Adobe announces CS3 packages and details

In article <46098b01$0$16552$>, Wayne J.
Cosshall writes

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings: http://www.dimagemaker.com/

Good grief, I’m still getting to grips with CS2!

David
—
David Littlewood

Frick, think they could have made it any more confusing? Six separate packages? Photoshop Extended? WTF?

My main concern is this: does Photoshop (standard) CS3 still let you save-for-web, or did they remove that ability to promote Fireworks?

-ER, who is not pleased with Adobe’s CS3 lineup

In article <46098b01$0$16552$>,
"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote:

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings: http://www.dimagemaker.com/

Cheers,

Wayne

Wayne J. Cosshall
Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/
Publisher, Experimental Digital Photography
http://www.experimentaldigitalphotography.com
Co-moderator, Yahoo Canon-350D list
Workshops and seminars: http://www.thedigitalimagemaker.com/ Personal art site http://www.cosshall.com/

In article <46098b01$0$16552$>, Wayne J.
Cosshall wrote:

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings:

why not just post a link to adobe’s site instead of yours?

<http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/>

and that graphic is um.. interesting.

David Littlewood wrote:

In article <46098b01$0$16552$>, Wayne J.
Cosshall writes

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/

Good grief, I’m still getting to grips with CS2!

And Lightroom, I notice! <s>.

CS3’s selection tool "quick" and the refine edge palette are worth the upgrade price alone.

I skipped CS2 except in class, and I do like the new version a lot.

—
John McWilliams

In article , John
McWilliams wrote:

CS3’s selection tool "quick" and the refine edge palette are worth the upgrade price alone.

for me, it is smart filters. that’s something i’ve been wanting for a *long* time.

extrarice wrote:

Frick, think they could have made it any more confusing? Six separate packages? Photoshop Extended? WTF?

My main concern is this: does Photoshop (standard) CS3 still let you save-for-web, or did they remove that ability to promote Fireworks?

Yeah, you can save for web.
Now we get people complaining that there are too many choices! I do understand the overwhelming-ness of it all, but for me, it’s Lightroom first and PS CS3 second for image processing. CS3 for everything else that’s not necessarily a photo I’ve shot.

—
John McWilliams

Does anyone know if the latest CS3 ACR version will work with CS2? I really don’t do that much in photoshop these days after working more & more with raw but I do like the ACR that comes with CS3 beta (curves!) and I’ve been using that just for raw conversions with CS for all the batch actions I got working smooth in CS1 but CS1 does not not run a version of ACR that will convert my D200 raw files.

extrarice wrote:

Frick, think they could have made it any more confusing? Six separate packages? Photoshop Extended? WTF?

My main concern is this: does Photoshop (standard) CS3 still let you save-for-web, or did they remove that ability to promote Fireworks?
-ER, who is not pleased with Adobe’s CS3 lineup

I’m pretty sure CS3 extended is just new stuff for 3D video game developers. There shouldn’t be anything missing for photogs.

nospam wrote:

link to adobe’s site instead of yours?

<http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/>

and that graphic is um.. interesting.

Yikes, that is odd to say the least!

In rec.photo.digital David Littlewood wrote:

In article <46098b01$0$16552$>, Wayne J.
Cosshall writes

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings: http://www.dimagemaker.com/

Good grief, I’m still getting to grips with CS2!

You are NOT required to upgrade. I’ve still got CS1 on one computer and the Adobe police have not yet been by. 😉

—
— Paul J. Gans

"Paul J Gans" wrote:

Good grief, I’m still getting to grips with CS2!

You are NOT required to upgrade. I’ve still got CS1 on one computer and the Adobe police have not yet been by. 😉

I’m still on Photoshop 7.

And with Lightroom, all I’m really doing in Photoshop is sharpening (since Lightroom seems to be sharpening before, not after, noise reduction). So upgrading isn’t looking all that interesting. Especially since I’ll need to replace all the books; sheesh, what a scam it is.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

Paul J Gans wrote:

David Littlewood wrote:

Wayne J. Cosshall writes

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings: http://www.dimagemaker.com/

Good grief, I’m still getting to grips with CS2!

You are NOT required to upgrade. I’ve still got CS1 on one computer and the Adobe police have not yet been by. 😉

I was happy with PS 5.5 but have been forced to upgrade incrementally for raw converter compatibility with newer cameras. And I’ve enjoyed the upgrades but do I get the whole ‘good grief’ thing too.

If not very creepy. They keep that up and more kids are going to grow up terrified of clowns.

Robert

"Paul Furman" wrote in message

nospam wrote:

link to adobe’s site instead of yours?

<http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/>

and that graphic is um.. interesting.

Yikes, that is odd to say the least!

On Mar 28, 3:18 am, Paul Furman wrote:
[snip]

I’m pretty sure CS3 extended is just new stuff for 3D video game developers. There shouldn’t be anything missing for photogs.

A description here, with some comments from photographers: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/03/whats_unique_to.html

—
Barry Pearson
http://www.barrypearson.co.uk/photography/

PS Extended seems aimed at three core constituencies: 3D people, which includes games people but also many illustrators who work with 3D files, think car images for ads, etc; and scientific image makers, like microscopists, etc, who need to not only enhance images for publication but also take measurements, etc; and video effects people.

Cheers,

Wayne

Paul Furman wrote:

extrarice wrote:

Frick, think they could have made it any more confusing? Six separate packages? Photoshop Extended? WTF?

My main concern is this: does Photoshop (standard) CS3 still let you save-for-web, or did they remove that ability to promote Fireworks?
-ER, who is not pleased with Adobe’s CS3 lineup

I’m pretty sure CS3 extended is just new stuff for 3D video game developers. There shouldn’t be anything missing for photogs.

—
Wayne J. Cosshall
Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/
Publisher, Experimental Digital Photography
http://www.experimentaldigitalphotography.com
Personal art site http://www.cosshall.com/

On Mar 28, 3:16 am, Paul Furman wrote:

Does anyone know if the latest CS3 ACR version will work with CS2?

It won’t – "plug-in incompatible with this version of Photoshop".

I
really don’t do that much in photoshop these days after working more & more with raw but I do like the ACR that comes with CS3 beta (curves!) and I’ve been using that just for raw conversions with CS for all the batch actions I got working smooth in CS1 but CS1 does not not run a version of ACR that will convert my D200 raw files.

ACR 3.x in CS2 has Curve, although not as powerful.

If you convert D200 NEFs to DNGs, (using a late enough DNG Converter), those than be opened in ACR 2.4 with CS.

—
Barry Pearson
http://www.barrypearson.co.uk/photography/

David Littlewood wrote:
: In article <46098b01$0$16552$>,
: Wayne J. Cosshall writes
:: Hi All,
::
:: Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite :: will be released in:
:: They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to :: the listings: http://www.dimagemaker.com/
::
: Good grief, I’m still getting to grips with CS2!

I’ll second that! I mean, Geez. I’ve been fumbling around with CS2 for about a year now, I hardly know what I’m doing with such a powerful and feature rich program, and now it’s about to be obsoleted by CS3? Is this a joke?

Ok, I’ll bite. What’s so great about CS3 that I would want to upgrade from CS2?

TLG

Paul J Gans wrote:

You are NOT required to upgrade. I’ve still got CS1 on one computer and the Adobe police have not yet been by. 😉

That’s only because they didn’t know. Now that you’ve posted it on usenet they’ll be knocking at your door. 🙂

—
-Mike

On 3/28/07 2:57 AM, in article
, "Barry Pearson"
wrote:

On Mar 28, 3:18 am, Paul Furman wrote:
[snip]

I’m pretty sure CS3 extended is just new stuff for 3D video game developers. There shouldn’t be anything missing for photogs.

A description here, with some comments from photographers: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/03/whats_unique_to.html
—
Barry Pearson
http://www.barrypearson.co.uk/photography/

Thanks for posting that link! All of the other early reviews that I have seen so far just basically repeat the the hazy language from the original corporate announcement. This link clearly explains what CS3 Extended really does!

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:07:54 -0700, nospam
wrote:

In article , John
McWilliams wrote:

CS3’s selection tool "quick" and the refine edge palette are worth the upgrade price alone.

for me, it is smart filters. that’s something i’ve been wanting for a *long* time.

please explain "smart filter"….. what does one do?

In article , RC_Moonpie
wrote:

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:07:54 -0700, nospam
wrote:

In article , John
McWilliams wrote:

CS3’s selection tool "quick" and the refine edge palette are worth the upgrade price alone.

for me, it is smart filters. that’s something i’ve been wanting for a *long* time.

please explain "smart filter"….. what does one do?

it is basically an adjustment layer, but for filters.

smart filters are non-destructive, and one can go back and adjust the filter or enable/disable it entirely, at any time.

here’s a demo:

< http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/ssi/iframe /feature_to ur.html>

after the intro clip plays, click on smart filters. check out the other features too.

The Lone Gunman wrote:

David Littlewood wrote:
: In article <46098b01$0$16552$>,
: Wayne J. Cosshall writes
:: Hi All,
::
:: Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite :: will be released in:
:: They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to :: the listings: http://www.dimagemaker.com/
::
: Good grief, I’m still getting to grips with CS2!

I’ll second that! I mean, Geez. I’ve been fumbling around with CS2 for about a year now, I hardly know what I’m doing with such a powerful and feature rich program, and now it’s about to be obsoleted by CS3? Is this a joke?

Nah. And CS2 is hardly "obsolete".

Ok, I’ll bite. What’s so great about CS3 that I would want to upgrade from CS2?

Probably, for you, nothing.

—
john mcwilliams

"Um, his vocabulary, like, uh, really, ah……. sucked."

Yes, thank you for posting that link! The Adobe website’s description for PSE wasn’t clear enough for me.

-ER

In article <C22FD52B.78D2B%>,
C Wright wrote:

On 3/28/07 2:57 AM, in article
, "Barry Pearson"
wrote:

A description here, with some comments from photographers: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/03/whats_unique_to.html
—
Barry Pearson
http://www.barrypearson.co.uk/photography/

Thanks for posting that link! All of the other early reviews that I have seen so far just basically repeat the the hazy language from the original corporate announcement. This link clearly explains what CS3 Extended really does!

John McWilliams wrote:

I’ll second that! I mean, Geez. I’ve been fumbling around with CS2 for about a year now, I hardly know what I’m doing with such a powerful and feature rich program, and now it’s about to be obsoleted by CS3? Is this a joke?

Nah. And CS2 is hardly "obsolete".

Ok, I’ll bite. What’s so great about CS3 that I would want to upgrade from CS2?

Probably, for you, nothing.

A useless putdown.

I’ll ask … so what is there? I’m interested in things that would interest Ansel Adams. I.e. layers, masks, burn tools, and filters and how they work.

I’m still learning CS2.

Doug McDonald

In article <YfkOh.9656$>,
Paul Furman wrote:

extrarice wrote:

Frick, think they could have made it any more confusing? Six separate packages? Photoshop Extended? WTF?

My main concern is this: does Photoshop (standard) CS3 still let you save-for-web, or did they remove that ability to promote Fireworks?
-ER, who is not pleased with Adobe’s CS3 lineup

I’m pretty sure CS3 extended is just new stuff for 3D video game developers. There shouldn’t be anything missing for photogs.

Unless you’re running an Intel based Mac, I believe they’ve gone Universal Binary with this.

Illustrator CS2 falls over *all* the time on my MacBook Pro. I’m pretty sure that it being for Power PC is the problem.

—
Justin C, by the sea.

Doug McDonald wrote:

John McWilliams wrote:

I’ll second that! I mean, Geez. I’ve been fumbling around with CS2 for about a year now, I hardly know what I’m doing with such a powerful and feature rich program, and now it’s about to be obsoleted by CS3? Is this a joke?

Nah. And CS2 is hardly "obsolete".

Ok, I’ll bite. What’s so great about CS3 that I would want to upgrade from CS2?

Probably, for you, nothing.

A useless putdown.

I’ll ask … so what is there? I’m interested in things that would interest Ansel Adams. I.e. layers, masks, burn tools, and filters and how they work.

I’m still learning CS2.

Good on ya.

I’m not here to argue or persuade anyone. Those who are interested and internet-savvy can easily find out what the differences are. I have no idea if the person I replied to is internet impaired, a troll, a newbie, an argue-er or a really nice guy asking a sincere question. I have my guess, which you could divine from the nature of my reply.

Or, you could also butt out.

—
lsmft

Justin C wrote:

In article <YfkOh.9656$>,
Paul Furman wrote:

extrarice wrote:

Frick, think they could have made it any more confusing? Six separate packages? Photoshop Extended? WTF?

My main concern is this: does Photoshop (standard) CS3 still let you save-for-web, or did they remove that ability to promote Fireworks?
-ER, who is not pleased with Adobe’s CS3 lineup

I’m pretty sure CS3 extended is just new stuff for 3D video game developers. There shouldn’t be anything missing for photogs.

Unless you’re running an Intel based Mac, I believe they’ve gone Universal Binary with this.

Illustrator CS2 falls over *all* the time on my MacBook Pro. I’m pretty sure that it being for Power PC is the problem.

I’ve tested PS CS 3 a lot on my MacBookPro, and it is way faster than its predecessors. I’m pretty sure Illustrator will also see a large bump in speed. We’ll know ere long.

—
John McWilliams

The Lone Gunman wrote:

David Littlewood wrote:
: In article <46098b01$0$16552$>,
: Wayne J. Cosshall writes
:: Hi All,
::
:: Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite :: will be released in:
:: They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to :: the listings: http://www.dimagemaker.com/
::
: Good grief, I’m still getting to grips with CS2!

I’ll second that! I mean, Geez. I’ve been fumbling around with CS2 for about a year now, I hardly know what I’m doing with such a powerful and feature rich program, and now it’s about to be obsoleted by CS3? Is this a joke?

Ok, I’ll bite. What’s so great about CS3 that I would want to upgrade from CS2?

I like the curves in the raw converter.

Barry Pearson wrote:

Paul Furman wrote:

Does anyone know if the latest CS3 ACR version will work with CS2?

It won’t – "plug-in incompatible with this version of Photoshop".

I
really don’t do that much in photoshop these days after working more & more with raw but I do like the ACR that comes with CS3 beta (curves!) and I’ve been using that just for raw conversions with CS for all the batch actions I got working smooth in CS1 but CS1 does not not run a version of ACR that will convert my D200 raw files.

ACR 3.x in CS2 has Curve, although not as powerful.

If you convert D200 NEFs to DNGs, (using a late enough DNG Converter), those than be opened in ACR 2.4 with CS.

Great, thanks, that worked with the latest DNG converter at 67% file size, even including a medium sized preview image. My laptop really isn’t fast enough to run CS3 anyways.

"extrarice" wrote in message

Yes, thank you for posting that link! The Adobe website’s description for PSE wasn’t clear enough for me.

-ER

In article <C22FD52B.78D2B%>,
C Wright wrote:

On 3/28/07 2:57 AM, in article
, "Barry Pearson"
wrote:

A description here, with some comments from photographers: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/03/whats_unique_to.html
—
Barry Pearson
http://www.barrypearson.co.uk/photography/

Thanks for posting that link! All of the other early reviews that I have seen so far just basically repeat the the hazy language from the original corporate announcement. This link clearly explains what CS3 Extended really
does!

yes I enjoyed reading that
and see that EXTENDED version will not be for me
I don’t do any video editing or 3D imaging (not yet anyway) no medical applications

that site was much more clear about the differences in packages

On 3/27/07 11:07 PM, in article
VZkOh.9668$, "Paul Furman"
wrote:

I was happy with PS 5.5 but have been forced to upgrade incrementally for raw converter compatibility with newer cameras. And I’ve enjoyed the upgrades but do I get the whole ‘good grief’ thing too.

I have PS 7 but as I understand it, when I upgrade to a Mac Pro soon, it won’t run on Intel based machines, so I’ll have to upgrade to CS3. —
Jeff ‘The Wizard of Draws’ Bucchino

Cartoons with a Touch of Magic
http://www.wizardofdraws.com

More Cartoons with a Touch of Magic
http://www.cartoonclipart.com

On Mar 30, 4:02 am, Wizard of Draws
wrote:

On 3/27/07 11:07 PM, in article
VZkOh.9668$, "Paul Furman"

wrote:

I was happy with PS 5.5 but have been forced to upgrade incrementally for raw converter compatibility with newer cameras. And I’ve enjoyed the upgrades but do I get the whole ‘good grief’ thing too.

I have PS 7 but as I understand it, when I upgrade to a Mac Pro soon, it won’t run on Intel based machines, so I’ll have to upgrade to CS3.

CS2 runs fine on one of the new Mac Pros (it’s what I use). Older software should also work fine, so long as it’s not designed for "classic". Classic apps wont run under OSX/Intel (but old G5 apps work fine). One reason to go CS3 though is it is specifically optimised for the new Mac Pros, and runs like lightening compared to CS2. Even the early beta of PhotoShop CS3 that I used was maybe 10 times faster than CS2 on the same machine at some filters, and the whole thing just much much more responsive and snappy.

I can’t wait for my copy to arrive!

On 3/30/07 5:29 AM, in article
, "SpaceGirl"
wrote:

On Mar 30, 4:02 am, Wizard of Draws
wrote:

On 3/27/07 11:07 PM, in article
VZkOh.9668$, "Paul Furman"

wrote:

I was happy with PS 5.5 but have been forced to upgrade incrementally for raw converter compatibility with newer cameras. And I’ve enjoyed the upgrades but do I get the whole ‘good grief’ thing too.

I have PS 7 but as I understand it, when I upgrade to a Mac Pro soon, it won’t run on Intel based machines, so I’ll have to upgrade to CS3.

CS2 runs fine on one of the new Mac Pros (it’s what I use). Older software should also work fine, so long as it’s not designed for "classic". Classic apps wont run under OSX/Intel (but old G5 apps work fine). One reason to go CS3 though is it is specifically optimised for the new Mac Pros, and runs like lightening compared to CS2. Even the early beta of PhotoShop CS3 that I used was maybe 10 times faster than CS2 on the same machine at some filters, and the whole thing just much much more responsive and snappy.

I can’t wait for my copy to arrive!

My problem is PS7 is classic and I figure since it’s inevitable, I might as well bite the bullet and jump into CS3. I’m not looking forward to spending an amount equivalent to a used car on new software and hardware, but I guess 10 years between Major Upgrades is an acceptable ROI.
—
Jeff ‘The Wizard of Draws’ Bucchino

Cartoons with a Touch of Magic
http://www.wizardofdraws.com

More Cartoons with a Touch of Magic
http://www.cartoonclipart.com

On Mar 29, 8:02 pm, Wizard of Draws
wrote:

On 3/27/07 11:07 PM, in article
VZkOh.9668$, "Paul Furman"

wrote:

I was happy with PS 5.5 but have been forced to upgrade incrementally for raw converter compatibility with newer cameras. And I’ve enjoyed the upgrades but do I get the whole ‘good grief’ thing too.

I have PS 7 but as I understand it, when I upgrade to a Mac Pro soon, it won’t run on Intel based machines, so I’ll have to upgrade to CS3. —
Jeff ‘The Wizard of Draws’ Bucchino

Cartoons with a Touch of Magichttp://www.wizardofdraws.com
More Cartoons with a Touch of Magichttp://www.cartoonclipart.com

I think you will like it, Jeff. It might even be perfect for the "I fought with Mxs, and Lived" t-shirt. 🙂

"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote in message

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/

I just want Photoshop and I’d possibly use Bridge. Why is there such a huge gap between Elements and full-blown CS? I hate Adobe. I don’t freakin’ need Illustrator, Indesign, and Acrobat.

Greg

"G.T." wrote:

"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote:

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/

I just want Photoshop and I’d possibly use Bridge. Why is there such a huge gap between Elements and full-blown CS? I hate Adobe. I don’t freakin’ need Illustrator, Indesign, and Acrobat.

An even better explanation is to be found here:

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/942.html

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

"G.T." wrote in message

"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote in message

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/

I just want Photoshop and I’d possibly use Bridge. Why is there such a huge gap between Elements and full-blown CS? I hate Adobe. I don’t freakin’ need Illustrator, Indesign, and Acrobat.

Nevermind. I found the price for Adobe Photoshop CS3. $199 for upgrade.

Greg

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"G.T." wrote:

"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote in message

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/

I just want Photoshop and I’d possibly use Bridge. Why is there such a huge gap between Elements and full-blown CS? I hate Adobe. I don’t freakin’ need Illustrator, Indesign, and Acrobat.

You probably don’t need many of the additional features that CS3 offers over Elements 5.0 either.

If Elements 5.0 offers all you need, why waste money on CS3?

"G.T." wrote:

"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote in message

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/

I just want Photoshop and I’d possibly use Bridge. Why is there such a huge gap between Elements and full-blown CS? I hate Adobe. I don’t freakin’ need Illustrator, Indesign, and Acrobat.

Sorry for the second reply, but you can buy Photoshop CS2 on its own, without having to buy Illustrator, Indesign, and Acrobat.

To keep the cost down, you can always buy a legal copy of an earlier version of Photoshop (cheaply, on eBay for example) and pay to upgrade it to CS2. You can save $$ hundreds that way.

I’m not sure what the arrangements are for CS3, given that there are two versions of Photoshop, further complicating the issue.

"Tony Polson" wrote in message

"G.T." wrote:

"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote in message

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/

I just want Photoshop and I’d possibly use Bridge. Why is there such a huge
gap between Elements and full-blown CS? I hate Adobe. I don’t freakin’ need Illustrator, Indesign, and Acrobat.

You probably don’t need many of the additional features that CS3 offers over Elements 5.0 either.

If Elements 5.0 offers all you need, why waste money on CS3?

As far as I know you still can’t create actions with Elements. I think that’s the last reason I won’t move back to it.

Greg

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"G.T." wrote:

"Tony Polson" wrote in message

"G.T." wrote:

"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote in message

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/

I just want Photoshop and I’d possibly use Bridge. Why is there such a huge
gap between Elements and full-blown CS? I hate Adobe. I don’t freakin’ need Illustrator, Indesign, and Acrobat.

You probably don’t need many of the additional features that CS3 offers over Elements 5.0 either.

If Elements 5.0 offers all you need, why waste money on CS3?

As far as I know you still can’t create actions with Elements. I think that’s the last reason I won’t move back to it.

OK, then think about buying an earlier version of Photohop and upgrade to Photoshop CS2/CS3 (not the full Creative Suite) from that.

Tony Polson wrote:

"G.T." wrote:

"Tony Polson" wrote in message

"G.T." wrote:

"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote in message

Hi All,

Adobe’s announced all the different packages the CS3 suite will be released in:
They are the first seven press releases if you scroll down to the listings:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/

I just want Photoshop and I’d possibly use Bridge. Why is there such a huge
gap between Elements and full-blown CS? I hate Adobe. I don’t freakin’ need Illustrator, Indesign, and Acrobat.

You probably don’t need many of the additional features that CS3 offers over Elements 5.0 either.

If Elements 5.0 offers all you need, why waste money on CS3?

As far as I know you still can’t create actions with Elements. I think that’s the last reason I won’t move back to it.

OK, then think about buying an earlier version of Photohop and upgrade to Photoshop CS2/CS3 (not the full Creative Suite) from that.

That’s the plan. I had trouble finding the standalone Photoshop CS3 so thought Adobe had gone to suites only, hence my bitch.

Greg

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