Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Web Premium Upgrade [Mac] [OLD VERSION]

Editorial Review
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium software is a complete solution for creating interactive websites and applications. It compiles the newest versions of award-winning tools used to prototype, design, develop, and maintain websites, applications, interactive experiences, and mobile device content. Get everything you need to prototype your project, design assets, build web experiences, and efficiently maintain and update content. Deliver consistently across platforms, browsers, and mobile devices with Adobe Flash Player. Get everything you need to prototype your project, design assets, build web experiences, and efficiently maintain and update content -- all in one box. Create dynamic user interfaces with CSS and Ajax - Add Flash Video, incorporate new standards-based user elements, and support user-generated content ActionScript 3.0 development - A new world of customization using rich language, API, libraries, and community support services Use Adobe Device Central CS3 to design, develop, preview, and test content for mobile consumer devices Professional interactive design - Add life to graphics with animation tools, high-quality text rendering, filters and other effects Apply best practices for consistent CSS-based designs; Drag and drop an XML feed onto a web page Design with the latest technologies and standards Test content across multiple browsers and operating system
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Customer Reviews

Warning: requires internet connection and registration

2008-07-22
The Adobe suite is still the only option out there for serious Mac developers. However, the price and heavy handed approach to registration is overwhelming. I now can't use my version because the computer it was registered on was upgraded to Leopard and Adobe thinks all registrations are used. Requires an internet connection to even launch. It may run in demo mode for 30 days without an internet connection after registration, don't know for sure. I don't like being treated like a crook after spending thousands of dollars and being a loyal customer for a decade.

Also the updater seems to run every other use since so many products are in the suite. Granted, I only need it about every two weeks. Arg.... another Microsoft!

Great upgrade

2008-06-11
This is a great upgrade and the creative suite applications keep getting better and faster.

CS3--worth the upgrade

2008-05-30
CS 3 does not disappoint! With the special new features in all programs, the products have become even more seamless.

intel-native upgrade with some really nice features

2008-01-01
i waited almost a year for an intel-native mac build of creative suite. declined the upgrade to cs2 as rosetta is only a barely passable solution. previously complained about cs1 - feature set was good, stability wasn't. this release has a number of nice new features & its stability has been good. there are still a number of unwanted bits & pieces, fireworks being one, the adobe stock photos being the most annoying (how do you stop its incessant upgrades if you haven't installed it in the first place?) but photoshop, dreamweaver, illustrator, & flash are all brilliant. i run the first two all the time, the latter two now&then. recommended for all web developers. a good effort from adobe (too bad about the naughty phone-home problem). still find bridge, contribute, device central, & other items of dubious value, however.

Customer Service

2007-10-30
I didn't exactly buy the product....I had to return it because I made the mistake of purchasing the wrong software. I meant to get the Design Premium not the Adobe Web Premium. Anyhow I was pleased with the service I got from J&R. They were easy to talk to and made the return simple and easy.

Some great, some not so great

2007-10-14
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium software is a complete solution for creating interactive websites and applications. It compiles the newest versions of award-winning tools used to prototype, design, develop, and maintain websites, applications, interactive experiences, and mobile device content. Get everything you need to prototype your project, design assets, build web experiences, and efficiently maintain and update content. Deliver consistently across platforms, browsers, and mobile devices with Adobe Flash Player. Get everything you need to prototype your project, design assets, build web experiences, and efficiently maintain and update content -- all in one box. Create dynamic user interfaces with CSS and Ajax - Add Flash Video, incorporate new standards-based user elements, and support user-generated content ActionScript 3.0 development - A new world of customization using rich language, API, libraries, and community support services Use Adobe Device Central CS3 to design, develop, preview, and test content for mobile consumer devices Professional interactive design - Add life to graphics with animation tools, high-quality text rendering, filters and other effects Apply best practices for consistent CSS-based designs; Drag and drop an XML feed onto a web page Design with the latest technologies and standards Test content across multiple browsers and operating system

Affordable must have upgrade

2007-09-21
If you are a professional web developer who already uses Adobe's tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver) then this a must have upgrade.
The price is a reasonable $500 USD (or about a $1/day until the next Adobe upgrade).
All the tools have been enhanced and you will never "learn everything" due to the extensive sets of features.

Bottom line. Does it make you more productive by a $1/day? Yes, it does. So, buy it.

Excellent Value - ESPECIALLY if you're upgrading

2007-08-04
I initially purchased Macromedia's Studio MX suite (Mac OS X) for web design in 2002 and haven't upgraded since. Personally I like the idea of owning the whole web design suite rather than individual applications (much more economical in the long run). I usually like to upgrade every third new version or so. So you can imagine my joy in being able to upgrade to Adobe's CS3 Web Premium, which bundles Photoshop 10 and Acrobat Professional into this all-new suite! Not having a Mac version of Adobe Acrobat or Photoshop previously, upgrading to Web Premium CS3 with these apps thrown in was more than worth the upgrade price. (Sold separately they cost over $600 each!) CS3 Web Premium features tightly integrated applications for a complete powerful web design experience. Running natively and "Universal" on PowerPC or Intel dual core Macs results in blazingly fast performance and a very rewarding overall user experience. There are so many new tools to explore that I really wonder if I'll ever exhaust them!

If you love web design, you'll LOVE Adobe CS3 Web Premium - especially if your upgrade is from Studio MX!

Pricey but still a must have for web developers.

2007-07-21
I have spent thousands on Adobe upgrades over the years and the price just keeps increasing. However, I do web development and this package has the tools that I use. The upgrade package was almost $500 this time. But, the tools are excellent and they do the job. Web development in Dreamweaver is very strong and Flash Pro, Fireworks, and Photoshop Extended complement Dreamweaver very well. It is not unreasonable to look at this as a must have tool set... Just for the productivity that the combined tools bring. I guess compared to upgrading individual products it is not much more... and when you upgrade everything together they all work seamlessly.