Adobe has announced the unveiling of Adobe Creative Suite 3 in the country.

According to the company, the new Creative Suite 3 line-up unites the best of Adobe and Macromedia products to provide designers and developers with a broad spectrum of creative options.

Mark Phibbs, Marketing Director of Adobe Systems, Asia Pacific, said, "We are very confident about the value proposition that Creative Suite 3.0 provides to our customers across the Asia Pacific region. India is experiencing a communication explosion, and its creative industry is growing at a fast pace. Adobe is well positioned to propel growth with revolutionary offerings such as Creative Suite 3.0."

Adobe Creative Suite 3 offers six new suites or full version upgrades of 13 stand-alone applications, including Photoshop CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, InDesign CS3, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Premiere Pro CS3, and After Effects CS3.

The six configurations of Creative Suite 3 include: Design Premium and Standard editions; Web Premium and Standard editions; and Production Premium.

Each of the editions of Creative Suite 3 integrates different configurations of Adobe's creative products to serve a breadth of design needs.

The Design Premium delivers an essential toolkit for print, Web, interactive, and mobile design, while the Standard focuses on professional print design and production. The Web Premium combines leading Web design and development tools, and Standard serves as professional Web developer. Meanwhile, Production Premium is a complete post-production solution for video professionals.

Rounding out the product line is Creative Suite 3 Master Collection that combines 12 new creative applications in one box, enabling customers to design across all media - print, Web, interactive, mobile, video, and film.

The other shared features across the product line include: an updated version of Bridge CS3, the hub of Creative Suite, providing instant access to Version Cue CS3, Acrobat Connect, and an expanded Stock Photos service.

The majority of Adobe Creative Suite 3 editions will be available as Universal applications for both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs, and will support Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. The Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard, Web Premium and Standard editions will be available at an estimated street price of $1,799 (Rs 75,225); $1,199 (Rs 50,136); $1,599 (Rs 66,862); and $999 (Rs 41,773) respectively from authorized resellers and the Adobe store at www.adobe.com/go/gn_store.