Suffers performance issues in spite of the new features added

Category: Review on Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows

Posted by: 30-Jun

Strengths: Supports large files, good editing and photo-merging, updated user interface

Weaknesses: performance issues, memory consuming, slow loading times, limited online capabilities

The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows is the eleventh version of Adobe’s imaging application. The 64-bit version of the Adobe Photoshop windows helps in supporting large files. Through the OpenGL compatible graphics card, the CS4 supports clear 3D operations. You can now enjoy additional performance enhancements like zoom in for infinite smoothness etc. The outstanding update that sets the Adobe Photoshop CS4 apart is its new context-sensitive scaling to resize pictures while still maintaining the foreground object scale. With the new adjustment palette, try your editing skills at your convenience without any destructive effects on the original image. RAW file processing has been substantially improved upon with the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows.

Here’s an updated user interface that narrowly varies from the previous version. The main work area has been changed and supports tabbed documents. Moreover, commonly used tools like selection, zoom, rotate etc of the main tool bar are placed on the title bar for better access. Sadly, you will have to put up with the brush cursors that seem to disappear every now and then. Few complaints report that the CS4 consumes more memory space on older systems and pose slow loading time. Built-on old favourites and addition of new features make the CS4 a worthwhile upgrade; go for it if you have skipped CS3.