Should I upgrade to CS

Castagne wrote:

Hello Every one,

I have Photoshop 6.01 and Its working fine but my associates are telling me how much better PS CS is and quite frankly I need an opinion from people who actually use it on a day to day basis as to it’s pros and cons and whether I should consider upgrading.

Any opinion would be appreciated.

Jimmy

What do you currently use PS for Jimmy?

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Castagne wrote:

Hello Every one,

I have Photoshop 6.01 and Its working fine but my associates are telling me how much better PS CS is and quite frankly I need an opinion from people who actually use it on a day to day basis as to it’s pros and cons and whether I should consider upgrading.

In a word "yes", with one qualification re how fast your current hardware is.

CS does require more CPU and memory, so if your system is an older one, you may have to upgrade your hardware.

YMMV, but I think a 1 GHz system with 500 meg or more is a ballpark minimum for CS.
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Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
www.geigy.2y.net

Mike Russell wrote:

Castagne wrote:

Hello Every one,

I have Photoshop 6.01 and Its working fine but my associates are telling me how much better PS CS is and quite frankly I need an opinion from people who actually use it on a day to day basis as to it’s pros and cons and whether I should consider upgrading.

In a word "yes", with one qualification re how fast your current hardware is.

CS does require more CPU and memory, so if your system is an older one, you may have to upgrade your hardware.

YMMV, but I think a 1 GHz system with 500 meg or more is a ballpark minimum for CS.

I’ll disagree a little. CS is wonderful but I would say that 90% or more of what I do in it could be done easily in PS 6.0.1 . And of course, you need a machine that can handle it. If money is a consideration you might be better off sticking with 6.0.1 .

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Well in answer to Computer Specs.

I am running a 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 with 1GB of Ram and 120GB storage with WinXP PRO as the OS. Generally I use it for cleaning up old photos for ads which the company is doing and generally for advertising.

Anthony.

"edjh" wrote in message

Mike Russell wrote:

Castagne wrote:

Hello Every one,

I have Photoshop 6.01 and Its working fine but my associates are telling me how much better PS CS is and quite frankly I need an opinion from people who actually use it on a day to day basis as to it’s pros and cons and whether I should consider upgrading.

In a word "yes", with one qualification re how fast your current

hardware

is.

CS does require more CPU and memory, so if your system is an older one,

you

may have to upgrade your hardware.

YMMV, but I think a 1 GHz system with 500 meg or more is a ballpark

minimum

for CS.

I’ll disagree a little. CS is wonderful but I would say that 90% or more of what I do in it could be done easily in PS 6.0.1 . And of course, you need a machine that can handle it. If money is a consideration you might be better off sticking with 6.0.1 .

—
Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

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Well in answer to Computer Specs.

I am running a 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 with 1GB of Ram and 120GB storage with WinXP PRO as the OS. Generally I use it for cleaning up old photos for ads which the company is doing and generally for advertising.
Anthony.

"edjh" wrote in message

Mike Russell wrote:

Castagne wrote:

Hello Every one,

I have Photoshop 6.01 and Its working fine but my associates are telling me how much better PS CS is and quite frankly I need an opinion from people who actually use it on a day to day basis as to it’s pros and cons and whether I should consider upgrading.

In a word "yes", with one qualification re how fast your current

hardware

is.

CS does require more CPU and memory, so if your system is an older one,

you

may have to upgrade your hardware.

YMMV, but I think a 1 GHz system with 500 meg or more is a ballpark

minimum

for CS.

I’ll disagree a little. CS is wonderful but I would say that 90% or more of what I do in it could be done easily in PS 6.0.1 . And of course, you need a machine that can handle it. If money is a consideration you might be better off sticking with 6.0.1 .

Depending on the tonal quality of the "old photos," I’d say that the Adjustment>Highlight&Shadow would be, alone, worth the price of the upgrade. The new/improved File Browser is a benefit too, if you have many images in a folder. Your equipment should not be an issue.

Hunt

Castagne wrote:

Well in answer to Computer Specs.

I am running a 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 with 1GB of Ram and 120GB storage with WinXP PRO as the OS. Generally I use it for cleaning up old photos for ads which the company is doing and generally for advertising.
Anthony.

"edjh" wrote in message

Mike Russell wrote:

Castagne wrote:

Hello Every one,

I have Photoshop 6.01 and Its working fine but my associates are telling me how much better PS CS is and quite frankly I need an opinion from people who actually use it on a day to day basis as to it’s pros and cons and whether I should consider upgrading.

In a word "yes", with one qualification re how fast your current

hardware

is.

CS does require more CPU and memory, so if your system is an older one,

you

may have to upgrade your hardware.

YMMV, but I think a 1 GHz system with 500 meg or more is a ballpark

minimum

for CS.

I’ll disagree a little. CS is wonderful but I would say that 90% or more of what I do in it could be done easily in PS 6.0.1 . And of course, you need a machine that can handle it. If money is a consideration you might be better off sticking with 6.0.1 .

—
Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

If you use it to make revenue for yourself or business and you are at least moderately proficient with PS, I would suggest the upgrade due to all of the new features that professionals use. If it is just a hobby and you don’t do more than small touch up work, I would probably say just stick with a ver. 6 or 7 (price and features being the main reason).

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__________________________________________________
Leo McKenzie
www.solocomputerservices.com/scsgrafx.php

Castagne wrote:

Well in answer to Computer Specs.

I am running a 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 with 1GB of Ram and 120GB storage with WinXP PRO as the OS. Generally I use it for cleaning up old photos for ads which the company is doing and generally for advertising.
Anthony.

Your system is more than adequate 🙂 For cleaning up photos in a professional setting, CS is worth it just for the healing brush. —

Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
www.geigy.2y.net

edjh wrote:

I’ll disagree a little. CS is wonderful but I would say that 90% or more of what I do in it could be done easily in PS 6.0.1 . And of course, you need a machine that can handle it. If money is a consideration you might be better off sticking with 6.0.1 .

If you could only do 90% with version 6.0.1, then it would be very inferior.

But Photoshop from at least version 5 can do everything any serious photographer wants do do, be it a amateur or a professional. There is no need for an upgrade.

The "upgrade mentality," where it is assumed that every software program needs to be upgraded and changed serves no one but the software industry’s present business model.

Why should we change something that works well enough to fulfill all demands for a professional-grade photo editing program? There is something wrong with a business model for software which presupposes that the users have to shell out vast amounts of $$ over time in order to acquire all the upgrades. The next logical step would be software as a service, where the software we use does not reside on our own computers, but on central servers. This software subscription model is certainly the big software companies’s wet dream: To hook us up so that we cannot edit even the smallest picture without having a software subsscription.

A first step on that road is of course Product Activation. With Photoshop CS, you are dependent on the software manufacturer and the availability of their activation service, and of their willingness to activate your installation forever, in order to install and run the program.

This latter factor is the reason why I personally will never use any Photoshop beyone 7.01 until Adobe abandons Product Activation, but that is a personal choice. However, we are all wise in saying "no" to any kind of software which needs "permission" from the software company to be used. If we accept this, soon we will sit with computers filled with activation-crippled software. Therefore we need to say NO and to refuse to use such software.

Per Inge Oestmoen, Norway

Mike Russell wrote:

Your system is more than adequate 🙂 For cleaning up photos in a professional setting, CS is worth it just for the healing brush.

I have Healing Brush in my version 7.01, which was the last version without Product Activation.

Per Inge Oestmoen, Norway

pioe[rmv] wrote:

edjh wrote:

I’ll disagree a little. CS is wonderful but I would say that 90% or more of what I do in it could be done easily in PS 6.0.1 . And of course, you need a machine that can handle it. If money is a consideration you might be better off sticking with 6.0.1 .

If you could only do 90% with version 6.0.1, then it would be very inferior.

But Photoshop from at least version 5 can do everything any serious photographer wants do do, be it a amateur or a professional. There is no need for an upgrade.

I understand.I was being conservative. "90% or more". Actually I can see where the newer features would be more valuable to photographers. But I am not a photographer; I am a designer/illustrator.

The "upgrade mentality," where it is assumed that every software program needs to be upgraded and changed serves no one but the software industry’s present business model.

Why should we change something that works well enough to fulfill all demands for a professional-grade photo editing program? There is something wrong with a business model for software which presupposes that the users have to shell out vast amounts of $$ over time in order to acquire all the upgrades. The next logical step would be software as a service, where the software we use does not reside on our own computers, but on central servers. This software subscription model is certainly the big software companies’s wet dream: To hook us up so that we cannot edit even the smallest picture without having a software subsscription.

A first step on that road is of course Product Activation. With Photoshop CS, you are dependent on the software manufacturer and the availability of their activation service, and of their willingness to activate your installation forever, in order to install and run the program.

This latter factor is the reason why I personally will never use any Photoshop beyone 7.01 until Adobe abandons Product Activation, but that is a personal choice. However, we are all wise in saying "no" to any kind of software which needs "permission" from the software company to be used. If we accept this, soon we will sit with computers filled with activation-crippled software. Therefore we need to say NO and to refuse to use such software.

Per Inge Oestmoen, Norway

—
Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

Thanks Everyone for your participation.

I have gained valuable information and will seriously consider both sides.

Again

THANKS..

"Castagne" wrote in message

Hello Every one,

I have Photoshop 6.01 and Its working fine but my associates are telling

me

how much better PS CS is and quite frankly I need an opinion from people

who

actually use it on a day to day basis as to it’s pros and cons and whether

I

should consider upgrading.

Any opinion would be appreciated.

Jimmy

On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:59:50 -0400, "Castagne"
wrote:

Hello Every one,

I have Photoshop 6.01 and Its working fine but my associates are telling me how much better PS CS is and quite frankly I need an opinion from people who actually use it on a day to day basis as to it’s pros and cons and whether I should consider upgrading.

Any opinion would be appreciated.

Jimmy

I was running 6.0.1 and to be honest the ONLY thing that shoved me over the line into CS was that I bought a Canon 10D and wanted to be able to work on the image (RAW) files in 16 bit mode. 6.0.1 would do it for some stuff but not enough.

Drifter
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