Adobe Photoshop CS3 - BETA

It had to happen, not because Mac users wanted it to happen, but it just HAD TO HAPPEN.

Adobe, known for its superior imaging software, and not known to rush anything out to the public (unlike the creators of Apple Aperture), will be posting the beta - apparently today - on their site. If you have an intel based MAC then you are reportedly about to be blasted way ahead of the old Power PC Macs on the performance curve. Good news for the dentonista and his new MacBook Pro Core2Duo!

Of course there's a catch - you have to have a current version CS2 serial number to download the new beta version. Roll out of the full non-beta is scheduled for the spring. Is there a better time to switch to a MAC?

Let us not forget that there also sits an extremely valuable and FREE download of Adobe Lightroom Beta 4.1 - a software that really rocks for those of us shooting in the RAW - at that same said download site. GET IT!

One announced feature in CS3 is of special interest and that is the ability in the new "Device Central" to preview images as "Mobile Content". Not much seem to have been published on this in the world of photography, but you can bet this is going to be BIG very, very, very BIG. Mobile browsing, portfolio viewing and sending is the next wave in professional photographic marketing. You heard it here first. I currently carry multiple portfolios with me at all times - in the form of slideshows on my iPod. How can you top that? Content on the go is the next natural phase - imagine beaming a presentation to the PDA of a potential client you've just met! Get the picture?