Photoshop has been an industry-standard graphics editing program for as long as I can remember. It's kind of like the iPhone of the software industry...although there are no 'killers' that come anywhere close to being as good. Photoshop, despite its name, isn't just for photos. You can do practically any kind of image creation and editing in it, which is one of the reasons for its hefty price tag. CS4 isn't the latest version; the current version is CS5, and the release cycle is every 18 months or so. At the moment you can buy Photoshop CS4 from Amazon for £475, with CS5 clocking in at a hefty £700. This isn't a 'I'll give it a go and see what I think' kind ...  Read the complete review

Adobe Photoshop is a program I have been using for many years now and CS4 is bay far the best version so far. I first started using Photoshop way back at version 6 and have been competent in it ever since, so to have this new version was, or so I thought, just an update that may make life easier. However, after using it for a while alongside Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash and Adobe Bridge to help with my web coding, I soon discovered that Photoshop CS4 had gone way beyond just a design for print program. Added to the now familiar photo manipulation and cool graphics creation elements in the former versions, are new and easy to use sub menus and web related ...  Read the complete review

Adobe have again managed to surprise by cramming yet more amazing features into a programme that already seemed to have it all. This will NOT leave you disappointed! I am not going to list all the system requirements etc. as that's all available on the adobe website, where you can also download a free 30 day trial version of their software, which in my opinion will be hugely useful in a decision to purchase such an expensive tool (photoshop cs4 extended is 699 dollars on the website I believe - a little out of my price range, I have the trial version which is about to expire *sad face*). ***So what's so good about this version*** Firstly, the ...  Read the complete review

For any type of photo editing or graphic design you know you can't go wrong with Photoshop! CS4 is the latest version that has even more to offer than previosu versions. Including a major layout change. The customisation of the palettes displayed and creating you're own workspace hasn't been easier. I'm not someone to fully use all the features photoshop has, as i have no real purpose to use it. But for a hobby i do enjoy experimenting and graphic design. For general use, touching up photos, adding effects, creating simple graphics, photoshop does the job and isn't too hard to use. At a first glance it can seem complicated and put you off using ...  Read the complete review

Everyone has heard of Photoshop! While most people have probably never used the program before, they all know what you mean when you see a fake-looking picture and say "that's clearly been Photoshopped." For those that have used it, however, well... I'm sure we all have a lot of respect for Photoshop. It can be used used for editing pictures in almost any way, and also for creating your own images. Personally, I've used it for many different projects - creating logos & website designs, editing photos, getting rid of watermarks on photos, adding watermarks to photos... It has thousands of uses. At first Photoshop may be quite daunting to a ...  Read the complete review