Installing PS CS4 Upgrade

Hi,
Is it necessary or harmful to uninstall previous versions of photoshop before installing an upgrade?
Thanks,
Ian

bannview wrote:
…The only thing I did notice was when I had finished editing an image in PS and wanted to save it under `save as` it would not let me save it as a jpeg. The only options were Tiff,PSD, and various other formats…
That has nothing to do with the installation. You just had an image that had something that is not supported by the JPEG format, such as being in 16-bit mode (as opposed to 8-bit), or it had layers, etc.
If CS4 is working OK, leave it be.
If you should see strange things happening later on, then at that point you may want to uninstall CS4, run the CS3Clean script then re-install CS4.
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Dear Adobe:
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David Chartrand My new email is: [email protected]
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On Sep 21, 2009, at 8:17 AM, Bob Levine wrote:
The simple fix is to read the system requirements before buying software. While some users have gotten CS4 to run, the G4 does not meet the system requirements for InDesign CS4.
You should also take note that Adobe has already announced that future versions will be Intel only.
It's time to consider new hardware.
Bob
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