Doesn't seem 5 minutes since CS3 dropped (maybe that's why Adobe are offering discounted upgrades) - and after a pretty short beta phase - but the full range of CS4 products have hit the shelves at the Photokina show. Supposedly redesigned from the ground up - time will tell....

I have the CS3 Creative suite...A lot of money to pay, for stuff you don't use!....

CS4 will cost more too!

Unless you are using it for commercial work/output – then the creative suite is definitely a bit of overkill. That said - the new features such as they are appear to be of most help to photographers and 3D artists this time around with non destructive image editing, a nice inpainting background scale function and better masking. Also new is the expanded depth of field tool – I really like this kind of shot and this appears to make it much easier to create them.

I couldn’t see anywhere how long the discounted upgrade program will run for or what the full upgrade price will be when the promotion stops.

I have Photoshop CS2. Any major reason to upgrade to CS4?

depends on what you intend using it for :-)

upgrading from cs2 photoshop to cs4 will cost you $199 for the regular version or $349 for the extended version. if you qualify for an education purchase the full (extended) product (not upgrade) is $299.

I use Photoshop for casual art projects and editing photos and fractals.

too much overkill then - try PS Elements instead - or just stick with the incumbent CS2 - unless this is the tool that you use to pay your mortgage with - then there's no real need to upgrade :-)

I've done web development professionally and for charity work and so I had to teach myself how to do computer art. When I first started learning HTML in the 90's, all the good free clip art either had a big huge copyright stamp or you had to agree to their terms of service, which usually included linkbacks. Hence why I still have Photoshop. It's not something I'm currently doing for a living, but I can list the skill on my resume. :)