jammer_jammer Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 <p>1. If I make this upgrade, will I be completely in the weeds for a while as far as the user interface or would it be pretty easy to use it in the same way that I have always used CS2 while I slowly learn all of the new features?</p> <p>2. Is ACR much better in CS4?</p> <p>3. How well does that new selection tool work. Is it precise enough to cut out a background that has many of the same colors and tones as the subject or would one still have to use one of the more slow, deliberate methods?</p> <p>4. I noticed in one advertisment something about doing nondestructive adjustments without layers. There ARE still layers if I want them though, right?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertChura Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 <p>1. I upgraded from 2 to 4 with no problems<br> 2. Bridge is much much faster and better<br> 3. New selection tool? If you mean the quick selection tool it works nicely just slowly.<br> 4. Yes</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer_jammer Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 <p>Thanks Robert!</p> <p>How's about question two?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 <p>1_a bit different but not enough too lost you for sure.</p> <p>2_big yes, look like Lightroom.</p> <p>3_just OK for serious work. If you ask "can i selected hairs super fast and have great result?" no.</p> <p>4_yep.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_landry Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 <p>The best thing to see the improvements is to take a look at the Lynda.com video: Photoshop CS4 new features (if you are a member of course...).<br> But there is something to take care: PS Cs4 may be incompatible with some OpenGL graphic cards. For example, I've tried to upgrade my (non OpenGL) existing ATI Radeon with the OpenGL enabled ATI Radeon 9600 Pro. The card is working fine, but PS CS4 won't launch (I got an error message when launching CS4). I put back my old graphic card and everything is OK. So it's better to see supported graphic cards before upgrading to CS4: <a href="http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb405711&sliceId=1">http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb405711&sliceId=1</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenPapai Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 <p>I'll answer too, I still use CS2 on one office and CS4 in the other.</p> <p>1. UI -- Not that much of a difference. Moderate only. Bridge 3.0 BLOWS away Bridge 1.0<br> 2. ACR 5.x blows away ACR 3.x -- not a fair fight by any means.<br> 3. Selection Tool -- I use so rarely so no comment.<br> 4. Layers -- of course, yes.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrison_k. Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 <p>Jammer, you wont have any regrets. It also has your highlight and recovery tools in the ACR as well.</p> <p>Thanks for that link, Jack. What a fluke that the $100 I spent on a card was one that is supported. The nVidia 9600 GT 512MB.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akajohndoe Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I have CS2 myself and wondered if it were worth the $200 to upgrade to CS4. Not to hijack this thread, but it sure seems like there is already some knowledge and experience here. Yea or nay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akajohndoe Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hmmm. I have GeForce 7400 ... Might not work with CS4 anyway :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrison_k. Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 <p>Oh yeah, it is nice upgrade. CS2 to CS3 was really an improvement with better ACR and more 16 bit filters. The upgrade from CS3 to CS4 wasn't so much exciting unless you are on a Windows 64 OS as it screams if you have the ram. For me that was the big benifit; Vista 64 with 8 gigs of ram and now CS4 flies. The difference is like going from Lightroom 1.4 to Lightroom 2.3</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrison_k. Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 <p>Hmmm. I have GeForce 7400 ... Might not work with CS4 anyway :(</p> <p>It should load fine. You just wont have OpenGL that's all. It loaded on my older and crappier card than a GeForce 7400. I had like a cheap 6600 from 2005 when I loaded CS4. Then I upgraded to the $100 9400GT and works much better. The whole computer was much faster, actaully.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer_jammer Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 <p>Thanks everyone. Sounds like a good move. I think if I wait for one more upgrade, I'd end up having to spend the full purchase price.</p> <p>Will DEFINITELY checking out the graphics card compatibility though. Thanks Jack!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer_jammer Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 <p>Oops! I just checked the list and my Geforce 6600 256MB DDR PCI Express card does not appear there. I wonder if there is a way of finding out about this without being a human guinea pig?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_landry Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 <p>Jammer, if your Geforce 6600 card has the OpenGL feature and if it's not listed, you may have problems with CS4. To see what's going on, you can install the trial version for CS4...The best is to have a recent OpenGL 512 MB supported graphic card, but CS4 works fine with my old prehistoric ATI Radeon 9200 card (I don't have this OpenGL feature, but I can do anything I want with CS4 anyway)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_landry Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 <p>Forgot this: the Adobe link above is a list for TESTED graphic cards. If your card is not there, it doen't mean you will have problems with PS CS4...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akajohndoe Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 True enough. It is not practical to perform an exhaustive testing regimen of all legacy graphics cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffOwen Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 <p>I have moved to CS4 from CS2 andfind a number of benifits including the a much better ability to handle RAW files. However I still have CS2 and still use it for 'quick' jobs including those on my laptop.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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