In the largest product launch in their history, Adobe have officially announced the arrival, pricing and shipping dates of the new Creative Suite 3 (CS3)

6 new configurations of CS3 include Design Premium (US$1799), Design Standard (US$1199), Web Premium (US$1599), Web Standard (US$999), Production Premium (US$1699) and Master Collection (US$2499). These 6 configurations consist of up to 12 software applications. Of course, each application is also available as a stand alone package.

As previously mentioned, Photoshop CS3 comes in 2 flavors, with Photoshop CS3 available for US$649 (upgrade price from US$199) and Photoshop CS3 Extended available for US$999 (upgrade price from US$349).

Shipping of the new products will commence on April 20.