CS3 | Drinking Through A Firehose
So I spent the afternoon putting Adobe CS3 on my machine. Generally when I mess with some new toys I can’t be heard from for like three days. I’m sure this will be the case with CS3. After the install I have been going through each program to see what’s new from CS2. Here’s what I’m digging so far.
- Fireworks | I’m glad they kept it around. I have been a Fireworks guy since like 1998. I was worried Adobe would drop it since there is so much overlap with Photoshop. Fireworks is great for laying out templates for website and for making quick Java rollover junk. Photoshop will do the same stuff via ImageReady, it’s just nice to be able to get it done in one app.
- Premier | Basically the same, just a little slicker skin.
- Illustrator/Photoshop | The tool bar structure will take some getting used to. I have yet to mess with the new magic tricks.
- Flash | I’m stoked that it is way more integrated with Illustrator. Illustrator is my baby…we speak the same language. I always hated drawing in Flash because it was foreign to me and my Illustrator stuff didn’t always work out.
- Contribute | I have never used it before. It is basically an extension of Dreamweaver. The cool thing is that it integrates with WordPress. I’m Actually writing this in contribute. Basically it allows me to write off line and then it connects with my blog and publishes the post.
- LiveCycle | Making really sweet interactive XML based PDFs has always been a specialty all to itself. With this program I can make some pretty trick PDFs without having to learn any new stuff. My brain is overloaded as it is.
