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Any CS3 users still out there? Anybody waiting for CS6?

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I want CS6 when it is released, but will settle for 5 if there are no real differences.
 
I use CS3 at work and have just downloaded a trial version of PS CS5 at home, and can honestly say I don't like it much - I've been using GIMP for a while quite intensively along with inksape (not so much usage) and I'm struggling to justify spending the sort of money adobe ask for. Also tried a trial of pixelmator, but for some reason I'm finding it slightly difficult to use:(
 
Still using CS3 and has not intentions to upgrade to CS4 or CS5 (maybe CS6 !). Upgrades are too expensive for my taste...
 
Still on CS4. We'll see what they offer for CS6. I'm more interested in productivity rather than just more "cool" effects that most people don't use.
 
Our office upgraded to CS5, but I choose to work in CS3. There is an elegance to the interface that I prefer. I've been doing this for twenty years now. I don't need so many bells and whistles.
 
I've used the CS5 trial and I agree there are bits of the CS 3 UI which feel nicer.
 
I'm still on CS3, and probably won't upgrade until either Adobe returns to using native OS controls rather than their current glitchy Flash-based widgets and poor imitations of the system's UI, or when CS3 no longer functions on whatever hardware and Mac OS I want to use.

Sadly, the latter will probably come first. :mad:
 
I'm sorry, but from my personal experience most people claiming "they don't need the new features" are just too lazy to learn them. Of course, this doesn't have to apply to anyone in this thread since I don't know your workflow.

I already saved hours thanks to InDesign CS5s different sized pages and background pdf saving. There is stuff like this that increases productivity and makes an upgrade worth it, and not new filter xy in Photoshop, which one would only use once or twice a year. Another example, transparent gradients is new in Illustrator CS5, that's something I wanted since Illustrator 10 and I use it very often.

I know a graphic designer who is still working with XPress 4! :eek:
he is also claiming he doesn't need anything more, and that the newer stuff doesn't have anything to offer. When I mention fundamental things like, um, multiple steps backwards, he says oh I don't need that. But afterwards he complains that he has so much work and always has to work until late in the evening. :rolleyes:

Again, it's not my intention to attack anyone, it's just my opinion that spending time and money in new software/features pays off in no time. Everyone has different workflows, and if I can save 15 minutes every day thanks to 2-3 new features, that's more than an hour a week - and more than 5 hours a month more spare time to relax. :)
 
chaosbunny said:
I'm sorry, but from my personal experience most people claiming "they don't need the new features" are just too lazy to learn them. Of course, this doesn't have to apply to anyone in this thread since I don't know your workflow.
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Like I said... I've been doing this for twenty years. Learning new features is not an issue. I would compare it to a woodworker. Do you think they'd build a finer piece if their chisel came with an auto-level-depth-meter? Sometimes the tool suffices. Then, it's up to the craftsman.

And you know what really saves time? Not making the 10 missteps before you take the first good one. No tool helps you avoid those... just a little good-old experience.
 
citizenzen said:
Like I said... I've been doing this for twenty years. Learning new features is not an issue. I would compare it to a woodworker. Do you think they'd build a finer piece if their chisel came with an auto-level-depth-meter? Sometimes the tool suffices. Then, it's up to the craftsman.

And you know what really saves time? Not making the 10 missteps before you take the first good one. No tool helps you avoid those... just a little good-old experience.
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No doubt skill and experience matter much more than tools. I never said tools are more important than these. I could make a fine layout with just a pencil if I had to - and sometimes I do. But this thread is not about experience or talent.

I may not have 20 years in the business, but I have 10.

Maybe what matters is if you are missing something with your current tools. I always wondered why there are no gradients to transarency in Illustrator, and why I couldn't have different sized pages in InDesign (or XPress - back in the day). At least Freehand had them. So when I saw that CS5 has these features I went for it, and now I happily use them.

I do a lot of different sized posters and packaging for example, having all that belong together in one single docoment is a huge plus. Master pages, styles, only 1 pdf to write instead of 10 to send to the client for approval (with 20 years in the industry you certainly know that you sometimes send these things to clients quite often :) )

But this may not matter to you, and again, that's perfectly fine. I don't know your workflow, but you also don't know mine.
 
I just upgraded from CS3 to CS5 this week. I could not be happier.

CS5 is faster and works better than CS3 on any Intel Mac...not to mention all the changes between CS3 and CS5.

I had Web Premium for CS3 and switched over to Design Premium for CS5 because I wanted InDesign more than needing Flash Builder 4.

Design Premium comes with Dreamweaver and the new Flash Catalyst in addition to all the usual players (PS, AI, BR, ID, Acrobat pro).

Sure, Adobe CS costs $$$. It is by far the best and only game in town for what they do. Maybe if someone came out with a rival suite of cross platform applications things might be different—and do not say Pixelmator, that is kid-stuff and not even as good as the gimped Gimp.

(I think it is a bit trendy to dis on Adobe here at Macrumors)
 
I'm still cruising along with CS3 and haven't really had that overwhelming of an urge to upgrade yet. Sure, it'd be nice, but my funds are pretty tight and so CS5 is more of a want than a need.
 
My advice is skip 5 if you're on 4 and wait for 6. 5 brings very little extra and is less stable even after months of patches.
 
I'm sticking w/CS3 as well. I've upgraded twice and Adobe doesn't reward all their customers for being loyal unless you've purchased every single upgrade along the way. Since they penealize you for skipping a version I figure I might as well extend my purchase horizon uness there is some amazing speed improvements or killer new attribute.
 
For upgrades I usually just wait until the version I have is about to be dropped from the least expensive upgrade eligibility (i.e i just upgraded from photoshop CS2, the oldest one that qualifies, to CS5 Extended). There's not enough changes from model to model for me to rationalize $200 every 16-18 months(ish). so I'll probably be waiting until CS8 for my next upgrade.


I still can't believe they somehow 'couldn't' or 'wouldn't' put the lighting effects in Photoshop CS5 64-bit extended for OS X. they're in every other build of CS5... except the 64-bit Extended for OS X... Ancient PC with CS1 to the rescue!
 
I'm still using CS3 Design Premium. I have wondered about a CS5 upgrade, it has some nice features but I can't see that it will pay back the cost of the upgrade. I must say it is a much closer call with CS5 than CS4 was.

Now CS6 seems to be looming I will hold out until a month after that is released when the bugs are ironed out. I can't afford any down time.
 
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