2 Replies Latest reply: Oct 21, 2010 4:52 AM by elolaugesen RSS

    PSE9 evaluation - purchased

    Dennis Smith Community Member

      Staring mid September when PSE9 first came out, I have posted a number of notes here re my thoughts and a couple of bugs, so I thought I should note that I have in fact purchased it before the eval ran out.

       

      Here are my notes on the status and reasons ...

       

      I have just purchased it -- at the cost, it was not worth NOT doing that.

      I still have the following issues, but I can work around them

      1. On PRINT the custom size changes with each printing -- gets smaller each time, so I have to reset it each use
      2. On PRINT the "Copies of each image" count appears to be ignored in  some cases.  This occurs in one of two ways and only one some printers  (e.g. my Canon ip4600)
        1. is totally ignored
        2. does not show on the preview but does in fact print the multiple (at least when printing 1 photo per page, e.g. 8x10)
      3. Three times now when I went to edit a photo (from NEF) it came up  in ACR 6.2 as black-and-white and stayed that way until I removed the  .xmp file - not enough information yet to identify exactly what happened
      4. A number of irritations I can live with -- e.g. ...
        1. liked the darker PSE7 (with ability to adjust the overall tone)
        2. does not remember where I was last, always shows me the first photos in my catalog
        3. panels in the editor keep changing on me (location, size etc) -- particularly when using a multi-desktop utility and switching dekstops
        4. due to the custom window management and drawing, its unusable over RDP or other remote mechanism

       

      My main reason for moving to PSE9 (from 7) was really to keep  up-to-date, not particularly for any of the improvements, although some  of the improvements in the editor will make life a bit simpler.

       

      This is my last note on PSE9 evaluation

        • 1. Re: PSE9 evaluation - purchased
          ukgaurav Adobe Employee

          Thanks for the valuable feedback. In case you come across any issues, please feel free to log a enhancement request at https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform. Your time and effort is greatly appreciated.

           

          Regards,

          Garry

          • 2. Re: PSE9 evaluation - purchased
            elolaugesen Community Member

            Evaluation Prolonged several years.

             

            I too have purchased PSE9 for the Mac   I skipped PSE8 and reluctantly have almost given up PSE6

             

            comments on PSE9 are:

             

                 • PSE9 printing colour management works with Snow Leopard  PSE6 did not   therefore buy was mandatory

                 * PSE9 has been crippled in the print screen and is now very difficult to use.  Layouts, sizing, print profiles etc.

                 * the organiser is not much use to those who through the years have set up a system for handling many many photos and prints.  maybe new buyers will find it helpfull

             

             

            My main issue in PSE9  is simply the print screen.....  I print a lot of giclees with different papers different sizes and must have the flexability.  CS5 has been crippled by Adobe in the Print screen too and is also too expensive and PSE9's functionality is all I need.

             

             

            Because of a small bug in the printing process not a ( PSE issueI) still go back to  10.5.8 for printing   see this thread...

             

            http://forums.adobe.com/message/3172530#3172530

            http://forums.adobe.com/message/3172635#3172635

             

            I should mention the print problems only show up on some printer profiles by some suppliers   I have one from Legion MOEB that works all the time on snow leopard as do epson's own profiles.  but I use better papers than epson's and must have special profiles.

             

             

            I use PSE9 for all the raw work, set up and then save image and go to back up compute rrunning 10.5.8 and print (thus I also avoid PSE9,s crippled print screen)

             

            cheers elo