Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Hassmeister]

A friend gave me an Adobe "Photoshop" CS5 software disc to load.... (not been used yet).
I currently have Adobe CS3 creative suite.
Will I have challenges with the newer Photoshop running with my older illustrator and InDesign?

Thanks,

Erik

[chubbychynk]

No

[jamestown478]

nope you can work back and forth pretty easily.

[eskimopunk]

Why not just 'get' the whole creative suite?

[Hassmeister]

Why not just 'get' the whole creative suite?

Send me the moolah and i will do it. The P.S. was free. I'm cheap.

[Ryan_T]

It'll work fine across versions.

I'm curious about the upcoming CS5 Extended with new tools and algos.

[eskimopunk]

Send me the moolah and i will do it. The P.S. was free. I'm cheap.

By "get" I meant by not paying lol.












































































Torrent that shit.

[ataylor]

tried the content aware fill for the first time last week actually. Hadn't had a job that needed it until then.

Shit blew my mind. I literally said out-loud: "That was way too easy."

[eskimopunk]

Yeh but it doesn't work so perfectly every time. Definitely lowers the load though.

[Ryan_T]

tried the content aware fill for the first time last week actually. Hadn't had a job that needed it until then.

Shit blew my mind. I literally said out-loud: "That was way too easy."

It's black magic.

[OverSpun]

Cs5 can open CS - 4 versions.

I've used my files on other computers, and having Ai files needed for graphic printing.


I still only have cs3 though, but i didn't want to buy the new one, but im sure it's way better.

[Hassmeister]

It'll work fine across versions.

I'm curious about the upcoming CS5 Extended with new tools and algos.

Tell me more.

[Ryan_T]

PS CS5 Extended

[Hassmeister]

PS CS5 Extended

WOW!

[OverSpun]

If I was a student still I'd buy the whole setup makes it way cheaper.

[JA4]

If I was a student still I'd buy the whole setup makes it way cheaper.

not that much cheaper. I haven't paid for a single adobe product since becoming a designer. Obviously the one at work is the original, but for my home computers... ahhh

[Ryan_T]

I'd say that the entire suite is worth paying for if you make money off of it.

[Alkivar]

I'd say that the entire suite is worth paying for if you make money off of it.

bullshit... seriously... the pricing for the master suite is retarded.

not to mention i dont know many pros who use every app in the bundle:

What's inside:
Photoshop® CS5 Extended
Illustrator® CS5
InDesign® CS5.5
Acrobat® X Pro
Flash® Catalyst® CS5.5
Flash Professional CS5.5
Flash Builder® 4.5 Premium Edition
Dreamweaver® CS5.5
Fireworks® CS5
Contribute CS5
Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5.5
After Effects® CS5.5
Adobe Audition® CS5.5
Adobe OnLocation™ CS5
Encore® CS5
Bridge CS5
Device Central CS5.5
Media Encoder CS5.5

acrobat, photoshop, illustrator, flash, dreamweaver, and premiere are about the only apps actually used by most people who buy the suite... almost no one uses Audition or Contribute.

[matt@oCarbon]

If I was a student still I'd buy the whole setup makes it way cheaper.

Student version sucks, no ability to upgrade. Better off just biting the bullet on the first go around and getting cheaper upgrades in the future.

bullshit... seriously... the pricing for the master suite is retarded.

If you have the skills to use every program in the suite effectively, its not retarded. People that use these programs make hundreds of thousands of dollars off them if they know what they are doing.

not to mention i dont know many pros who use every app in the bundle

Most pros specialize, and are very good at 2 instead of being average at 15.

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Adobe runs specials all the time. I picked up this a few weeks ago for $299. Full retail version. Lightroom was like $100 recently (down from $300). Just gotta keep your eyes open.

[Alkivar]

Most pros specialize, and are very good at 2 instead of being average at 15.

thats sort of my point... unless you own a company and have several creative people working under you there is no reason to buy the whole suite.

Ryan was saying buying the whole suite makes sense and i'm saying buying one or two apps makes more sense.

[matt@oCarbon]

thats sort of my point... unless you own a company and have several creative people working under you there is no reason to buy the whole suite.

Ryan was saying buying the whole suite makes sense and i'm saying buying one or two apps makes more sense.

I think ryan's point was if you are making money off the whole suite, its worth paying for. creative companies that have several people working under them are not worried about the price point of master suite. they get good bulk pricing as well.

[JA4]

I'd say that the entire suite is worth paying for if you make money off of it.

I see what you're saying, but I rarely do work at home nowadays and if I did I always just to do the base at home and finish it off at work. Or if it's something freelance, what I have at home is sufficient enough to support the kind of work that I need to do. I have CS3 and CS4 at home and CS5 at work.

[ataylor]

you could also write off the expense on your taxes, as a freelancer

but im still not paying for it

if i didn't have a choice, i'd pay.. there's no real alternative, but it's just too easy to get the entire thing cracked and running. I have full CS5 at home, we have CS3 at work

[Hassmeister]

I have Cs3. So I have lost out on upgrading to Cs4... cause our company is too cheap. Upgrades are normally cheaper correct? Whereas I'd have to buck up and get the entire Cs5 suite out of sequence.

[matt@oCarbon]

I have Cs3. So I have lost out on upgrading to Cs4... cause our company is too cheap. Upgrades are normally cheaper correct? Whereas I'd have to buck up and get the entire Cs5 suite out of sequence.

You can upgrade from Photoshop CS2, CS3, or CS4 to CS5 for $199. Adobe doesn't force you to get every upgrade. Their pricing and policies are very reasonable.

[Übermensch]

You can upgrade from Photoshop CS2, CS3, or CS4 to CS5 for $199. Adobe doesn't force you to get every upgrade. Their pricing and policies are very reasonable.

This.

I made the leap from CS2 -> CS5 earlier this year.

[Hassmeister]

You can upgrade from Photoshop CS2, CS3, or CS4 to CS5 for $199. Adobe doesn't force you to get every upgrade. Their pricing and policies are very reasonable.

How much is the whole suite?

[Alkivar]

How much is the whole suite?

the latest CS master suite is around $2800 retail

[eskimopunk]

^ Like others said, it's only worth the $$$ if you're making $$$$$$$ by using it.

What's inside:
Photoshop® CS5 Extended
Illustrator® CS5
InDesign® CS5.5
Acrobat® X Pro
Flash® Catalyst® CS5.5
Flash Professional CS5.5
Flash Builder® 4.5 Premium Edition
Dreamweaver® CS5.5
Fireworks® CS5
Contribute CS5
Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5.5
After Effects® CS5.5
Adobe Audition® CS5.5
Adobe OnLocation™ CS5
Encore® CS5
Bridge CS5
Device Central CS5.5
Media Encoder CS5.5

Bold = What I use every day.
Italics = What I use on occasion.

I prefer TextEdit to Dreamweaver And Apple's Finder to Bridge. Bridge is slow as fuck.

[Alkivar]

^ Like others said, it's only worth the $$$ if you're making $$$$$$$ by using it.

What's inside:
Photoshop® CS5 Extended
Illustrator® CS5
InDesign® CS5.5
Acrobat® X Pro
Flash® Catalyst® CS5.5
Flash Professional CS5.5
Flash Builder® 4.5 Premium Edition
Dreamweaver® CS5.5
Fireworks® CS5
Contribute CS5
Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5.5
After Effects® CS5.5
Adobe Audition® CS5.5
Adobe OnLocation™ CS5
Encore® CS5
Bridge CS5
Device Central CS5.5
Media Encoder CS5.5

Bold = What I use every day.
Italics = What I use on occasion.

I prefer TextEdit to Dreamweaver And Apple's Finder to Bridge. Bridge is slow as fuck.

i'm actually surprised you use Contribute. its not really compatible with many of the content management systems out there.

and as for Audition... i'm stunned that you use it... most professionals doing multitrack audio editing are using Alsihad (Pro Tools for those who dont know the nickname)

[vintagespin]

What is this CS5.5 bullshit

[Alkivar]

latest update pack.

more in depth: http://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cs5-...h-product.html

[ericw.]

my macbook pro has CS4 master collection installed and CS5 master collection (both paid for) and they run fine back to back. You'll run into problems if you have photoshop CS4 and photoshop CS5 installed and you remove one of them, it'll remove required files for both.

[ataylor]

damn the updates in 5.5 look pretty good for dreamweaver

[Hassmeister]

the latest CS master suite is around $2800 retail

I'll just get InDesign and Illustrator on top of the Photoshop I have. I truly wouldn't use all the rest.

[vintagespin]

latest update pack.

more in depth: http://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cs5-...h-product.html

Hmm... After Effects updates look pretty good, but all the other updates are shit I don't use anyway. Seeing as how I just bought CS5 last June, I'll probably be fine until CS7.

[Ryan_T]

Content aware needs to be more aware, then again, it's already borderline witchkraft.

[ataylor]

One thing I can't fucking believe Windows does do properly, is show you .psd thumbnails in the Windows Explorer.

How many years has this format been around? As long as PDF, I think. And OSX is able to preview these .psd files in the Finder - has for years!

Yet when you go to open something from within Photoshop, or if you use the Windows Explorer to go find a .psd, ai, etc file - you're left trying to use the file name and the tiny preview box (that only shows once you click on a thumbnail) to find what you're looking for.

If you save 2-3 versions of graphics in different sizes.. this becomes a fucking pain in the ass. Just another thing about Windows that no one is going to remember during an argument of OSX vs Windows, but exists as one of a billion stupid flaws of MS's operating systems.

But Alas, here's a 3rd party solution:
http://mysticcoder.net/mysticthumbs.html

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[JA4]

But Alas, here's a 3rd party solution:
http://mysticcoder.net/mysticthumbs.html
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LOL welcome to 2011, Microsoft?

I love the fact that I can watch a movie on finder without having to open a single program. (IF I wanted to)

[ataylor]

LOL welcome to 2011, Microsoft?

I love the fact that I can watch a movie on finder without having to open a single program. (IF I wanted to)

<3 OSX space bar :)