Photoshop CS vs CS2 What is the real differance

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Jeremy_Walla
May 29, 2005
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Can anyone please tell me what the real differences are between CS and CS2? I have been looking for this answer all day and come up confused and aggravated. I just bought CS and I wonder if I should have purchased CS2. I am also wondering if I should just bit the bullet and buy CS2 upgrade now and get it done with. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You

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Robert Levine
May 29, 2005
Where did you buy CS? When?

If it was very recent, you should be entitled to a free upgrade to CS2, but you’ll need proof of purchase from an authorized reseller.

Bob
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Jeremy_Walla
May 30, 2005
I bought it just on the 24th of this month. I got it at best buy. If you could give me more info on where to find out about this free upgrade that would be very cool. Also I have looked at what’s new but all I seem to get is what is new in CS2 and I can’t find any info on CS. I have started going through the program and comparing it to the web site but have not really found much other than the bridge browser.
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Bob Levine
May 30, 2005
Call the Adobe Store. Check the website for phone numbers.

Bob
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Jeremy_Walla
May 30, 2005
I did find a place to call about getting the upgrade for the price of shipping. Thanks for the great tip!. I will be calling as soon as I can and trying to get this. What a save. But my main question does still stand can anyone give me just a quick flash on some points that may be different in the two versions? Thanks again for the help this far!
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Daryl_Pritchard
May 30, 2005
Jeremy,

To help you find what’s new in PS CS2, one of the new features is a customizable color-keyed menu architecture that can be saved according to various tasks. One default provided by Adobe is a "What’s New in CS2" workspace which you’ll find under the Window > Workspace submenu. Once activated, all menu items corresponding to new features in CS2 will be color-keyed to distinguish them. Simply exploring the menus will help you get acquainted with the new features, although you’ll still want to read up on them as well.

Adobe’s summary of the new features in PS CS2 can be found at <http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/newfeatures.html> and is a good starting point for reading up on the changes.

Regards,

Daryl
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Jeremy_Walla
May 30, 2005
Thank You for all the help here it has been great. I was still in Photoshop 6.02 until the 24th of this month. I need to get up to speed with this newer version by Tuesday. Thanks for all the help and the info to all.
MD
Michael_D_Sullivan
May 31, 2005
CS is a great program. CS2 is even better. Do the upgrade for the price of shipping. Everything you learn in CS will apply in CS2, but you will have access to lots more functionality. For me, the healing brush and Bridge are the biggest improvements from CS to CS2.
JW
Jeremy_Walla
May 31, 2005
Great advice. Sadly I have to wait until the am as they were closed today (Monday). I am looking forward to doing this. Thanks for the info the healing brush is a great tool I have come to see.
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YrbkMgr
May 31, 2005
Here is a link to new features introduced in CS:

<http://www.photoshopuser.com/photoshopcs.html>

And here’s yet another for CS2:

<http://www.photoshopuser.com/photoshopcs2.html>
JW
Jeremy_Walla
May 31, 2005
Thats what I have been looking for. Thanks for the links.
TM
Trevor_Morris
May 31, 2005
I always find Martin Evening’s coverage of the new features to be excellent and thorough. Here is a free sample chapter from his book, which covers the new features:

Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers (Downloads Page)
< http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/pscs2/downloads.htm>

Direct Link [PDF: 1.60MB]
< http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/pscs2/download/what snewinPSCS2.pdf>
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deebs
May 31, 2005
And, of course, www.russellbrown.com now has Quicktime movies to view, ponder and explain how some of the finer CS2 features work in practise
JJ
Joe_Joe_Smith
May 31, 2005
For me, the real difference is CS2’s poor performance.

I am extremely disappointed with CS2. I have been using the two (CS and CS2) on the same computer, side by side, on the same files, since CS2 arrived.

CS2 seems sluggish, slow in responding. In fact, I can sometimes get ahead of CS2 with my keystrokes – something I’ve never done in CS.

Also, my work involves large .tif files (~500 Mb). Bridge chokes on these and won’t even generate thumbs. The Bridge update was a waste of time downloading.

I don’t even use the CS2 very much anymore, CS is a _far superior_ product – for me, at least.

So I’ll be waiting patiently for the wonderful folks at Adobe to somehow get CS2 working properly…

<< RIP Macromedia 🙁 >>

Adobe Photoshop Version: 8.0 (8.0×020)
Operating System: Windows XP
Version: 5.1 Service Pack 2
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:15, Model:4, Stepping:1 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, HyperThreading
Processor speed: 3200 MHz
Built-in memory: 2046 MB
Free memory: 1519 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 1771 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 55 %
Image cache levels: 6
Use image cache for histograms: No
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS\ Temporary file path: C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
C:\, 279.5G, 259.6G free
D:\, 559.0G, 517.4G free
PC
Pierre_Courtejoie
May 31, 2005
Joe Joe, have you tried enabling Bigger tiles plug-in?
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Pipkin
May 31, 2005
CS2 will deliver you just a little headache (until patches issues)…. 🙂
JJ
Joe_Joe_Smith
May 31, 2005
Pierre,

No, I haven’t tried that. Can you point me to some details?
JW
Jeremy_Walla
Jun 1, 2005
Thanks to all the new post here! Great tips and insights.
PC
Pierre_Courtejoie
Jun 1, 2005
Sure! <http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331372.html>

Works especially faster on images with low layer count. Try it, it’s free 😉
JJ
Joe_Joe_Smith
Jun 1, 2005
Pierre

I’ve enabled the big tiler and have been trying it for a few hours.

I can’t decide if it helps or makes it worse!!!

Goodbye, CS2…until a patch arrives, anyway.
CC
Chris_Cox
Jun 1, 2005
Joe Joe – unless you help Adobe figure out why your system is slow, your problem isn’t going to get fixed.
JJ
Joe_Joe_Smith
Jun 1, 2005
Chris,

You sure have a short memory 😉

Joe Joe Smith, "Bridge problem" #7, 4 May 2005 7:16 am </cgi-bin/webx?13/6>

That was back in April, when CS2 was released. I haven’t heard another word about it since I sent the files and details to Adobe.

My system is not slow, deficient, or outdated in any way whatsoever. It’s CS2 that’s slow and sluggish!

Adobe Photoshop Version: 8.0 (8.0×020)
Operating System: Windows XP
Version: 5.1 Service Pack 2
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:15, Model:4, Stepping:1 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, HyperThreading
Processor speed: 3200 MHz
Built-in memory: 2046 MB
Free memory: 1511 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 1771 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 55 %
Image cache levels: 6
Use image cache for histograms: No
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
C:\, 279.5G, 259.6G free
D:\, 559.0G, 517.4G free
MD
Michael_D_Sullivan
Jun 2, 2005
Joe Joe, things might speed up a bit if you turned on Use image cache for histograms; having this turned off means that PS has to recompute the histogram for the entire image each time you perform an operation.
JJ
Joe_Joe_Smith
Jun 2, 2005
Thanks, Michael. I’ll try that.
JJ
Joe_Joe_Smith
Jun 3, 2005
I couldn’t tell any difference using the image cache or not using.

Thanks anyway.
MD
Michael_D_Sullivan
Jun 4, 2005
It was worth a try.

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