| Adobe Photoshop is the arguably the market leading | | | | are in fact a variety of different Creative Suite 3 |
| bitmap graphics editing software package. The | | | | packages available: Web Standard, Web Premium, |
| product which is by Adobe Systems Incorporated, | | | | Design Standard, Design Premium, Production |
| has established a reputation as the premier raster | | | | Premium and Master Collection. Of these packages, |
| editing tool for professional graphic designers. | | | | Web Standard does not include a version of |
| Originally created for the Apple Macintosh computers, | | | | Photoshop, Design Standard includes Adobe |
| and still popular on that platform, today the program | | | | Photoshop CS3, and all the other packages include |
| is also available for PCs running the Microsoft | | | | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended. |
| Windows operating system. | | | | One thing that you should be aware of is that it can |
| Over the years, many versions of Adobe Photoshop, | | | | take some time and effort for new users to master |
| each with improvements over the prior versions, | | | | Adobe Photoshop. This is not because of any |
| have been released. The latest version of the | | | | deficiency in the program, but simply because of the |
| software is known as Adobe Photoshop CS3 - CS3 | | | | fact that the program includes such a wide range of |
| stands for "Creative Suite 3". It should be noted that | | | | features that learning how and when to use them all, |
| Adobe distributes various collections of their | | | | does take time. It is for this reason, that many |
| software applications (the software applications being | | | | Photoshop newbies can benefit from training or |
| intended for web and graphic design, as well as | | | | tutorials - with the right kind of help, even a novice |
| video-editing) under the Creative Suite 3 name. There | | | | can learn Photoshop quickly. |