Photoshop CS3, Acrobat 3D, and Full Frame?

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Photoshop CS3, Acrobat 3D, and Full Frame?

by Victor Agreda, Jr. Aug 24th 2005

ThinkSecret busts out another rumor, this time on Adobe and a trio of possible future releases. First up are some juicy tidbits about the next incarnation of Photoshop. Or should I say incarnations? Following in the brilliant footsteps of Macromedia (who'd a thunk?), the next version of CS may come in Standard and Premium editions. Personally, I hate the fact that Flash now comes in two flavors. Why not just create a seperate, truly beginner-level app? Was Elements really that bad? Oh, yeah, it was.

Anyway, according to the article, CS3 will boast a slew of killer new features. Rumors of a rotatable canvas ala Painter (for tablet users), better non-destructive image editing, and a revamped interface are mentioned. There's also talk of more advanced perspective and sorta 3d-related tools... Which brings us to the another rumored product: Acrobat 3D.

Acrobat 3D has scant few details, but might be a sort of "all purpose" 3D image viewer. The cost is supposedly upwards of $1,000! The last product, Full Frame, has no info but the box cover. Huh. I'm still waiting for Adobe to do something with Atmosphere again...

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Twist said 2:11PM on 8-25-2005

I have been waiting for Photoshop to add text on paths for a while now so hopefully they will add that to the next major release. I know there are plug-ins to do this and I could just import it from Illustrator but I would really like to see this feature in Photoshop natively.

I haven't used Elements since 1.x and even then I was just testing it because I got a free copy with my digital camera but I thought it was a pretty decent package for basic users and have recommended it to many people.

Traycer said 1:56AM on 9-02-2005

Twist,

Unless I'm misunderstanding the functionality, text-on-a-path is already available in CS2.

Tinlad said 8:35AM on 9-03-2005

Text on paths was available in CS and is in CS2.

You draw a path using the pen tool, then select the text tool. When you place the cursor over the path the cursor changes. Click, and you can type on the path.

Personally, I would like CS3 to come in a 64-bit version.

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