photoshop Q

[newbee]

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hello, i have a chance to buy PS CS2 cheep. plan is to use it as a upgrade platform to CS5 later, but it is going to take awhile before i can shoot some cash in that direction, so i was wondering if it is still good by todays standar or just buy and leave for now and keep using PSE 8 i allready have installed on my pc?

[wparsonsgisnet]

hello, i have a chance to buy PS CS2 cheep. plan is to use it as a upgrade platform to CS5 later, but it is going to take awhile before i can shoot some cash in that direction, so i was wondering if it is still good by todays standar or just buy and leave for now and keep using PSE 8 i allready have installed on my pc?

 

Elements will give you raw processing and the newer version should be better for you.

 

As it happens, I use Elements at work and PS3 at home. This works ok. Elements came with the camera and I loaded it at work.

[newbee]

thanks for replying, guess i buy cs2 for the licens and start saving for the upgrade:)

[stunsworth]

I'm not sure the upgrade to PS CS5 is possible from PS CS2

 

It's not a problem. Photoshop usually supports an upgrade from three previous versions.

 

Personally I'd load CS2 and learn how to use it. That will stand you in good stead for the upgrade to CS5.

[ho_co]

You're right, Steve.--Just checked and deleted my earlier post.

 

newb--

There's a big difference between PS Elements and Photoshop. The latter has a very rough learning curve IMHO.

 

Get ready to give CS2 some solid time to get into it if you go that way. But a lot of the "Learn Photoshop" tutorials and classes and videos have moved on from the wealth of features of CS2, to the plethora of features in CS4 and CS5 so it may be harder to come to terms with it than it would be if you waited till you're ready to start CS5.

 

But I'm with Steve that the sooner you can get up to speed with Photoshop, the better off you'll be.

 

BTW, Mike Johnston at TOP refers to the yearly Adobe upgrades as "the Adobe tax."

[newbee]

Thanks for your replys i just downloaded a trialversion of cs2 while waiting for my copy to arrive. also a 815 pages user manual:eek:, i can see the point concerning the amount of time and the steep learning curve:p, guess i just sit and play with it first and see how it goes, found some old tutorials on "http://www.luminous-landscape.com/" to help me with. if i can use what i learn on cs2 when i upgrade to cs5 its worth it i think.

 

Jan erik Andresen

[krandall]

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While it's definitely true that there is a steeper learning curve for PS than for Elements, don't let the manual scare you. As a photographer, you ill only need a small portion of what PS offers, at least to get started.

 

I think the two biggest differences between Elements and Photoshop are that PS offers masks, which are absolutely invaluable, and PS lets you do the same thing about 10 different ways... which can be very confusing when you are learning.

 

Once you learn the basics of image processing in PS, then you can go on and chip away at the "deeper" utility in the program and learn to do more creative things IF YOU WANT.

[farnz]

Jan,

 

Do yourself a huge favour and acquire a copy of "The 7 Point System" by Scott Kelby and work through that at your own pace. It's written around CS3 but there's little difference between CS2 and CS3 so you shouldn't have too many problems. This book makes learning to use Photoshop easy and straightforward and is different from others because it uses the approach "I want my photo to look like this - how do I do it?" instead of the usual approach of "These are the X, Y, and Z tool and this is how to use them." but doesn't tell you when to use them or what tools and features to use together to get a certain look.

 

Pete.

[newbee]

@pete: thanks for the tip ,just the book i need, no point in learning the tech stuff if you dont know how to or why/when you should apply it to your photos. excellent! now google and place an order:)

 

Jan erik

[jaapv]

Pete is right, the 7-point system is excellent, but Scott Kelby has a number of other excellent books and tutorials as well - visit his website.