Summary: With its streamlined tools, enhanced nondestructive editing capabilities, and better performance, Adobe Photoshop CS3 will look very attractive to almost any user.
Pros: Productivity is much improved thanks to speed increases, workflow enhancements, and a more-streamlined interface, Nice black-and-white conversion capabilities, No more...
Cons: No real enhancements made to meat-and-potatoes masking features, Print layout tools
Conclusion: For users new to image editing, Photoshop's rather monolithic learning curve remains, and you're better off starting with an inexpensive application such as Adobe
Pros: No real enhancements made to meat-and-potatoes masking features, Print layout tools
Cons: Productivity is much improved thanks to speed increases, workflow enhancements, and a more-streamlined interface, Nice black-and-white conversion capabilities, No more...
Summary: The professional's choice for image editing spawns Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended to appeal to select vertical markets, but it delivers mixed results.
Pros: Adds the ability to animate effects, Some cool 3D capabilities, Same excellent Photoshop underpinning
Cons: Most of the implementations of the new features lack flexibility and polish