Note (May 2008): There is updated Adobe CS3 Icon Set that includes higher resolution (512×512 for Leopard) and several more CS3 app icons. Go to this post: Adobe CS3 Hi-Res Icon Set
Full icon set replacement for Creative Studio 3 based on CS3 retail product box design.
What’s missing is document icon for Contribute CS3 and few more small CS3 apps. I’ll do second part as soon as Adobe releases more CS3 apps to public.
Note: Some CS3 apps have custom icon applied to them. If app icon didn’t change after installing .icns files, do a Get Info on app and delete its custom icon by clicking on icon at top-left of Get Info window and hit Delete key. Logout or force-quit Finder for icon changes to take effective.
Update: Windows version ported by Eli (the-ace), you can get it from http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53728408/
truly B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!
Holy crap these are nice!
Thanks!
They are awesome.
Will you release a matching Lightroom icon too?
Great work, too bad I don’t have any of those apps!
Thanks so much for making and distributing these, Adam. I think a lot of people were hoping you would!
Top work as always.
Incidentally, you may be interested to know you have a featured link on my new site: http://elliotjaystocks.com
:-)
Wow… Truly beautiful thankyou.
Just incase anyone wasnt sure how to replace.
Cmd+Click on the application > Show Package contents > content > resources (drag the contents here)
:D
http://digg.com/software/Adobe_CS3... [Dugg] – Hope you don’t mind Adam
Your best icons yet. They look better and better the larger the screen I look at them on. The best part is that they’re perfectly sized in the dock, unlike Adobe’s normal icons, which are a bit large. I wish you were the icon design for everything on the Mac, or that other icon designers had your sensibilities when it comes to size and weight of an icon in the dock. Truly top-notch work!
AWESOME. Thanks so much! Definitely the best CS3 icon replacement pack available by far.
Great minds think alike, those look very similar to Lou’s set as well, very beautiful!
http://louiemantia.com/icon/creati...
Also very similar to this set released as well, I love all 3 sets, so much better than the default boxes!
http://macthemesforums.net/viewtop...
A vast improvement over the braindead original CS3 design, though it preserves at least one problem: distinguishing apps by nothing but a a two-letter abbreviation is design apathy. Imagine how much time Apple would have saved if they had just made icons for “iT”, “iP”, “iC”, “Gb”, “iM”…
OMG. those are awesome, especially the document icons.
Thanks!
Absolutely great!!!!
I miss LightRoom, but with such a vast set of icons it isn’t very hard to create my own one.
Thanks! :)
Wow, thank you for these they are awesome! Any chance you can make one for Adobe Lightroom. That icon look way out of place next your your awesome CS3 icons.
I want to have your babies.
Superb Icons!
Any change we could possibly see a Lightroom icon as well?
These are so sick. Well done!
Really GREAT icons!!!
Any chance you’ll do a replacement for Lightroom?
Best CS3 set i have seen so far!
But some icons (for example Dreaweaver icon and Acrobat file-icons) are missing the copy&paste icon…
I whould be really really thankfull if you fix this
OH MY GOSH… These are amazing!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
It’s stupid, but one of the little thrills I get when buying new software is seeing shiny new icons in my dock reflect my investment. The standard CS3 icons were a bit of a disappointment to put it mildly.
Alex, I’ve uploaded updated file with custom icon applied to every one of them.
Noted about Lightroom icon, I’ll do them soon when I can.
Very impressive set here! I can only dream of a windows set, or will you make that happen :) My dock yearns for these.
you are the best!!!
Very nice! Although I think the defaults will grow on me from their simplicity!
Very nice, Adam! I added a link to my blog.
These are awesome. Very good job.
ok were do i put these i know it sounds stupid but i cant find anywere to put these files for adobe photoshop
sweet we don’t have to abide by adobe’s boring icons! Sweet
this are FANTASTIC!!! wd.
these are awesome!!!
excellent work. i still prefer icons that have more to do with what the application does (i miss the glory days of the gorgeous photoshop 7 icon… been downhill ever since), but these are still 1000% better than adobe’s hood ornaments.
Thanks again Adam, you’re awesome!
Gorgeous, as always! Thanks!
I might just buy CS3 so I can use these… :O
Nice job Adam! I like these a great deal.
Impressive job indeed!
Can’t wait for the Lightroom icon ;)
These are truly amazing, thank you! I wish there would be one for Lightroom as well… :)
Awesome, outstanding creativity!
Thanks very much!
Put out a windows version…since windows pwns mac
Any chance of a Windows version (and 256×256 versions for Vista)?
Excellent work, will use them on my home computer with the CS2 PS and my DW8, and at work with brand new CS3 PS and DW :)
If anyone interested in a windows port for those icons, I have created such port, and you can find it on deviantart.com : http://deviantart.com/deviation/53...
Thanks Adam ;)
I just received Lightroom and I am curious when you will be releasing an icon for that application. Thanks.
so how can i get it to work on the XP!
Adobe shoot its own food with the launched set of icons of CS3. They are pure crap. These are nice!!!!
Wow, those are amazing. Nice work.
Look at those pingback’s :D!
Nice! Thank you!
Really nice! Thanks a lot!
Are you going to do a similar icon to Adobe Lightroom as well? That would’ve been really awesome!
Much, much nicer and elegant. Perhaps more so than the “iconic” icons Macromedia created for it’s core products.
I really like the new ones – well done!
How do I use these icon sets in Windows please?
Do I need a program?
Any chance you can make splash screen to match these?
I hope you have these ready in 512×512 size as Leopard is around the corner (October) and it will usher in new 512×512 icon sizes, primarily for use when you are running a higher DPI monitor
What a gorgeous icons that you’ve created! Awesome skill you have on icon designs. I admire your superb talents and work!
I already ordered the Creative Suite Design Premium CS3 today and will be getting it this Wednesday. I definitely will use your icons for my new creative suite apps!
Creative Suite CS3 will work much faster with Intel-based Macintoshs for sure because they’re opitized for this processors! Cannot wait to see the huge speed differences over the older PowerPC macs!
Beautiful, as always, Adam.
Anxiously awaiting your Lightroom icons. What’s the chance we could expect folder icons with the same design. I’m always depressed when I look at my Adobe folders and see they’re the same drab icons. But inside is the creamy nougat that is your icons.
Another side note: Is it possible to change splash screens for Adobe apps?
outstanding. love ‘em!
We’ve just started playing with Adobe CS3. These icons will make it that much more fun!
Maybe you missed the pages and pages and pages of discussion of the default icons. Yours, while pretty, do not solve any of the problems. Isn’t design problem-solving?
These are beautiful. I’ll be switching the default icons to these when my order arrives! Thanks!
unfortunately same featureless and boring like the originals.
WTF are that trippy jelly flows?
and: not compatible the dock progressbar (it cover the letters)
Absolutely brilliant, but can you please, please, please, please make one for Lightroom?
Daniel.
What about an actionscript document icon
merci for this realy nice icons you spend such a great produkt like adobes…
These are great! Just one thing, the InDesign extension is indd as far as I know!
If Adobe would have done something like this with their icons from the beginning. Then I could have understanded why they did those fancy boxes. But they did not… and I got pulled in two different design directions. You kind of saved my eyes :P
(and Lightroom would be the crown off your b-e-a-utiful work)
These are awesome but I would like some instructions for using these.
i love the icons a lot. im glad i wasnt the only one to be disappointed with the icons. when i saw these, i was so glad. great job Adam!
A-Mazing. So this is what you do in your spare time?
Saw your rig on glennwosley.com – pretty nice.
Thank you! These are gorgeous. You should really take over for that awful Macromedia design team Adobe has now… talk about lazy and uninspired.
Sorry Adam but how does one load your beautiful icons intot he Adobe set? When i click on each .icns file it just opens preview.
Thanks
Steve
gorgeous!! plain stunning!! best icon set ever!! :D
I replaced all of the icons in my CS3 Premium edition with these, and it all works fine save for InDesign and Acrobat, which won’t budge. I’m sure I followed the same procedure (twice) as I did with Bridge, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator and Photoshop. No problems with those ones. Any one have any ideas? I rebooted. I dragged the icons off the dock and replaced them several times. Those two icons just won’t change.
Tony, have you tried doing a Get Info on InDesign and Acrobat app icon and delete its custom icon?
For some reason Adobe applied the icon directly to icon even though they have their own .icns file.
If still not working, let me know.
Thanks, Adam. That worked like a charm.
Sweet. Did you submit these in the QuarkVsIndesign.com CS3 icon contest?
I have also made some CS3 replacement icons, but the difference between mine and all the other alternative replacement icon sets that I have seen so far is that my icons actually make use of icons, rather than the 2-letter “periodic table” style — so imagine a complete set of how Device Central and Acrobat, etc. currently look.
http://archimediadesign.com/assort...
Brett, excellent job on the illustrations. They look pretty good although I’m not a big fan of Aqua ball. I know that by adding 2-letters periodic table texts, I’m basically ignoring almost every arguments about why current CS3 icons wasn’t well liked but I want to ensure that it will be easily recognized along with all CS3 apps’ splash screen, box design, internal icons/graphics (only editable through resource editor) and everything they marketed CS3 in. Changing them to completely different design would be going against the giant tide and will not improve identifiability any more than it is now.
Adam. Thanks for the comments. And that’s a fair point you make there, but I would think that the consistent main colours used make for a clearer point of reference in tying all relevant aspects of each app together, ie: the application icons, the document icons, the splash screens, etc.
Things like the box design I would consider as a fairly low factor in the icon design, considering the packaging is never going to be seen again after installation.
Whilst I do think your icons are superb icons, I think tying it into the packaging, although unique and interesting, doesn’t work in this particular instance — but that’s purely because Adobe themselves haven’t even tied their packaging design in with their on-screen design elements!!
The CS3 product packaging, albeit abstract, has a certain form to it, whereas the official slice of square gradient adorned with two letters does not. So kudos for this set! It’s an improvement.
how do you create icons with transparent backgrounds. I cant seem to do it.
omgba!! These icons you made are so much better than the ugly squares with text…. Thanks for sharing them on the interwebs! ::clap clap clap::
Thanks for these bro, they are great… the funny part is as soon as i installed, i was so mad i didn’t save the CS2 icons, so after a fast google, i found these awesome-cons… thanks and later!
austin
Here’s a Contribute icon — tried to mimic the Mr. Betts’ icons as close as possible :
http://krhainos.tk/contribute.png
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i wish there was an icon for lightroom in that pack. that’s the onlyone i’m missing.
hello. can any one help me in changing photoshop CS3 icons in windows XP version? please guide me how can I do this. tanx alot.
Unless you’re trying to change the icon of the .exe binary or the folder — you should just be able to use the generic Properties dialog on the shortcut to change the icon.
Hi! These icons look awsome! Thanks! :)
Thank you so much! We just bought photoshop cs3 at work and I was so disappointed with the icons that came with it. Thanks for bringing back the life to my dock!
Really great job bro. Thanks for all the hard work.
Fevkaladenin fekinde olmuÅŸ,tebrikler.
Veryvery Well,congratulation.
I know I’ve already commended on it, but wow. We just got CS3 Design Standard at work a few days ago and after going the first day with the standard icons and then upgrading to your versions the next day it’s so much better to look at in the Dock and in the application switcher bezel. The detail, the distinction between each application’s icon and the general aesthetic overall is fantastic, this is exactly what Adobe should’ve done THEMSELVES. I was thinking when I saw the box art “They give the icons such a generic and dull appearance but make such awesome box art that doesn’t match?” So glad that you created these and released them to us designers for free. You, sir, are awesome and win.
This icon set is really AWFULL !!!
What about creating the splash screens for this apps ?
Oh crap! Adobe should’ve just hired you for the icons!!!
Much better than Adobe’s EXTREMELY boring icons. Thanks.
Can you make some more please? Like for InCopy !!
Always a fan. Great work.
I love love love these! I can not express to you the wonderfulness. I would love to see folder icons though, I hate seeing the old drab ones that Adobe provides :( Thanks for your efforts!
Is there honestly no person here that likes the simplicity of the standard icons? I think these look flashy, but it sure disrupts the tranquility in my dock.
Can someone please post installation procedures for a Mac novice? I tried the procedure listed by Ollle Relph above but it did not work. Do you have to delete the old ones? I need step-by-step help. Thank you. I thought the Beta version was a temporary icon and was surprised at the new ones.
very, very nice work!
any thoughts about the atrocious content icons in Bridge (server, projects, etc) and how to replace them? tnx.
Cool! ;o) Goog job, Adam…
Amazing Icons – Much better than those provided by Adobe.
I’d like to ask if there is any hope of these being released
without the letter initials of each application ? ? ?
I’d love to have these as just the colourways -
please please please Adam – I know you can do it –
many many thanks for the icons
I love these icons. They are so much better then the crappy, disappointing ones Adobe put out. Great work.
Can you please, please make replacement folders to match??
Yes sir, these are some mighty fine icons. Sure beat the heck out of the old ones. Good job, man!
Hoi! Love the icons. Having trouble getting the new icons to work though. I’ve down loaded the .ZIP file and have tried to replace DW and FW but with no luck.
I’ve even tried the ‘delete’ option on the Get Info window but now luck.
Am I missing something?
Thanks,
Dave
Hoi! Found the following on the Apple website and it worked.
Thanks,
Dave
http://apple.ca/support/mac101/cus...
very nice icons and quite an attractive site layout too
Hi, you are great… but i have a question:
Can you make a tutorial so that we can learn how to do those CS3 boxes´s design?
I would like that. Of course, if you have the time to do it.
Thanks a lot.
The nnew icons are much better than the one supplied for CS3. Had no problems installing illustrator and photoshop but, for some reason having an issue with InDesign in that it changes my document icons but not the program icon. I hope this makes sense, and can you help?
Thanks
I made a CS3 icon to complement your set.
http://deviantart.com/deviation/56...
Are these available as just PNGs? I’d love to use them on our user group site if you’d be OK with that. Very nice work.
Thanks
The best
beautiful icons, really! i’m also having trouble changing out the indesign icon though. tried to delete the current one and everything, to no avail. any suggestions?
Thank you so much!
Sorry to bother, but could we get a Flex icon as well? Again, thanks for the great contribution. I just couldn’t get over the new icon set and you’ve done Adobe justice.
Oops, I found the Flex icon. It doesn’t seem quite as good as the others, but that’s probably due to the lack of color. It seems to miss some of the nice texture that you have in the PS and Fl icons. Just my 2 cents. Thanks again.
Well…I just wanted to add my thanks to everybody else’s Adam – Fantastic work and even more fantastic that you’re willing to share them with us. Great stuff :)
Just Awsome man. Great Work! :)
So much better!
Hi ya Adam and fellow users of Adobe software… I have have the privilage and opertunity on getting my mitts on the Adobe CS3 package which came all neatly wrapped up in a four DVD box, over the following three weeks I played around with the photoshop app and found that it was indeed a far better product than say Paint Shop Pro IX. I was looking for a graphics app that would serve the main function of my web site which was to show a crear sharp image at a low res. Adobe Photoshop CS3 filled the slot just fine so it’s congrats to adobe on getting it right and to you Adam for a neat website…
Best Regards to all
It would be great if there was an icon for Acrobat that match the suite. The individual product stands out like a sore thumb.
Excellent website and downloads..
i like those icons very much, but is there a possibility to install all icons without replacing each file/app manually? would be great, thanks, roland
Can someone tell me how to make an icon replacement for those legacy icons of previous versions of mac’s Adobe programas. For example the classic Illustrator 8 file icon. Where’s this storaged?
Gee…what’s wrong with a solid block of colour with a stupid gradient and some Myriad Pro dumped on top? ha ha.
I’ve love these. And I hope Adobe fired the guy who created the originals and sent him packing back to Web 2.0 gradient hell.
They are awesome, but… the After Effects app icon is wrong. the shadow is 1 pixel down. fix this please.
ps: i’m brazilian. my english isn’t one of the bests. hehehe
just installed DW icons, really amazing !!! graet job !!!
Nice, thanks
Hello, very nice site, keep up good job!
Admin good, very good.
Hey, those really are beautiful, I was always wondering why Adobe have created those beatuful boxes and then just used plain color for the icons, splash screens and such. Anyways I’m a PC user and I’d like to use these. Is there any way to use these for PC, is there any kind of converter or something?
Any chance of remastering these at 512×512 for us Leopard folk?
Nice icons, the only set that would work correctly too. Thank you.
Beautiful… now how do I make them my icons for the adobe programs? I haven’t managed yet…
Will these be updated to 512 soon? Please say “Yes!”
u made these icons how the boxes look. did u rebuild the design or had you any screens directly from adobe? can u make a encore icon?
Love this set. I know it’s been requested a few times already but I would really like to see it updated to the leopard 512px format.
does any one know who designed the box art?
thanks
Do you have icons for encore? Also, do you have icons for the FOLDERS?! I HATE the CS3 folders. Love your stuff! thanks.
Impressive list that i find myself returning to time after time
Can I please get a walkthrough of how to install these? New Mac user.
please, please, please, these are amazing but there are just a few missing,acrobat distiller
“AD”, Device Central “DC”, mist important adobe encore “EN”, and last but not least adobe live cycle “LC”. it u could make those the set would be complete and would be the most amazing set ever!!
damm i forgot if u could also make a cold fusion one too that would be great, thanks!!
LIGHTROOOOOM!!!! LR
Mr. you are an Artist, congratulations.
I just love your icons. Thanks for your work!
Yes!!! A Windows Version!!!
One more post Adam :)
Just a few recommendations for the Windows version,
Needs
-Encore
-Extend Script Tool Kit
-Life Cycle
-And Contribute
Absolutely great!!!!
super icons,
regards marcel
great icons – the orignials are to simple –
many thanks
Nice job! I love this icons.
I just downloaded the Windows icons beacause Im a WinUsert.. But, really really good job :)
I’m using these currently :D
Thanks for the nice icons Adam!
I’m sure its good for Macs but Eli’s PC port is a bit useless as:
1- the shortcut arrow in Windows covers up the text bit in the icon
2- there is no easy way (or are no instructions) on how to replace the native iconset. There is software that will let you do this but, again no instructions.
Whilst these icons appear nice, they don’t solve the inherent problem with the CS3-era icons – namely, if you don’t know the apps, you can’t glean what they actually do without having learned the application names first.
Awesome, outstanding creativity! Thanks for the great stuff.
OMG!!!
very good
Windows Version? Or is it already? How do you install? Ty
I’ve downloaded the Windows version of these amazing icons !
It’s very beautiful !
Keep up this good work !
I’ve been using these for a little while but just noticed that now in programs like After Effects, the file icons for AI or PSD files, etc. are just white blocks instead of the colored icons they should be. I installed these via package contents and for all programs, what could be wrong?
COULD ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO REPLACE? PLEASEEEEE
Excellent website and downloads… :-)
this is soooo coool
looooking for it
and i found it
thnx =]
Thanks a ton. I never liked CS3′s icon set. Your truly rock.
Thank you so much, dude. I needed something like this so badly. Thanks for taking the time to do this; we need more people in the world like you.
Dude these icons are BOSS. Thanks!
Great icons any ideas how to use these in joomla ?
@euwebdesigns
I’m not familiar with joomla, what is it?
Fantastic icon set :D
Nice – I always did think the icons with CS3 were a little drab compared to what the products were capable of.
Thanks a lot for this sharing :).
I love this icons..thanks a lot