Is photoshop cs2 worth it?

Is it worth upgrading from CS1 and what are the major differences that would maybe sway me other than finally making it easier and faster to cut & paste images. Also, kinda off subject but does anyone know where i could find any good animated wallpapers. I've seen some 3d ones a while back but can't seem to find them anymore. Thanks for any suggestions.

 

I haven't even bothered to upgrade from 7, to any of the CS versions.. I wouldn't pay that much for those features that I never use anyways..

 

i have met a photographer that uses CS2. He says there are a lot of benifits or features to it that is usefull for a phtographer who uses an SLR digital camera (i'm not sure what). This is compared to CS1.

I have never really played with it (CS2) but like the previous poster, All the features i use are also in version 7

 

I won't upgrade as of yet...

Waiting for my school to sell us a cheap educational version of it

 

K, so not much different apparently. I checked their site and i can upgrade for only $150 (not bad for something i paid over $600 for two years ago)after a 30 day trial so i'll give it a try. Thaks guys. Any ideas on the animated wallpapers?

 

I find animated wallpapers distasteful. And it eats your system resources like crazy. Well, that's for animated gifs put as a wallpaper, am i mistaken?

 

It's incrementally better, just like 7 was on top of CS.

Depending on your circumstances, whether or not the upgrade is worth your while. If you're a photographer, support for the latest Camera Raw (a plug-in raw file converter for those 'fancy' DSLRs) requires CS2. Also, exposure compensation for jpeg is an additional feature. I had always simulated this effect by manipulating curves/levels, but just like the shadows/highlights feature of CS made life easier (at least for me) not having to resort to using a contrast mask for instance, to lighten details in shadows.

Adobe Bridge (the image viewer/browser) is a bloaty resource hog... in fact, CS2 overall is more of a memory hog than CS (runs slower with equivalent hardware). The problem for me is I choose not to use bridge as I have already implemented an image file management system and digital workflow that I find efficient. It might be nice for novices starting out as it's integrating everything from imave browsing (Bridge), raw file conversion (ACR), editing/manipulating (PS) thru to the finished product (IR) all in the one program, but for people like me who have already have a good thing going, it's counter productive IMHO.

Unless you specifically find your image editing needs are not met with PS CS, that are addressed with CS2's additions, I'd say give it a miss.

 

I really don't need cs2 but for the price it looked like a good deal. I'm not happy with how much of a system hog CS1 is so i think i'm gonna just skip on cs2 until i need more of the raw file options it offers.
As far as the animated wallpapers go, i have a pc in the livingroom just sitting that doesn't get used much and i think some of the wallpapers I have seen in the past are kinda cool so i figured i'd just throw one on there. I don't care how much of the system it eats because i don't really do anything intensive on it.