Advice for CS3

I have CS2 and although I have not had it long and my ability to use is a
bit limited as I'm still learning. I have to ask about all these postings
about CS3. These NG's are filled with postings about CS3 bugs, glitches and
quirks. Is it really that buggy and unstable? Or is it everyone using an
unfinished Beta version?

I would *like* to upgrade as eventually CS2 will evaporate away, but I don't
want to spend out on something which is full of holes and possibly wreak my
system or crash-out whenever I use something.
Is this a case of those nice people at Adobe chasing a $ to catch a release
date and it hasn't gone through enough testing prior to release?

Graham

I've had lots of bugs with CS3, primarily Bridge.
Bridge is not a disaster for me, it just does not work like it is supposed
to, which is irritating (will not consistently open jpgs/tiffs in raw
converter automatically, sometimes opens them in a completely different
program (NX, Microsoft raw viewer), does not retain custom workspace from
session to session). Double clicking on a jpeg or tif in Bridge, for me, is
kind of like Russian Roulette but at least nobody dies and no files are
destroyed.
Adobe's only answer is uninstall/reinstall which accomplishes next to
nothing, although at least Bridge now opens when Photoshop does, finally
obeying the checked preference.
I do not understand why whatever settings you create for a particular image
using some filters becomes your new default for that filter unless you
specify a new name and save as such. but this seems to be a general design
flaw in PS. I do not see why this would be done on purpose but there may be
a reason I am not smart enough to comprehend.
If you are not yet up to speed in CS2 there is not an overwhelming need to
upgrade, although CS3 has useful features, like Smart Objects (which should
have been in PS several versions ago) and a new and improved (depending on
point of view) raw converter. For people who are comfortable in CS2 the
upgrade to CS3 is very useful. The biggest changes in CS3 have more to do
with graphic design, web design and even computer animation, somewhat less
for photo image processing.

On Sun, 13 May 2007 12:57:51 -0700, "babaloo" <fac187@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I've had lots of bugs with CS3, primarily Bridge.
>Bridge is not a disaster for me, it just does not work like it is supposed
>to, which is irritating (will not consistently open jpgs/tiffs in raw
>converter automatically, sometimes opens them in a completely different
>program (NX, Microsoft raw viewer), does not retain custom workspace from
>session to session). Double clicking on a jpeg or tif in Bridge, for me, is
>kind of like Russian Roulette but at least nobody dies and no files are
>destroyed.
>Adobe's only answer is uninstall/reinstall which accomplishes next to
>nothing, although at least Bridge now opens when Photoshop does, finally
>obeying the checked preference.
>I do not understand why whatever settings you create for a particular image
>using some filters becomes your new default for that filter unless you
>specify a new name and save as such. but this seems to be a general design
>flaw in PS. I do not see why this would be done on purpose but there may be
>a reason I am not smart enough to comprehend.
>If you are not yet up to speed in CS2 there is not an overwhelming need to
>upgrade, although CS3 has useful features, like Smart Objects (which should
>have been in PS several versions ago) and a new and improved (depending on
>point of view) raw converter. For people who are comfortable in CS2 the
>upgrade to CS3 is very useful. The biggest changes in CS3 have more to do
>with graphic design, web design and even computer animation, somewhat less
>for photo image processing.
>
>


"Adobe's only answer is uninstall/reinstall which accomplishes next to
nothing."
Is it not the (or a) definition of insanity to keep doing the same
thing over and over - and each time expect the outcome to be
different?

The CS3 that I paid $195+ for without a user's manual and freight "IS
THE BETA". How else could it be so flawed with NO patches in the
works?

mike

Grey wrote:
> I have CS2 and although I have not had it long and my ability to use is a
> bit limited as I'm still learning. I have to ask about all these postings
> about CS3. These NG's are filled with postings about CS3 bugs, glitches and
> quirks. Is it really that buggy and unstable? Or is it everyone using an
> unfinished Beta version?
>
> I would *like* to upgrade as eventually CS2 will evaporate away, but I don't
> want to spend out on something which is full of holes and possibly wreak my
> system or crash-out whenever I use something.
> Is this a case of those nice people at Adobe chasing a $ to catch a release
> date and it hasn't gone through enough testing prior to release?

It's fine. You'll find hundreds and hundreds of people complaining on
usenet and in forums. (not forii) Some of these- most perhaps- have
legitimate complaints. Probably the minority of those are caused by
something odd in PS, with the balance held between those with an OS or
other software conflict, a system crash that munged PS or the system or
both but didn't completely hose it, and ignorance.

Present company excepted, of course; no one here posts complaints based
on other than careful and thorough analysis of all the factors.

Mileage also varies.

--
john mcwilliams

mike@nosam.org wrote:

> "Adobe's only answer is uninstall/reinstall which accomplishes next to
> nothing."
> Is it not the (or a) definition of insanity to keep doing the same
> thing over and over - and each time expect the outcome to be
> different?
>
> The CS3 that I paid $195+ for without a user's manual and freight "IS
> THE BETA". How else could it be so flawed with NO patches in the
> works?
>
> mike

Maybe it's platform specific as well... I push my copy of CS3 very hard
on my Mac Pro and have had no problems (apart from the new 3d features
in PhotoShop CS3 just not really working well at all), but then my Mac
is top end. I've not had ANY problems with Bridge, and it's pretty much
the centre of workflow


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x theSpaceGirl (miranda)

SpaceGirl wrote:

> mike@nosam.org wrote:
>
>> "Adobe's only answer is uninstall/reinstall which accomplishes next to
>> nothing."
>> Is it not the (or a) definition of insanity to keep doing the same
>> thing over and over - and each time expect the outcome to be
>> different?
>>
>> The CS3 that I paid $195+ for without a user's manual and freight "IS
>> THE BETA". How else could it be so flawed with NO patches in the
>> works?
>>
>> mike
>
>
> Maybe it's platform specific as well... I push my copy of CS3 very hard
> on my Mac Pro and have had no problems (apart from the new 3d features
> in PhotoShop CS3 just not really working well at all), but then my Mac
> is top end. I've not had ANY problems with Bridge, and it's pretty much
> the centre of workflow
>
>


I don't have all those dramas with CS3, there are features which work
unlike CS2 counter parts. (Photomerge)