Is Photoshop CS4 the same as Photoshop 7?

Jenniebabz · 26-09-2009, 19:59

Hi there. I just started learning how to work photoshop in college. In class we use photoshop 7. I have been trying to download the trial version but couldn't find it. Is photoshop cs4 the same as photoshop 7?

PCPhoto · 26-09-2009, 20:13

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Originally Posted by Jenniebabz

Hi there. I just started learning how to work photoshop in college. In class we use photoshop 7. I have been trying to download the trial version but couldn't find it. Is photoshop cs4 the same as photoshop 7?

No ! ..... all the stuff thats in 7 will be in CS4 ... but CS4 will have improved features, extra stuff and will perform tasks better.. I have CS2 and thinking of upgrading.

Ricky91t · 26-09-2009, 20:14

Theres about 6 years of upgrades put into CS4,So i'd assume it would be much much better than photoshop 7,I've never used it but assume it's not brilliant!I'd also guess the UI is fairly different in both.

5uspect · 26-09-2009, 20:15

CS4 is Photoshop 11. Core functionality is pretty much the same apart from some major UI overhaul.

PCPhoto · 26-09-2009, 20:15

in short - if you download the one month trial version of CS4 ... you'll be able to do all the stuff you will be doing in PS7.....but CS4 will be better at performing different tasks.

**CabanSail** · 26-09-2009, 20:23

I have CS2 at home but have PS7 at work for quick stuff. Most of what I use in CS2 is there in PS7, but then I don't use much of the new stuff & mainly just use layers & masks.

mahamageehad · 26-09-2009, 20:30

I have CS4. It has a lot of advanced new improved features.

....But to be honest if you're only using general stuff like layers, masks you should have no problem using cs4. There are a few handy improvements. You can open up documents in tabbed windows so its easier to work with multiple files. You can rotate the canvas (very handy if you use a tablet!). Theres a lot of improvements in the 3d part as well.

Now you just need to find everything again!!! Haha best of luck

Jenniebabz · 26-09-2009, 20:30

That's grand, does it look the same or will the tools be moved around ect?

Jenniebabz · 26-09-2009, 20:32

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Originally Posted by mahamageehad

I have CS4. It has a lot of advanced new improved features.

....But to be honest if you're only using general stuff like layers, masks you should have no problem using cs4. There are a few handy improvements. You can open up documents in tabbed windows so its easier to work with multiple files. You can rotate the canvas (very handy if you use a tablet!). Theres a lot of improvements in the 3d part as well.

Now you just need to find everything again!!! Haha best of luck

Yeah Like I've only learned the basics so far, stuff like the patch tool and clone thing. I'm sure you did it when you started, you know the old image everyone uses to learn.

mahamageehad · 26-09-2009, 20:40

The pen tool is the handiest thing you'll ever learn.. that and layers!!

Here's some tutorials that you may find handy though
Smashing Magazine Tutorials

decsramble · 26-09-2009, 20:54

Were you using Photoshop Elements 7? It might be a coincidence but that would have been the most up to date version of Elements up to this week.

Ricky91t · 26-09-2009, 21:02

Wait till CS5 comes out and buy that

A_SN · 26-09-2009, 21:02

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Originally Posted by Jenniebabz

Hi there. I just started learning how to work photoshop in college. In class we use photoshop 7. I have been trying to download the trial version but couldn't find it. Is photoshop cs4 the same as photoshop 7?

A few improvements, a different UI, and so much more bloated it's hard to believe. I actually stuck with CS3. I think it's better than CS4 (somewhat less bloated, the new UI in CS4 is a bit annoying and there isn't much of interest that CS4 has, I mean, no one actually uses liquid rescaling for example).

Jenniebabz · 26-09-2009, 21:05

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Originally Posted by A_SN

A few improvements, a different UI, and so much more bloated it's hard to believe. I actually stuck with CS3. I think it's better than CS4 (somewhat less bloated, the new UI in CS4 is a bit annoying and there isn't much of interest that CS4 has, I mean, no one actually uses liquid rescaling for example).

Sorry that was complete double dutch to me...

A_SN · 26-09-2009, 21:08

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Sorry that was complete double dutch to me...

Double dutch?

Well, long story short, CS3 > CS4. CS4 is slow as a diabetic hog.

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26-09-2009, 20:14	#3
Ricky91t Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kerry/UCC Posts: 4,827 Adverts \| Friends	Theres about 6 years of upgrades put into CS4,So i'd assume it would be much much better than photoshop 7,I've never used it but assume it's not brilliant!I'd also guess the UI is fairly different in both.

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5uspect Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,261 Adverts \| Friends	CS4 is Photoshop 11. Core functionality is pretty much the same apart from some major UI overhaul.

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PCPhoto Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,455 Adverts \| Friends	in short - if you download the one month trial version of CS4 ... you'll be able to do all the stuff you will be doing in PS7.....but CS4 will be better at performing different tasks.

26-09-2009, 20:23	#6
CabanSail Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dublin. Posts: 3,172 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Photography	I have CS2 at home but have PS7 at work for quick stuff. Most of what I use in CS2 is there in PS7, but then I don't use much of the new stuff & mainly just use layers & masks.

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mahamageehad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tipperary town/Cork City Posts: 594 Adverts \| Friends	I have CS4. It has a lot of advanced new improved features. ....But to be honest if you're only using general stuff like layers, masks you should have no problem using cs4. There are a few handy improvements. You can open up documents in tabbed windows so its easier to work with multiple files. You can rotate the canvas (very handy if you use a tablet!). Theres a lot of improvements in the 3d part as well. Now you just need to find everything again!!! Haha best of luck

26-09-2009, 20:40	#10
mahamageehad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tipperary town/Cork City Posts: 594 Adverts \| Friends	The pen tool is the handiest thing you'll ever learn.. that and layers!! Here's some tutorials that you may find handy though Smashing Magazine Tutorials

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decsramble Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 293 Adverts \| Friends	Were you using Photoshop Elements 7? It might be a coincidence but that would have been the most up to date version of Elements up to this week.

26-09-2009, 21:02	#12
Ricky91t Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kerry/UCC Posts: 4,827 Adverts \| Friends	Wait till CS5 comes out and buy that