Comments on: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium Upgrade from CS3 http://www.shotonhd.com/new-video-gear/adobe-creative-suite-4-web-premium-upgrade-from-cs3/ Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:19:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: C. Helsel http://www.shotonhd.com/new-video-gear/adobe-creative-suite-4-web-premium-upgrade-from-cs3/comment-page-1/#comment-6205 C. Helsel Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:42:51 +0000 http://www.shotonhd.com/new-video-gear/adobe-creative-suite-4-web-premium-upgrade-from-cs3/#comment-6205 Unless you really need Adobe Contribute then you're better off getting the Design Premium Upgrade instead, since you'll get InDesign which is a much more 'valuable' product than Contribute. Rating: 3 / 5 Unless you really need Adobe Contribute then you’re better off getting the Design Premium Upgrade instead, since you’ll get InDesign which is a much more ‘valuable’ product than Contribute.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> By: Gary O http://www.shotonhd.com/new-video-gear/adobe-creative-suite-4-web-premium-upgrade-from-cs3/comment-page-1/#comment-6204 Gary O Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:25:51 +0000 http://www.shotonhd.com/new-video-gear/adobe-creative-suite-4-web-premium-upgrade-from-cs3/#comment-6204 Been using Photoshop and illustrator since version 7. CS3 was a major upgrade but very, very buggy. CS4 is pretty much an interface upgrade. Not really much in new features. <br /> <br />I was going to upgrade due to the holy mess CS3 is for bugs. (In fact, have an unopened copy sitting on my desk that's going back) But from what I'm reading just about everywhere... they addressed virtually none of them. All the old ones are still in CS4. Adobe's website has a pile of "fixes" if this goes wrong or that goes wrong. And they actually pulled some features from it. Pay more, get less? So this version gets a big "FAIL" from me. <br /> <br />Seems it's $600 to try to learn how to use a (used to be) really great program differently from the way you already use it. And to top it all off, they no longer include a manual. Not that anyone (with experience) really needs it, but come on. $600 and not even a manual? And you can only upgrade at this price from CS3? Wow. Rating: 1 / 5 Been using Photoshop and illustrator since version 7. CS3 was a major upgrade but very, very buggy. CS4 is pretty much an interface upgrade. Not really much in new features.

I was going to upgrade due to the holy mess CS3 is for bugs. (In fact, have an unopened copy sitting on my desk that’s going back) But from what I’m reading just about everywhere… they addressed virtually none of them. All the old ones are still in CS4. Adobe’s website has a pile of “fixes” if this goes wrong or that goes wrong. And they actually pulled some features from it. Pay more, get less? So this version gets a big “FAIL” from me.

Seems it’s $600 to try to learn how to use a (used to be) really great program differently from the way you already use it. And to top it all off, they no longer include a manual. Not that anyone (with experience) really needs it, but come on. $600 and not even a manual? And you can only upgrade at this price from CS3? Wow.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Jeff Clark http://www.shotonhd.com/new-video-gear/adobe-creative-suite-4-web-premium-upgrade-from-cs3/comment-page-1/#comment-6203 Jeff Clark Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:16:10 +0000 http://www.shotonhd.com/new-video-gear/adobe-creative-suite-4-web-premium-upgrade-from-cs3/#comment-6203 I've been an Adobe (and Macromedia) user for a long time (since Illustrator 4, Photoshop 4, Dreamweaver 4, and back when InDesign was called PageMaker), and I've never seen a more useless "upgrade" in a version of their products. <br />I did have some install issues like a lot of other people, but was able to fix them on my own (good thing, because their outsourced phone support is not what it used to be and a waste of time). My poor rating is because of the product itself. The "new" features are either bits and pieces of other products, or they are useless (such as the CSS Advisor which links to a site where everyone asks questions and no one answers, or the 3D effects in Photoshop, After Effects, and Flash without the inclusion of a 3D model creation program). <br />While you are able to customize the menus and palettes to a large degree, it is difficult and oft-times confusing for people who are used to where things used to be in the program. New users may be able to get used to it, but they are also cramped, non-intuitive, and, at times, simply don't work. <br />Creative Suite 3, released a mere 16 months before this version, was great. You do have to wonder: how much work went into this program after the company had massive layoffs yet released a new version a little over a year later? <br />I would recommend Creative Suite 3 for it's ease of use and general overall stability, but this CS4 gets an F from me. <br />Hope this helps someone. Rating: 1 / 5 I’ve been an Adobe (and Macromedia) user for a long time (since Illustrator 4, Photoshop 4, Dreamweaver 4, and back when InDesign was called PageMaker), and I’ve never seen a more useless “upgrade” in a version of their products.

I did have some install issues like a lot of other people, but was able to fix them on my own (good thing, because their outsourced phone support is not what it used to be and a waste of time). My poor rating is because of the product itself. The “new” features are either bits and pieces of other products, or they are useless (such as the CSS Advisor which links to a site where everyone asks questions and no one answers, or the 3D effects in Photoshop, After Effects, and Flash without the inclusion of a 3D model creation program).

While you are able to customize the menus and palettes to a large degree, it is difficult and oft-times confusing for people who are used to where things used to be in the program. New users may be able to get used to it, but they are also cramped, non-intuitive, and, at times, simply don’t work.

Creative Suite 3, released a mere 16 months before this version, was great. You do have to wonder: how much work went into this program after the company had massive layoffs yet released a new version a little over a year later?

I would recommend Creative Suite 3 for it’s ease of use and general overall stability, but this CS4 gets an F from me.

Hope this helps someone.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Timothy Richards http://www.shotonhd.com/new-video-gear/adobe-creative-suite-4-web-premium-upgrade-from-cs3/comment-page-1/#comment-6202 Timothy Richards Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:14:27 +0000 http://www.shotonhd.com/new-video-gear/adobe-creative-suite-4-web-premium-upgrade-from-cs3/#comment-6202 This was a huge upgrade from cs3. I love most the changes. I like the new style also. I was kind of annoyed with how they changed a lot of the fonts. I have a lot of web pages with image links and had to change them all because the fonts changed. Ultimately though it's been great. Rating: 5 / 5 This was a huge upgrade from cs3. I love most the changes. I like the new style also. I was kind of annoyed with how they changed a lot of the fonts. I have a lot of web pages with image links and had to change them all because the fonts changed. Ultimately though it’s been great.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Margaret I. Eldridge http://www.shotonhd.com/new-video-gear/adobe-creative-suite-4-web-premium-upgrade-from-cs3/comment-page-1/#comment-6201 Margaret I. Eldridge Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:14:13 +0000 http://www.shotonhd.com/new-video-gear/adobe-creative-suite-4-web-premium-upgrade-from-cs3/#comment-6201 I was enthusiastic about upgrading from CS1 to CS4. I loved having all the products bundled. So, I paid my $599 directly on Adobe's Web site, downloaded the software, and tried to install it with the serial number they gave me. No luck. When you get to the screen where it asks what product you are upgrading from, CS 1 is not listed. Tech support was little help. I tried to return the product, but Adobe just took away my license (so the serial number is no longer valid) and to date (since February 2009 and it is now June 2009) has refused to issue a credit for the $599. In the meantime, I had ordered the disks for another $25, which did me no good without a valid serial number. I also ordered Acrobat Pro 9 to replace the CS bundle, because I had to have that upgrade (Acrobat 9 does have much better form field tools). At any rate, buy beware if you are upgrading from CS 1. It is a painful process because Adobe failed to list CS 1 as a valid "upgrade from" product in their installation wizard. Rating: 1 / 5 I was enthusiastic about upgrading from CS1 to CS4. I loved having all the products bundled. So, I paid my $599 directly on Adobe’s Web site, downloaded the software, and tried to install it with the serial number they gave me. No luck. When you get to the screen where it asks what product you are upgrading from, CS 1 is not listed. Tech support was little help. I tried to return the product, but Adobe just took away my license (so the serial number is no longer valid) and to date (since February 2009 and it is now June 2009) has refused to issue a credit for the $599. In the meantime, I had ordered the disks for another $25, which did me no good without a valid serial number. I also ordered Acrobat Pro 9 to replace the CS bundle, because I had to have that upgrade (Acrobat 9 does have much better form field tools). At any rate, buy beware if you are upgrading from CS 1. It is a painful process because Adobe failed to list CS 1 as a valid “upgrade from” product in their installation wizard.
Rating: 1 / 5

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