CS4 performs about 4 times worse then CS3?! Please help

[Scott Geersen]

i have been experiencing the same thing, it also seems to crash a lot. maybe our it guy did something weird, but every time i quit (command q) it crashes and i get an error message (send/ignore crash report). every single time. i think i will go back to cs3 until a 9.01 update comes out.

[Simon Dybeck]

i have the same crash problem when i push command+q. Only problem for me now is that I have started a projcet in CS4. IS there anyway to make it a CS3 project? Or does someone know when there will be an update for CS4 to fix these problems?

[David Bogie]

You should visit the adobe.com discussions and support areas. A couple of the developers actually participate in the forums. There is a folder devoted to feedback and performance observations.

https://www.adobe.com/support/forums/index.html

https://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.ee6b2fe/?@418.zU3miww8Y9r@

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Michael Kaplan]

[david bogie] “You should visit the adobe.com discussions and support areas. A couple of the developers actually participate in the forums. There is a folder devoted to feedback and performance observations.”

Unfortunately, it won’t accomplish much, as the track record Adobe has shown in the last couple of years is one in which they ignore all fixes until the next revision they can charge for.

Michael

[David Bogie]

[Michael Kaplan] “[david bogie] “You should visit the adobe.com discussions and support areas. A couple of the developers actually participate in the forums. There is a folder devoted to feedback and performance observations.”
Unfortunately, it won’t accomplish much, as the track record Adobe has shown in the last couple of years is one in which they ignore all fixes until the next revision they can charge for.
Michael”

Well, yeah, almost all the big dogs do that. How about Apple? Sheesh.
But the interesting thing about the last few years at Adobe has been watching Adobe Labs, where beta products are available, and watching the generally independent blogs from Adobe product managers. Their explanations of problems are usually sound and the rationalizations they offer far more reasonable than just corporate drivel.

see this site, too, encouraging feedback directly from Adobe’s AE and CS4 teams:
https://blog.dearadobe.com/

bogiesan

[Michael Kaplan]

[david bogie] “see this site, too, encouraging feedback directly from Adobe’s AE and CS4 teams”

David,

Encouraging yes, but accomplishing? Not really. So, once again, what does it matter?

There have been no real fixes in a long time and things that make some of the products unworkable go unaddressed and not fixed even in the version upgrades that users have to pay for. Some do and others don’t.

Be an Adobe fanboy if you must, but since the Macromedia incursion displaced the Adobe team and its policies, the place has gone to hell.

Michael Kaplan

[Jimmy Brunger]

Someone give me a shout when CS4 is usable! Same rubbish with CS3….I’ll stick with AE7 until then!

Cheers.

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[Graham Quince]

I’m sure this solution is off the Adobe links postered further up, but a fix I tried (that worked) was to disable AE CS3 using OpenGL. 6.5 never seemed to have a problem with it, but CS3 crashed continously until I disabled that setting in the preferences. Don’t think i’ve had a problem since.

Graham

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[Simon Dybeck]

well, we can only wait for an update that fixes the problems. Soon Adobe, please…

[Michael Kaplan]

[Simon Dybeck] “well, we can only wait for an update that fixes the problems. Soon Adobe, please…”

There was an undate that fixed a few of the bugs in CS3, it was called CS4.

Perhaps CS5 will squash a few of the bugs in the current version.

But there’s one thing for sure, I will not be holding my breath waiting for Adobe to fix any of the bugs with an actual update anymore. Lately, they’ve just ignored their bugs and expected users to put up with them and if they do fix any, it is in the next version.

God, I miss Adobe. Since Macromedia took over the place, it’s become a pale imitation of the great company it once was.

Michael K