Adobe Photoshop CS Upgrade (Mac)

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From: Adobe
Category: Software

Buy New: $449.00

New (1) Used (3) from $167.89

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

2 reviews
Sales Rank: 5426

Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Macintosh, Mac Os X
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard - Upgrade
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Macintosh
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 3.7 x 3.1 x 0.8

MPN: 23101784
UPC: 718659340063
EAN: 0718659340063
ASIN: B0000DBOAT

Release Date: October 24, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Improved file management, new design possibilities, and a more intuitive way to create for the Web
•	Support for 16-bit images, digital camera raw data, and non-square pixels
•	Create or modify photos using painting, drawing, and retouching tools
•	Customized workspace; save personalized workspace and tool settings; create customized shortcuts
•	Unparalleled efficiency--automate production tasks with built-in or customized scripts

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Upgrade only; previous installation required Shadow & highlight correction improves the contrast of over- or underexposed image areas - along with more precise editing & retouching tools for 16-bit images Design your own typography by placing text on a path or within a shape Customize keyboard shortcuts to keep your favorite features at your fingertips Full support for Flash(.swf) files -- create them in ImageReady, along with vector art & variable text

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars

Adobe makes a great product February 21, 2004
Jeannine Mccann (New York)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful

This is a very nice, relatively smooth upgrade, I haven't had any major issues. The new filters pallette is very nice to work with - it saves a good amount of time allowing you to apply mulitple transformations within one window.

The isues that I have had:

- it does crash in XP when using the right mouse click to "open file with"...it works much better if the program is opened first and then the file is opened ...I haven't upgraded my Mac yet, so I'm not sure if the situation with be the same on the OSX platform.

- this is very minor but the pixel aspect ratio is set for video when I open a Bitmap-TIFF ...it's a file type that the computer somehow sees as a preview for video, but it's a simple fix - just change the pixel aspect ration view back to square ...I must admit the first time it happened and my image loaded looking all squished, I got that curious dog look on my face, cocked my head to the side wondering "what the heck is this?"

- Some of my files which are 250MB working in 7.0 seem to be exploding to 400MB in CS... this is something which I haven't been able to trace or figure out just yet, but it does cause significant problems for working speed ...I only have 1.3GB of RAM which is fine for a 250MB drawing but not sufficient for a 400MB drawing. I'll have to delve deeper into the software to see if I can figure this one out.

Overall, it seems like a fine upgrade, but as with most upgrades there are some issues/surprises when you make the switch.

5 out of 5 stars Great Upgrade for Digital Photographers October 3, 2003
Canonshooter (Hoffman Estates, IL United States)
Adobe's newest release of Photoshop, is great news for digital photographers amongst others. This version now brings 16-bit suport to Photoshop. That means that we can now work with RAW camera files with full support of most Photoshop tools. The changes are more behind the scenes than they are cosmetic. Being able to customize your own keyboard shortcuts is a big timesafer. You can't go wrong with this upgrade!