Adobe Photoshop CS4 is here!

[Pinky]

At a ridiculous price! Over $1000 in the US and over £2000 in the UK.

So it should be 'Photoshop CS$'

I won't be getting it any tme soon with a price tag like that at any rate. The trial version should be out in November :D

(And yes, I realise it was released a few weeks ago but I didn't think about making a post until now)

There are loads of new features - my favourite being the ability to view things in 3D :)

Really good article here (http://psdtuts.com/articles/news/its-going-to-be-brilliant-adobe-photoshop-cs4/).

Is anyone going to get it? Also, if you have photoshop; what version are you using?

I'm currently using CS3 Extended (of all Adobe programs).

[cloedoll]

I saw that a few days ago, insanity, eh? I can't stand Photoshop, lol. I've been downloading the trials since Photoshop 7 (I think) to see if I ever would like it, but I just can't get the hang of it. I love my Corel. =D

[Pinky]

Guessing you've got Corel X2? I used to have that :) Actually....

*digs through program files (I really need to clean some of this out!)* I do! :D Woot!

Unfortunately, for my graphics GCSE we have to use either Photoshop or Bryce or a mixture :/ That or we can just do photography. :D

[WashingtonBay]

We're using Photoshop 7.0

Don't know if honey will be getting this one for us eventually or not. :)

I don't know how to use half the tools on the one we have. :)

[Equine_Woman]

I have Photoshop CS3 Extended and I probably won't upgrade. I did see it was out but I haven't check it out really yet. CS3 has been powerful enough for me. I can't imagine what CS4 could have that could make it worth the upgrade. But I could be mistaken!

[Pinky]

CS4 is pretty good (I've tried the beta version on my teachers Mac) but I just can't see it justifying the $1000 price tag!

Little tip - go and buy CS3 Extended now and get the upgrade to CS4 Extended for free! That is...if you don't already have CS3 - wouldn't make sense buying it twice :D

I'm proably going to get the trial and enjoy it while I can :)

[KittySawrus]

I have Photoshop Elements 5.2 - that came with the Wacom Tablet. I think anything more would be way too advanced, tho I do long for a history brush D:
See, I sussed out PS enough to make my new siggy, and I think it's alrighty ;)

I might try the trial, once we've cleared out the computer :P it's way too clogged up right now.

I also got Art Rage 2 when I got the tablet - anyone ahve that? It's so intuitive, I /love/ it - it's more like real painting or drawing than photoshop. I also have Paint Shop Pro 8, that was from mum's work, pre-Photoshop.

[WashingtonBoy]

I use the whole CS3 package here at work... Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Flash, etc.

Photoshop 7 does fine for us at home, we don't really need most of the new features for what we do. Plus CS3 and 4 have system requirements that would really stretch our home computers.

One other thing... the $1000 price tag is most likely for a new purchase. Upgrading from CS3 should only be a couple hundred dollars at the most. Amazon currently has the upgrades for $200, and $700 for the complete version.

[Pinky]

Thanks for the upgrade prices WBoy :)

I looked at British upgrade prices, £1000 for the complete (which is what I'd get :rolleyes:). How is that fair?
With a very rough 2:1 conversion rate the British one should only cost £350 - instead it costs £1000! :huh:

I'm a total Photoshop addict, but mostly for wallpapers using stock photography, I'm no good at photography :D

Also, WBoy, I was wondering if you used Dreamweaver and Visual Basic (VB for programming stuff :)) at work?

[WashingtonBoy]

Also, WBoy, I was wondering if you used Dreamweaver and Visual Basic (VB for programming stuff :)) at work?

I use Dreamweaver for some HTML editing, and for its site organization tools and FTP client.

But for most of my actual coding (PHP, javascript, CSS, etc.), I use the Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm) text editor, because I like its syntax highlighting better than Dreamweaver's.

I've never used Visual Basic. Isn't that more for C++, .NET, and that type of programming?

[Blue]

I use Photoshop 5.0. IMO I can't tell the difference between the CS3 and 5.0...maybe it's just me.

[shynbvs]

So it should be 'Photoshop CS$'




haha! ur so right pinky! i have photoshop 7.0, its pretty good but it doesn't have any of the new features

[Pinky]

I use Dreamweaver for some HTML editing, and for its site organization tools and FTP client.

But for most of my actual coding (PHP, javascript, CSS, etc.), I use the Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm) text editor, because I like its syntax highlighting better than Dreamweaver's.

I've never used Visual Basic. Isn't that more for C++, .NET, and that type of programming?

So you work as a web developer/designer? That's what I want to do when I leave uni :)

I love VB :D We have covered some C, but it's mostly C++ and .NET (I'm taking a computer programming course 3 years early:rolleyes:) but for our next rotation I believe we're covering Pascal and then on to Binary (oh, the joys :doh:).