| Adobe
Photoshop CS Now Shipping
Streamlined ImageReady
CS, Enhanced Camera Raw Functionality and New Shadow/Highlight and Match
Color Features Headline Full-Version Upgrade to Photoshop 7.0
SAN JOSE,
Calif. — Oct. 28, 2003 — Adobe
Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) today shipped Adobe® Photoshop®
CS, a dramatic full-version upgrade to the professional standard in desktop
digital imaging. Available as a standalone software application, or as
a key component of the Adobe Creative Suite (also now shipping) Photoshop
CS is loaded with indispensable new features that help creative professionals
craft the highest quality images more quickly and efficiently than ever.
Instead of traditional
version numbers, Adobe is now using "CS" to identify new versions
of its market-leading creative professional applications, in order to
better reflect the deep level of integration across the products.
Photoshop CS increases
user control, with a redesigned File Browser enhancing search, sorting
and sharing capabilities and a new Histogram Palette monitoring changes
in the image as they are made. The product also integrates second generation
Camera Raw functionality, enabling direct manipulation of raw data in
an expanded set of professional-grade digital cameras.
Features for
Graphics and Photography Professionals
For graphic designers, features such as Layer Comps can be used to quickly
capture design variations within a single file, then instantly output
alternates for client review. Eye-catching typographic designs can also
be created by manipulating fully editable text on any path or inside any
closed path. Photoshop CS enables photographers to work directly with
raw data from even more digital cameras and includes comprehensive editing
support for 16-bit color images. Color across images can be synchronized
effortlessly with Match Color and Shadow/Highlight correction cures exposure
problems while preserving midtones.
Professional
Film and Video Features
With non-square pixel support in Photoshop CS, video professionals can
see the image as it would appear on the destination device and they can
create with confidence using preset video-standard sizes, including automatic
action-safe and title-safe guides. The 16-bit support in Photoshop CS
preserves the rich color palette of film and the product is tightly integrated
with Adobe's industry-leading video software, including Adobe Premiere®
Pro, Adobe Encore™ DVD and Adobe After Effects®.
ImageReady
Comes of Age
Web designers benefit from the integration of ImageReady CS with Photoshop
CS which enables multiple object selection, manipulation and grouping,
with Smart Guides to facilitate object alignment. Exporting to Macromedia®
Flash™ (SWF) can be done in one step with preserved vectors and
dynamic text, including embedded fonts. Web professionals can also create
leaner, more easily edited HTML, with new controls for nested tables,
XHTML and more.
New Adobe
Creative Suite
In addition to being a stand-alone product, Photoshop CS is a key component
of the all new Adobe Creative Suite. The Adobe Creative Suite Premium
Edition combines full, new versions of Adobe Photoshop CS with ImageReady
CS, Adobe Illustrator® CS, Adobe InDesign® CS, Adobe GoLive®
CS, and Adobe Acrobat® 6.0 Professional and introduces the innovative
new Version Cue™ file version manager, to easily track iterations
and quickly locate files. The Adobe Creative Suite is a complete design
solution that gives today's creative professionals everything they need
to create and publish content to print and the Web faster, more easily,
and more efficiently than ever.
Pricing and
Availability
Photoshop CS is available today to customers in the United States and
Canada through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe Store at www.adobe.com/store,
for an estimated street price of US$649 for all platforms. Registered
users of any previous version of Adobe Photoshop can upgrade to Adobe
Photoshop CS for an estimated street price of US$169. Photoshop CS is
also available as part of the Adobe Creative Suite. Registered users of
any previous version of Photoshop can upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite
Premium Edition for an estimated street price of US$749, or the Standard
Edition for US$549. For more detailed information about new features and
upgrade policies for Photoshop CS, please visit www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.
For more detailed information about the Adobe Creative Suite, please visit:
www.adobe.com/creativesuite.
About Adobe
Systems Incorporated
Adobe helps people and businesses communicate better through its world-leading
digital imaging, design and document technology platforms for consumers,
creative professionals and enterprises. Adobe's revenue in the last fiscal
year exceeded $1 billion. For more information about Adobe, visit www.adobe.com.
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