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Some people love them, some people hate them and most people couldn’t care less. But one of the more controversial and contentious threads at the Photoshop CS3 forum (see: I hope the icon is also “beta”…) has been the appearance of the new Creative Suite 3 application icons.

It’s gotten to the point that John Nack even posted a story on his blog. I think it’s a new record for comments on one of John’s posts.

Source: Macworld
Written by Rick LePage

Beta is the new black for Adobe, and it fits them well. In the 72 hours after its surprise announcement, Adobe reportedly had more than 100,000 downloads of the Intel-native beta of Photoshop CS3. As a result, the Web has been abuzz with first looks and tutorials (Ben Long wrote a CS3 first look for us last Friday.) I have been playing with the beta for a while now, and it’s been a blast. I feel like a kid on Christmas morning with a new toy.

Source: GlobeSt.com
Written by Brian K. Miller

SAN JOSE-Adobe Systems Inc. is acquiring 7.7 acres here from SJW Corp. for $32.5 million. The two public companies originally agreed to a 5.5-acre, $25-million deal in April that was scheduled to close in August but never did. In mid-November, a contiguous 2.2-acre property was added to the deal and earlier this week Adobe closed on all but one acre, SJW’s director of real estate Janelle McCombs tells GlobeSt.com. Combined, the acreage is known as the Delmas property.

Source: CNET
Written by Stephen Shankland
News organization Reuters is working with photo editing powerhouse Adobe and camera maker Canon so changes to digital photos can be detected, Reuters CEO Tom Glocer said on his blog last week.

Reuters, the news agency whose image was tarnished earlier this year when a freelance photographer provided doctored photos of bombing in Beirut, wants to ensure such changes can be found.

Bruce Fraser, noted author and lecturer, passed away on Saturday, December 16th, 2006. He was at home with his wife Angela and friends. Bruce, a Buddhist, will be cremated and his ashes returned to Scotland. Friends and family are working on an industry tribute to Bruce to be held at Macworld on the evening of January 10th, 2007.

Nothing real, nothing absent.

Not holding on to reality,
not getting stuck in the void,
you are neither holy or wise, just
an ordinary fellow who has completed his work.
– Layman Pang-yun

Here’s a roundup of resources already posted for Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta:

The Photoshop CS3 Product Page at Labs.Adobe.Com
Obtain a Photoshop CS3 beta serial number
Photoshop CS3 beta Release Notes
Visit the Photoshop CS3 forum
Visit the Bridge CS3 forum

In order to obtain an Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta serial number (to take it out of the 2 day demo mode) you will need a legit Photoshop CS2, Creative Suite 2 or academic CS2 serial number from the Photoshop CS3 beta serial number generator.

As the release of Photoshop CS3 and Camera Raw 4 gets into the wild, there are some questions regarding whether the Camera Raw 4 settings-which look a lot like Lightroom’s raw settings-are interoperable with Lightroom beta 4.1. No says Lightroom product manager Tom Hogarty in this Lightroom forum thread.

The Labs.Adobe.Com web site for downloading the Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta is live.

The Mad Doctor is at it again-producing Adobe Photoshop CS2 video tutorials.