Adobe Creative Suite 3

**Adobe Creative Suite 3**, commonly abbreviated to **CS3**, is the successor to Creative Suite 2 / 2.3. CS3 was announced on March 27, 2007, and shipped on April 16, 2007. CS3 integrated applications from the former Macromedia company, which had been acquired by Adobe. It is the first version of the Creative Suite series to have more than just the Standard and Premium editions. It was updated to Creative Suite 3.3 and succeeded by Adobe Creative Suite 4.

## Editions

There are six editions of Adobe Creative Suite 3: Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, and Master Collection. All editions contain Adobe Bridge, and Adobe Device Central, Adobe Acrobat Connect. All editions contain Adobe Version Cue except for Production Premium.

### Design Premium

Design Premium is focused on professional print, web, and mobile publishing. The stand-alone applications included are:

* Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
* Adobe Illustrator CS3
* Adobe InDesign CS3
* Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional (replaced with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro in CS3.3)
* Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
* Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 (replaced Adobe GoLive)
* Adobe Fireworks CS3 (added to CS3.3)

*Legacy equivalent: Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium*
### Design Standard

Design Standard is focused on professional design and print. The applications included are:

* Adobe Photoshop CS3
* Adobe Illustrator CS3
* Adobe InDesign CS3
* Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional (replaced with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro in CS3.3)

*Legacy equivalent: Adobe Creative Suite 2 Standard*
### Web Premium

Web Premium is focused on assisting in all stages of web design. The stand-alone applications included are:

* Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
* Adobe Illustrator CS3
* Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional (replaced with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro in CS3.3)
* Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
* Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
* Adobe Contribute CS3
* Adobe Fireworks CS3

*Legacy equivalent: Macromedia Studio 8*
### Web Standard

Web Standard is focused on creating and maintaining webpages. The stand-alone applications included are:

* Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
* Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
* Adobe Contribute CS3
* Adobe Fireworks CS3

*Legacy equivalent: Macromedia Studio 8*
### Production Premium

Production Premium is focused on the creation and production of videos, movies and rich media. The stand-alone applications included are:

* Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional
* Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
* Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
* Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional (replaced with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro in CS3.3)
* Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
* Adobe Illustrator CS3
* Adobe Soundbooth CS3
* Adobe Encore CS3

The shared applications Adobe OnLocation CS3 and Adobe Ultra CS3 are only included in the Windows version.

*Legacy equivalent: Adobe Creative Suite Production Studio Premium*
### Master Collection

Master Collection contains all the applications of the various editions of CS3. The stand-alone applications included are:

* Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional (replaced with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro in CS3.3)
* Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional
* Adobe Contribute CS3
* Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
* Adobe Encore CS3
* Adobe Fireworks CS3
* Adobe Flash CS3
* Adobe Illustrator CS3
* Adobe InDesign CS3
* Adobe OnLocation CS3
* Adobe Photoshop CS3
* Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
* Adobe Soundbooth CS3
* Adobe Ultra CS3
* Adobe Version Cue CS3

## Supported systems

Creative Suite 3 supports PCs with at least an Intel Penitum 4 (1.4 GHz recommended for standard definition video editing, or 3.4 GHz for high definition video editing) or faster processor, running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later. Macs required a PowerPC G4, G5, or a multi-core Intel processor (Premiere Pro CS3, Encore CS3, and Soundbooth CS3 support Intel only) running Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later.

### Compatibility

As the CS3 applications were 32-bit, they are not compatible with 64-bit-only operating systems, such as macOS 10.15 "Catalina" and later. Some security adjustments may be required for use in macOS 10.14 "Mojave".

### End of support

In July 2017, activation servers for CS3 applications were shut down. Registered users who wished to continue using these applications after that date could use their valid serial number to download a new installer from Adobe that could be activated without contacting a server. In December 2019, Adobe stopped providing CS3 downloads entirely.

## References

1. ↑ Adobe Unleashes Creative Suite 3 Product Line, Adobe Systems 2007-03-27. Archived 2007-04-07.
2. ↑ Adobe Ships Creative Suite 3, Adobe Systems. 2007-04-16. Archived 2007-04-29.
3. ↑ System requirements and languages, Adobe Systems. Archived 2007-05-17.
4. ↑ If any of your apps don't work in MacOS Mojave, a small tweak in your settings might fix the problem by Dave Smith, Business Insider. 2018-12-06.
5. ↑ CS3 Activation Server Retired by Jeff\_Arola, Adobe Support Community. 2017-07-28.
6. ↑ CS3, Acrobat 8 ~ Activation Servers Retired by Nancy\_OShea, Adobe Support Community. 2017-07-26 / 2019-12-18.
7. ↑ Photoshop CS3 Activation (CS3 is dead) by al52268624 / Nancy\_OShea, Adobe Support Community. 2017-08-01 / 2020-01-01.

## External links

* Adobe Creative Suite 3 at Adobe (archived 2007-04-05, 2008-06-01)
	+ Archived Help Content (archived 2012-05-04)
	+ Photoshop CS3 on Mojave installation fails at Adobe Support Community (2018-10-30)
* Adobe CS3 by Tolleson at Flickr