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Released: 2003-11-07 Rating:  More Details: Photoshop 8.0 CS Win Upgrade Photoshop 8.0 CS Win Upgrade @Amazon Photoshop 8.0 CS Win Upgrade @aStore |
Product Description
System Requirements: Intel Pentium III or 4 processor Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or Windows XP 192MB of RAM (256MB recommended) 280MB of available hard-disk space Color monitor with 16-bit color or greater video card 1024x768 or greater monitor resolution CD-ROM drive Internet or phone connection required for product activation Upgrade requires a previously registered version of Photoshop
The new version of Photoshop takes on several of the more useful and easy-to-use tools from its Photoshop Elements sibling and is the better for them.
Photoshop continues to be the photo graphics editor standard against which other products are measured. Used by more graphics professionals than just about any other photo-editing and paint program, it's solid and brimming with features.
The new version, carrying the CS (Creative Suite) extension, includes a raft of new features for most types of user. Everybody should benefit from the improved file browser, which offers many of the features of photo album-style products, such as Adobe's own PhotoShop Album 2.0. As well as viewing thumbnails, you can preview at a variety of sizes before loading, and add information, such as copyright details and keywords for searching.
Several of the new features for photo artists suggest more mass-market products, too. There's now a simple way to match colours between photo-objects, while leaving their underlying textures unchanged. This kind of colour replacement first appeared as a red-eye tool in Photoshop Elements.
The colour histogram, useful for checking the colour make-up of an image, is now available as a real-time tool, which you can use to monitor changes. You can intelligently stitch pictures together, too, to create panoramas and dig detail out of the shadows with Shadow/Highlight correction.
Graphic designers will like this version of Photoshop CS for its introduction of text on a path, with which you can create and edit text running at angles and along curves. You can also work on images up to 300,000 pixels square, large enough for billboard design, and develop multiple versions of graphics using layers to hold the version differences.
Adobe includes ImageReady CS with Photoshop CS. This Web image designer and editor offers improved multiple selection controls, direct export to Macromedia Flash and more compact HTML code when you've finished.
While a program as popular as Photoshop CS may have the right to stick to its own interface conventions, it does take some relearning. Adobe terminology can be idiosyncratic; you "place" objects rather than insert them and view "Actual pixels" rather than at 100%, for example. Overall, though, it's easy to see why this no-nonsense image-creation tool is so widely respected--in the right hands, there's little it can't do. --Simon Williams
Customer Reviews:
The best just got better
I've used Photoshop since version 5.5 although haven't really used it in anger since version 7. I held off on buying this version for a while, largely because version 7 did everything I wanted. That is, except for 16-bit layers.
Being able to work with layers without dropping my picture to 8-bit colour really makes a difference - it lets me adjust the levels, curves, contrast and so on without reducing the colour depth. Then when I want to upload a picture to the web I can drop to 8-bit colour as the last part of the workflow while keeping a 16-bit multi-layer TIFF for printing purposes.
And, of course, the software includes all the goodies from PS7 and before such as the clone and healing brush, graphics tablet support etc etc etc.
It's not a cheap product, but the reason for the high price is that it's the best.
consistently worthy upgrade
One testing factor of any software upgrade is how readily you would step back to the previoue version, and when having to step back to using version 7 or before it doesnt take long to miss the new features.
There is a plethero of reasons why this is an excellent upgrade for digital camera users, i love both the shadow/highlight feature and the photo filters, easy to use, very effective and for quick photo fixes hard to emulate quickly.
support for Raw files and an improved file browser really makes photoshop the powerstation of any photo based designer.
Adobe rise to the challenge year after year with each upgrade.
dont look back, give your digital photos the software they deserve.
Excellent quality software - worth the upgrade price
I have to admit I don't use graphics packages very often, but have been impressed with the ease of use with this software. Normally I tend to forget how to use some of the more basic tools but I find that once learnt the various tools and features within this package are easily remembered.
It comes with a training video which will give some idea of the power of the new facilities but is little use for much else. A number of magazines have videos on CDs that demonstrate how to perform certain tasks with Photoshop CS and I recommend buying a couple of them instead of spending money on professional training packages. Its surprising how few tools cover the major tasks people appear to use this type of software for.
The price for the upgrade is well worth the money. I am fortunate to be able to qualify for an upgrade because I would not have bought the package as a full version. Paying 4 times the price that would simply not have been an option.
'Must Have' Upgrade
Usually I am reluctant to upgrade software until I fall at least two versions behind the current release. For example, I am still using Windows 2000 and Office 2000 and I have no intention of upgrading.
However, I have upgraded to Photoshop CS from Photoshop 7 and, having used the new version for a couple of weeks, this upgrade is worth every penny.
The file browser and support for RAW files are two features that by themselves justify upgrading even if you are currently using Photoshop 7. Add to that 16-bit file support and the histogram palette mean that serious digital image manipulators will find this upgrade great value for money.
Photoshop CS Review 
Photoshop CS Review
By Mike Cockett
CS stands for Creative Suite in Adobe's new version of its ever popular Photoshop. This programme is targeted at professionals but also used by a vast number of amateur enthusiasts who find it is the only comprehensive set of tools for manipulating their photographs. Version 8 still has the look and feel of the old versions, 5.5, 6 and 7 but there are significant differences which will be lead to its rapid adoption by both markets.
The major new feature for many will be the extension of most of the standard tools for use on 16 bit images. 16 bit colour has offered advantages of smooth colour graduation in the earlier versions but has suffered from the absence of most of the benefits of tools introduced since version 4. Most significantly earlier versions have force the return to 8 bit whenever layers have been required.
The improvement of the image browsers will also be welcomed by many who will now drop the use of supplementary programmes to achieve what is now available within CS.
Most serious users of digital cameras now use Raw settings on their cameras which enables the recovery of full 16 bit files and the manipulation of both exposure and white point (just like film negatives only better). Up to now these operations have been carried out in separate programs such as Bibble or Breeze or by the specialist software provided by the camera manufacturer, Canon's Camera Window and NikonView are good examples of these. The incorporation of these functions within Photoshop CS will make it a must for digital camera users.
Add to all this the benefits of the Match Color command which quickly matches the colour scheme of one image to another; Shadow/Highlight correction to improve the contrast of over/or underexposed areas of an image while preserving the overall balance of the photo and Text on a Path which easily creates text on any line or curve! The total result is irresistible!
Wednesday, 12th November 2003
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