Photoshop 7 or CS ?

[roy]

I was wondering if the current version, to be used chiefly for the manufacture of negatives, is significantly better than 7. Any opinions ?

[sanking]

I was wondering if the current version, to be used chiefly for the manufacture of negatives, is significantly better than 7. Any opinions ?

CS allows the use of more tools with 16 bit files than 7. I find to be this a very important advantage.

Sandy

[Joe Lipka]

CS2 is now available with (alledgedly) more features than CS. I believe the chief improvements are in sharpening and in the correction of barrel distortion.

[DavidS]

I was wondering if the current version, to be used chiefly for the manufacture of negatives, is significantly better than 7. Any opinions ?

Forget 7 or CS. Adobe recently came out with CS2 which blows the original CS out of the water with a multitude of new features. I've been using it for the past month and I would never go back to 7 or CS.

[donbga]

Forget 7 or CS. Adobe recently came out with CS2 which blows the original CS out of the water with a multitude of new features. I've been using it for the past month and I would never go back to 7 or CS.

Hi David,

I'm a CS owner and have resisted the upgrade to CS2. In the context of producing digital negatives, how does CS2 blow CS out of the water?

Thanks,

Don Bryant

[Joe Lipka]

I have seen evidence of the sharpening functions in images between CS and CS2. CS2 is superior. The ability to edit with 16 bit depth instead of 8 bit depth will lead to smoother tones.

I do plan to upgrade, as soon as my college age daughter can go back to the campus bookstore and purchase the "student discount" version to give to her dear old dad.

[David A. Goldfarb]

If she has a valid student ID (or if you have a valid faculty ID), you can get software and some hardware items at academic rates from www.academicsuperstore.com.

(moderation strangeness--I accidentally clicked "edit" instead of "quick reply" when I first posted this, and now that I have superhuman moderator powers, I accidentally posted it into Joe's response, instead of as a reply. All fixed now)

[donbga]

I have seen evidence of the sharpening functions in images between CS and CS2. CS2 is superior. The ability to edit with 16 bit depth instead of 8 bit depth will lead to smoother tones.

Joe,

Apparently I must be missing something here. I can edit in 16 bit mode with CS. Why are the sharpening functions so much improved? Perhaps you can point me to a link that illustrates the improvements. If it's that good I might upgrade.

Thanks for your help,

Don Bryant