Photoshop cs4 64bit on Vista Compatability

I noticed that there seems to be some quirks with Photoshop without having vista compatibility on especially with the focus zooming (drawing a rectangular box with the zoom control and going in a specific area) as well as the free transform tool.

However, putting the program on Vista Service Pack 2 compatibility (wonders why they put all different stages of vista there) seems to fix the issue but I hope Adobe addresses this. I can't be switching to compatibility mode for all systems, what if I forget one day for a new one?

Is anyone else having any trouble like this?

 

I'm running CS4 with the 64bit version of Win7 and I haven't had any problems yet. Would video drivers have anything to do with the problem? Due to the laptop I have I can't just pick any drivers I want so I'm using the 176.37 drivers for Vista x64.

 

Maybe, I'm starting to wonder if its either video drivers or the MX revolution program that is acting up.

I'm using Nvidia 182.82 right now.

My main suspicions come from the fact I'm not getting issues on my desktop.

 

I don't have problems with CS4 x64 on W7 x64 either.

 

CS4 is buggy. I don't like them even through I am using it. I am going for CS3 sooner or later. My lecturers also said that CS4 is a little buggy compared to CS3 and the industries around my nation/continent are still using CS3 as main.

I have a question here, did CS3 have Photoshop 64bit support?

 

That's a negative.

But it seems to run just fine. Some people may have quirks. I personally haven't experienced any.

 

Probably, you're doing the "work" for the usage of yourself or personal work only.
If you're doing a large scale project, probably, you will face some little problems sometime.
However, fatal problems are none of course.

 

I'll gladly admit my Photoshop work is amateur. I definitely don't get paid for it, nor do I have any formal training or course in the field.

 

Ops... Sorry. I was nearly forgot this thread is about Photoshop CS4/Extended.
Basically, I was talking about the overall Adobe CS4 Series.
By the way, i am an amateur as well. Don't be sad.

 

Not sad. I'm glad!

I'm not getting let down. I'm letting up!

Being an amateur has its perks, cause I can give the impression of a professional and no one is the wiser. And my paycheck doesn't suffer if they do get wiser :laugh:

 

Did you have DeviantART Profiles? I guess we should add/watch each other. XD
My DeviantART, http://silver-fate.deviantart.com/
Basically, I didn't do much Photo-editing/montage using Photoshop. Usually, I did Digital Painting/Airbrushing only.
Sorry for being off-topic.

Photoshop CS4 Extended is quite laggy if it is on Default.
I have edited the Performance Preference(turn-off some OpenGL stuffs) of the Photoshop CS4 Extended 64bit. Now, it is much more better. The problem left is I haven't fully adept to Photoshop CS4 UI because I used to play with Photoshop CS3 UI for a long time.

 

My Photoshop skills are limited to retouching photos for friends. Retouching skin blemishes, reflects on skin, shadows, wrinkles on a shirt one time, etc etc. I don't create my own content. Not creative enough.

I'm a CS3 guy. I don't feel like paying for CS4 with my limited skillset.

 

Well, I will say CS4 is indeed not needed.
CS3 is more than enough already. Some old artists even still using CS1 but their works are awesome. I feel that CS4 is just polished the UI with some new features(which is not needed on daily work). Sadly, CS4 is a resources hog.