Photoshop CS4 is a disaster

I don't think you can update a Trial version.

> bob maybe it's time to kill this thread and let a new one evolve... no one is coming in here reading all 800 posts.

Please don't kill it. I placed a bet with a bookie in Vegas that it'll reach 1000! ;-)

Thanks. I will try that. I am still trying to update my vid card driver. Thanks again.

I am searching for an update to my driver as I write this. I did not know I had to load the new 11.01 update to PS since I just started the trial version 2 weeks ago. Is this necessary?
Thanks for the help
Penne

And maybe this link should be at the top of that thread or in the FAQs which nobody reads. ;)

List of tested graphic display cards for Photoshop CS4

http://www.adobe.com/go/kb405711

... or as a sticky.

bob maybe it's time to kill this thread and let a new one evolve... no one is coming in here reading all 800 posts. and if any issues still remain unresolved here, they're being overlooked. let the posters start a new thread for each specific problem. i say set it to read only and let it float.

tom, have you updated your video drivers to the latest version? have you loaded the new 11.01 update to photoshop?

penne same questions to you as i just asked tom...

Can anyone please help me find out how to get Open GL? I keep getting error messages when I try to do something in PS CS4 trial version about this Open GL. I have gone to preferences and do not see it anywhere. I am new to all of this and have no clue how to find this on my laptop.

I am not sure if this has anything to do with not having some of the tools (for example: Rounded Rectangle Tool), but to create a button I need for a site I need that tool and cannot find it anywhere.

I am getting very frustrated at this program. I need it for class for college, but don't know if I want to spend the money if this is the case.
Thanks,
Penne

Im glad I found this thread. Now I dont feel insane or mentally crippled.

Yes, CS4 has been a disaster on my PC also. I have Win Xp Pro, an Athlon chip and 2GB RAM, with an ATI Radeon x1650 graphics card. From the day I loaded CS4, it has crawled, slower than slow, with screen refreshes taking up to 20 or 30 seconds after resizing or moving an image.

After reading these comments, I checked Edit/Preferences/Performance, and the GLU was grayed out. Again taking tips from here, I went to the ATI website and downloaded the very newest drivers and installed them. No luck. Now when I go to Edit/Preferences/Performance, I dont even get the dialog box. CS4 instantly crashes and shuts down. If I dont open Preferences, it still runs, although just as slowwwww. I'm guessing CS4 is using the CPU for graphics, and not the GPU.

Everything else runs fine: Photoshop CS2, Nero, movies, flash, Nikon Capture NX, FastStone and many others just breeze right along. So now I know it has to be a fault with CS4. Groan!

So, Im using CS2 in the meantime. Any suggestions on what to do from here, Adobe?

Thanks,

Tom B

But at least 4 months down the road while clients are tapping the pencil on the desk.....

And I know how long it takes to get some tasks done in software. The vast majority of the time we only have management to mollify when the schedule slips, but customers and their clients? At $$$$/hr?

... and this is why the old hands on the forums try to calm people down a bit and quit suggesting that Adobe doesn't care. They do, a lot, and not because it is just a job.