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Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 Announced!


Almost forgot, Adobe just announced the new product line - Creative Suite 3 (the finalized product package after the merge between Adobe and Macromedia) The package includes: Photoshop® CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, InDesign® CS3, Illustrator® CS3, Flash® CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver® CS3, Adobe Premiere® Pro CS3, and After Effects® CS3.

As they promised, Adobe has kept the strongest product from both companies (Adobe and Macromedia). The Flash CS3 (literally Flash 9) will incorporate Actionscript 3.0

This is exciting. Except good products come with a high price:

Estimated street price for the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium is US$1799, US$1599 for Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium, US$1699 for Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium, and US$2499 for Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection.

Croquet Consortium


Upon releasing the Open Croquet SDK 1.0, the Croquet Consortium was formally launched. It is a non-profit foundation aimed to promote the Open Croquet technology. It will strengthen the communications between the developers and users of Open Croquet SDK and it’s related products. This consortium offers an avenue for academic, corporate, and individual members ensure the long-term viability of the community by federating their Croquet software development projects mobilizing distributed resources on their behalf.

For more information, read Julian’s announcement here.