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webmonkie · Dec 18, 2006, 09:35 AM

I've been browsing several forums on the web about the new Photoshop CS3. Most user are not very impress with new Photoshop. The reviews are mix between G5 users and lower end Mac Intel machines. Has anyone download the new Photoshop who's running a new Mac Pro desktop?

Photo678 · Dec 18, 2006, 05:17 PM

running it on a macbook and the thing screams......however, it is beta, and people seem to forget that...its not supposed to run perfect. I haven't had any problems with it whatsoever and have been running it about 5 hours a day for the past 3 days...without a hiccup.

art_director · Dec 18, 2006, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by Photo678

running it on a macbook and the thing screams......however, it is beta, and people seem to forget that...its not supposed to run perfect. I haven't had any problems with it whatsoever and have been running it about 5 hours a day for the past 3 days...without a hiccup.

Can you give us a rundown of your personal experience with it to date?

Thx.

imitchellg5 · Dec 18, 2006, 07:29 PM

I think that it is a bit slow on my G5 1.8GHz 2Gb of RAM. It's about the same as say Photoshop Elements 2, but slower than CS2. It's not bad though.

art_director · Dec 18, 2006, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

I think that it is a bit slow on my G5 1.8GHz 2Gb of RAM. It's about the same as say Photoshop Elements 2, but slower than CS2. It's not bad though.

Cool, thx for the reply.

What do you think of the new features?

Photo678 · Dec 18, 2006, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by art_director

Can you give us a rundown of your personal experience with it to date?

Thx.

New layout and design of palettes are great.....not sure if you have seen, but there is a bit of a smoked sort of glass around the pallettes....sounds annoying but is really a nice touch....

I have no idea how this works on a powerpc processor as i don't have one anymore....startup time from first bounce in the dock is between 8-21 seconds...yes, seconds....its that fast.

some things are a little wonky....the brush tool, when selected, does not show the brush size on your canvas....well it does at certain sizes, but disappears at other sizes.....but a known bug.

opening and saving files is pretty normal for ps users.....same speed as windows, ie pretty quick.

Often times when selecting the type tool, it beachballs for a few seconds....not sure if that is the updating of the font previews or if it is the creation of the layer....not too annoying though.

haven't printed anything yet, so don't know about that...saving for web is decent, camera raw is really nice, but haven't done too much work in there just yet....smart filters are a great addition...filters themselves work nice and fast..full gaussian blur on high res(2500x2500 @300dpi) image takes about 30 seconds or so.

As a beta, im pretty impressed with it, and will be using this daily until the final is released, unless i find something that just doesn't work.

hope that helps.

MM-o4 · Dec 18, 2006, 11:56 PM

it runs sweet on my Mac Pro 2.66 1Gb.

really looking forward to all of CS3

-MM-

DemersDesigns · Dec 19, 2006, 12:01 AM

I had a Kernel Panic right after I installed it. After restart, it is running stable and is pretty damn fast. The new palette configuration is sweet and overall I am impressed with the performance. Just my 2 cents...

Demonhood · Dec 19, 2006, 02:58 AM

works pretty well on my 2.3Ghz dual G5 (2GB RAM).
i'm digging the interface changes.
and the photomerge revamp is simply amazing.

cla · Dec 19, 2006, 06:55 AM

Just wait until they remove the debug code...

art_director · Dec 19, 2006, 11:26 AM

thx for all the informative posts, gang. haven't had the time to download and play with it yet. looking forward to the chance.

exca1ibur · Dec 19, 2006, 04:06 PM

Did anyone check out the 'save for web and devices' then go to 'Device Central'? Pretty nice you can save down for different brands of cell phones, PDA, etc. Save animated GIFs as screensavers and wallpapers.

I really like the new palettes and this thing is fast on my Macbook Pro here in all aspects.

art_director · Dec 19, 2006, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by exca1ibur

Did anyone check out the 'save for web and devices' then go to 'Device Central'? Pretty nice you can save down for different brands of cell phones, PDA, etc. Save animated GIFs as screensavers and wallpapers.

I really like the new palettes and this thing is fast on my Macbook Pro here in all aspects.

That save for devices feature sounds sweet. What phones / PDAs are listed?

godzookie2k · Jan 2, 2007, 01:49 AM

I haven't had a problem. CS3 is probably the best photoshop upgrade in years.

motoxpress · Jan 2, 2007, 12:37 PM

It is running really well on my MBP. I had one or two crashes but have been using it pretty steadily since it's release.

-mx

arng1 · Jan 8, 2007, 12:37 AM

The final release will show significant performance increase over the beta im sure.

siMac · Jan 9, 2007, 04:50 PM

Very impressed, some excellent new features and the new interface could make my second screen almost obsolete.

No noticable speed differences between CS2 and CS3 on my G5.

chris v · Jan 15, 2007, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by godzookie2k

I haven't had a problem. CS3 is probably the best photoshop upgrade in years.

I concur. Some great stuff in there. No speed problems here, either. I'm on the fence about the new palettes, but I figure in a couple of months, I won't think about it at all.

Railroader · Jan 18, 2007, 07:21 PM

CS3 is much better than CS2 on my MacBoook.

I am having two problems with PS CS3 though

The first is in regards to brushes. They tend to disappear periodically when set to the brush size setting. this is extremely annoying.

The second is with printing. Pictures have an "antique" look to them. The color is desaturated and slightly brown. I am not sure if it's a problem with color profiles or not. CS2 prints perfectly though, so I just open the files and print in CS2.

Demonhood · Jan 18, 2007, 07:40 PM

the brush issue is a known bug with the beta. not sure about the printing thing tho.

Railroader · Jan 19, 2007, 12:08 AM

Originally Posted by Demonhood

the brush issue is a known bug with the beta.

Good to know. It'll probably be fixed pretty quickly.

not sure about the printing thing tho.

This isn't that big of a problem. Actually, I have been really impressed with Light Room and it's output options. I pray that Light Room is reasonably priced when it leaves beta status.

frisby · Jan 20, 2007, 05:11 PM

I really enjoyed the beta. You can tell they are following Macromedia's layout that they also implemented into AE7 and Premiere Pro 2. I am anxious for the first universal code PS on Mac.

iMac G5, 2.33 Duel Core, 3 gigs o RAM.

indigoimac · Jan 20, 2007, 10:34 PM

I'm pretty pleased w/ it nice improvement over CS on the intel iMac listed, the difference in RAM usage vs. Rosetta is a good enough improvement for me.

Beyond that I have neither seen any problems or have any real gripes, nice piece of software as usual, what I'd really like is a Public Beta of InDesign CS3, but I doubt that will happen.

chris v · Jan 20, 2007, 11:00 PM

Here's a link to the Beta Forums and here's a link to a pretty good writeup on the new features.

Old Toad · Jan 21, 2007, 07:57 PM

I'm running CS3b on a Dual Core 2G G5 desktop (PPC) and it's much faster than the CS2 version I'm also running. Startup is about half of the CS2. I understand that with an intel Mac it's even faster. The new features such as the nondestructive smart filters are a great addition.