Is CS3 terribly different than Photoshop 7?




nope. just has some new features. everything you used to do, you still can.

I guess I just want to keep on doing the same things that I used to do
on my Photoshop 7. I'm not a professional and am just scanning and touching
up my old photographs and negatives.




well i can say it does offer lots of improvements for that. i'm not a pro either and i use it for pretty much what you do, plus making things like invitations and thank you cards and the like. things like smart sharpen and the hilight/shadow adjustment setting and photo filters and the healing tools really make working with your old photos so much easier than with 7! i'd say the upgrade is worth it just for the hilight/shadow stuff. you'd be amazed at how much detail there is in many pictures that look almost totally black to the eye!

and like we said, if you want a feature later, you're going to wind up paying full price again instead of just the upgrade price because when cs3 came out, they instituded a no upgrades prior to 3 versions back. right now that's 7. when cs4 comes out, people with 7 lose their ability to buy at upgrade price.