If you haven't already started seeing the advertisements (i got 3 different emails today as well as seen a number of banner ads on web industry sites), Adobe are in pre-release stage of CS3.

http://www.adobe.com/creativelicense/

It's in pre-order at the moment but within the Web Premium edition, you get:

Dreamweaver
Flash
Photoshop
Illustrator
Fireworks
Acrobat Professional
Contribute
Device Central (for mobile publishing)
Bridge (for managing media)
Version Cue (for collaboration)

Not a bad collection of software. The price? €2,055 for the full version. If you're upgrading (which I'll probably do down the line) it'll cost ya either €556, €785 or €1,716 depending on what you currently own. I'd fall in to the €785 category and I think it'd be worth the upgrade.

There also seems to be a standard version that seems to be just the products that were in the old Macromedia Studio. Personally, I really only use DW for the workspace I'm used to and FW for designing. Ok, found the pricing for standard. It includes DW, FW, Flash Pro, Contribute, Bridge, Version Cue, and Device Central. Full version €1,208, while upgrades are €543 from Studio MX or higher OR €918 from DW MX or higher.

So, based on that, for an extra €240, you'd be able to get Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat! Not bad!

Any thoughts?

Dave

Links:
CS3 Promo Site - http://www.adobe.com/creativelicense/
CS3 Web Premium - https://store2.adobe.com/cfusion/sto...8&store=OLS-IE
CS3 Web Standard - https://store2.adobe.com/cfusion/sto...9&store=OLS-IE
CS3 Web Premium/Standard Workflow Guide (PDF - quite good) - http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/cs...flow_Guide.pdf

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