I still can’t find the Help as pdf.

Could you please be so kind to let us know when it’s online?

nice short cut! 

but the on-line help isn't index-oriented.

and the search function doesn't work like an index.

vids are great, but don't allow for point-specific access like a well-indexed help file.

can't wait for the PDF.

hate not being able to download a user guide.

CameraAnn wrote:

Three-quarters of the way through June and the PDF has still not been posted.

This is really not acceptable.

I would say its as acceptable as your math. Today in june 21 june has 30 days 21/30=.7 which is 70% not 75%. which is what Three-quarters is...

There are several books on Photoshop CS6 available already, including the official "Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book" by the Adobe Creative Team published by Adobe Press, Photoshop CS6 for Dummies, etc.

CLICK HERE for a list of titles availanle at the Amazon.com "Adobe Store".

This isn't good. I was accepted to take the Photoshop CS6 ACE certification exam which must be taken between July 2nd and 13th. I scheduled my exam for the 13th, and came on here tonight to download the Help PDF. I thought for sure the PDF would be done by now. Online is usable at times, but studying in and around my schedule facilitates a PDF on my iSomething. Rats. I thought Help would be ready by now. In the quasi-immortal words of Porky Pig, "Ohhhhhh FIDDLEsticks!".

Station_two, that is a bit harsh!

Kirsti Aro stated:

We expect to deliver it in June.

That does not sound like a definitive announcement to me.

Not that I am not also disappointed about this seeming change of practices … 

Back when the program still came with a handbook Adobe obviously managed delivering program and documentation at the same time but … the times they are a-changing.

Are you doubting Bob Dylan’s words?

Certainly management decisions are at work here (as with the upgrade policy changes, cloud licensing etc.) and their wisdom often seems dubious indeed.

But the term »liar« should nonetheless be used judiciously.

Trevor.Dennis wrote:

 

…Are we sure then meant this year?

Rats!  Now you're providing them with a way out. 

Regardless of what they may or may not have meant, it's unconscionable of them to ship a major release without thorough documentation.             

Click on any of the turkeys.  You'll see more action there than the Adobe documentation group has shown in years.

I would much rather Adobe fix some of the bugs in CS6 no one reads the help anyway. There seems to be so many bugs is CS6  I don't use it. CS3 is a much better choice still I would like to see Adobe deliver a usable new Photoshop so I can use an updated ACR.  I wish the Adobe would revert back to doing system and regression testing and not just release beta code to have their users do the testing.  Programmers that design and code Photoshop are much more capable if only Adobe management would allow then to do it.  I believe its a Management problem.   They seem to be tasking Adobe programmers to do new rather then deliver a product that works.

JJMack wrote:

 

I believe its a Management problem.

I agree, though I'd say it's a management AND process problem.  Things like releasing software without ever having taken any of the public beta bug reports into account can be attributed to process issues, though it's certainly management that sets policy for how their business processes are run.

The difference between folks who consider the current version unacceptable vs. acceptable with irritations is whether one of the bugs falls squarely in front of them when they do their normal Photoshop work.  A person that does designs with a lot of text, for example, may find that the text layer corruption bug is particularly nasty and deem Photoshop unusable because of it causing lost work.  Another who just touches up photos might not feel the same way.

I happen to fall in the latter category, and I find Photoshop CS6 13.0.0 usable with a few minor quirks, and it actually is more stable (for me) than its predecessor, so that is good.  But I know that sooner or later I'll need to do a design with text, and I'll probably not think to go back and fire up Photoshop CS5 to do it.  I only hope that I don't run afoul of the bug, or that 13.0.1 is out with a fix by then.

Like you, JJ, I found that there are bugs in running existing actions.  Fortunately, for the most part they don't affect my own commercial actions, but why did it get released with such bugs?  We reported the actions problems during beta, and in some cases even several major versions ago!!!  And now, if people come to rely on the changed (errant) behavior, and the bugs get fixed, then new actions could be broken.  It's not an acceptable situation!

That it's useful to some people - even if it's a majority of people - really still doesn't justify releasing the product in an unready state.

-Noel

No offense meant, but, regretfully, I cannot remotely relate to someone as undemanding as what you describe.  My standards are higher.  Perhaps there are enough folks who are content with such mediocrity as you envision and Adobe figures those individuals constitute a large enough market for them to get away with such a shoddy performance.  By putting up with that, you are encouraging the very poor quality you seem to be describing.  That's a head scratcher for me…  

Amen!! Thank you Todd! I'm scheduled for the PS CS6 Beta exam in 13 days and needed offline access for studying.