Adobe Photoshop CS3 Upgrade

Adobe PhotoShop CS3 Upgrade Windows

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1 Star Don't upgrade to CS3
I moved up from Elements to Photoshop CS2 a couple of years ago and was very pleased. I saw all the hype about all the new features in CS3 and bought the upgrade. Huge mistake. There is a major problem with printing on window computers. I uninstalled CS3 and went back to CS2 . Google CS3 printing problems and you'll find all sorts of info. Adobe is aware of the problem and says they are going to fix it. They don't say when. I would recommend not buying this upgrade until they have fixed the printing problem

5 Stars Do you really need Photoshop?

Photoshop is a phenomenal product! Although I have owned a copy for years recently upgrading to CS3, I did not fully appreciate the power of the product until I purchased the Photoshop WOW! Book. The Adobe documentation, as is common with much software, stops short of being truly useful. A reference prepared by someone whose focus is using a product is almost always better. I am sure there are other very good books, but I can recommend the WOW book earnestly. It doesn't simply explain what features are available, but how to use them to accomplish remarkable things.

Regarding Photoshop, it is a tool designed to satisfy professional photo editors. The capabilities far exceed what the average point-and-shoot photographer's needs, making it difficult for the amateur to justify the time and cost necessary to master its many intricacies. For pro's, there are few limits once you get up the learning curve.

If you just want to clean up you snapshots, invest in something simpler and cheaper. If you want to be a photographic artist, Photoshop is your tool.

4 Stars Fine, but do not purchase this to upgrade from Creative Suite 2 package
While the product itself is fine, you should not purchase this upgrade if you have Adobe Creative Suite 2 and wish to just upgrade the Photoshop portion of the Creative Suite package. The upgrade will not succeed. Specifically, the serial number will not be accepted as valid.

If you have Creative Suite 2 and wish to upgrade Photoshop, you will need to purchase the Creative Suite 3 upgrade. This upgrade path will work, will result in the Photoshop portion being upgraded, and is still less expensive than purchasing the standalone Photoshop CS3.

5 Stars CS3..Great Upgrade!
I began with ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 5.5 about 7 years ago, and have migrated to all of the NEWEST additions after reading reviews..I initially wasn't going to go from CS2 to CS3, but I'm very happy I did…Memory management and speed have been greatly enhanced as well as a much improved browser and other tweaks..Definitely wrth the $200 upgrade!

4 Stars Upgrade pains
Bought this out of necessity. Definitely problems with this product, unexpected instances of the help viewer open and crash the program. Program crashes unexpectedly while just trying to do simple tasks.

This aside, its the standard Adobe product story, you want to use it to the exclusion of everything else in your life…your job, your marriage, your personal hygiene.

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