A detailed look at the new Photoshop CS3 user interface, including the collapsible panel system, single-column toolbox, and Maximize screen mode.

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An overview of how to get up and running with the public beta of Photoshop CS3. Brought to you by Logitech, makers of the NuLOOQ Navigator.

Photoshop product manager John Nack has announced that the public beta release of Photoshop CS3 will be available for CS2 users to download within 24 hours -- in other words by tomorrow afternoon, Friday December 15. The direct URL for the download is not yet active, but it should be:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/

Are you eligible for a free download of the Photoshop CS3 beta, along with Adobe Bridge 2.0 and an alpha release of Adobe Camera Raw 4.0? Eligibility requirements are posted in an official Adobe FAQ about the release at PhotoshopNews:

The Photoshop CS3 beta is available in English only but to Photoshop CS2 users worldwide. It is available to licensed users of either the Photoshop CS2 (full, upgrade, and education), Adobe Creative Suite 2.x Standard or Premium (full, upgrade, and education), Adobe Production Studio Standard and Premium (full, upgrade, and education), Adobe Video Bundle (full, upgrade, and education) or Adobe Web Bundle (full, upgrade, and education). You will need to provide your Photoshop CS2, Creative Suite, Production Studio or Bundle serial number in order to get a Photoshop CS3 beta serial number, enabling you to activate the Photoshop beta and use it beyond the 2-day grace period.

Check back here at Photoshop Online often for more news and training on the Photoshop CS3 beta.

Huge news! Adobe is releasing a public beta of Photoshop CS3, which will be available shortly as a free download from Adobe Labs to owners of Photoshop CS2 on both Mac and Windows. The Mac version of the public beta is optimized to run natively on Intel-based Macs, which means that you Intel Mac users will experience the fast native performance you've been waiting for.

Keep in mind that this is not the final version of Photoshop CS3. It is a beta, and therefore unfinished. Adobe is still anticipating launching the final of Photoshop CS3 in the spring, as previously announced. In the meantime, Photoshop CS2 is still shipping.

I'm not certain exactly when the beta will be available on the Adobe Labs site. Keep checking http://labs.adobe.com for the beta drop. I'll be posting video training on the new beta here. In the meantime, check out this screenshot of the new user interface in the Photoshop CS3 public beta.