Photoshop :: PSCS3 Is It An Upgrade Or A Downgrade?
Apr 30, 2007
in PSCS3 I am now unsure as to weather or not it is worth it to upgrade. I will probably be getting mine (CS3 Web Premium) today and I am thinking about not installing it but sending it back. I have a very nice working full PSCS2 suite and have been using the no-expire PSCS3 beta and from what I have read so far the new version has a lot of problems. If I install it as an upgrade, I don't think I will be able to use CS2 anymore and I don't want my PS to keep crashing and posing new problems when my CS2 is fine. So I am now stuck with this dilemma... keep it and hope they send out patches and fix the errors or just send it back and wait till they fix the errors. I have not heard any good things about CS3 so far and also they changed a lot of the shortcuts, not sure why as we all are used to the ones that they already had? I don't want to spend all this money only to have crashes, loss of work, aggregation and be wishing I had waited. So far the upgrade seems like a downgrade...
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Jan 31, 2009
I will post this on both the Bridge and Ps User-to-User forums as it applies to both.
I have PsCS3 and PsCS4 installed side by side in the default folders assigned by Adobe but have shifted my Bridge CS4 Cache (containing all the thumbnails and previews) from C:Documents and Settingsetc to a subfolder within My Documents, which I had previously moved to my F: drive - my main data drive.
I have found Bridge CS4 to be much more stable than Bridge CS3. Additionally, Bridge CS4 has certain features which make it more attractive and easier to use than Bridge CS3. I want to use Bridge CS4 in conjunction with PsCS3 until Adobe has sorted out the problems with PsCS4 - which at the moment is simply unuseable on my rather old and humble system. Code:
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Jan 31, 2008
with Photoshop CS3 on XP-Pro and would really like to learn if there is some why to get it to work as well as PSCS2 (9.0.2)?
Example: I open a white canvas 20x 30" @ 300ppi. On this I 'Place' 4 small websized (400x600px) images as 'Smart Objects' and then add a layer mask to each (a 154mb image when open). Even as I'm placing the 3d image PS10.0.1 is slowing to a crawl and the scratch file has already grown to 6.3GB. Add a few layer masks and the whole thing becomes unusable. PS freezes with "Not Responding" and then 20 or so seconds later it recovers with a scratch disk that's grown by another GB. Every time I move an image around on the canvas PS freezes again. FINALLY after about 5 minutes of poking at the thing the scratch file maxes out at 8.56GB and I can then do what I want with the image and CS3 starts to perform in an acceptable fashion. If I 'purge' the cache I'm right back to the staggered performance. Same image on my laptop behaves the same and scratch file grows to 9GB.
Same image in CS2 (PS9.0.2) opens immediately, performance is right there ready to go. I can do whatever I want, as fast as I wish, and PS9 just keeps up. The scratch file maxes out at around 1.5GB.
I'm running an Intel mobo with an E6600 Quad, 4GB RAM that I run with and without the 3/GB switch (via a boot menu). Main drive is a 10k Raptor and I have two 15k Atlas SCSI drives, one empty one dedicated as PS's scratch disk. History states is set to 10 and cache to 6. This is otherwise a very fast PC that pretty well matches Mac dual Xeon's performance in the Driver Heaven Photoshop benchmark test (I was curious <g>). So why is PS-CS3 so darn Pokey :-((
I really don't know where to start with fixing this as the same behaviour occurs on other computer's I've tried it on. I have not yet seen PSCS3 perform well on ANY PC I've tried it on. Does CS3 always create such HUGE scratch files compared to CS2? Is everyone just living with this sort of performance and accepting it as the price for getting the new features? Other posts here seem to point to a 'networked printer set as the default' issue. Did that, didn't help. And if that were so easy then it would seem like something begging for a small patch from Adobe to fix it. Lots of pros out there with networked printers..
I now shoot with both a D300 and D3 so I have to use BridgeCS3+ACR if I want to continue that preferred workflow. But processing in BridgeCS3 and then working in CS2 is frustrating. Except for very basic chores I'm finding PS10 to be unusable.
Is there anything I can pull out of PS10 to get it to be more lean and mean?
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Jun 6, 2009
using ImageReady for animations, trying to use the animation palette in PSCS3 isn't as friendly to me. I have a 5 layer PSD file. I have opened up the animation palette. I set the tween between the images (can't you select the first frame, the last frame, set the tween and it will insert between ALL 5 frames (not wiping out frames two through 4)?) and now am stumped. How do I save the animation as an animated gif file? If I am going to take the file into Flash, can I just use the animated psd file?
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Feb 21, 2012
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I own Photoshop CS6 at home, but have been hired to do some work at a client site where they are still on CS5. I would very much like to bring my extensively customized brushes with me (and the client is eager for me to do so), but I keep getting an error that the brush file is incompatible with CS5.
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Is there any way to migrate these brushes to a CS5 install?
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Aug 31, 2005
I currently use 6.0, I typically only scratch the surface of that version. I'll take an existing image or photograph, add layers above and below, use opacity on the various layers, add text and various basic effect filters (eg. blur) and the occasional color gradient and balance edits. Then, I save the original layered psd file for future reference and export additional copies as gif's and jpg's. How much of this can I do in Elements?
will I be able to open 6.0 psd's and work with them as normal in Elements?
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Mar 24, 2008
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Jun 7, 2008
I have been running PSCS3 for quite a while. I just installed it into a new system. Just about every time I try to shut it down, it takes 5 minutes or more to shut. Often I need to use the task manager to close and it takes several attempts to close.
FWIW, Bridge CS3 can have the same problem.
I have 3 GB RAM. 3.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core.
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May 27, 2008
trying to import video to layers by going >file>import>video frames to layers... then selecting my avi file, an options box then appears but the preview area is blank and when i look in my layers window all the layers (500) are blank!
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Jun 23, 2012
If I have PS CS3 extended version and want to upgrade to PS CS6, can I buy the PS CS6 standard upgrade and "downgrade" from extended to standard version?
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May 1, 2012
Due to certain issues with freshly released 2013, new licenses I need to downgrade - to use with 2012. I asked via support and subscription and the answer was to use "Partner Center" for that. Since I'm the end user (not a partner), I have no access to that. What do I do?
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Nov 25, 2013
I'm running Windows 7 Professional. After updating to the latest version, the app crashes on startup with the message "adobe illustrator CC has stopped working". I need to be able to continue work on projects, so I need to downgrade to a version of Illustrator that will work.
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Aug 20, 2008
I just upgraded to Photoshop CS3
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Feb 21, 2012
nstall of CS2 on my Win7 64bit machine and in the process I find that CS2 is no longer supported, (no big surprise,) and CS2 may have issues with 64bit.Â
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I only really use Photoshop, so I'm thinking maybe I should look at why I should or shouldn't upgrade. (Amazon has the upgrade @ $153.xx USD or something like that at the moment.)
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I do original art, inputting drawings and manipulating them in Photoshop, as well as working with digi photos. Worth the upgrade?What's new that I should be aware of?Â
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Oct 21, 2013
I have CS3 and ultimately want to upgrade. In the short term, I need to deactivate the computers that previously had CS3 on them. I don't even have the computers anymore. I will then just reload my existing copy of CS3, get it re-established and move on from there. What is the simple way to do this?Â
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May 18, 2013
I have a Photoshop CS3 license that I have not used in a while. Now I'm finding out that I may have neglected it too long, what with this "cloud" bidness. Can I upgrade this license to CS6? If so, where and how? Or am I stuck with buying the full install?
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May 28, 2013
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May 22, 2013
I have Photoshop CS5 and want to upgrade to CS6. However, I don't want the Creative Cloud version. (I don't want to have to pay a monthly or annual fee!) I want to pay the one-time "lifetime" license fee. Where do I go to do this? How much will it cost? Or is this no longer an option?
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Sep 12, 2012
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Nov 6, 2012
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Jun 14, 2012
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May 11, 2013
I use both Illustrator CS4 and Photoshop CS4 for my occasional, personal use. I am running OSX 10.5.8. (Yes, I know both are ancient). I have just purchased a new Mac running 10.9. I would like to put both my ai and ps CS4 on my new machine.
Note: I am willing to purchase new software and/or upgrades, however I am not willing to purchase cloud-based software at a monthly charge. Again, what are my options for installing ai and ps on my new machine?
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Jun 17, 2012
I have just purchased the latest Photoshop Cs6 but I wasn't aware that there was another program. Photoshop elements that also included 3D. I have tried to upgrade to the 3D package but the trial download for elements is the same as the Photoshop CS6 version I already have so I can't get it to work.
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Sep 6, 2013
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Aug 6, 2009
to replace my old version of PS but Adobe doesn't offer an upgrade discount and I couldn't find any version requirements anywhere on their site, so I don't know if the CS4 upgrade will even work with my old 7.0,
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Jul 20, 2008
I currently have the photoshop elements 6/premiere elements 4 bundle and am thinking about upgrading to CS3. Issue is that I quite like integrated organiser/editor in PE6 and that Premiere elements is able to view and pull out photos from the PE6 organiser.
Am I right in thinking that if I upgrade to CS3, it will not be integrated into the organiser any longer?
Does that mean I would have to get lightroom as well? And presumably that still won't talk to Premiere elements?
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Jul 28, 2009
e I've considered upgrading Photoshop on my computer (I like what I have, and hadn't really felt the need or desire to upgrade), and since that time, a lot has changed. Because of my lack of desire to keep track of the latest changes, I find myself extremely confused now that I am actually looking to upgrade, which is the reason for posting this. The general idea is that I'm currently using Photoshop 7, and when last I peeked in on Photoshop, that was as straight-forward as it needed to be. 7.0 was Photoshop, that's it. Now what's confusing me is what would be the best version to upgrade to? The obvious questions to follow -- what do I need it for? Varied. I do some web design, I do some photo touchups, and I do other aspects, such as getting ready to start production on an ezine (this is the primary reason I'm considering an upgrade, as I don't feel Photoshop 7 provides everything that I need to do that), for which I'd like to design a simple spread. What gets me is what all these new variations of Photoshop actually are, and what route should I be looking to go so that it's still the Photoshop I know and love, but upgraded and with the various improvements and such? I realise that might sound vague, but essentially I don't want to have to learn a whole new product just to enjoy the features that I already enjoy and know how to utilize,
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Oct 24, 2008
I am trying to re-install an upgrade from Photoshop 5.0 to CS2 after hard disk failure. I called Adobe Customer Service who tried to help by having me rename the instmsia file in CS2 but it didn't work and they referred me here. Does anyone remember how to make the upgrade install? When I put in the cd for CS2 it says that you need Photoshop 5.5 in order to install CS2. I know there is some extra step you have to go through to go from 5.0 to CS2 because I went through it 3 years ago when I first installed CS2.
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