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Creative Suite 4 - Terrible!

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I was so excited for creative suite 4, especially for adobe photoshop 64bit and GPU accelaration. I tried the trial and photoshop was performing horribly it had horrible redraw issues when all i was doing was moving some text left and right. I compiled an app with Flash CS4 had a plethora of problems where it had been fine with CS3.

I am disappointed that adobe have released unfinished software. I was wondering if anyone else had tried CS4 yet?

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I doubt it's that bad. People just need to make sure they're using the graphics drivers from their manufacturer and not Windows Update. For ATi at least, the WU drivers don't include the OpenGL driver, so Vista falls back on software mode, which would obviously make for pretty horrible performance in Photoshop.

I'm installing the trial on my Athlon 6000+ with 6GB of RAM and an ATi HD 3870. Will tell you how it runs in a few minutes.

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You can download the FULL RETAIL Master Collection (7GB) directly from the Adobe servers:

1. Log out of Adobe/remove their cookies, if any.

2. Go to adobe.com

3. Click link: DOWNLOADS then scroll down to TRIAL DOWNLOADS

4. Choose Lightroom "TRY IT"

5. You'll be asked to login - so login or register w/ fake details

6. After login, you'll be taken to the Lightroom trial download page (to select version/language etc) - enter this address into your browser's url bar:

http://trials.adobe.com/Applications/MastC...STAMCS4_LS1.exe

http://trials.adobe.com/Applications/MastC...ESTAMCS4_LS1.7z

(if you're interested in the extra content, also use this: http://trials.adobe.com/Applications/MastC...4_Cont_LS1.exe)

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well, instead of getting me a new computer.... I went ahead and got Photoshop CS4.

and...

I see no problems.

I just switched from CS2, and it works like a dream.

specs:

p4 2.93Ghz

2.5GB DDR1 RAM

Nvidia 6600 512MB Graphics

anyone who complains needs to look in deeper to see if thier computer just needs to be reconfigured to run with it...

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well, instead of getting me a new computer.... I went ahead and got Photoshop CS4.

and...

I see no problems.

I just switched from CS2, and it works like a dream.

specs:

p4 2.93Ghz

2.5GB DDR1 RAM

Nvidia 6600 512MB Graphics

anyone who complains needs to look in deeper to see if thier computer just needs to be reconfigured to run with it...

Yes, all apps faster PS 32bit version using my 4850 (sub $200) amazing speed zooming, rotating all effects are instant. wow.

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Sorry about double post but I've created a test psd. If someone has Photoshop CS4 installed test the following PSD and try to move the text about and see if it moves smoothly.

http://localhostr.com/files/71c3f3/Test.psd

On my x64 E6750, 8600GTS, 2GB it's just a little less smooth than CS3.

It's like a 0.5sec render time.

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On my x64 E6750, 8600GTS, 2GB it's just a little less smooth than CS3.

It's like a 0.5sec render time.

Yeah after comparing side by side I have to agree it is a bit less smooth that CS3. Do you feel cs4 generally feels sluggish? I guess a outer glow takes considerable processing power but with GPU accelaration should it not me smoohter than CS3 :/

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Sorry about double post but I've created a test psd. If someone has Photoshop CS4 installed test the following PSD and try to move the text about and see if it moves smoothly.

http://localhostr.com/files/71c3f3/Test.psd

I tried it, and it doesn't move smoothly at all. It jerks around a ton. I also tried it on CS3 and the result was the same. :huh:

Specs:

2.8GHz Quad Core

6GB RAM

2x ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

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GPU Acceleration isn't for all tasks... As far as I know it's only rotating and zooming... And zooming is a lot smoother...

I don't use Photoshop that often, but Dreamweaver has got a major speed increase.

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Sorry about double post but I've created a test psd. If someone has Photoshop CS4 installed test the following PSD and try to move the text about and see if it moves smoothly.

http://localhostr.com/files/71c3f3/Test.psd

yeah jerky for me aswell.

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