as the standard in the graphics industry. Anyone who has a Photoshop CS2 serial number can download the beta for free from Adobe.com. Perhap...

Nondestructive filters, Interface improvements, Intel Mac/Windows Vista compatable

Minor bugs; use with caution