Is PS 7.0 upgrade to CS worth it?

[MCary]

Well?


Mike

 

[gregr]

As I recall there were some significant changes between 7 and CS but it's been a while and my memory is pretty bad...
Does 7 have ACR- the raw converter? Shadows and highlights?

 

[MCary]

I don't think it does have a Raw converter but I use the Canon utility. It is a nice piece of software, I've heard. I'm still new at it.

Mike

 

[BlueCorn]

Yeah - you have to have at least CS (or CS2) to use the latest versions of of Camera Raw.

 

[Ebn]

Camera RAW and Adobe Bridge (vanishing point, HDR, etc.) would be two key reasons to upgrade to CS.

 

[BlueCorn]

I can't stand Bridge but vanishing point and merge to HDR are very cool

 

[gregr]

lol- you guys are already over my head
Does 7 have shadows and highlights? That's a very useful tool.

 

[MCary]

Roger that over my head thing Greg. I'm thinking of learning the one I have before getting the new one.

 

[Blazer88]

CS2 (I'm not sure about CS) also has the spot heal tool which is very useful. I don't think version 7 came with that tool

 

[theatrus]

Spot Heal is a nice tool. ACR is nice, but I've had better luck with DPP (Digital Photo Professional, the Canon tool). It has less knobs to tweak vs ACR, but I get better images out of it.

 

[CodeToad]

7 does not have the shadow-highlight tool if I remember correctly.

 

[lessthanlights]

If you're buying it I would suggest waiting until CS3 comes out- if your're stealing it go ahead and do it. As a professional photog I could never go back to an older version of photoshop. But for casual use you won't really notice the difference.