@Pariah; Well now THAT’s something I personally can’t wait to get my hands on. Do you know if they’ll ship their books to Europe as well?

Thanks, man. I’m not sure about release in European bookstores, but I know it will be available at least to ship to Europe from online stores.

Adobe is feeling the presure of responding to Quark, Beta release cycles.

This could also be the first step to telling users that there is a delay to market but it is due to doing these cycles ‘making the product right for the users’ really saying we screwed up and gave impossible dates.

@Morgan; You don’t think the release of the fist beta software from Adobe ever, has anything to do with pressure from Apple/Intel, now do you?

@Adobe; Most buyers of CS3 will NOT have a CS2 licence. Larger companies (like mine) decided to skip CS2 because -let’s face it- there just wasn’t enough ‘new’ stuff in there. It’s all abou the Benjamins. CS3 however, will be bought. But WE can’t legally test this CS3 beta stuff. That’s too bad. Seduce me Adobe, please let me DL this beta with CS1 numbers!

Is this a me-too thing from Adobe? Or perhaps, on a larger level, should we expect “beta-version releases” having a bigger role in all major applications prior to their full-blown release? I just don’t remember this kind of thing way back when…

Old Fords rule!

There’s a little bit of chronological confusion going on there. Bruce Chizen keeps stating 2Q fiscal 2007. Well, Adobe’s fiscal year is not the same as the calendar year. Yesterday was their end of 4Q shareholder conference call; December begins the 2007 fiscal year for Adobe. Their fiscal 2nd quarter ends in May, thus it’s still Spring even if goes until the last day of the quarter.

I don’t doubt they’ll make that deadline. Clearly, Photoshop is well ahead of the schedule. Looking strictly at the public beta, one could estimate that Photoshop would be ready for gold master (ready for release) well ahead of Spring ‘07.

Well…um… I’m not at liberty to… Let’s just say I’ve seen it, yeah. :-)

I’m working up something about my favorite new features, actually. I’m a little behind on my work relative to Photoshop CS3 because I’ve been so deep into some upcoming InDesign, Illustrator, and QuarkXPress projects.

Coinciding with the release of the “next version of InDesign,” ({cough}CS3{cough}) Wiley/Sybex will be publishing my new book aimed at print professionals. It’s InDesign for those who are already skilled in layout, pre-press, or printing, rather than a beginners’ book.

At the same time, I’ll be launching or co-launching several new digital media projects around InDesign, QuarkXPress, and so on.

Back to the Pshop thing… I’m hoping to get an article finished up this weekend. I have to finish the first draft of a chapter and the rewrite on another by Monday.

Choppy