Photoshop CS4

[matt]

http://www.adobe.com/ap/products/photoshop/compare/?sdid=DQATV

I wasn't even aware this had been released.

How did I manage to miss all the release fanfare and hoopla?:lol:

[Omaroo]

Got it on my desk Matt. Still have to get around to installing it on my newly-bought 64-bit Quad-core machine. Should be noice!

[Tandum]

Is it still 32bit software or is this the 64bit version?

[Omaroo]

CS4 is available (at least on Vista and XP) in a native 64 bit version. The only watchout is that any plugins you use may not be until their developers catch up.

I can't wait to have 64-bit versions of Photoshop and LightRoom running on my machine which has 8Gb of RAM to muck with and Vista Ultimate 64. Even though I haven't loaded CS4 yet, every other app that I have running concurrently doesn't seem to undertand that other apps are running at the same time - there's just no lag time in anything... snap, snap, snap!

[matt]

That's a nice set-up you got there, Chris. Drool!!!!!!!!!!

[Omaroo]

Cheap as chips Matt. Seriously!

The "barebones" system I bought from a little guy in Crows Nest was only $1,497.00 - plus a bit more for the extra 4Gb of RAM. All up - including a 750GB disk and an OEM copy of Vista Ultimate 64. Not bad. THe Q9550 QuadCore is amazing. At 2.88GHz it isn't the fastest available (3GHz) - but were talking symantics at that stage.

[matt]

Yeah. It's pretty amazing what you can get these days without spending tons of cash.

Who would have thought we'd reach the stage where 2 or 3GB of RAM, a 250 or 320GB HDD, 15.4" hi-res LCD screen, and all the other bells and buzzers would be considered 'standard' in a laptop! And all for $1000...or thereabouts.:)

[monoxide]

sounds good Chris,
i've got the Q9550 also but with 4gb of ddr3.
the Q9550 is a great overclocker too, im running mine at 3.6ghz

i might have to check out the x64 version of CS4 :thumbsup:

[g__day]

Does CS4 support GPGPU load balancing (I think its just 2D canvas rotate functions - not even Pixel Blender made it in - but may be added in the not too distant future)? Having 384 stream processors per each modern GPU process data fed from a single or dual CPU Quad core system would be very nice - that would give around a 35x speed up by my rough calculations (better still if you had 2 -> 4 Big GPUs) - then even your most complex manupulations - taking minutes now - would be real time, sub second rendering)!

[ving]

meh! psp 13 is better :P

[vindictive666]

nah my commondore 64 is with 64k of ram or is that rom ? nyuk nyuk


regards john

[Dennis]

My Sinclair ZX81 tops that! Including cassette tape drive!

LOL!

Dennis

[h0ughy]

geez i havent even learnt to use CS3 yet

[seeker372011]

I had one of those !I agree!

[matt]

Yes. It was my first personal computer too.

Came with 1kb RAM as standard...but you could splash out for a 16kb plug-in unit which was larger than a cigarette pack!:lol:

What a blast from the past. And it worked on BASIC.

[tornado33]

It was really satisfying when my 8Gb system "came alive" after I sourced then assembled the parts, then hit the "on" button and began loading V 64 ultimate. Ive got CS3, and it starts almost instantly. Pity CS4 is so expensive, $999 USD, which at the AUD could almost see it cost more then my PC!

Yes 8GB ram with Vista rocks, you cant kill it or even slow it down :)
Scott

[Omaroo]

Yep - and that's just for the upgrade. The premium production suite here in Oz is nearly AU$2,800, and the whole shebang "Master Collection" is AU$4,100

To be fair, the thread is entitled "Photoshop CS4", which on its own (without the rest of the standard suite) is around the AU$1,150 mark, or AU$299 for the upgrade.

I agree that Vista 64 screams on a decent machine. Everything I do on mine is now almost instant. I've never seen Photoshop or Lightroom (22,000 images) fire up in two seconds from start before.

[RB]

If Paint Shop Pro does the job and you're happy, then that's all that counts.
I sometimes use PSP7 to do simple stuff, some of it's features are easier to use than PS and I love Animation Shop.

Can't wait to try CS4, I use CS3 but for some quick work I go into CS2 instead.

:)

[Omaroo]

Uhmm... nope David! :) In the advertising/graphics trade I know of, well, there are no installations of PaintShop that I can put a finger on - except maybe a couple here and there which are used for conversion of PSP native files that come in on occasion to Photoshop. As Andrew says though - if it works for you and you're used to it then there's probably little need to go to full-hog Photoshop.

[DJDD]

Hey, all!

I belive a few of you may be using CS4 now so wonder what your thoughts are compared to CS3?

I am interested about its use for Astro work (when compared to CS3) but welcome thoughts on general use.

I have CS3 Extended Student Edition and was considering upgrading to CS4 Extended, again at Student prices.

cheers,
DJDD