Snow Leopard and Photoshop CS3

My wife is currently running Leopard 10.5.8 along with Photoshop CS3. Are there any compatibility issues that anybody is aware of if she upgrades to Snow Leopard (and higher)? She runs a number of add-on Photoshop-compatible actions as well and wants to be sure these won't be impaired if she elects to move to the newer OS. Thanks!

She may have a few problems with the various aspects of CS3 according to this very useful compatibility guide.
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
It seems CS4 is the better path to take using Snow Leopard.

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