Not _too_ much in the way of new features, and bloody expensive. (I wonder how long before some ne'er-do- well cracks the activation device.)
The Camera raw facility is very good, and can be obtained separately for use with PS7. I also loved the facility to combine bracketed exposures into one image with astonishing shadow and highlight detail.
Not _too_ much in the way of new features, and bloody expensive. (I wonder how long before some ne'er-do- well cracks the activation device.)
The Camera raw facility is very good, and can be obtained separately for use with PS7. I also loved the facility to combine bracketed exposures into one image with astonishing shadow and highlight detail.
The activation device has allegedly been hacked on Kaza already how I don't know as the Software doesn't ship till Dec . This activation lark is causing a few well many postings of angst in varying forums such as dpreview. The only problem with using a cracked version of the software and being connected to the Internet and getting an upgrade WILL then cause a stop to proceedings as the upgrade detects something amiss. Moral either BUY the software OR have cracked software but not connected to Internet. The price to upgrade is the same as last time £150 The amount of extra features actually might be more worth while this time round rather than up from 6 to 7 .It has a lot of extras for Photographers this time round. The raw facility that you mention cost a fair bundle and all this is embedded in CS now with extensions to cover more cameras and tweaks to the software. -- david hill
The activation device has allegedly been hacked on Kaza already how I don't know as the Software doesn't ship till Dec .
ROTFL! It is probably a huge competition to see who can get it on p2p first.
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The raw facility that you mention cost a fair bundle and all this is embedded in CS now with extensions to cover more cameras and tweaks to the software.
The activation device has allegedly been hacked on Kaza already how I don't know as the Software doesn't ship till Dec .
ROTFL! It is probably a huge competition to see who can get it on p2p first.
The other thing is to take a close gander when if you frequent Bowlers the Computer fair in Manchester held every week. Its suprising what you see and can buy at a snip of a price and it does sometimes work.
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The raw facility that you mention cost a fair bundle and all this is embedded in CS now with extensions to cover more cameras and tweaks to the software.
More than half the cost of the upgrade.
Yes I think I forked out £90 approx. I thought that I would need CS as soon as possible due to hard disc failure a month back. The software was bought on Internet , no backup. But Adobe had records proving I had purchased so gave me a new code number.
Regards activation it wont apply to those using Macs only PCs this policy will/maybe change in fullness of time. The beauty of CS is that 16bit working with the tools is heavily featured this time round. This is helpful in say level adjustments. If done in 8 bit then saved go back to look at the Histogram if there are gaps in the trace this doesn't bode well on print out. Try doing the same thing in 16 bit and the chances are that there will be no breaks so a better printed image. -- david hill
The activation device has allegedly been hacked on Kaza already how I don't know as the Software doesn't ship till Dec .
I can't find any trace of CS on Kazaa. Lots of copies of 7 though.
I'd be wary of downloading it if I *did* find it. At least for a while. Adobe are apparently using Kazaa Lite to trace IP addresses of folk _uploading_ their software. Of course, you could whip it out of your share folder as soon as it came in.
I disagree. Quality rather than quantity. The ability to do everything in 16 bit (per channel) mode is a major improvement. That was a huge limitation when working with layers.
Many of the new tools offer superior methods of doing things which are currently quite fiddly. Like my favourite - contrast masking - for example. The new shadow/highlight command seems to offer a vastly simpler and better way of doing that.
