Mike Wingate
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I have been watching a few youtube videos about the new PS. There are quite a few improvements in every area.
Oh dear - I'm trying to figure out what they haven't broke!I'm usually trigger happy too when it comes to updates, but in this case it broke my NIK software, so my advice to keep both 2020 and 2021 was specifically for those using NIK 2 or earlier, at least until there's a fix or they upgrade.
I've not had many direct problems with Adobe updates, only with the NIK plug-ins
Well, my adventure continues. My NIK brush tool in 2020 now has the same problem it had in 2021, yet in 2021, it now semi works with some major glitches. And I haven't altered the installation in any way.Oh dear - I'm trying to figure out what they haven't broke!
My jpeg exports seem to be demonstrating somewhat of a larger colour shift than normal - as in - WOW that's a bit vivid!
EDIT: that was my fault, although previewing in 'save for web' with 'monitor color' is a pretty daft default!
The new version seems to be having a spot of bother reading Adobe's own embedded profiles too. Marching ants have developed a mind of their own.
You are quite right - best to keep 2020 for now.
You would have thought they would have learned something from their last launch? I wonder if they put undue pressure on themselves by insisting on releasing the major update in parallel with Adobe Max?
The thing is that I'm using 2019 as my main PS and the (almostJust leave PS2020 installed and install 2021 alongside. Best of both worlds.
I would have stayed on Win7 too but I read that Adobe will drop support for it so I switched to Win10 when I upgraded my hardware in January.Seems I don't have a choice ...
The standard dishonest and probably collusive practices now blocks the Bridge and Photoshop updates from working with Win 7 Pro 64. This effectively forces an "upgrade" to Windows 10, which will undoubtedly cause problems with drivers and software for all kinds of peripherals ...
We are also still using Office 2003. It is stable, even robust, compared with later releases, and contains Outlook.
Same with our CS5 and CS6 Premium licences. Both contain Acrobat Pro which I use on an almost daily basis.
So I will stay with Win 7 Pro until I can set up a test PC running Win 10 Pro to check what I'm really going to have problems with, software and driver wise.
Of course, Adobe's next "upgrade" will probably be to make ACR incompatible with Win 7 Pro. They have done this before with ACR and Windows XP Pro ...
Dishonest mongrels, the lot of them.
How did that go, Teemu?I would have stayed on Win7 too but I read that Adobe will drop support for it so I switched to Win10 when I upgraded my hardware in January.
Well... Had to resort to some external programs to get Win10 act more like Win7 (or XP actually...) but all the devices and software I use(d) still work which I guess is the main thing. Still hate a thing or two about the Win10 but nothing I can do about them. And believe me, I've tried.How did that go, Teemu?
I have one device (HP Laserjet 5P printer) that is nearly 30 y.o.
Cost a bomb then, and is still our main network printer. Costs less than $0.02 per page ... about 1/10th the cost of an inkjet print.
I used to have a client that was still running an Access 97 database as their main business application.I would have stayed on Win7 too but I read that Adobe will drop support for it so I switched to Win10 when I upgraded my hardware in January.
EDIT: Oh, and I'm still using Office 2000 on my personal PC (despite the spellcheck is broken in Win10 and I haven't managed to fix it).![]()
I appreciate your experience, mate.Well... Had to resort to some external programs to get Win10 act more like Win7 (or XP actually...) but all the devices and software I use(d) still work which I guess is the main thing. Still hate a thing or two about the Win10 but nothing I can do about them. And believe me, I've tried.![]()
I just remove all the stupid Live Tile things and turn off all the "features". My Windows 10 Start Menu is just a standard list of Programs (like every other version of Windows prior to Windows 8).I appreciate your experience, mate.
Classic Start Menu is a necessity, IMO.
Why wouldn't you just virtualize the older environment? I THINK it was Windows 7 (been a while) that used to ship with a virtualised Windows XP environment for this very reason.Why don't you guys just use more than one computer? I have one laptop using W8 and another one using W10. The programs that don't want to run on W10 are then on W8. My network drive solves to problem with swapping files like Word etc between laptops.
I have some CAD programs that are eye watering expensive and just don't go for that kind of emulation. To update them to the latest W10 version might involve selling a kidney, which I am not prepared to do. That one is reserved for an 8K M43 Panasonic.Why wouldn't you just virtualize the older environment? I THINK it was Windows 7 (been a while) that used to ship with a virtualised Windows XP environment for this very reason.
Off topic - CAD programs are a little pricey.I have some CAD programs that are eye watering expensive and just don't go for that kind of emulation. To update them to the latest W10 version might involve selling a kidney, which I am not prepared to do. That one is reserved for an 8K M43 Panasonic.
That's fair. You do take a hit on virtualisation.I
have some CAD programs that are eye watering expensive and just don't go for that kind of emulation.
Solidworks. My cameras and lenses have cost me less..That's fair. You do take a hit on virtualisation.
Out of interest what package is it?
If only we'd met 10 years agoSolidworks. My cameras and lenses have cost me less..
Do you know the speed difference of network drives vs m.2 nVME drives? I'm not going to sacrifice the efficiency today's superfast SSDs provide.Why don't you guys just use more than one computer? I have one laptop using W8 and another one using W10. The programs that don't want to run on W10 are then on W8. My network drive solves to problem with swapping files like Word etc between laptops.