5 stars (great update) - The improvemnet from the first cs is very good, for one it loads faster, and that in itself is worth the money to upgrade. i havent yet explored the other new features, but I trust adobe. 5 stars (Use only for stand alone PSCS upgrade) - If you use Adobe Creative Suite CS, this is not the upgrade for you. You will need to purchase an entire Suite upgrade. You cannot upgrade only the Photoshop CS application within the Suite. But, Photoshop is a fantastic program that works more smoothly than the operating system underwhich it works. With a couple of plugins from Photokit, it is the best thing for a digital photographer who wants to make dramatic, beautiful prints. 3 stars (Caution to Creative Suite CS users trying PhotoshopCS2 upgrade) - I already know the fabulous new features of Photoshop CS2. I have Creative Suite CS Premium. I purchased this upgrade for Photoshop to gain the new features. After several attempts in trying to install this software, I called Adobe, only to learn that this Photoshop CS2 upgrade does NOT work with the full version of Creative Suite CS....period !!! No where on their packaging is there such a caution. It says it is compatable with all versions of Photoshop. Funny...I have Photoshop CS in my Creative Suite Premium package...but guess what??....so what....it don't work !!!! I've waisted $140.00, and am not gonna spend $744.00 for Creative Suite CS2 Upgrade !!!!!! ... Adobe :: desk top publishing :: desktop publishing :: Professional Design :: Graphics (Graphic) :: Edit (Editing) :: Illustration (Illustrated) :: Multimedia :: Architecture :: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Upgrade from Photoshop
5 stars (CS2 photoshop) - I have not have time to really work with it yet, but what I have worked with is awesome. 5 stars (It's worth the upgrade!) - I upgraded to the new Adobe Photoshop CS2 and found it was worth the money. The Bridge, takes the place of the old browser, is fantastic. The new vanishing point grid is cool. And if you're a photographer who uses RAW images this is the way to go. You are able to edit right in the Bridge without even opening Photoshop. I've only had my copy for a couple of weeks and already it's comfortable to use. The application gives you links to online tutorials. Very informative. 4 stars (Product good. Company bad.) - I'm an avid Photoshop user. I'm even a member of the NAPP. I use Adobe Photoshop every day in my work becuase it's great for everything from television produciton to web design to making your ex-girlfriend look like she has a huge nose. So I'm already a raving fan, and when CS2 was announced I was on it. Where I have a problem is with Adobe itself. First, when I recieved my upgrade I tried to install it but ran into a problem. It wouldn't accept my previous version, nor would it accept the serial number. A bit put out, I called Adobe. Here's where problem number two came in - they wouldn't even talk to me until I paid $40 for tech support! I'm a small business owner. If I treated my clients with this sort of contempt I'd be flipping burgers or selling blood to make a living. But what do you do when a faceless corporation initiates a policy designed to cut down their own costs for technical support by placing the burden on their own customers? The next slap in the face came when I finally got through to tech support. The reason my serial number wouldn't work was because I had been foolish enough to purchase the Adobe Creative Suite as a full package. The copy of Photoshop CS that I had wasn't a stand-alone copy, it was part of a package. In order to use the upgrade I would have to have a full ve... Adobe :: adobe :: photoshop :: cs2 :: upgrade :: from :: photoshop :: [any :: version] :: adobe :: multimedia :: design :: video :: adobephotoshopcs2upgradefromphotoshop[anyversion] 28 april :: 200 :: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Upgrade from Photoshop [Any Version]
3 stars (Not _exactly_ true...) - Yes, Photoshop CS2 is a stellar product. But before you spend your money, visit the Adobe site and make sure the Upgrade will work with your version of Photoshop. (It will most definitely not work with "Any Version") 5 stars (CS2 comments) - I have been using and upgrading Photoshop since version 2.5. Photoshop CS2 (Version 9) has been the best upgrade thus far. I am using the raw converter with great results. I just tried the Capture One Pro from Phase One, and did not like it as much for numerous reasons. There are a lot of new features that I find to be of great use from a photographic point of view. 5 stars (Terrific Service !!) - The response was very fast. The item came as advertised. It works on my MAC G4 very nicely. ... Adobe :: adobe :: photoshop :: cs2 :: upgrade :: mac :: from :: photoshop :: [any :: version] :: adobe :: multimedia :: design :: video :: adobephotoshopcs2upgrade(mac)fromphotoshop[anyversion] 28 a :: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Upgrade (Mac) from Photoshop [Any Version]
5 stars (Do not know for PC BUT for Mac Environnement it's EXCELLENT) - I have been a graphic designer for almost 11 years, i am using Photoshop for alsmost some years now, and it's a very good software for designers and special effects, i have just baught a G4 MAC laptop 17" and this standard Adobe CS2 (MAC) works perfectly on it also the illustrator, i did not use yet the other software that are on the cd's but these two so far until otherwise are excellent. This Adobe software works REALLY REALLY well on Mac, Well,... for me it does. that is woth the price beleive me, you can buy it with no fear.do not know yet for PC, but MAC users, trust me you can go for it. ... Adobe :: adobe :: creative :: suite :: standard :: cs2 :: mac :: adobe :: multimedia :: design :: video :: adobecreativesuitestandardcs2(mac) 28 april :: 2005 :: Adobe Creative Suite Standard CS2 (Mac)
2 stars (Bridge & Camera Raw Plug-In don't work on my computer) - I love Photoshop, and have worked with all the previous versions, so I was very disappointed when I found that I could not get the Bridge to open or the Camera RAW plug-in to work on my Windows XP machine. I wasted hours and hours of my life on the phone to technical support, but they could not resuscitate this version on my computer. They never were able to tell me why I could not get these two key features to work. Without them, CS2 was virtually useless to me. My computer was only a little under 2 years old. Perhaps you will have better luck... 5 stars (A gift from the Digital Gods) - Photoshop is the king of its domain, every good artist, or anyone interested in photo manipulation, should not be without this. Now, I am not saying it's easy as pie to use, but I am saying it's the greatest tool for the job...If you can use it. I myself have used it for quite a number of things, personal and business and can confidently say I still have a lot to learn. 1 stars (Adobe Limpness) - Photoshop is a pretty powerful tool, but it is undermined by its own supremely crappy print drivers. One piddling window with maybe four controls and NO PRINT PREVIEW! No print preview for a piece of imaging software (at this late date) is perhaps the stupidest idea since the first caveman chewed on a tigers tail because he was hungry. Seriously, without a decent set of print drivers, you might as well try to alter your photos with a crayon and an iron. Idiocy. Unforgivable. Even Adobe's own Illustrator has a robust Print controls window. ... Adobe :: adobe :: photoshop :: cs2 :: adobe :: multimedia :: design :: video :: adobephotoshopcs2 28 april :: 2005 :: Adobe Photoshop CS2
1 stars (Not Worth Upgrading For) - Very disappointing release! I have been a GoLive user for going on two years now and after a long waiting period, CS2 is finally upon us. Unfortunately, CS2 did not herald the bug fixes and core improvements so many GoLive users have been waiting for. The most glaring problem is that GoLive CS2 still does not have a history feature. Even ridiculously simple functions like previewing your in-development pages make it impossible to revert to a previous state and undo any mistakes. Perform a find/replace and again, once you commit to the replace you cannot undo the change. What is the point of previewing your webpage if you can't go back and correct a mistake? It is this kind of blatant oversight that damns GoLive to being a subpar program that just doesn't feel as intuitive or polished as other Adobe products. There have been a number of small improvements (such as an advanced CSS library) but those changes cannot make you overlook the fact that at its core, GoLive CS2 is a buggy and fundamentally broken product that fails to deliver on every level. Another poor showing. When will Adobe get this right? Not worth the money as a stand alone product and certainly not worth upgrading from CS. ... Adobe :: Internet streaming video :: Internet electronic publishing :: desk top publishing :: desktop publishing :: Professional Design :: Graphics (Graphic) :: Illustrati :: Adobe GoLive CS2 Upgrade
5 stars (Quark to InDesign - Easy as 1-2-3) - I've been a QuarkXpress user since 1990 and I thought i would never find an equal. Well I have....it's called InDesign. With a Visual Quick Start book in my lap, I learned InDesign in a weekend and over the next 2 months, I designed a 54 page magazine using the program. And one of the best things about InDesign is how easy it is to produce PDF files, which is a real pain using Quark. Another plus is Adobe, a first-rate company. They let you try out any of their programs for a month. I did this with InDesign to see if my G4 running 10.28 could run the program and it did, with no problems. The new quark requires Tiger OS. I'm glad I made the switch, I'm never going back! 4 stars (More Features, Less Speed/Stability) - I've used both Photoshop and Illustrator for many years now, and I've been continually impressed by the new features in each version that have made my design work easier. CS2 does deliver with a number of enhancements in both tools and interface for both products. The good you can read in the press-release info above, and yes the new features are great. The unfortunate downside to CS2 is performance. If you do not have very good hardware, expect a performance decrease with CS2. For example my Quadro video card only has 64MB of memory, but Photoshop CS2 really needs 128MB or more to run smoothly. Without it, Photoshop will sometimes pause for a moment as it has to catch-up with your commands. Also expect 1GB of system memory as a real need, 2GB preferred. You can even run with up to 3GB in XP SP2 when the /3GB switch is set in the boot.ini, and PS will use it. Photoshop used to run pretty well with one HD, but it was preferred to have two physical drives to separate the windows paging file and Photoshop scratch disk, where data files could share some space with scratch disk on the second hard drive. Now for better performance, you need three separate hard drives: one for windows and applications... Adobe :: adobe :: creative :: suite :: standard :: cs2 :: adobe :: multimedia :: design :: video :: adobecreativesuitestandardcs2 28 april :: 2005 :: Adobe Creative Suite Standard CS2
5 stars (Excellent software for print and web!) - The Adobe Creative Suite Premium CS2 is an awesome product. I'm a scientific illustrator and this new CS2 contains almost all the software I need for my illustration and graphic design work. There are a lot of significant improvements over the previous CS version. Of all the programs I use Illustrator the most. Illustrator's new "live trace" and "live paint" features are really cool! Each of the programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, and Acrobat) work very well together. The new Bridge is great for finding and previewing image files. Photoshop and Illustrator are the industry standards. If you do professional work this is the best software to have. The price may seem a little steep, but in my opinion it's well worth it. I highly recommend this product. 5 stars (Installation was a breeze) - I am compelled to write this review since at least one reviewer complained about the installation being a problem. I did not see any problem whatsover. It was simply a breeze on my Mac powerbook G4. As to the quality of the product itself, it is too early for me to give a rating since I have just started using it. I will update this review in a month or so. 1 stars (Installation Issue) - I received my CS2 yesterday and ended up spending over three hours on the phone with Adobe with installation issue and another 45 minutes this morning trying to get my free gift to no avail. Beware of what they tell you re: free gift! If you can't install the software and register THROUGH the software, you won't get your gift. It's a catch 22 - you can't register through the software if you can't install it, you can't get tech support if your product is not registered, so you register on the phone and NO gift! Here is what happened: Insert CD, double click on installer, prompted for password, then it quit with Apple's message "the ... has unexpectedly quit . . . " Tried a few things using Adobe.com support knowledgebase... Adobe :: adobe :: creative :: suite :: premium :: cs2 :: mac :: adobe :: multimedia :: design :: video :: adobecreativesuitepremiumcs2(mac) 28 april :: 2005 :: Adobe Creative Suite Premium CS2 (Mac)
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