Photoshop question

didnt know what forum it'd be best to put this in.

A company I know is going to buy Photoshop and theyre wanting to know the exact differences between Photoshop 7 and Photoshop CS. I... cannot find the specs on it. Any help would be appreciated

You're in the right place.


http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop ... 0highlight

I seriously doubt that they would need to get CS if price is an issue. PS7 is quite robust. IMO.

okay the person is still asking more questions, lol..

1. on windows 2000 terminal server, are there any issues on product activiation? would it need activation for each session?
- purchasing any version, what are the liscensing restrictions for terminal server? im thinking its per machine maybe...

2. more than tech specs (i already viewed the adobe page, thnx dm), id rather ask for differences from ppl who use it daily between 7 and CS(8).

if it were my decision id say that ps 6 would be the best but ya know... anyway.

PS7 is considerably better than PS6.

PS6 was very buggy and introduced some big ideas and changes in some metaphors. PS7 fixed the buginess and refined the big ideas.

PSCS adds several new components. Those new components listed in that page are the notable ones. Text-to-path is something that was previously done in Illustrator, and imported into Photoshop. Exporting to SWF is a great addition too.

I don't ever close PS on my machine. I've used PS since ver 3. I've had, and used every release of it since then. I say if they have to stop and consider it for a moment, even ask a consultant for input, then they should get 7 and save a few bucks.

I have no idea about your terminal server question.

PS6.5 was personally my favorite, ive been working with PS since ver2. PS7 does something much better for artists though considering the new brush system, it resembles corel much better now... i still like 6.5 better

thanx for your input...

if it is a company forget saving a few bucks considering companies can right that off as a business expense . . . that said big thing about CS is to work woth digital pictures digital cameras dont rake pictures ame way as film digital cameras have exposure problems that CS is more inclined to working with that said if it is for desing DM is right if its for rpofesional picture editing i would go CS just my point of veiw

oh so sad, adobe sent me an email discussing the differences between the two (they want us to upgrade) and I deleted it a while back. adobe forum is a good place to do a search and chances are you will find something

I have CS, but at the moment, I'm not sure I can detail many differences yet. My last version was 6 and my new one (CS) is on a Win2K server. I'll see if I can add some extra info tomorrow when I get to work. The primary noticeable difference is the activation key. Other than that I haven't noticed much yet other than being faster...but that may be a processor speed difference.

This might help get you started:
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/faq.html

i appreciate everyone's feedback here

the person im talking to still has more questions but i doubt anyone can answer:
"My main concern is how Photo will be in a terminal session??? That, and what are the licensing terms when running it on a Terminal Server??? Ie, the application is installed one time, but how many can run it at once? Will the single install instance of the files permit multiple users to have open access to them? Do we have to purchase a 5-user license Photoshop for this case???"

i don't know if anyone can help answer that question, any feedback on that is welcome, but when they purchase it and find out ill post the outcome on it for sure.
thnx guys

Usually on this type of program, you have the right to install on only one machine.

Well, the licenses are for one concurrent use at a time.

You could therefore, legally, install it on 10 machines, but you could only have it running on a single machine at once. If somebody wanted to run it, they'd have to check it wasn't being ran on any other machine owned by the registrant of the software.

We spoke directly to Intuit about this over using Quickbooks on a local office network I recently setup.

They stated to us that with a single user license of Quickbooks, we could install the software on all 4 PCs, however only one system on the network would be able to use it at any one time.

It worked out that buying a 5-user license copy was only about $50 more expensive than buying 4 separate copies (it was like $1359 for the 5-user license, compared to $1316 total for 4 single-user copies) so that's what they ended up getting for the office in the end. They don't need all 4 licenses, but it'll give them room to expand in the future.

This is how most commercial licenses work. You can install on multiple PCs, but only run a single copy at a time.

I copied/pasted this information from the PS 7 Readme file. I hope it answers your questions.

Windows NT

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 can be run under Windows NT® for Intel compatible systems only. It will not run under other types of Windows NT such as Windows NT for DEC Alpha or Windows NT for PowerPC®.

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 requires Windows NT Service Pack 6a or higher.

Windows 2000

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 requires Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or higher.

Running Adobe Photoshop Over a Network

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 is not designed (nor was it tested) to be run when Windows is multi-launched over a network. If you want to run Adobe Photoshop on multiple Windows systems, make sure that each system has its own copy of Windows and Adobe Photoshop installed on the hard drive.

If they're worried about costs of licenses (which I would be at $650/copy for Photoshop CS), tell them to have a look at OpenSource alternatives like GIMP.

Ok, so GIMP may not be able to address all aspects of what needs to be done, but it can accomplish many of the same tasks as Photoshop (even though the process to do so may be slightly different).

If most of the tasks can be adequately done in GIMP, then you may not need any Photoshop licenses at all, or maybe just one to perform some of the tasks GIMP can't.

thanks axe