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Older Versions of Adobe Software?
Paul Hayes, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Littleton | NH | USA | Posted: 9:58 AM on 07.19.11 |
| ->> What is the oldest version of Adobe photoshop/premiere/illustrator/etc. that are worth using? And, on a related note, are there any non-student deals out there worth looking into? |
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Curtis Clegg, Photographer
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Sycamore | IL | USA | Posted: 10:20 AM on 07.19.11 |
->> I am still happily chugging along on Photoshop CS2... I wouldn't want anything earlier because earlier versions did not have Bridge. Of course, I have mostly older cameras too so I don't have a compatibility issue with RAW files.
The newness of your camera is a factor if you shoot RAW. With older versions of Photoshop you will have to first convert your RAW files to DNG (using Adobe's free converter, either stand-alone or as part of your PM ingest workflow).
I am a little bitter about the so-called "Adobe Tax" (the refusal of Adobe to allow newer versions of ACR to run on older versions of Photoshop) so that's partly why I am so stubborn about upgrading. Plus, I don't know of any features on newer versions of Photoshop that are allowable in newspaper work... all we really need is the basic crop, tone, and USM functions for day-to-day work. |
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Butch Miller, Photographer
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Lock Haven | PA | USA | Posted: 11:16 AM on 07.19.11 |
->> "all we really need is the basic crop, tone, and USM functions for day-to-day work."
I know of two small weekly publications that are still using PageMaker for layout and design, PS v7 for their photo processing needs on G3 towers running OS 9.1 ... of course like Curtis points out ... going that far back processing RAW files is virtually non-existent ...
It really depends how far you want to go ...
The biggest concern I would see is you really don't want to go more than a couple of generations back, while it may work fine and be compatible with your other tools today ... If you do ever decide to upgrade, Adobe only allows a three generation gap for upgrade pricing ... so once CS6 hits the market, you will have to pony up full retail if you are running CS2 or earlier ...
While many of the newer features available in the latest versions of Ps may be considered non essential and not "allowable" for PJ work ... many of us also do portraiture, weddings and other work where these tools are invaluable in their time and cost savings ... not to mention that it wasn't until PSCS5 that it could run natively in 64 bit mode on Mac OS ... which is so much more efficient smoothing out the workflow tremendously ... |
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Juerg Schreiter, Photographer
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Fort Lauderdale | FL | USA | Posted: 12:55 PM on 07.19.11 |
| ->> use gimp (free) |
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Curtis Clegg, Photographer
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Sycamore | IL | USA | Posted: 1:04 PM on 07.25.11 |
->> I was talking with a photographer friend over the weekend who tried to get me to update to CS5, if for just the lens correction tool in that version of ACR. Apparently on the tab where I only have control over vignetting, it sounds like his version will read the EXIF data and offer custom correction options for things like keystoning, pincushioning, barrel distortion, etc.
The conversation got me thinking that maybe I should get my head out of the sand and upgrade one of these days... even though I don't do many creative things in Photoshop there are cool and useful tools out there that I didn't know existed! |
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Jack Kurtz, Photographer
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Phoenix | AZ | United States | Posted: 2:19 PM on 07.25.11 |
| ->> Get Lightroom. Same raw converter as CS5 (including the correction tool) and cheaper. I got an email this morning from Adobe that LR is $100 off making it $199. Less than the CS5 upgrade. I've always been one to upgrade to get the latest raw converter. But since switching to LR I'm upgrading LR but not Photoshop. |
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