However, for those working

SEO Company — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:01:55 +0000

However, for those working with photographs and need the ultimate in image control is a worthwhile upgrade, with many generic improvements and new features never before seen

i can get CS4 for free, must

Brutal — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:03:38 +0000

i can get CS4 for free, must say that CS3 i like most.

CS3 is a nice package and i

articlemaster — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:11:15 +0000

CS3 is a nice package and i get all my works done by it.Not sure about GIMP ad other graphics designing package.CS 3 is the best package i have used so far.Dreamweaver is also my another choice.

I am using CS3 and I love

webmasterben — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:23:42 +0000

I am using CS3 and I love it. The only programs I really use, though are Dreamweaver and Photoshop. In my opinion CS3 is way overpriced. There is no reason to price a group of programs higher tham the price of the operating system they run on.

Of course, the latest

decibel.places — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:48:01 +0000

Of course, the latest release is CS4

But I got a flyer in the mail last week about a conference all about using CS3 -

sure, I'll pay $100s of $$$ to learn about an obsolete release...

I had a problem recently

decibel.places — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:43:10 +0000

I had a problem recently with a layout the designer did in Illustrator and opening it with Inkscape.

It's supposed to be 960px wide, Inkscape opened the ai file to 1200px wide, not sure if it was in the preparation of the file or in Inkscape, I told designer next time send me a layered PSD.

Every time I open an ai file created in Illustrator with Inkscape it prompts me to "import form PDF" is that normal?

I don't know, because I'm

gainza34 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:21:00 +0000

I don't know, because I'm still stuck with Photoshop 7. I'm probably going to upgrade to the next version of photoshop when it comes out, but I'll wait to see until it comes out. There are some alternatives to CS3, but they are not as good. Personally, I would wait, but its up to you.

Photoshop Elements is

Megan — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:06:22 +0000

Photoshop Elements is actually the same as Photoshop v. 5 or 5.5 with some of the features taken out. It's a bit annoying because they took out some pretty important stuff but I forget exactly what they did.

Photoshop does seem to be focussing more on photographers lately. When you think about it, Photoshop isn't really a web design program. It started out as a graphic design program, and added more photography and some web design features along the way. It depends on what you're doing, but I actually think that web design is better done with a vector program or something that works sort of like a vector program. Drawing shapes in photoshop just doesn't make much sense (just as editng bitmaps in a vector program doesn't make much sense).

It depends on what you're doing though - if your design calls for more crisp shapes or more blending and manipulating of bitmaps. Vector designs are easier to create with CSS too because CSS behaves like vectors. As Roo said though, you'll need to edit photos at some point so you need to have something that can do that. However, you might even have something that came with a camera that can do basic adjustments and cropping.

I have an old article comparing low cost graphics editors that's almost finished - I'll have to get those trial versions again so I can finish it.

Yes CS3 does rock of you are

Roo — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:59:22 +0000

Yes CS3 does rock of you are into Photography! Loooooove my DSLR!

Alternatives:

I'm giving raster editors here because you will most likely at some point need to edit photos, be they stock, client provided, or your own.

Photoshop Elements-->A scaled down version of Photoshop. Photoshop without all of the 'juice'. Same Adobe image quality output. This would be my first recommendation if you don't want to shell out the bucks for the full 'on steroids' Photoshop.

Ulead PhotoImpact

Corel Paint Shop Pro

You can download full working 30 day trials of all of these so you can test the waters before jumping in with an open wallet.

The OP asked about

webwiz — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:24:13 +0000

The OP asked about alternatives to CS3. I have heard good things about Microshaft's Expression Web.

As far as advice for a beginner goes, I agree with Megan: "CS3 is total overkill for what 80% of webmasters are doing." For myself, I look on these tools as being something like a Swiss Army knife - incredibly useful for the occasion specialized tools are not available, but I'd hate to build an entire house (site) using one.