Adobe CS5 -- anyone got any comments?

[frankfriend]

Hi,

Has anyone used or tried out CS5, especially Dreamweaver? It looks like a steep learning curve, and a goodly price!

Best regards

[krofunk]

cs5 as a whole or dreamweaver? (guessing that as we are in the web design section.)

[farscapeone]

CS5 is as good as you can get. I don't know any alternative apps that are better then those in CS5, especially Photoshop CS5.

As for Dreamweaver, there are some excellent new features introduced in CS5, like full control over CMSs by connecting all files together making it easier to work with and see your changes in real time. There are also some new web services you can use as a part of CS5, like Adobe BrowserLabs for cross browser compatibility check. There's a new site management system, new "Inspect" tool for live view and, my favorite, improved code completion with integrated PHP documentation. There are also a lot of small tweeks and adjustments. My say is, if you want to make some money in web design business you go for Dreamweaver. Knowing that average project income for small business web sites is about $1000, Dreamweaver definitely isn't expensive. On the other hand, if you want to learn web design and don't want to spend money on Dreamweaver, you can always use Aptana Studio. It's free, Eclips based and has a lot of nice features, plus it's cross platform.

[sourfacedcyclop]

Photoshop's new content aware filter is the most amazing thing I've seen with software...period

[csace]

i was part of the beta testing team for photoshop cs5, caf is very sweet , but not perfect....takes you 90% of the way there maybe so certainly speeds up retouching (my main thing!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3609951...7624048609019/

[stardom]

Ive use fireworks from the CS4 package i have. other than that using dreamweaver was a bit steep for me.

[michman]

Never tried Dreamweaver actually, but Photoshop is the best of the best when it's about image editing.. :D
And yes, you'll have to learn a lot. I've had a look at dreaweaver too you know.. :D

[Humza]

Not much has changed from Dreamweaver CS4 to CS5 except some deisign and more coding help.

[kowsari]

CS5 Is very good version
Specially Portable Of It!!!

[walidno1]

I have dreamweaver CS4...........shud I upgrade it to CS5??