Photoshop CS5 . . is it worth the upgrade?

[KeithnFW]

Was wondering if anyone here has upgraded from CS4? I had heard there is a boost in performance.

[Rson]

I am very impressed by CS5 over CS4. I like the zoom with mouse, the seems more stable and more efficient. I don't know if it would be warranted over CS4 but definitely over CS3. I used CS3 more than CS4 even though CS4 used all my ram.

[cooltouch]

This "zoom with mouse" feature you're describing -- is this using the mouse's scroll wheel to zoom in and out? If so this is a feature that has been around for a while with Paint Shop Pro, and one that I really like. I'd like to buy into PS someday, but the cost is so over the top, it's very hard to justify for me right now. So I muddle along with PSP, making do as best I can.

[Rson]

No, with the eyeglass selected, if you click and hold, when you move mouse left and right it zooms in and out.

[ChuckW]

The content aware fill, by itself, is worth the CS5 upgrade price! As far as a performance boost is concerned I have not noticed much difference but I was using CS4 on pretty fast computer to begin with. If a person works with very large files (gigabyte panos for example) I imagine there would be a performance boost.

[jeffclow]

I've had CS5 for only a few hours and have used the "content aware fill" multiple times already. That feature alone is worth the upgrade.