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Photoshop CS3 Beta

Tuomo Tenhunen, Photographer

	Lohja \| - \| Finland \| Posted: 5:03 PM on 12.14.06
	->> Check this out, http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-7901-8708

Joshua Brown, Photographer

	New York \| NY \| USA \| Posted: 6:43 PM on 12.14.06
	->> Here are some top features. http://www.photoshopuser.com/cs3/sk_features.html

Bob Croslin, Photographer

	St. Petersburg \| FL \| USA \| Posted: 12:20 AM on 12.15.06
	->> Ta-daaaaaa: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5Fphotoshop

Vasha Hunt, Photographer

	Opelika \| AL \| USA \| Posted: 5:13 AM on 12.15.06
	->> I'm playing in CS 3 right now! Wow, it is sweet!

Monty Rand, Photographer

	Bangor \| ME \| USA \| Posted: 7:53 AM on 12.15.06
	->> Seems very fast at first look.

Marc Atkins, Photographer

	Aylesbury \| Bucks \| UK \| Posted: 9:05 AM on 12.15.06
	->> Could someone point me in the direction of the download link please ?

Landon Finch, Photographer

	Colorado Springs \| CO \| USA \| Posted: 9:22 AM on 12.15.06
	->> Anything to improve the already easy-to-use Camera RAW feature is very welcome!

Bob Ford, Photographer

	Lehighton \| Pa \| USA \| Posted: 10:15 AM on 12.15.06
	->> Marc, Bob Croslin already posted the link. Once you sign in at the page Bob linked you will be taken to the download page.

Monty Rand, Photographer

	Bangor \| ME \| USA \| Posted: 10:52 AM on 12.15.06
	->> Link is above.

Andrew Spearin, Student/Intern, Photo Editor

	Saskatoon \| SK \| Canada \| Posted: 11:03 AM on 12.15.06
	->> I just woke up and it seems like I'm still dreaming. Those features sound VERY nice and graciously welcomed. We'll see once it finishes downloading...

Marc Atkins, Photographer

	Aylesbury \| Bucks \| UK \| Posted: 11:11 AM on 12.15.06
	->> Ah, I see. Didnt realise I had to log in ! Sorry for the confusion :-) Marc

Ryan Gibbons, Student/Intern, Photographer

	Columbia \| MO \| USA \| Posted: 11:25 AM on 12.15.06
	->> The ability to open JPEGs in ACR...I am never going to have to open something into photoshop again. Nice. Ryan

Jon Wright, Photographer

	Wayzata \| MN \| USA \| Posted: 11:36 AM on 12.15.06
	->> Has anybody figured out how to open jpgs in raw with Windows version? I watched Scott Kelby's demo on the subject in the NAPP website, but I don't get the same dialogue box as shown.

Frank Casimiro, Photographer

	Houston/Sugar Land \| TX \| USA \| Posted: 11:46 AM on 12.15.06
	->> Jon To get the right dialog to be able to open JPG files in Camera Raw click on the "Use Adobe Dialog" in the lower left corner of the "Open" window to change to the Adobe Open Dialog. Hope this helps... Frank

Frank Casimiro, Photographer

	Houston/Sugar Land \| TX \| USA \| Posted: 11:56 AM on 12.15.06
	->> It will actually work using the OS dialog also. In either case simple select your JPG file to open then click on the "FILES OF TYPE" menu item and select Camera Raw as the option then click open.

Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor

	Washington \| DC \| US \| Posted: 12:00 PM on 12.15.06
	->> Man...this is WAAAYA faster at opening my 24x36 @300dpi multi layer files than CS2!!!! Delane

Frank Casimiro, Photographer

	Houston/Sugar Land \| TX \| USA \| Posted: 12:05 PM on 12.15.06
	->> I mistyped, forgot to state, in my previous post that in the windows version you must use the "OPEN AS" function when opening a JPG as Camera Raw. I hope all this clears it up for you Jon. Best

Jon Wright, Photographer

	Wayzata \| MN \| USA \| Posted: 12:26 PM on 12.15.06
	->> Thanks guys!!!! Yea, it works. This will make my workflow much quicker.

Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor

	Washington \| DC \| US \| Posted: 12:26 PM on 12.15.06
	->> Anyone else have trouble with registration? I did a copy/paste on the serial @ and I cant register. Hmmmmm..... I guess I'll be using the 2 day tril till i figure it out Delane

Frank Casimiro, Photographer

	Houston/Sugar Land \| TX \| USA \| Posted: 12:42 PM on 12.15.06
	->> Delane After you download CS3 visit the web page listed below and enter your CS2 serial number to generate a CS3 serial number. Use the generated CS3 serial number to register/activate the software. http://www.adobe.com/go/photoshopcs3beta_serialnumber Best... Frank

JohnPaul Greco, Photographer, Assistant

	Waukesha \| WI \| USA \| Posted: 12:59 PM on 12.15.06
	->> Hmm...neato! :-) I guess no one really knows for sure when the retail version will be available..? JP

David Lucas, Photographer

	Toronto \| On \| Canada \| Posted: 1:06 PM on 12.15.06
	->> I just contacted Adobe support about the serial number issue. They said they are having some issues witht he Beta site and are not accepting the serial numbers right now and that they know about the problem and are workign on it. Cheers David Lucas Staff Photographer Toronto Sun www.torontosun.com www.davidlucasphotography.com

Kirby Yau, Photographer, Assistant

	San Diego \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 1:32 PM on 12.15.06
	->> Thanks Daivd I've been driving myself insane with the serial number issue, good to know that theres no sleveless white jacket in my future.

Howard Curtis Smith, Photographer

	Easton \| PA \| USA \| Posted: 1:50 PM on 12.15.06
	->> You can't cut and paste the serial number in, it must be typed. I spent a few minutes scratching my head on that one.

Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor

Washington | DC | US | Posted: 1:56 PM on 12.15.06

->> Ok...all done now. thanks Frank!!!

Howard...I had to TYPE in mu OLD serial # (cut/paste did NOT work) then had to TYPE in the newly generated CS3 serial # to get it working/activated.

have fun!!

Has anyole else tried the new "Quick Selection" tool? WAAAAY Nice and it's going to make my poster type work

http://www.photoshelter.com/gallery-img-show?G_ID=G00006_nGVm5GBX4&P_ID=&st...

SO MUCH more efficient and faster now

Nick Doan, Photographer

	Scottsdale Phoenix Tempe \| AZ \| USA \| Posted: 2:10 PM on 12.15.06
	->> I just created a CS3 serial number by typing it in. Strangely, I had separate accounts with ADOBE and MACROMEDIA with different passwords and the same login (my email address). That had to be resolved before it let me generate a new CS3 serial#.

Eric Canha, Photographer

	Brockton \| MA \| United States \| Posted: 2:25 PM on 12.15.06
	->> Anyone having trouble printing with CS3? I can't get it to work with either my networked or local printers. CS3 won't pass settings to the printers and if I try setting the printers outside of CS3 the Photoshop just sets the drivers back to their default. I love the new RAW!!

Frank Casimiro, Photographer

	Houston/Sugar Land \| TX \| USA \| Posted: 2:31 PM on 12.15.06
	->> Which platform Eric, Mac or Windows? I just tried printing to a local printer on the Windows platform with no issues at all..

Larry Ryan, Photographer

	Hibbing \| MN \| USA \| Posted: 2:58 PM on 12.15.06
	->> Anyone know what theis means TWAINBridge. It keeps telling me I need to close it, but I don't know what it is?

Eric Canha, Photographer

	Brockton \| MA \| United States \| Posted: 2:59 PM on 12.15.06
	->> Windoz... I've been playing with it some more.... if I click the portrait / landscape buttons back and forth, the driver updates ?!?! Now I gotta test this with the network printers. It simply will not allow me to select a paper size on my networked Mitsubishi 9550 or a Kodak 1400 for that matter.

Eric Canha, Photographer

Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 3:17 PM on 12.15.06

->> O.K. got part of it working. It just doesn't play nice with my printers over a network. I had to make the settings at the 'server' end and then I could work from my workstation and have it print. Gotta be a bug in there somewhere. I went back to CS2 and everything worked fine as could be.

I've posted a message on the photoshop forum on the Adobe site. They don't have a 'normal' bug report system like many other programs when they are released in beta versions. Maybe someone will get back to me.

Walter Calahan, Photographer

Westminster | MD | USA | Posted: 6:20 PM on 12.15.06

->> What I don't get is why a serial number from Creative Suite 2 doesn't work, only a stand alone PhotoShop CS2 serial number works.

Kind of short sighted on Adobe's part is my opinion. Now I have to see that damn 30 day warning all the time.

I mean I paid for PhotoShop CS2 when I bought the more expensive Creative Suite!

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*****

That said, Camera Raw is much improved. Very awesome.

Frank Casimiro, Photographer

Houston/Sugar Land | TX | USA | Posted: 7:06 PM on 12.15.06

->> Walter..

If I am not mistaken, I believe that by being a registered owner of Creative Suite 2, you are eligible for the Photoshop CS3 beta evaluation beyond the limited time period.

Have you tried what I've suggested in an earlier post on this topic?

I could be wrong but I would give the link I supplied a visit, if you haven't done so already, and supply your CS2 serial number to obtain a CS3 serial number to activate the beta.

Good Luck

Frank

Jack Kurtz, Photographer

	Phoenix \| AZ \| United States \| Posted: 7:54 PM on 12.15.06
	->> Anyone tried it on an "old" G4 Powerbook or iBook? What is the verdict on speed compared to CS? thanks, jack

Walter Calahan, Photographer

	Westminster \| MD \| USA \| Posted: 8:13 PM on 12.15.06
	->> Frank Thanks for suggesting I try again. The link you posted is the page I went to before. Now it worked. Perhaps their server was overwhelmed earlier today. Got it. No more two day hell. HA!

Howard Curtis Smith, Photographer

	Easton \| PA \| USA \| Posted: 1:00 AM on 12.16.06
	->> Jack, I see no noticeable speed difference between CS2 and CS3 on my G4 PowerBook. I have not used CS in ages, so I don't know how it compares to that version. I hope that helps.

David Templeton, Assistant, Photographer

Hammonton | NJ | USA | Posted: 1:59 AM on 12.16.06

->> Well, speaking as a Windows user, there isnt a whole lot improved to warrant the upgrade. However here are a few things that I enjoy:

1) The vibrance slider in ACR beats the pants off using the saturation slider.

2) The curves dialog has a few more things to make it easier, like a histogram.

3) The palettes are slightly easier to resize and move around.

4) Smart filters

5) The black and white conversion tool

6) the quick select tool beats the pants off the magic wand

There are still several filters and other tools in the Image menu that are unavailable in 16-bit. Oh well.

Brent McCown, Photographer

	Hastings \| NE \| USA \| Posted: 2:34 AM on 12.16.06
	->> This program sure is the bees knees but are they going to add a spell checking program that will cover caption information in the description section under file info? I mean you can spell check type added into photos as a layer but why not in file info? Please santa, pretty please....

Jack Kurtz, Photographer

	Phoenix \| AZ \| United States \| Posted: 9:23 AM on 12.16.06
	->> Brent, Spell Catcher from Rainmaker (http://www.rainmakerinc.com/). It is about $50 works with everything from AppleWorks to Photoshop (and the File Info box) to Word and Excel. I have been using it since the good old days of System 7 (on my Macs) when it was called Thunder 7. It is essential software. jack

Paul W Gillespie, Photographer

	Annapolis \| MD \| USA \| Posted: 10:25 AM on 12.16.06
	->> Yeah, you would think that that they would have added a spell checker by now. I know that I have been asking for one since PhotoShop 5. I just use PhotoMechanic for my captioning and image selection, it has a spell checker. All though it would be nice if PS had it too. Paul

Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer

Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 11:04 AM on 12.16.06

->> David,

If they did nothing else but improve the loading speed, I'd upgrade. CS3 will save me about 5-10 seconds every time I open the program, and that will probably add years to my life from reduced stress and frustration. :-)

I can easily see asking myself a year or two from now how I ever did without some of the features they have added...just as with every previous version I've used.

Chuck

Jeffery Patch, Student/Intern, Photographer

	Huntington Beach \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 2:42 AM on 12.17.06
	->> I haven't spent a ton of time with it yet, but it does feel MUCH faster on my Dual 2.0 G5 with 1.5GB ram. I was surprised how slow CS2 was on this bad boy. I know it's getting a little outdated, but it's still my bad boy ok? :)

Louis Lopez, Photographer

	Fontana \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 4:23 AM on 12.17.06
	->> Very fast on startup and opening my files. So far I am very pleased.

Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor

	Washington \| DC \| US \| Posted: 12:47 PM on 12.17.06
	->> Did you gys see the new "zoomify" export option: http://contrastphotography.com/action_304_5286z.html and http://contrastphotography.com/105_2245.html looks like a partnership/licensing deal with www.zoomify.com I dont know how this will effect my bottom line, but it's cool. Delane

Melissa Wade, Photographer

	New York \| NY \| USA \| Posted: 8:39 PM on 12.17.06
	->> Is anyone having issues with memory failures? I've corrected the default so that it is using the same (high) percentage that CS2 was using, but it is failing often doing much less at a time than I did with CS2. Also is there a fix for that other than restarting the computer? I'm Windows XP Pro. Thanks.

Chuong Doan, Photographer

	Kansas City \| MO \| USA \| Posted: 3:16 PM on 12.18.06
	->> Here's a few really helpful videos that demonstrate some of the new features. Smart filters and the new Bridge are gonna be really useful: http://tinyurl.com/yx4nbt

Chris Large, Photographer

	Okotoks \| Alberta \| Canada \| Posted: 9:50 PM on 12.18.06
	->> I've been playing with cs3...so far so good...but bridge is giving me a problem. When I open a folder and view images as thumbnails they all appear very soft. The preview of anyone hilighted is great but the main overview is soft. Any ideas? Chris

Vasha Hunt, Photographer

Opelika | AL | USA | Posted: 10:33 PM on 12.18.06

->> Anyone with .CR2 files find that exporting from Photo Mechanic forces the images into CS2's Camera Raw? I have an assortment of files, .nef, .tif (1D raw), .crw and .cr2 - all but cr 2 open just fine in CS3/ACR4. I'm wondering if the problem is something on my computer or if there is an incompatibility in Photo Mechanic.

17in Mac powerbook 1.33ghz, 1.5 gigs RAM, OS 10.4.8, PM 4.4.3.3.

Anyone else having this glitch?

V

Chuong Doan, Photographer

	Kansas City \| MO \| USA \| Posted: 10:38 PM on 12.18.06
	->> Chris- Thumbnail previews are by default soft in order to increase speed. Go into preferences->thumbnails and you can tell it to automatically generate high quality thumbs which takes up a lot of time, or you can have it generate a high quality thumb only when an image is previewed.

Darren Whitley, Photographer

	Maryville \| MO \| USA \| Posted: 11:06 PM on 12.18.06
	->> In reference to serial numbers. I sorta skimmed so I apologize if you all mentioned the solution. You will need to enter your CS2 serial no. on the Adobe web page. This then generates a new serial to use with CS3 beta.

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