Comments on: Announcing the Photoshop CS3 Beta

By: Mirea Grafica

Mirea Grafica — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:21:30 +0000

haven’t seen any comments yet on whether Adobe is going to offer a reasonable upgrade path from CS2 to CS3.
I have a student license since I’m in school right now, but am going to purchase full CS2 for the new Mac I’m getting so there will be no question of using a student license and doing commercial work.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:16:11 +0000

sounds like a perfect time to get a Mold Inspection ?? don't you think?

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:04:53 +0000

I noticed that in CS3 Beta, you can not extend the current picture window outside the main CS3 overall window. You can do this in CS2 and I like that ability.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 15 May 2007 12:00:41 +0000

Hi Maybe you can help me. Both my photoshop and illustrator programs are playing uo at the moment and I can't seem to be able to save anything. Everything I savea file it is incredibly small, like 200kb instead of the usual 2-5Mb. No one else I send files to can open them. It's like only a shell of the file is being saved. I haven't changed anything in either of the programs and can't understand what has happend or how to change it back. Grateful for any help [I'm afraid I don't have any ideas/suggestions. I recommend calling tech support and/or going to the Photoshop forum on AdobeForums.com. --J.]

By: Jed

Jed — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:56:27 +0000

obviously a Beta bug but I simply restarted CS3 and problem gone.
I like CS3 so far. File sizes seem big but maybe that will be fixed.

By: Jed

Jed — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:19:10 +0000

I’m using Beta 10…70212 and cannot save any file type whatsoever.
Any ideas?
Thanks

By: Scott K

Scott K — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:41:18 +0000

Hey I just shelled out some major $$ for the web bundle Mac version this week! I get my software today and install it only to find that version cue does not work on Macs with intel based processors (the update failure note clued me in). I found a note on a blog that said that CS3 will clear this all up and so I’m thinking “Why wasn’t there some disclaimer, faq, or heads-up from my friendly neighborhood adobe salesperson?”
Big J, am I going to end up paying more for the upgrade than I would have paid for the whole CS3 shooting match (the features of which reportedly ALL work with my processor) in a few weeks?? Because if the salesperson would have advised me I’d have waited. I know, I know… Caveat Emptor!

By: John Witte

John Witte — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:08:09 +0000

I like the new version, but I am wondering if anyone else is having this problem...when I use "save for web and devices", the image is displayed as mostly transparent and looks like a "blueprint". This never happened in CS2, and I can't find a setting to show the full color version in the preview area. This happens on both the "original" and "optimized" tab. Any suggestions? Thanks! [I'll investigate & try to provide more info. It could be that this is a known problem with "S4W" in the beta. --J.]

By: Hugh

Hugh — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:12:10 +0000

I haven't yet fully replicated it but it's looking like install of ps3 beta *before* installing any CS2 apps breaks the CS2 installer(s). They crash out with segfaults (in the install.log) when attempting to do various preflight and postflight bits during install of adobe shared/common components. I suspect some CS3 bits which the CS2 installer can't cope with/mistakes for its own but the structures are different. [ on intel 17" imac, attempting to install inDesign CS2 specifically ]. Had no problems with PS3 *after* CS2 already in . [I haven't heard reports like this before, but I'll let QE know. Thanks for the heads-up. --J.]

By: Jeannette

Jeannette — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:26:00 +0000

Hello, I downloaded the CS3 file and the application does not appear. All other elements, i.e., Bridge do, but not Photoshop CS3 itself. I can't find it for the life of me! I am on a Mac 10.4 (higher) on G5. I would try idea #3 under Workaround, but there isn't a Photoshop CS3 app. Thank you. [I'm afraid I really can't answer these tech support questions. I keep posting the link to the Labs forum in hopes that people will go there. --J.]

By: sapo

sapo — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:44:39 +0000

PeterW – just did a google search, and heres what I found. I have yet to try it myself, but I’m about to give it a go – seems like it should work.
“#n/a: Mac/Win: The Adobe Media Gallery (available in the File > Automate menu) is non-operational
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Workaround:
1) Move the CS2 Presets from Adobe Photoshop CS2 > Presets > Web Photo Gallery to Adobe Photoshop CS3 > Presets
2) Move the WebContactSheetII.plugin from Adobe Photoshop CS2 > Plug- Ins > Adobe Photoshop Only > Automate to Adobe Photoshop CS3 > Plug- Ins > Automate
3) (Intel-based Macs) Select the Photoshop CS3 app and do Get Info on it and select “Open using Rosetta”
4) Launch Photoshop and choose Web Photo Gallery from the File > Automate menu”

By: PeterW

PeterW — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:53:56 +0000

How do you “re-install webgallerY into CS3″??

By: RogerG

RogerG — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:30:39 +0000

(Working on a Dual PPC Desktop Mac) Even on a PPC, CS3 seems to launch and quit faster. And the palettes... WOW! Palettes integration is a total beauty. To answer someone above, yes, Photoshop is an expensive piece of software. But this is PRO software, a complex, easy to use app, much better than anything else on the market. And in CS3, some new tools will justify the upgrade price (how much?). The quick selection tool... mamma mia. Idem for the Smart filters. I won't go back to CS2. [Cool--glad you're liking it overall. --J.] A few points though, guys: 1. Give us Command-H by default on Macs. Come on, guys, this is not a battle to be won by Apple or Adobe, it's a matter of being user-friendly for Mac users on their own tools. [It's not a chest-thumping contest between Apple & Adobe (despite the Cmd-H shortcut having been used for at least a decade before OS X appropriated it). Rather, it's a tradeoff: do we break a long-standing (and cross-app) convention, and if so do we do the same on Windows (and if not, do we just live with the new inconsistency); or do we stick with what we've had & let people change it if they'd like? We've opted for the latter, and by default we also support Ctrl-Cmd-H for hiding the app. I dunno; there's no clearly right answer here, in my opinion. --J.] 2. Allow to export EXIF data and such in text only. I now use EXIF Viewer to do that. [Bridge scripting can enable that now. We need to do a better job of shipping & publicizing script-based tools that can do this kind of useful operation. --J.] 3. I reinstalled Web Gallery in CS3. For those who miss it, it works, as a temporary substitute. [It'll be back, in its long-standing form, for CS3. And we'll keep working to build something newer and more flexible. --J.] Beautiful job on the whole. :-) --RogerG [Thanks again. :-) --J.]

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:39:28 +0000

Nice work on bringing out PS-CS3 in beta (haven’t actually installed it yet). I love the Lightroom Beta and I will be buying it this spring.
That said, my comment is actually on all the flaming comments from other posters. Do you not understand what a Beta is? If you see a bug post it. If it screws up your preferences I guess you get what you paid for. If it didn’t have bugs they would be charging for it.
As for CS3 can you please adopt the macromedia installer and not the installer that you used on CS2. Once installed it worked great, but I had to do it 4 times. It took hours. Other than that, it’s great.

By: B. Carr

B. Carr — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:19:01 +0000

Just installed PS CS3 Beta. It will not save any file processed, as .psd or .jpg, with or w/o renaming, in any directory. Message: “—because file is already in use or left open.” I hope I can go back to CS2 until fixed.
[I'll pass that along to QE, but it would be nice to know more system details, thanks. --J.]
Oh, and thanks for Bonjour and friends. Not
[What a nice way to put it. --J.]