[RonB]

What do you think? As 3D artists do we really need this upgrade?
If you think it's the greatest thing since beaded curtains say why.

Cheers,
RonB

[bbuxton]

Maybe if you use Strata 3D.

I found the interface tweaks annoying & some stability issues. Perhaps I will downgrade to CS3.

BB

[simmsimaging]

It has it's drawbacks on XP 64 systems, but apparently runs smoother on Vista 64. Other than some laggy screen issues from time to time (and disabling the Open GL stuff solved most of it) I am pretty happy with it. My main work is done in Pshop though, so I probably get deeper into the bells and whistles than a typical user.

Just my POV, but if you looking at going from CS or CS2 I think it's a no-brainer. From CS3 it's less of a jump for sure.

b

[rusteberg]

in my opinion, the only thing worth upgrading to cs4 is Flash. completely new timeline/keyframing structure as well as the ability to create IK chains with both shapes and objects... everything else could have survived as it was in cs3.

Photoshop cs4 is like some shyster developer built a program out in the suburbs... sure the structure stands upright, but the finishes (interface) were clearly just thrown up in a hurry.... i wouldn't be surprised if the programers went down to home depot and painted the next release with Oops! (Oops, you know, the paint on sale in the back that people return because it's the wrong color)

Ron, if you've got cs3 then i'd just save your coin for that killer lava lamp you've been scoping out at the local head shop.....

[RonB]

Thanks Tom...yep that lava lamp looks like a better deal...and I'll stay with CS3.

[itsallgoode9]

i honestly LOVE it. no huge new features that make it, but a couple small ones that i like alot. the three things that make it really worth it for me:

1. Zoom at weird percentages actually works now: In all of the previous photoshops, if you zoomed in to a percentage that wasn't a power of 2, it would get jagged edges (example, at 66.7 and 33.3 it would be really aliased, but at 50 and 100, it would look fine) now you can zoom into any level and it looked correct. zoom in 87.6%, zoom to 15.2%, it all looks correct without the aliased jagged edges

2. physics based pan feature: when you pan, the canvas has inertia and keeps moving...pretty much like what happens on the iPhone...if you pan and let go, the image will "slide" for a little bit, until it stops. this is REALLY valuable for images that are larger than your screen or images where you are zoomed far into. you can pan across an image by only moving your mouse a few pixels and "throwing"

3. adjustment layers don't have a window popup: before, when you added an adjustment layer (such as levels, for example) a popup window would happen and that's where you adjust your settings. now, when you click on an adjustment layer, the options to change settings are just there. no pop up window, you just move sliders. it's nice, really.


these three things are MAJOR for me. they're all really small adjustments, but when i am working on cs3 at work, I really miss these features. some people may get use out of these and some people may never use them. but i think they are small upgrades, but REALLY usefull upgrades. Those three things alone make me love cs4

[tom]

What gfx board do you use?