Any Big Drawback to Older Adobe Apps?

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Jan 25, 2005
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I don’t have a professional need for the newest, greatest versions of things like Photoshop, Illustrator, Premeire, ect. Aside from lacking some added features, is there any big difference between current and older (or even OLDER) Adobe apps? I’ve probably used several versions of Photoshop but haven’t gotten into it enough to even notice a difference. Since I can’t miss things I don’t use I figure putting together a suite of older version is much more cost effective than buying new (which is prett much impossible for me).

But, I don’t know enough to know how far back to go! For example is Photoshop 6 significantly better than 5? Is Premiere 4 "too old"? Do some versions run faster than others?

I’m going to start doing some research on back versions on my own but any advice on this is greatly appreciated!

Tom
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Kokoro
Jan 25, 2005
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I don’t have a professional need for the newest, greatest versions of things like Photoshop, Illustrator, Premeire, ect. Aside from lacking some added features, is there any big difference between current and older (or even OLDER) Adobe apps? I’ve probably used several versions of Photoshop but haven’t gotten into it enough to even notice a difference. Since I can’t miss things I don’t use I figure putting together a suite of older version is much more cost effective than buying new (which is prett much impossible for me).

But, I don’t know enough to know how far back to go! For example is Photoshop 6 significantly better than 5? Is Premiere 4 "too old"? Do some versions run faster than others?

I’m going to start doing some research on back versions on my own but any advice on this is greatly appreciated!

Tom

I soppose it depends on what you want to use the software for and whether any newer features you are going to use.

Find out what versions other people used to make works you’d like to make.

Several artists i like have produced spectacular works with just version 5 of photoshop and I feel i have little need to get a newer version than 5.5 unless i can do as good as they have. Having said that though the ability to type directly into photoshop with the ms input method editor is one feature of newer photoshop versions I could really use.
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noone
Jan 26, 2005
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I don’t have a professional need for the newest, greatest versions of things like Photoshop, Illustrator, Premeire, ect. Aside from lacking some added features, is there any big difference between current and older (or even OLDER) Adobe apps? I’ve probably used several versions of Photoshop but haven’t gotten into it enough to even notice a difference. Since I can’t miss things I don’t use I figure putting together a suite of older version is much more cost effective than buying new (which is prett much impossible for me).

But, I don’t know enough to know how far back to go! For example is Photoshop 6 significantly better than 5? Is Premiere 4 "too old"? Do some versions run faster than others?

I’m going to start doing some research on back versions on my own but any advice on this is greatly appreciated!

Tom

Tom,

There is a Web site (not Adobe’s), which, IIRC, has a chart of the features/ changes in each version of Photoshop from release. It might take some Google’ing, but it was very complete and may even have included other Adobe programs, as well. I do not have that URL, however. In the case of PS, you can just go down the list of features and decide where to stop with your "I can’t live without this feature… " Buying legit copies of older Adobe programs might be a tougher prospect, however.

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lcm531
Jan 27, 2005
Tom,
I have never used Premiere, but as for AI and PS, it depends on a couple factors. On a Mac, the older versions run in OS9 or "Classic" which has a higher tendency to crash than OSX. There’s also the difference of if you’re using it for web or print. Some of the newer options are geared more toward web design (save for web options, buttons, styles). In my opinion, the best version of Illustrator is 8. You don’t get all the bells and whistles of CS (no transparancy, fewer brushes, filters, styles and such) but it is extremely capable. As for Photoshop, you probably won’t miss what you don’t have. The type features are great, but if you’re using it just to color correct photos, it won’t make much difference. So, as with anything, it depends on your needs. Best of luck.

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