Photoshop "standalone" vs CS5 suite

Just thought I'd share something I discovered when trying to upgrade my copy of Photoshop Extended CS3 (Web Premium suite), as a warning for those wondering if they should upgrade to suite software (eg Web Premium, Design Premium, etc) from a Photoshop "standalone" product:
You can't upgrade from CS3 or CS4 Web Premium (or any other suite of software) to CS5 Photoshop standalone.
So if you upgrade now from say CS4 Photoshop standalone to CS5 Web Premium, which you can do, you will be locked in to expensive suite software upgrades in the future and you will not be able to make the relatively cheap upgrade to CS6 Photoshop standalone.
This lock-in to the expensive suite software is to my eyes not at all clear on the purchase page on the Adobe store, so I went ahead and purchased the CS5 upgrade online thinking I had the eligible software required for the upgrade i.e. in this case CS3 Photoshop Extended. In fact, there is small print written on the purchase page, written in a tiny font, unconnected to the purchase item where it says that you can't do this upgrade, but I'm guessing, I'm not the only person to have fallen into this trap. Adobe did in the end give me a refund for my unusable CS5 upgrade, but it was a major waste of time, and IMHO pretty sneaky on Adobe's behalf. I've used their software for nearly 30 years and it's really turned me off them as a company, though I will continue to use my old version of Photoshop and my new version of Lightroom.
I'm a freelance photographer. When I bought the CS3 Web Premium suite originally, I had a bit of extra cash (it cost about $2000, if I remember rightly), and thought I'd have a play around with Illustrator and Dreamweaver as I was starting to build websites. As it turned out, I never used either. Illustrator I had no use for, and Dreamweaver was far too complex and slow for my needs. The only app I continued to use was Photoshop, which I use nearly every day. So essentially I made a big mistake, because now if I want to use Photoshop CS5 I have to buy it from scratch (which I'm not going to do - as I'm making far less money this year and I'm in no hurry to give Adobe $1300, which is what Photoshop costs in Europe).
Maybe this will help those wondering if now is the right time to upgrade to suite software.

Mac Gabe -
The first version of Ps I purchased was 2.5 in 1994 and this is the very first time I've ever heard the term "point product". Standalone, yes, point, no. If you're fairly new to the process of buying Adobe products, then it's entirely possible that you weren't around for the mess that was Adobe's rollout of the first version of CS Suites. There was so much confusion, and of the type you are referring to, that it might be hard for someone who lived through that to believe there are folks (like you) who are new to the process and aren't intimately familiar with the policies. I believe, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, that in the wake of all that upgrade confusion, Adobe did, for a short while offer the ability to the suite products individually. What is clearly apparent is that they have not gone to lengths to make it abundantly clear to first time buyers all of the ramifications of each purchase option. While my polling may not be scientific, almost everyone I talk with who is buying Ps for the first time gets confused by the myriad of options available. Hell, I had to triple check that I was purchasing the correct suite version when I upgraded earlier this year. Even that was confusing.

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Mylenium,
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Craig,
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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.
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