Photoshop CS4 is a disaster

>31 days is too late...

Don't I know it. At this point, my only hope of being able to actually use the features that I bought this upgrade for is that Adobe (and/or the video drivers that it depends on) will sort this sh!t out.

if you're going to return it. adobe has a 30 day return policy. 31 days is too late...

J Maloney:
>On the constructive side, I'd recommend waiting 31 days before returning your purchase.

Kool.

Why?

Must be some helpful reason you have to share with us . . .

On the constructive side, I'd recommend waiting 31 days before returning your purchase.

Its a public forum James.

>Kwan: Think I'll try it again later under conditions which do tend to slow things down for me quite a bit at times. With the following applications launched simultaneously: Photoshop, Bridge, Indesign, Word 2003 and at least one MSIE browser window.

Emil;

With (graphics or text or graphics and text) files loaded into each launched application, no difference from what I reported to you a few messages earlier.

This is of rather intense interest to me because next week I'll be installing CS4 Master Collection on a new Vista (32 bit) system.

Thanks much for posting.
K

emil,

I tried your test using the largest brush possible and smaller sizes. I saw no problems. I even doubled the size of the file and painted with six different colors, one over the other.

I often work with files that are a couple hundred megs. Occasionally the files are over 500 megs with 30 or more layers. I use a lot of filters and effects. Previously, this was on a Windows machine with 2 gigs of ram and CS1. It was slow, at times, but workable. Now with Vista 64 and PsCS4 I seldom need to wait long for any operation. Actually, saving a really large file is usually the longest wait I have to endure.

Again, I'm NOT bragging as I didn't build this machine. Just trying to give you some hope.

Q

emil: I only see a lag doing what you asked if I whip my cursor back & forth very quickly. If I just move it back and forth at a reasonable rate there is no lag whatsoever doing the whole page.

emil emil;

To my surprise, my XPS 400, Windows Pro SP3, GeForce 7900GS 256 passed your test. From start to finish, the paint followed the brush by about 1 to 2 seconds but never slowed nor lagged.

Part of my surprise arises because there is always a mountain of junk running in the background. This particular system is rather . . . cluttered. And, this proprietary Dell/Nvidia 7900GS wasn't exactly designed for this sort of thing.

Think I'll try it again later under conditions which do tend to slow things down for me quite a bit at times. With the following applications launched simultaneously: Photoshop, Bridge, Indesign, Word 2003 and at least one MSIE browser window.

OpenGL settings turned on: Vertical Sync; 3D Interaction Acceleration; and Advanced Drawing. Cache set at 8.

Best
K.

Buko, if you dont have anything constructive to add, please dont say anything. People are trying to deal with real issues, your immature remarks are uncalled for.