Comments on: CS4 is out the door!

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:14:06 +0000

why is it that the trial version of photoshop had open gl working with my card but the full release no longer does? I’m on a macbook pro and finding it impossible to find new drivers!?

By: chattchitto

chattchitto — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:15:47 +0000

When Are The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Trial Be Ready To Download?!

By: David

David — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:59:32 +0000

Any word on the trial downloads yet?
[I believe they'll be up in mid November. --J.]
Out of curiosity, are the executables any different than the standard ones – which if I recall (maybe incorrectly) default to trial if you don’t enter a key?
[They're one and the same, as you remember. I don't know what accounts for the delay. --J.]
Thanks,
David

By: David

David — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:18:47 +0000

The new feature for blending images with different focal points is awesome. I was even able to create a depth map from all the the masks and use that for the lens blur filter to re-blur the combined image.
BUT…. It would be so much easier to fix problem areas if all the images could share one grayscale mask. Each layer would correspond to a different shade of gray in the mask/depth map. That way, I could easily heal or paint over the areas that the filter gets confused by, such as sharp edged bokeh and the edges of the image.
Something like this could probably be scripted, but then it wouldn’t work live.
[Thanks for the feedback; I've passed it along to the team. --J.]

By: Rob Warren

Rob Warren — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:38:50 +0000

How did the Master Collection ship with the StoneHenge Photoshop beta instead of the actual released Photoshop? That has caused all sorts of problems. I've had to uninstall, redownload, re-install. I couldn't deactivate for some reason even though it said I was deactivated. Who knows if I have any activations left after this mess. [Sorry, just learned about this myself. It's pretty embarrassing. I'm told that the incorrect bits (Windows only) have been pulled down. They may be back up by now, and you should expect to hear from Adobe about it. Thanks for your patience. --J.]

By: dave

dave — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:56:51 +0000

Can’t buy it until Adobe can fix the NAPP coupon error in their store. I think a lot of others are waiting for this as well.

By: Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:31:49 +0000

I just got an ad in my email for Adobe Creative Suite 4. In the ad, the actual products included with the various CS4 bundles are represented, not by their actual names, but by their abstract icons dancing (or tumbling? like popcorn? like fireworks?) above each box.
So let me see. If I buy “Web Premium” I not only get [Ps], [Ai], [Dw] and [Fl], but the indispensable [Sb]. This warms my heart.
I wonder why none of them come with [Lr]. You’d think they’d put everything into “Master Collection,” but who am I to wonder?
Of course, who could do without [En] and [Ol]?
Interestingly, [Ct], which is not included in any of the “Premium” packages, somehow is so important that it’s included in the Master Collection.
I will admit that I was able to intuit the meanings of [Ps], [Ai], [Dw] and [Fl], but sadly the identities of [En], [Ol] and [Ct] remain tantalizing mysteries.

By: bob

bob — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:36:14 +0000

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adobe-Photoshop-Extended-CS4-PC/dp/B001G8Y7KO/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1224162895&sr=8-8 read the review adobe. you charge more for a download than for killing a forrest and making manuals. you have messed up ethics. also your software is almost double the price in the uk compared to the usa. Are you so surprised when people download cracks???? [People have always ripped off Adobe and always will. People rip off shareware vendors who sell their stuff for $10. --J.]

By: Bosse

Bosse — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:50:51 +0000

About languagesupport.
Glad to see PSCS4 released. Will have to wait until nov 10 for swedish version though. BUT: 2 betatesters told me that different languages would be included in the same package. Is this true? Will I be able to switch back and forth between languages? Will I beable to switch between english and swedish? Which version do I have to buy? I have talked to swedish customersupport but they do not know. Haven´t even heard of it.
Thanks, Bosse
[Serial number licenses are sold on a per-language basis. That is, you can't buy English and switch to Swedish on the fly. If you do buy licenses for more than one language, however, you no longer need to install and maintain multiple copies of the app. The PS installer will apply multiple language packs to the same binary, meaning you'll then be able to switch PS among those languages on the fly. Hopefully that makes sense. --J.]

By: Jerry Harris

Jerry Harris — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:29:33 +0000

The allowoldgpus extension mentioned in the tech note John pointed to should allow most modern gpus to work on xp 64 although it is "at your own risk". [Jerry, by the way, is one of the rock stars who's been toiling for the last several years to bring GPU support to Photoshop. --J.]

By: Ann Shelbourne

Ann Shelbourne — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:06:05 +0000

Scott: I bought my card from AppleMacanix who sell through an eBay store and their service was excellent: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/applemacanix They are listing a similar card right now: http://cgi.ebay.com/Mac-nVidia-GeForce-7800-GT-256MB-AGP-Video-Card-G4-G5_W0QQitemZ310090144861QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item310090144861&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14 I didn't mess with the auction but just put in an Offer (aout 10% below their Buy it Now price) and sealed the deal. The card is new and under warranty and I bought an extended Warranty through an outfit called Square Trade. http://www.squaretrade.com/pages/ More about all this is here: http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?14@@.59b69dcd/ Hope that helps, Ann

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:48:18 +0000

GPU acceleration and 64bit on Windows is wonderful. I'm glad we are seeing performance advances like these. I'll have to hold off on CS4 until I can find a sweet deal. I am not sure if OSU has a discount, or if that discount is in my price range as a college student. I think food and school books trump Photoshop at the current prices listed here. http://www.adobe.com/education/products/creativesuite/?trackingid=DRITA Maybe Adobe can do an "Ultimate Steal" type thing http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx I'd pay 60 dollars in a heartbeat. I do not mean to harp on the price, just realistically, I cannot get CS4. I have CS3 now that I bought with a amazon gift cert that I won at a campus event ;) Maybe something

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:29:31 +0000

Okay, I got it installed. Must have been the firewall at work blocking the download manager.
I’ve already found a bug in Photoshop. :-D
But it’s running really sweet! This is great stuff. Congrats on delivering a really improved version of our favorite photo tool!

By: keith

keith — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:07:38 +0000

Re: trial downloads
visit the download site and there’s a signup to get an email alert to let you know when the PS trial’s ready for a taste test.

By: Thorf

Thorf — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:16:12 +0000

I’m also looking forward to the trial versions, but for a rather different reason. I live in Japan and although I will be buying the English version, http://www.adobe.com/jp/ has yet to even acknowledge the existence of CS4. Considering that pretty much all the rest of the world at least has access to the English version, this is quite disappointing. (Perhaps not surprising though – this is after all the country that gets certain movies 3+ months after the rest of the world.)
John, any word on when the Japanese announcement might be made? I’m hoping to be able to buy CS4 before the trial versions run out on me.