CS4/G5/Tiger/OpenGL
Mark A Goodwin Nov 5, 2009 12:53 PMIt all started when I tried to use the feature in CS4 for changing the brush head size.
Instead of using the bracket keys, one is able to hold down Control+Alt and slide the mouse/pen. What then happens is the brush head size alters accordingly and is shown in Red. Accept when I do it, I can see the size of the brush enlarging or reducing, but there is no red colour. In fact there is no colour at all during the process, just a round circle.
Someone suggested that my Graphics card was not up to date, I checked and it is.
Next I updated my copy of CS4 to the current version.
I then went into preferences to enable OpenGL but It was 'Greyed Out'. I was told that I needed to upgrade from Tiger to Leopard or Snow Leopard for all the CS4 feature to work.
I didn't want to upgrade to Snow Leopard as I understand that there may still be some bugs. Secondly my G5 is not equipped with Intel, so wouldn't be compatible anyway.
I said that I would happily upgrade to Leopard, my local dealer told me to get in touch with Apple, pay £20.00 and they would send me the upgrade disk. Except when I tried to do this, they said that the upgrade is no longer available and, if I wanted to upgrade to Leopard it would cost me £83.00! I said how can you expect me to pay that amount for an OS that is actually an older version (Snow being the current), they couldn't or wouldn't answer. I then asked if, as I also owned a brand new MacBook Pro with Leopard, could I not use those disks on my G5 Desktop. After all the OS is mine! I bought it when I bought the MacBook Pro. Surely I can do what I like with it. I was told that the disks that come with the Laptop are different and I would not be able to use the MacBook Pro Leopard Disks on my G5 to go from Tiger up. I even offered to pay a fee for using my own Leopard disks on my other machine. But all I got was NO you have to buy a boxed version at £83.
Not only that, but if I did spend the £83 I not sure that will allow me to enable OpenGL anyway, and if does, will that cure my problem with the brush!
I also have a feeling that there are a number of other features in CS4 that I am unable to use, because of the lack of OpenGL. Such as being able to revolve the layer you are working on, if (for example) you were using a Pen tool and the angle was awkward, you could rotate or slide, move around the picture to assist you.
What's the general thinking guys? Would Leopard improve my G5? And could I use my MacBook Pro disks to install Leopard on my G5 or are they specific to the laptop?
Many thanks
Mark

