Photoshop 7.0 and Leopard OS X 10.5

Unfortunately according to Adobe who states "Likely to encounter issues for which there is
no resolution" in regards to Photoshop 7, I don't there is any help to resolve the issue.

http://www.adobe.com/support/products/pdfs/leopardsupport.pdf

I know it's a drag, but Photoshop 7 is almost five years (and three versions) old.

There aren't too many companies who support things that far back. I'm not saying it's right...it's just the way it is.

I take it Photoshop CS (8?) does work with Leopard?

According to the Adobe document, only CS3 is good with Leopard.

I have the same issue with Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and Leopard. I believe it is Adobe that is at fault here not Apple. Adobe needs to support their software for Leopard. I called Adobe and they only support CS3 on Leopard. That to me is B.S. I will not buy Adobe products any more for their lack of Mac support.

You're being unfair. Adobe supports their product in the environment it
was designed to run under. They have upgraded the product to run under
your much newer environment and you can buy it and get support. You're
reluctant to spend the money, but why do you think the company should do
all the work for free? You changed the operating environment against
their advice.

This is a serious disappointment and the result of misleading information. There is absolutely no indication that this would happen. Amongst all of the hype, advertising and claims that leopard is an improvement, the reality is quite the contrary--- If my programs won't work on leopard, how can this be a helpful update? It is not unfair, as a previous poster indicated, to expect that operating system "10 point whatever" would not run programs designed to operate on operating systems specified as OS 10.

This change and the expectation that those of us who have shelled out for the update should spend hundreds more on new programs to match can be summed up in one word: DISRESPECTFUL!

Hi Benjamin Eldredge;

Since the decision to drop support for PS 7 on Leopard was made by Adobe and not Apple, I think you should complain to them. Beside here on this forum you are not speaking to Apple instead you are speaking to other users just like yourself so there is nothing we can do about it anyway.

Allan

I could NOT disagree more! When you buy a piece of software as pricy as Photoshop it should be supported FULLY for at least 5 years after it is replaced. It was initially released in 2002 but was the current product until October 31 2003. Little more than 4 years ago.
Apple provided Adobe with the information on Leopard and Adobe had updates for ONLY current products. This was NOT for Apple to find and inform people is is Adobe's disregard for me and their desire to get into my wallet. I don't need any of the FEW new features of Photoshop and software barely over 4 years old should not be in the F you if you still use it list. If Adobe does not make a patch I have bought my LAST adobe product. Photoshop 7 was not some $250.00 product, it was expensive. I think long and hard about who gets my hard earned money.
Adobe, this is no way to treat a customer!

If you crack open photoshop.app you'll see a lot of classic components. PS7 was designed to work under OS 9 and OS X natively. I think PS7 died because apple removed classic support from OS X, more specifically system files that PS7 calls on are no longer there, at least that is my guess. Adobe would need to overhaul PH7 with some sort of service pack to make it work. I don't like it anymore than you do, I still prefer PS7 to the current CS3. but I doubt adobe will update PS7. In the mean time, Adobe does provide a fully functional 30day trial.

dhmagfilms7 wrote:
According to the Adobe document, only CS3 is good with Leopard.

In an article I found on the Adobe forum, CS2 works with Leopard. There is a problem with the Web Photo Gallery but they have a fix. So they must be supporting CS2 with Leopard. But I would be cautious because they are saying that they are not supporting it. Do you believe their words or their actions?