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Available for Mac and Windows

Work on the platform of your choice. Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 Production Premium is now available for both Mac and Windows® and is supported by a broad selection of books, training materials, third-party plug-ins, and leading industry partners including the OpenHD™ Partner Alliance.

Future-ready tools for delivery of video content anywhere

Meet today's production demands and tomorrow's challenges head on. Broad support for leading standards and formats, an open approach to hardware and platform support, a rich ecosystem of plug-ins and other third-party solutions, and the ability to deliver video content to new types of devices — from mobile to Blu-ray Disc — give you a competitive edge.

Extensive integration for exceptional productivity

Unparalleled integration between the components of Production Premium saves time at every step of the process so you can work at peak efficiency. A unified interface and integrated workflow make it easier than ever to move projects and files between components. In addition, Adobe Bridge offers new file type support and metadata previews.

No more intermediate rendering thanks to Adobe Dynamic Link

Enjoy greater freedom to experiment with new ideas without having to wait for intermediate rendering. Exclusively available in Creative Suite 3 Production Premium, Adobe Dynamic Link allows you to edit a composition in Adobe After Effects® software and view your updates instantly in Adobe Premiere® Pro and Adobe Encore® software.

Engaging online experiences leveraging new Adobe Flash CS3 Professional

Use Adobe Flash® CS3 Professional, the industry's most advanced interactive authoring environment, to integrate your video content into uniquely engaging websites, presentations, and mobile content. Preserve vectors from animations created in After Effects, import SWF files as vectors into After Effects with alpha channels preserved, and encode FLV files with cue points from After Effects, Adobe Premiere® Pro, and Adobe Soundbooth™ software.

Compositing and animation with After Effects CS3 Professional

Innovative new features make the industry standard even more essential. After Effects CS3 Professional offers new Shape Layers for drawing and animating vector shapes, an intuitive new approach to shape animation using the Puppet tool, new integration with Adobe Flash and Photoshop software, and dramatically improved performance so you can maintain your creative momentum.

Real-time editing with new Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, Adobe Encore CS3, and Adobe OnLocation CS3* (Windows only)

Now available for Mac and Windows, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 offers scalable, efficient, and flexible nonlinear video editing with improved slow-motion capabilities and delivery options. Support for HD, HDV, SD, and DV gives you the flexibility to deliver high-quality work. Use Encore CS3 to create full-featured, menu-driven standard-definition DVDs, high-definition Blu-ray Discs, and interactive DVD-style SWF files for immediate use on the web. In Windows, enjoy new direct-to-disk recording and on-set monitoring tools to produce high-quality video footage with Adobe OnLocation™ CS3.

Image editing and graphics creation with Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended and Illustrator CS3

Integrate images and graphics for use in your productions. With Adobe Photoshop® CS3 Extended software, use new video layer support to edit and paint your video frame by frame, or clone between frames. Use advanced drawing, texturing, coloring, tracing, and typography tools to create vector artwork with Adobe Illustrator® CS3 software.

Fast, intuitive audio editing and creation with Adobe Soundbooth CS3

Soundbooth CS3 lets you take command of your audio in film, video, and Flash CS3 projects with convenient, task-based tools that make high-quality audio production more efficient, even if audio production isn't your specialty.

Video production and preview for mobile devices

Use the Adobe Media Encoder in After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Soundbooth to export 3GP and H.264 video for mobile phones, iPods and PSP systems, and other mobile devices. Preview the results for supported devices using Adobe Device Central CS3.

*For Macintosh users, Adobe OnLocation requires Boot Camp and Windows (purchased separately) or a separate Windows based computer.