I love photoshop. After you download some better filters and brushes there is so much you can do and make on the wonderful program. Do you guys know of any cool filters or things to download for photoshop. If so, please post it. Thanks.

We've compiled a pretty decent list on Graphic Design Resources based on members' contributions. You can take a look at it here: http://www.astahost.com/Comprehensive-List...sign-t2890.html
I'm sure you'll find a lot of links there for your Photoshop Filters as well as other photoshop resources.

I like the NightVision filter, i can't find it anymore, but it gives any image the look as if you see it right through a nightvision scope.

I'm too scared to get CS in case i have to relearn everthing, i know it's stupid but to be honest i'm fine with 7. Another stupid thing i'm going to say is that like an idiot i had no idea you could download new filters. Are the sites to download these included on the resources list?

wow, i'm pissed. I was hoping there would be more changes
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alright, let me backtrack. I just got a copy of the Photoshop CS 8.0 into my laptop (upgraded from 7.0). Yup, just made the change half and hour ago. I was hoping it'd be more powerful...but nope...it looks exactly the same as me. I played around with a but of CG, then moved on the abstract art, then tried a bit of tech designish things...I don't see a difference. The only MAJOR difference I noticed is the change of the logo...*sigh* this is rather disppointing. Can someone tell me what's the difference in the 8.0 version?

And in regards to the original topic, I love photoshop too. I've played around with multiple art applications, and photoshop is definietly up there. I'm not too keen on using other's brushes though...it makes me feel like I'm using a premade image and it kinda feels degrading >_<

*grabs Photoshop CS manual*

*coughs* According to the manual, the changes for CS are
-Enhanced File Browser (basically the ability to flag a picture, and edit the metadata of the picture through File Browser, oh, and perform batch procedures without opening the pictures)
-Customisable keyboard shortcuts
-Be able to create slide shows and pdf presentations (you can bind multiple files into a single, multi page PDF)
-Can save your editing history onto an external log file or onto the metadata of a file
-Filter Gallery, where you can see the effects of all filters on your object, and you can see layered filters without implementing them
-Can build your own script for shortcuts and repetitive tasks
-Customisable Help menu
-Better RAW plugin (this one is really handy for photographers)
-16-bit editing
-Simulate photo filters (this is REALLY useful for me)
-Shadow/Highlight command, Match Color command, Replace Color command.
-New Lens Blur filter
-Picture Package, which makes combining different images (for output I'm supposing) easy.
-Editable text can be placed on a path and in a shape
-Large document support (up to 300,000 x 300,000 pixels and 54 channels)
-Create non-square documents (for video)
-Presets for creating images for video
-Ability to export layers easily to files.

I actually bought the program and read the manual when I first bought it, so a lot of what was new didn't occur to me as new when I used it. Half the time I don't know whether a feature is new or not... Just use!

Although, to be honest, if I hadn't gone to look it up in the manual, I also didn't remember a lot of the new features. Now that I've typed them out... O_o. Will be using some of them soon.

I think it's more of improving the experience for three types of users: Photographers, Graphic Designers and Video Editors. And a lot of streamlining to make things faster, as well as giving more control over in dealing with both the pictures and the actual program.

A lot of it is not what you would use from day to day, but I still think it's a good upgrade.

There were a few things added. The healing brush, a file viewer,.....um, some additional controls. Nothing as big as the new brush engine in the jump from 6 to 7. Oh, it now will take RAW images, and has 16 bit channel support. Hmmm....looking. It allows you to directly affect darks and highlights. It has a multi-layer heal(I wish they had more multi layer tools).

There are also apparently some weird features, like non-square pixels. There appear to be a bunch more but I didn't understand them well enough to list here.

What might be the problem in your case is that you don't use these features. Remember that photoshop caters to a WIDE set of graphics interests, so while it might be a decent upgrade, it may not matter in your case.

yeah after i read some reviews on adobe photoshop cs, i decided not to upgrade since it didn't seem to have any really incredible features. I'll probably wait until a newer version (maybe the next one) if it has a great improvement or adds new features. See now with all that money i saved from upgrading i'm putting it towards my own computer!

I like what you have all said. WHat do you think about C4D. Its alot of money but is it worth it?

I have photoshop elements for work and am waiting to be upgraded to CS. Elements is virtually impossible to do most of the stuff available in the full versions of photoshop. Is anyone familiar with Photoshop Elements?? I would like to know more of the limitations or maybe some shortcuts to do stuff that would be more apparent with photoshop. I have been told that not everything is in the book. Any info anyone knows about this program would be helpful cause I am having a difficult time using it for anything.

Thanks.

Happy Designing.