At last, a universal version of PhotoShop. I’ve downloaded the demo of CS3 (however limited to 2 days use only due to not owning CS2). Initial impressions on the Intel Mac is it flies. No more long pauses due to rosetta emulation and lack of memory. Not doing a disservice to Rosetta, it worked admirably. But it wasn’t for me. That’s why as temporary stop gap I purchased Elements 4 (mac).
Again this was a little ropey in its operation, but it only cost £50. I’d much rather piss away £50 on a app thats sluggish and wait for proper version.
Looks as if CS3 is the polished version i’ve been waiting for. CS3 bridge seems much improved (still a little sluggish, but thats most likely my HDD on the mini), Camera Raw seems to have some more options added for correction. Like the ones found on Lightroom. A purchase of lightroom now looks less likely at the moment as Bridge might offer a compromise. Still the workflow of Lightroom would be something i’d miss. Maybe they’ll bundle it together, maybe not. We’ll see come the spring.