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12/16/2006 03:57:27 PM · #26 |
If you head over to the Adobe PSCS3 forum you will see a LOT of grief regarding serial numbers for the beta. Educational customers with multi-user serials can't generate a number because someone in their school already did so; others' single-user licenses are not being accepted or are generating useless serials.
Adobe supposedly fixed the serial generator issues, but problems continue. It's a sad aspect of an otherwise positive release.
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12/16/2006 04:41:03 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by plugsnpixels:
Adobe supposedly fixed the serial generator issues, but problems continue. It's a sad aspect of an otherwise positive release. |
FWIW, I was one of the single user licensees who had an initial problem with serial number generation. It was fixed later Friday, and I was able to activate. :-)
There also were a lot of people that did not realize you had to go to the Adobe site and enter your previous serial number; they just tried entering it directly in the dialog, which does not work.
Message edited by author 2006-12-16 16:42:23. |
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12/16/2006 05:33:04 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by Tajhad:
This ability to open Tiff and Jpeg in Raw, does this mean you can work on them in a non destructive manner as you can a RAW file ?
The links (posted above) tell you you can open them and work on them in Raw but are they destructive ? Anyone know ? |
When you open a RAW file, you're dealing with unconverted data with a 12-bit/channel depth. When you convert to JPEG, you're compressing that to 8 bits/channel. When you open a JPEG in ACR 4.0, the only advantage over opening and making adjustments in PS is that you use the ACR interface, meaning you have access to te white balance slider, vignetting correction, CA correction, and some other nice features that you don't have access to in Photoshop. The advantage of making changes prior to converting to an 8 bit/channel image is lost.
If you're opening a 16-bit TIFF, then in theory, you have the all the advantages of RAW *if* the TIFF was produced in such a way as to not clip highlights.
I've often wished I could use the ACR controls on a converted image. It's a cool feature, to be sure. |
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12/16/2006 05:39:19 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by BradP:
Wish I would have read that it needs XP to run - was a long download.
Seems W2000P is slowly slipping to the wayside.... |
Slowly? It's been obsolete for a while. And now Vista is out, sort of.
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12/16/2006 05:41:46 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
a) If you have an Intel-based Mac, the performance will be astounding. For others, it's just another upgrade with a few new features (one of which is a new interface that keeps palettes out of your way).
b) The beta download will supposedly be free if you own CS2. The price of the "final" version hasn't been announced.
c) HDR = High Dynamic Range (basically combining different exposures to reign in extreme highlight and shadow detail). HDR is only one of several features that will be restricted to the advanced version. Most of the others will be related to animation, 3D, and scientific use. |
I see the HDR tab in the RAW. Any idea how this works? I thought you had to have 2 or more images to do HDR. I am admittedly clueless on HDR, even in CS2. I haven't been able to get the effect others here have.
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12/16/2006 05:54:05 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by scarbrd:
I see the HDR tab in the RAW. Any idea how this works? I thought you had to have 2 or more images to do HDR. I am admittedly clueless on HDR, even in CS2. I haven't been able to get the effect others here have. |
Actually it's HSL (Hue/Saturation/Luminosity) you see in the RAW tab. HDR in CS3 will not be found in the Beta. As Shannon posted, it is moving to the Advanced version, the features of which are not included in this beta. |
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12/16/2006 06:09:24 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by scarbrd:
Originally posted by BradP:
Wish I would have read that it needs XP to run - was a long download.
Seems W2000P is slowly slipping to the wayside.... |
Slowly? It's been obsolete for a while. |
Not really - it's an extremely stable networking platform that isn't a humongous resource hog. |
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