Difference between Adobe Photoshop 4 and 7 big?

I have been using Adobe Photoshop 4 since I won it a few years ago. I
use it mainly to scan images and prepare them for the web (size and
color reduction, image touch up, etc). It doesn't slice images for
table insertion on the web, however.

I can purchase the Photoshop 7 upgrade for $125 and was wondering if
it was worth it. How much of a difference is there between Photoshop 4
and 7 from a real world point of view. Regarding features and tools
that real people use, is Photoshop 7 worth the price? Thanks for any
input you can give.

Joe C.



Joe Cacciatore

P.S. I fogot to add that I have a new 3 ghz Dell with the
hyperthreading Pentium chip that suppose to speed up Photoshop 7. Does
it???

Joe C.


On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:34:11 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Joe Cacciatore)
wrote:

>I have been using Adobe Photoshop 4 since I won it a few years ago. I
>use it mainly to scan images and prepare them for the web (size and
>color reduction, image touch up, etc). It doesn't slice images for
>table insertion on the web, however.
>
>I can purchase the Photoshop 7 upgrade for $125 and was wondering if
>it was worth it. How much of a difference is there between Photoshop 4
>and 7 from a real world point of view. Regarding features and tools
>that real people use, is Photoshop 7 worth the price? Thanks for any
>input you can give.
>
>Joe C.
>

Thanks for your quick feedback. Based on what you said, I just ordered
it from Dell. The price was $125.96 and that includes free shipping
(and no tax)!

Should have in 2 days!!!

joe C.


On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 20:44:52 -0700, CoolSnake37
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:34:11 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Joe Cacciatore)
>wrote:
>
>>I have been using Adobe Photoshop 4 since I won it a few years ago. I
>>use it mainly to scan images and prepare them for the web (size and
>>color reduction, image touch up, etc). It doesn't slice images for
>>table insertion on the web, however.
>>
>>I can purchase the Photoshop 7 upgrade for $125 and was wondering if
>>it was worth it. How much of a difference is there between Photoshop 4
>>and 7 from a real world point of view. Regarding features and tools
>>that real people use, is Photoshop 7 worth the price? Thanks for any
>>input you can give.
>>
>>Joe C.
>
>Yes, you definately want to upgrade to Photoshop 7. Since you are
>mainly using for retouching and web use the new features in PS7 will
>make your life much easier.
>
>The healing brush has made my life much easier just from going from
>PS6 to PS7. I do an extensive amount of photo retouching and I wonder
>how I ever got along without the healing brush before now.
>
>Also since you are doing web images, PS7 comes with Imageready.
>Imageready does just what it sounds like, it gets your images ready
>for the web. It has multiple preview windows that you can set so each
>one previews a different setting of your original document. You can
>see a preview of your image if it were to be saved as a gif with 256
>colors, a gif with 16 colors, a jpg, and countless other adjustable
>preview options.
>
>PS7 also has tons of other new features that have been implemented in
>versions 5 thru 7, like multiple undo's, a file browser that shows
>previews of all the images in a folder, layer styles, and on and on
>and on.
>
>Plus if you can buy the upgrade for $120 you are saving about $20. The
>SMRP is $150. Go for it. I guarantee you will love it.

Would that be the same for me ... the upgrade price I mean? I have 5.5 and
would like to upgrade .. but can't pay too much right now.

Also, is the 'healing brush' the same as the clone tool ..... or different?
I've heard that the newest version allows you to write 'type' right in the
document now, instead of having to open up a separate window ..... is that
true?

Thanks,
Dee

"Diane" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:vL%Ja.10521$(E-Mail Removed) rthlink.net...
> Would that be the same for me ... the upgrade price I mean? I have 5.5 and
> would like to upgrade .. but can't pay too much right now.
>
> Also, is the 'healing brush' the same as the clone tool ..... or different?

The healing brush is a slightly different concept than the clone tool.
Instead of simply duplicating another area of an image it takes into
account the color/contrast balance of the destination area. The
results are usually much smoother and more subtle.

> I've heard that the newest version allows you to write 'type' right in the
> document now, instead of having to open up a separate window ..... is that
> true?

Yes.

RickW

From my studies the upgrade price is good for anyone but of course you
need to meet the following 2 conditions:

1. have a SN for a down level ver of Photoshop
2. have Photoshop installed on the same platform which you plan to
install 7.0

At least that is what I get from reading the upgrade details on
various web pages.

Joe C.

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:20:27 GMT, "Diane" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Would that be the same for me ... the upgrade price I mean? I have 5.5 and
>would like to upgrade .. but can't pay too much right now.
>
>Also, is the 'healing brush' the same as the clone tool ..... or different?
>I've heard that the newest version allows you to write 'type' right in the
>document now, instead of having to open up a separate window ..... is that
>true?
>
>Thanks,
>Dee
>
>

Thanks Joe!

Dee

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:37:07 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Joe Cacciatore)
wrote:

>P.S. I fogot to add that I have a new 3 ghz Dell with the
>hyperthreading Pentium chip that suppose to speed up Photoshop 7. Does
>it???
>
No. All the tests I've seen show that PS, along with most other
software, is faster with hyperthreading turned off. That's not likely
to change in the near future. By the time it works, anyway, AMD will
have their 64 bit processor working smoothly and a 64 bit PS (which I
hope they'll be coding right now) will make hyperthreading long like
last century's technology (which, of course, it is).

--

Hecate
(E-Mail Removed) (Fried computers a specialty)

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:34:11 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Joe Cacciatore)
wrote:

>I have been using Adobe Photoshop 4 since I won it a few years ago. I
>use it mainly to scan images and prepare them for the web (size and
>color reduction, image touch up, etc). It doesn't slice images for
>table insertion on the web, however.
>
>I can purchase the Photoshop 7 upgrade for $125 and was wondering if
>it was worth it. How much of a difference is there between Photoshop 4
>and 7 from a real world point of view. Regarding features and tools
>that real people use, is Photoshop 7 worth the price? Thanks for any
>input you can give.
>
>Joe C.

Yes, you definately want to upgrade to Photoshop 7. Since you are
mainly using for retouching and web use the new features in PS7 will
make your life much easier.

The healing brush has made my life much easier just from going from
PS6 to PS7. I do an extensive amount of photo retouching and I wonder
how I ever got along without the healing brush before now.

Also since you are doing web images, PS7 comes with Imageready.
Imageready does just what it sounds like, it gets your images ready
for the web. It has multiple preview windows that you can set so each
one previews a different setting of your original document. You can
see a preview of your image if it were to be saved as a gif with 256
colors, a gif with 16 colors, a jpg, and countless other adjustable
preview options.

PS7 also has tons of other new features that have been implemented in
versions 5 thru 7, like multiple undo's, a file browser that shows
previews of all the images in a folder, layer styles, and on and on
and on.

Plus if you can buy the upgrade for $120 you are saving about $20. The
SMRP is $150. Go for it. I guarantee you will love it.

dont even THINK about it....just get it!!!!


"Joe Cacciatore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have been using Adobe Photoshop 4 since I won it a few years ago. I
> use it mainly to scan images and prepare them for the web (size and
> color reduction, image touch up, etc). It doesn't slice images for
> table insertion on the web, however.
>
> I can purchase the Photoshop 7 upgrade for $125 and was wondering if
> it was worth it. How much of a difference is there between Photoshop 4
> and 7 from a real world point of view. Regarding features and tools
> that real people use, is Photoshop 7 worth the price? Thanks for any
> input you can give.
>
> Joe C.
>