Adobe releases preview versions of After Effects CS3 and Premiere Pro CS3

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Adobe releases preview versions of After Effects CS3 and Premiere Pro CS3

by Sheila Ward Apr 16th 2007

Let the fun begin! Adobe has released preview versions of After Effects CS3 and Premiere Pro CS3. This should give you something to play with until the final products ship "mid-summer".

The After Effects preview is available to licensed users of After Effects 7, Production Studio, Video Bundle or Web Bundle. You will need to provide your AE7, Production Studio or Bundle serial number in order to get an After Effects CS3 preview serial number. If you don't own any of the required products, you can check out the software for 2 days before it self destructs. The preview is available as a Universal Binary for Mac and XP/Vista platforms.

The Premiere Pro preview is available for Intel Macs and XP/Vista platforms. Sorry PowerPC users, there are no plans for a version of Premiere Pro for you. I don't see any license restriction on this preview so it looks like anyone can give it a whirl. There is a big gotcha if you are running Mac OS 10.4.9. DV Capture will not be functional, and that's kinda a big deal. Adobe is working with Apple to resolve this problem, but if you want to capture DV with the preview version, Adobe recommends you reinstall the OS using your original system discs, then update to 10.4.8. No thank you.

Remember, these are preview versions so if you get into trouble there is no tech support. As a Premiere Pro to Final Cut Pro switcher, I'm curious how Premiere's entry back into the Mac world will play out.

Tags: adobe, after effects, apple, cs3, mac, premiere pro, vista, windows, xp

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

BlackCoffeeNoSugar said 12:50PM on 4-17-2007

When will they release new versions of Dreamweaver, Firefox and Flash. I really miss Macromedia.

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