what version of photoshop do you use?

[Dr.Agon]

ive tried to create some covers using photoshop 5 LE and the templates from this site,
however the program says they have too many layers and wont open them, i really wanna make some covers, help!

[Arseen]

Gotta love your signature.

[komodos]

Photoshop CS5

[Polygon]

Wow, time to upgrade. Photoshop 5 is really old. I'm still using CS2. Not sure if it's worth moving up.

[Dr.Agon]

Gotta love your signature.

thanks!, i was a bit slow working it out, but when it clicked i just had to put it there!

Photoshop CS5

any chance there's a trial version?, would the latest photoshop work too?

Wow, time to upgrade. Photoshop 5 is really old. I'm still using CS2. Not sure if it's worth moving up.

i got it off ebay a couple of years ago for v.cheap, it prints off the covers really well but it just wont let me make any, hows CS2/5 in that respect?

[Moviefan2k4]

I'm on CS2 myself; it was given to me by a coworker, about 6 years ago, and I've had it ever since.

[MedaForce]

I use CS5, but I only upgraded because of the content aware feature.
I would say any of the CS versions are your best bet, anything pre-CS isn't worth it.

[TyrannicalFascist]

CS5. I got the whole Production Premium at a significant discount because I'm a media student. Really you can get the discount if you're any kind of student or teacher.

[Polygon]

i got it off ebay a couple of years ago for v.cheap, it prints off the covers really well but it just wont let me make any, hows CS2/5 in that respect?

I've never had any problems working with layers in CS2.

[shenske]

I use CS2 and all of the templates on the site are CS2 templates 

[Harp00nX]

CS3 here, it doesn't matter what version you have as long as it gets the job done.

[Dr.Agon]

I use CS2 and all of the templates on the site are CS2 templates 

cool, i think i'll start with CS2 then and see how i get on!

thanks to all those who replied too!, i'll let you know if i manage to make anything!

[amarthar]

You could even start with Photoshop 7 (a.k.a. CS1). Though anything below will probably not work. I've worked on many versions of Photoshop, and the best one that isn't a resource hog looks to be CS3 (at least on Windows).

[Arseen]

I use CS2 and all of the templates on the site are CS2 templates 

cool, i think i'll start with CS2 then and see how i get on!

thanks to all those who replied too!, i'll let you know if i manage to make anything!

If you need some material to learn with, here are some NES games needing covers:
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=4470.msg69649#msg69649
Raws included thru the link on the message.

[Dr.Agon]

yeah, but there are a few games in my collection that dont have covers on the site, so id be doing those first, to fill in the gaps on my shelf, before moving on to requests/games i dont have/games that dont have covers.
i also have a long list of games that i intend to buy in the future, maybe at some point i'll look through that and check with the site to see if any of them dont have covers, (im guessing that most of the japanese games wont), if i get good enough i'd probably do covers for them as well.

just need to get a decent version of photoshop first!!