Who's using the new Photoshop CS?

[JeffinDEN]

I think I heard Colin say he was using it...anyone else? I am getting ready to go pick up a copy...just looking for anyone's pro's or con's on it. It looks nice enough.

[Leftseat86]

Elements is fine for me...sharpens, resizes and levels...all I need...oh yeah...oversaturates colors... :P

-Clovis

[AIRLNRGUY]

I am happy just using Photoshop Elements 7. I just bought it, costs too much. How much did you pay anyway?

[Radomir]

Haven't had a chance to really use it.... (been busy with other stuff).. but seems like handling raw files directly is really nice... too bad my raws are 12Mb each other than that, I understand there are a few other improvements.. but nothing sounded revolutionary..

[LX-A343]

What is "Photoshop CS"?

Cheers
Gerardo

[ckw]

Photoshop CS is Photoshop 8 rebranded as part of Adobe's "creative suite" package.

I must say I'm impressed by it (mind you I'm also benefitting from the PS 7 features which I missed by sticking with PS 6)

The RAW convertor is a big plus - I'm amazed what a difference this has made to the way I work - being able to browse, convert and process images with a single application makes the whole workflow much more streamlined and less of a chore - I'm also much more inclined to play with various conversion options to get the optimum result.

Cheers,

Colin

[Kyuss]

Hmm...
I'm still in the stone age with Photoshop 5.5...
Gotta "find" me a more recent version me thinks...
At least PS5.5 has a 'fade' function that can fade every action you did. Elements (that comes with the 10D) doesn't have it.
cheers...

[ckw]

If you have 5.5 then you can use an upgrade option for CS- worth the price for the RAW convertor alone. If you're coming from 5.5 there's LOADS of benefit to be had!

Cheers,

Colin

[Kyuss]

Hi Colin,

Yes, I need an upgrade from 5.5. If there is a RAW converter in there these days, it will be excellent to have. I don't like the Canon Fileviewer utility. It's too slow. I've been shooting JPEG mostly, simply to avoid the hassle of raw-conversion (and the rediculous file sizes). Only rare aircraft I shoot in RAW.

But an upgrade will cost me money, and I'm a cheap b@stard!
No tengo dinero at the moment.

But I might have a friend who can "provide" an upgrade

[ckw]

Well I don't like copying software anymore than I like someone ripping off my pics ... but in this case, I don't think it will work anyway - PS have introduced "online activation" limiting installations. Yes, there are some cracks around, but by all accounts these have some rather nasty bugs.

Cheers,

Colin

[Kyuss]

I can ask Santa...

[AIRLNRGUY]

I can ask Santa...

And you are how old?

Ok, funny story,

My neighbors kid still believes in Santa. Guess how old she is?

Ready? 15. Yep, I think it is time the parents fessed up. What's going at school for that girl?

[JeffinDEN]

I'll bet the mall Santa has fun..... :P