For some reason there is no student discount on the regular cs4 version. So it's 599 for the regular or 299 for extended with the discount ... haha go figure? And if you are in a higher level education (i.e. college) you can get it for only $199 if i remember correctly. I bet many people pass over these great offers without even knowing it. Great though, thanks, I think I'll go for cs4 then :-)
many people don't buy photoshop. the running joke is people who actually purchase adobe software.
haha that I've heard! I'd prefer toget it"the right way"it ifI can get it that cheap :-)
I use both CS4 and CS3 (different locations) . Honestly both programs are amazing but here are some comments. CS4 has many major improvements, but also some things worth noting.
The biggest thing to be aware of is what processor you are using. CS4 is really designed for Core 2 Duo, or Quad core processors. CS4 on a Pentium 4 or Pentium D is going to be rough. I found CS4 unusable on a Pentium D with 2GB of RAM. I now use Intel Quad cores and both run smooth, although I have to say CS3 runs much snappier.
I have not run either on AMD Athlon, Phenom, or Phenom II.
CS4 issues I have are:
1) When 3D acceleration is enabled, text typing and manipulation is slow.
2) General movement of text is slower, layer alignment is slower.
3) My OnOne plugins are now spread out. i.e. Focal Point is under Automate, Mask Pro is under Filters. I liked them collected as in CS3.
4) Web galleries have been removed.
5) Images are opened in the same tabbed window, this creates extra steps when working with multiple images. I like the old way better. Tabbed is great for browsing web pages, not for working with images.
CS4 goodness:
1) CS4 Bridge is awesome compared to CS3
2) Having ACR 5 is almost worth the cost. The Adjustment brush(es) in ACR 5 run flawlessly.
3) The whole look of CS4 is very refined and clean.
4) Technical improvements like using 64bit, and RAM usage. (this is big)
5) Huge 3D improvements.
Differences aside and depending on how and what you work with, and if you have the computing power, I say go for CS4. It is a great upgrade that utilizes new and improved computing architecture. I have some issues, but indeed as I remember, when CS3 came out, I had a hard time leaving CS2.
The comp I plan to use it onhas aPentium Duo Core 2.6 gHz with 4gb of RAM. I also plan to update it to a quad core eventually. I think I should be ok right? Honestly most of those features you mentioned I have no idea what they were. I used photoshop CS3 in a class I took for half a year, so as of now I know the basic editing and layers stuff, but I'm a quick learner lol
Originally Posted by unjx
I personally like this... I hate when things are all over and an opened photo covers a minimized photo. One trick I've learned is that if you're dragging something over to another picture, drag it up to the tab and wait until it switches to that picture and just drop it in. Voila. If you already knew that and still didn't like I think you can turn it off in the preferences, no?
you are right mk, I can simply turn that off in preferences. I did not know that at the time of my post. I open many files at a time and need drag layers between files, so for me opening in tabs was bad. Good thing there is a preference for this. I also see the sense in tabs for organization and layout for certain work flows.
Cheers to Adobe for seeing differences.
There is a 4 part video on Scott Kelby's blog (Was going to be 2 parts!).
It totals about 35 odd minutes and is mostly them talking about the new features - not so much waffle as in the PhotoshopTv show!!
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