Photoshop

[Lois]

After giving up the ghost with GIMP I have Photoshop.

Before I install it all I have a quick question...
I have Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and Adobe Photoshop 7.0 but the 7.0 disk says "upgrade". Does this mean I have to install 5.5 first or will it have the whole programme on 7.0?

[arcturus]

I'm guessing that the whole programe is on the 7.0 disk but at some point in the installation you will have to 'show' it the 5.5 disk.

[Lois]

I tried installing 7.0 straight, got half way through and had to prove I had 4.0 or later. Just installing them both!!

[WildfireS3]

If you install 7.0 you'll need the 7.0.1 upgrade as it screws about with the text layers after a while in 7.0. Then when you click on any text layer your layer will default to the bottom one and a message saying "This Layer is Locked" or somthing like that. Very anoying.

If you can go for Photoshop CS.

Hope that helps, if you've got any problems drop me a mial.

Chris

P.S You can uninstall 5.5 after 7.0

[ErnestM]

Lois. Stop.

You don't need to actually install 5.5. You should be able to just insert your 5.5 CD/enter your activation code from 5.5 when it asks for proof of prior purchase. I had 6.0 and that's what I did when installing my upgrade to CS.

ErnestM

[Lois]

its done now and someone had pink alloys at BTaP

[beano500]

ErnestM said:

I had 6.0 and that's what I did when installing my upgrade to CS.

I'm on 6 and was looking for the potential damage if I wanted to upgrade to CS but couldn't easily see it on Adobe site - roughly how much is it?

However much, is CS worth the upgrade?

[ErnestM]

beano500 said:

ErnestM said: I had 6.0 and that's what I did when installing my upgrade to CS. I'm on 6 and was looking for the potential damage if I wanted to upgrade to CS but couldn't easily see it on Adobe site - roughly how much is it? However much, is CS worth the upgrade?

It's $169 and you can download it from the web site (at least in the States). I upgraded because I bought Premier Pro 1.5, After Effects Pro and Encore 1.5. CS is easier to use with those programs (launch from within program, edit in native, etc). For $169, you can hardly go wrong considering the price of the full version. In fact, it might be just me but CS is a tad more intuitive than the previous versions as well.

ErnestM