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As with every designer we colaborate with, mentions the Photoshop CS5 problem. The key difference between Photoshop CS4 and CS5 is that  CS5 is a full 64-bit application. This is what Adobe says caused it so much work and delay; rewriting the user interface from Carbon to Cocoa.

Photoshop CS5 does have new features, but for those working with huge files, the 64-bit part is essential. It means that working with bigger files can be much faster, because operations can be performed in RAM.

The days of the scratch volume are over for Mac Pro users with adequate memory (excepting really monster jobs exceeding 60GB or so).
Memory usage
Memory in 32-bit CS5 is limited to 2100MB, nearly 1GB less than with Photoshop CS4 (3072MB vs …

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Free desktop wallpapers to brighten up even the dullest monitor. Download the full size versions (1680 x 1050) below:

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We are all aware of email (I’m sure), but did you know it was invented more than 40 years ago, and without it the internet would have never existed.

Google have been hard at work designing a totally ‘new’ email – they teamed up with all the ‘big players’ in net-apps and will be delivering this to us… Google Wave – Have a look at this simple yet informative Youtube video of what it’s all about.

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