CS2 vs CS4

[jammer_jammer]

<p>If you've had both CS2 and CS4, please tell me what features are in CS4 that aren't in CS2, that you really just can't imagine doing without now that you have them.</p>

[SCL]

<p>I've only had PSCS2...got the upgrade offers...read up on the differences on Adobe's website, and decided I was happy with what I had.</p>

[kerrick_long]

<p>The big thing for me is the Non-destructive image adjustments layers.</p>

[godfrey]

<p>I have both. I don't use Photoshop too much anymore (most of my editing is easily covered in Lightroom now), but CS4's stitching for assembling panoramas and other work (for me, large damaged prints I need to scan/photograph in sections) is a real bonus for my photo restoration work. </p>

[cooltpmd]

<p>The content aware scaling and smart selection tool in CS4, along with support of the most recent camera RAW will be enough for many to consider it. I like the new interface also. As always, You can do most everything in both.</p>

[richard__]

<p>Bridge CS4 is quite useful if you are not already using Aperture or LR.</p>

<p>And on the Windows platform the x64 will let you use more direct memory assuming your hardware supports it. So the decision to get CS4 was rather simple to make.</p>

<p>And depending on your video card, the GPU enhanced features are useful when panning, zooming, rotating, cloning ...</p>

<p>The tabbed document interface has finally happened, I'd been wanting that for years.</p>

<p>I suspect it's handling metadata better than CS2, but I use Bridge primarily for modifying that.</p>

[jammer_jammer]

<p>Thanks everyone. Sorry I was a little late in getting back to my own party. I had several things going on at several different sites and had actually forgot about this question until just now.<br>

Thanks again!</p>

[JeffOwen]

<p>I have both but continue to use CS2 for a number of reasons, the main one for me is the protracted 'Print' routine.</p>