Adobe will announce Creative Suite 3 in New York City on March 27, the company confirmed on Monday. According to reports Adobe will be offering around a half dozen different bundles, each at different price points and will include different application packages.

I must admit, as a Professional Photographer I am only mildly interested in the update. I have been relying less and less on Photoshop the last year. I strive to get everything perfect in the camera and typically only do minor corrections on the computer later. It’s pretty much limited to white balance or color adjustments. Apple’s Aperture excels at doing adjustments like these and you’re not slowed down by the clumsiness of the tool that wasn’t created specifically for the needs of photographers.

I’ve played around with Adobe Lightroom for weeks after every major update but its slowness and slowness drove me nuts! Did I mention that its slow as hell, even when performing simple tasks. And I wasn’t running it on a puny or underpowered system. Even for Beta software it was sad.

Adobe Acrobat has drastically declined in quality since version 6. I can’t say I have high hopes for its update either.

In all I think I’m going to hold off until well after CS3’s release and there has been enough time for in-depth critical reviews. Besides I can think of better ways to spend $500-$1200+.

[Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 launch confirmed for March 27]

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