In 2003 Adobe included Photoshop in their Adobe Creative Suite, which bundled the program with Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat, Britannica Photoshop CS3 features and tour - PhotoshopCAFE
: For the first time, users could apply filters non-destructively. By converting a layer into a "Smart Object," filters could be adjusted or removed at any time without permanently altering the original pixels. Quick Selection Tool
: Adobe has officially retired CS3. The activation servers were shut down in 2017. Installation Issues
CS3 introduced several features that are now considered industry standards: Smart Filters
: These tools streamlined the creation of panoramas and composite images by automatically matching perspective and blending exposures across multiple layers.
