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I have put in a feature request in the other forum for a "Personal Settings Transfer" wizard of some sort.
Having to do this is really annoying, every time I upgrade (every couple of years), and I’m always finding things I forgot (such as my Brushes definitions, my Tool Presets, etc)
Some of these can be gotten from the old CS2 presets folder, but it’s a hassle to have to do them all, one at a time…
I’ve set actions for a lot of my functions, but there are still Many personal settings (palette positions, etc) which should be automatically updated by Adobe’s installer.
I would certainly update as many different sets of things as were possible, e.g. Tool Presets, Brushes, Actions, etc
For palettes, I would place them in the best approximate location, and then warn the user that perfect placement might not be possible…
Similar approach for color and preferences etc…
Most people upgrading would like to start "fully operational" so they can work, and then learn new tricks etc as they go along. I do have to make a living at this !
John, sorry. I asked the question as I was updating my CS3 to match my CS2, and later realised that there were more issues than just Palette positions.
Again, Adobe really should handle upgrades more smoothly, as there really are many many things to re-work, all in different folders etc etc.
All in all (assuming I haven’t missed something), it took me almost an hour to get things set up like I had them in CS2…
( I had to take a screenshot of my palette positions (on my 2nd monitor) and then hand-adjust the CS3 palettes to more-or-less match, and then load one-at-a-time all my presets, brushes, paths, actions, tool presets, color definitions, styles, etc etc etc from the various CS2 folders, then same them into my CS3 folders from within CS3 – in case there is a different format now being used… )
🙁 The only time now I feel any input worth is if I get my employer to send me to a PhotoshopWorld (TM S.Kelby) Conference. Even then, the Adobe folks there seem more interested in pushing their wares than getting any useful feedback or suggestions for improvement. Shame, really.
