Photoshop CS4 Design Suite

I am wanting to run my PC version of Adobe Design Suite CS4 on my new Macbook Pro 17".
I have heard I can use BootCamp, or VMWare 2.0 or Parallels.
Which is better and more stable?
I have Vista Ultimate 64 on my PC currently running CS4.

I'd like to know if anyone is routinely running CS4 64 BIT PC version on an Intel Mac using any software, Parallels, Boot Camp, VM ware, no matter!
Asher Kelman

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CS4 Design Suite not working after OSX 10.7.5 upgrade

I recently upgraded my Mac OS to 10.7.5 from 10.7.4. I also upgraded Java from SE6 to 7. Now my cs4 design suite will not open. I click on the Illustrator alias but nothing happens. I get the Rainbow Pinwheel that spins for 2 seconds and then stops. This also happens when I try using Photoshop, InDesign, and Dreamweaver. I've also tried opening using the .app file in the applications folder, but the same thing happens.
A side note: I tried to revert back to Java 6 with no luck. and I do not have a back up of my OS to revert back to 10.7.4. Everything was working great prior to the upgrades.
Please Help

Run teh Creative Suite Cleaner Tool, reinstall.
Mylenium

I have a new mac and wanted to bring over my Design suite CS 4. I downloaded photoshop but it says "Setup" can't be opened because it is from an unidentfied developer. Anyway to install tis? I have the serial number

Anyway, I downloaded it all but just photoshop I downloaded separtly, It is really the only one I use. Seems my old OS was to old and my new is too new?
I have a new mac and wanted to bring over my Design suite CS 4. I downloaded photoshop but it says "Setup" can't be opened because it is from an unidentfied developer. Anyway to install this? I have the serial number for my orginal CS4 design suite.
Thanks

Hi,
If you have the suite then you have to download the whole suite otherwise the Serial Number will not work, if you only download Photoshop. Once you download the suite you can choose to only install Photoshop and use the Serial number you have.
You can download from here.
Download CS4 products
If you get the message:Setup" can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer , You can follow Fix the “App can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer” Error in Mac OS X .
**You can change it to MAC App store and identified developers afterwards.

Photoshop CS4 can't save as Photoshop PDF

I am trying to save a multi-layer Photoshop CS4 document as a Photoshop PDF file with embedded color profile. Everything is set to the default except for compatibility which I set as Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4) . The progress bar for writing the file proceeds as normal until the very end at which point it gives an error.
It is very inconsistent as some documents I can save just fine and others I get the following error:
"Could not save as "RPS Poster" because of a program error."
This is very frustrating as it has no rhyme or reason. One file I was able to fix the problem by re-creating one of the layers. I have had many other problems with CS4 running on Snow Leopard and it appears that the CS4 Design suite was not fully tested before its release.

I have had many other problems with CS4 running on Snow Leopard and it appears that the CS4 Design suite was not fully tested before its release.
Yeah, funny how Adobe failed to test their programs on an OS that wasn’t out when they released the suite …
Have You updated all components to the latest versions yet?
As for the pdf-problem:
What are these default settings exactly?
What are the layers that may be the culprits – normal pixel layers, type, adjustments, groups, smart objects, …?
Have You tried saving without »Preserve Photoshop Editing Capabilities« (naturally one should then additionally keep the layered psd)?
And as with all unexplainable Photoshop-problems You might try trashing the prefs (after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved and making a note of the Preferences You’ve changed) by pressing command-alt-shift on starting the program or starting from a new user-account.

I cannot register photoshop cs4?! Getting invalid serial number message and I've owned this product since 2010. Also shows in my products on the adobe website.

Title says it all, and I can actually speak to a person at Adobe to get this cleared up! I unregistered the photoshop before uninstalling Web premium.

There is only that one number as far as I know. You need to get someone there to help Adobe Support is far from what it should be. Having to use Adobe support has never been easy or pleasant. However they have help me activate Photoshop after a couple disk crashes for there is no way for users to deactivate versions of Photoshop activated on the crashed disk.
I notice your serial is for the Web Premium suite not just Photoshop CS4. Are you installing the suite or just Photoshop CS4 I have only installed Photoshop myself. I do not know if there is a difference in installer between Stand alone Photoshop CS4 the Suite Photoshop CS4.
There surly is a difference in size of the downloads,

More on CS4 Design Premium updater

I just installed CS4 Design Premium on my early 2008 Mac Pro with 2GB RAM & plenty of hard drive space. At the end of the installation, I ran Adobe Updater 6.2.0.1474 (created Ot 21, 2008) that was installed along with the rest of the Design Premium Suite. It seemed like nothing was updated by it, but I couldn't be sure. I went to the Adobe website and searched "Updater" and downloaded an "Update Manager" that the site offered as the only result of my search. This downloaded file installed an "Adobe Updater" that was created in 2008! I didn't attempt to run it since it didn't appear to be current.
I saw a bulletin today, 31 July 2009, in MacFixit that produced a link to an Adobe website page that is dated today! That page showed links to individual updates for Acrobat, Adobe Air and Flash. Without MacFixit, I would never have know it existed.
My experience today with Adobe's updating service is bewildering. Cumbersome is too kind a word for it. It would seem that the mere presence of an app named Updater would do exactly that--update the entire CS4 Design suite. Is that really the purpose of this app? Does it work? What is the latest incarnation of the Updater?
I see where some folks have mentioned on the forum that they habitually update manually. Why? Are you confirming my suspicion that the CS4 Updater isn't to be trusted?
Sorry for all the questions, but I'm new to this suite-wide updating game and I need guidance from more experienced folks. Please advise this updating noobie on the most reliable way to update this magnificent suite of applications. Thanks.

John Boyden wrote:
Do you mind stating your reasons for manual updating?
I've always done it that way, and Adobe's updaters suck.

Trying to reinstall Adobe Photoshop CS3 Design Premium - I receive an error saying I need to insert Photoshop CS4 to continue install. How to do this???

I recently got a new computer and transferred programs over to it (it's a Mac Pro). But now my Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional application no longer works so I need to reinstall. (Acrobat 8 originally was bundled with CS3 Design Premium.) I no longer have the disks for these programs, so I downloaded the CS3 Design Premium from Adobe's website. Upon opening up the .dmg file and starting the install process, I'm prompted with an "Install Error" telling me: "Please insert Adobe Photoshop CS4 to continue installation." I do not have a disk for PS CS4. How do I continue the install??
Thank you,
-Kristine

Transferring files between machines doesn't work for Adobe applications. You should uninstall anything you transferred over and use the cleaner tool for it. Then download and install the CS3 suite as a whole.
Adobe Creative Suite Cleaner Tool
helps resolve installation problems for CS3 thru CS6 and for Creative Cloud
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

How does Dreamweaver CS4 work with CS3 Design Suite?

I am looking to purchase Dreamweaver on my computer however I currently have the CS3 versions of Photoshop and Illustrator installed on my computer. Will the DW CS4 version work if the rest of my Design Suite is CS3 or should I look to purchase CS3 if available? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

Dreamweaver 3 will open a file in Photoshop, so DW CS4 should do the same. I think you might have problems with Adobe's Bridge. And it's possible that DW CS4 might decide that previous versions of Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop or Illustrator are not supported. So workflows may be a little more disjointed.
So the real question will be: Do the advantages of DW CS4 outweigh possible hurdles in workflow?
I will frequently open and replace graphic images using Photoshop without Dreamweaver open and, when I open the website, everything falls into place. I did that for a number of color changes and I worked exclusively in Photoshop for the first part of my day, replacing colors that were designed to be part of the website with the client's specific pick. I tend to save graphics as .PSD files and then use Photoshop's Export to Web and in CS3, Photoshop will remember two different paths for a Save (PSD) and a Save to Web.

Design Suite - Upgrade just PS to CS4?

Hi
This probably was posted before (but this Jive software's search sucks so bad I haven't bothered to look), anyway can I simply buy a Photoshop Extended CS4 upgrade and apply it to the Photoshop installed as part of my Design Suite CS3? Purely a technical question - will PS CS4 install and will PS CS3 still be there and functional?
I need to start getting up to speed with PS CS4 and there's really no production related need to go the whole 600.00 Suite upgrade route - yet. It looks like the rest of the apps won't benefit from 64-bit code till CS5 (fall 2010) and the PS CS4 upgrade won't go to waste since we have multiple licenses to update in the future. And yes, I know about all that legal, activation stuff associated with that last statement. Thank you for your time.

Thanks Bob, I'll look into that. I'm sorta being a bit pissy because PS is the application used in production around here - I was able to get the design suite because of marketing dept support (DW, ID etc.); there's no way the marketing guy needs to spend the money to get what they need already w/CS3 (they don’t really care how it gets done). And I use those tools so little that I really can't justify a suite upgrade - except to maintain continuity.
It's all about $$$ in a deep recession in an extremely competitive environment. Those are not assumptions. Right now I can justify doing all eight of our PS licenses to PS CS4 upgrades based on a feature set and 64-bit robustness. However, even that is troublesome because half of those CS3 machines are running XP-64 - wait - not supported by CS4! I'll let you talk to our IT manager about Vista or Win 7 .
So yeah, it's tough figuring out which way to go on this, and don't even get me started on my personal set up - what do I do with my Master Collection? There, I need to get going on PS CS4 to keep my ‘real job’ skills up to snuff, but shelling a grand out for ‘just’ that without the PP and AE (I’m just now messing w/video and AE never installed properly) soon-to-be CS5 64-bit updates you mentioned would be just stupid. I’m probably not the only Suite user who’s in this boat, trying to keep our business’ afloat while navigating not just Adobe’s “must have” upgrades, but MS’s multi-OS confusion as well.
This all fits well into The Paradox of Choice, and Adobe, MS, even Google are feeling the effect. It's why PS 7 is still so popular...

Cannot install Photoshop CS4 from Design Standard Educational

I just purchased the educational version of Adobe CS4 Design Standard and had no problem installing everything but Photoshop CS4 (which is what I really need)! It does not show up on the installation menu when I run startup, but it seems to be on the install DVD in a couple of .dmg packages. I currently have photshop elements 6 for Mac installed, and I previously had the Photoshop CS4 ext trial with LightRoom 2 installed, but removed them from my system once the trial was over. Why isn't Photoshop CS4 installing and how can I fix it? Do I need to reinstall the trial software and then try and activate the serial number? Is the install DVD disk bad?
I had a look through the forums here and don't seem to have any of the same issues. I have three disks in the package, 1-Applications, 2-Content, and 3-Learning.
I can see the .dmg files for Photoshop on the 1-Applications disk, but am not sure if I expand them will they install Photoshop properly. I managed to install InDesign, Illustrator and Acrobat 9 with the assorted pieces without any problems, and still have about 100GB of space left on the drive.
I'm installing it on my MacBook Pro, with 250GB HD, and 4GB of RAM with the 512MB video card. I previously ran the trial version on the machine without any issues, so I am assuming that there are no problems with the minimum requirements to run the software. The one issue I am thinking that might be affecting it is that I do have Safari 4 on my machine...
Any ideas?

That did the trick. I think I removed the old trial version by just dragging it into the trash and not using the uninstall function. Adobe customer service really sucks as well. I submitted a ticket to them about this and they cancelled it as the registration for CS4 Design Standard wasn't listed in the drop down menu when sent it in, despite it being registered. Obviously Customer Service people who can't read!!
Just goes to show that this forum is a better trouble-shooting environment! The only funny thing with using the clean tool, is that I had to completely remove all programs installed with Design Standard and then re-install everything. Very clunky. They should get some more people from Apple to design the Adobe installation/uninstallation process...

I may have totally screwed myself but...after installing Yosemite without checking first, my CS4 Design Premium suite wouldn't open. So I deinstalled it, but I only have disks for my old CS3. When I got the CS4 upgrade I downloaded it. What can I do??

I may have totally screwed myself but...after installing Yosemite without checking for potential problems with Adobe software, my CS4 Design Premium suite wouldn't open. So after consulting some forums, I deinstalled it, but I only have disks for my old CS3. When I got the CS4 upgrade I downloaded it, back in 2011... What can I do?? Everything was fine before I upgraded that *#$%* Yosemite.

You can find the CS4 download here: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs4-product-downloads.html
Benjamin

I have Creative Suite 3 Master Collection. Am trying to install Photoshop CS4 upgrade. It will not accept any of the serial numbers from my Creative Suite 3 Master Collection. The upgrade is for Photoshop CS 4 only

Need help installing Photoshop CS4 upgrade. I have Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection installed on my computer. When trying to install Photoshop CS 4 upgrade. I am ask for serial number of Photoshop CW, CS2, & CS3 I put in the serial number from my Creative Suite 3 Master Collection. None of which are accepted. What do I need to do to accomplish upgrade?

When you purchase a Creative Suite collection, you can't run an upgrade on an individual product within the Suite. You have to upgrade the entire collection.
You could purchase a copy of Photoshop CS6, or a subscription to Photoshop which can be as little as $9.99 with the Photography plan to the Creative Suite.
Adobe no longer sells upgrades to CS3 or CS4.

I bought Adobe Suite 4 on disc and I have a serial number but my new laptop doesn't have a CD drive. How do I install Photoshop CS4?

I bought Adobe Suite 4 on disc and I have a serial number but my new laptop doesn't have a CD drive. How do I install Photoshop CS4?

Download from Download CS4 products
Install then enter your serial number.

PHOTOSHOP CS4 SUITE START UP CRASH

Hi everyone,
I have a new system with windows 7 64bit with the latest updates of today.
It as 8 gig of ram
Video card x1950 512 meg with the latest ATI drivers.
500 gig hardrive which have 400 gig of space.
Installation of the CS4 suite was install without a problem.
I have install the latest updates also.
Other applications seem to be opening without a problem so far.
But when the user open photoshop 64 bit or 32 bit, you see the splash screen and then it crash. I dont even see the photoshop window. Just the splash and crap out.
I have remove it everything, delete the folders and reboot it and reinstall and still the same problem.
I have check the even viewer and this what I have.
Faulting application name: Photoshop.exe, version: 11.0.1.0, time stamp: 0x499bf9b5
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000
Faulting process id: 0x13ac
Faulting application start time: 0x01cae6e6507872d9
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Photoshop.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: 8eef1419-52d9-11df-855a-6cf0497616e6
Anyone can help me with this issue?

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Lucas-IT wrote:
yes the user as full admin right!
Windows system error code 0xC0000005 indicates ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED.
This implies a permissions issue is causing your problem.
Please consider this very, very carefully:
In Windows 7 or Vista, a user with admin privileges is NOT, by default, running with administrative privileges. There is a process called USER ACCESS CONTROL (UAC) that "elevates" your privileges.
Thus your quick answer, quoted above, does not answer the problem.
Try actually running the Photoshop executable "As Administrator", or lowering your UAC setting level.
If these things do not help, then you have a folder permissions issue. That's correctable too, but let's move one step at a time.
-Noel

Before I install CS4 (design standard) do I need to manually or otherwise remove CS1 (the original Creative Suite)?

Before I install CS4 (design standard) do I need to manually or otherwise remove CS1 (the original Creative Suite)?
I am using an iMac OS 10.5.8, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB, 800 MHz. AllI know is that you can't upgrade from CS1.
I am in the misdt of several production projects and can't afford a mistake or down time. Thanks for any and all help.
P.S. Is Snow Leopard compatiable with CS4?
Thanks, Compositor Rick

You can upgrade from CS1 to CS4. CS1 will be out of the upgrade path when CS5 is released.
You don't need to remove CS1 it does not conflict with CS4. I have CS1 through CS4 installed and playing nicely together.
CS4 is compatible but I would stay with 10.5.8 until Apple gets most of the bugs worked out of Snow Leopard. that is usually about the 4th update.

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