Fat Sam wrote:
What’s your opinions of CS3 on the whole?
It’s fantastic… as I use a Mac 99% of the time, I don’t see the issues I’ve mentioned on the PCs in our studio (I refuse to use the PCs :P)
My main workflow is in restoring and reconstructing old damaged photos, for which I use CS2.
Do you reckon CS3 offers enough improvements or new features to make the upgrade worthwhile for someone in my position?
PhotoShop CS3, yes. For photo editors it has some VERY nice new features. The new selection tool is extremely good for very fast masking, which you can then finish up in quickmask mode. The new black and white mode is superb. I also adore the new menus and fold away palettes – I tend to work full screen (tab f f) with no controls, but with a quick move of the mouse all the new menus fold out for managing layers etc. Love it a lot.
I’ve got to say in all honesty, I’ve never used bridge. I still use ACDSee as an file management tool.
Bridge is essential for me. It’s the central point for all my work; the new version is lightening fast and the new features (zoom+compare, stackable images) are very very useful… I’m already unsure how I ever worked without them, and I’ve only had it a few weeks!
As for the rest, well, these days I seem to be doing 20% video, 30% photoshop, 40% flash, 10% web development and CS3 changed my world 🙂 Illustrator CS3 is veryveryverynice, and now it works perfectly with Flash CS3, and the new AS3 language… everything is soooo shiny, I’m seriously enjoying my work right now!
CS3, IMO, is easily the best update to the suite since… well, since it became a suite!
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x theSpaceGirl (miranda)