Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the point some people may miss is that CS and CS2 are - to me - the first versions of PS that appear to have been created for photographers per se. And I am not someone who jumps to the latest version of anything just to jump, but I will say that CS2 is definitely worth the price of admission. On 1/31/06 12:16 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote: > I have Photoshop CS and no plans to upgrade to CS2. But I do not agree > that improvement stopped at PS 4. I think that the last big improvement > was when it became possible to do most of the image corrections and > apply filters etc. on 16-bit images. I don't remember if that was when > we went from 6 to 7 or from 5 to 6, but that was certainly a major > improvement that justified (to me, anyway) the upgrade. > > Having said this, I probably use about 5% of PS functionality for what I > do: basically levels, occasionally curves, USM, cropping, and a couple > of Fred Miranda plugins. That's basically it. > > Nathan > > Didier Ludwig wrote: >> It was really exiting when PS introduced the layers in version 3.0... >> since >> then much vapor was produced in San Jose. At least it can be said they >> found >> a way to occupy their crowds of developers and to satisfy their share >> holders. >> >> I need to upgrade my Adobe and formerly Macromedia software packages >> everytime a new upgrade is available, as my job as webdesigner and art >> college lecturer requests it. But it's a pain and costs me a lot of time >> to >> keep the overview. Admittedly I could easily do 90% of my PS jobs with PS >> 3 >> or 4. Different for Macromedia Flash where the improvement steps used to >> be >> significantly bigger before Adobe bought it. >> >> Didier >> >> >> >>> Dear "Shark" - We are in wild agreement. :-) >>> >>> (snip) >>> >>> >>>> The way to approach these respective burgeoning galaxies that CS2 and >>>> the >>>> whole CS gang represent (the entire universe as we know it) is not get >>>> all >>>> freaked out about it; but one at a time? To go boldly one step at a >>>> time. >>> >>> (snip) >>> >>> >>>> The average Photoshop user does great with using one percent of one >>>> percent >>>> of the depth of power PS has. But in the Grammer and High School a lot >>>> more >>>> than that everyday they learn another useful tidbit from one off their >>>> classmates during recess or before school when the computer room is full >>>> with photoshopers who used to be into pinball. Electronic pinball I >>>> guess, >>> >>> (snip) >>> >>> >>>> Mark the Shark >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>