CS3 two steps closer to full Leopard compatibility

By Stephen Withers
Monday, 10 December 2007 05:48

Technology

Adobe has delivered Mac OS X 10.5 compatibility updates for two components of Creative Suite 3.

The Soundbooth CS3 update is purely for Leopard compatibility.

The Premiere Pro CS3 3.1.1 update includes "important bug fixes" as well as compatibility fixes for Apple's latest operating system and Adobe officials describe it as "highly recommended" for all users.

Loepard compatibility updates for After Effects CS3 and Encore CS3 are still expected this month. Other members of the CS3 family are already compatible with Mac OS X 10.5.

Users of other Adobe products may have to wait a little longer, with Acrobat 8 and Adobe Reader updates are expected in January 2008.

The biggest question mark is attached to Photoshop Lightroom: Adobe officials have so far said only that future updates will address some areas of Leopard compatibility. One interpretation is that a (paid) upgrade to a subsequent version will be needed for full compatibility.