I was quite surprised today when I saw an email in my Inbox letting me know that Adobe Photoshop CS4 (codename Stonehenge 11.0) has been leaked. I checked some of the BitTorrent sites and it does indeed look like it is available to anyone that wishes to download it. From what I’ve read the Adobe CS3 serial numbers do not work so you’ll need an updated serial number to get it running, but doing so wouldn’t exactly be legal.
The person who sent me the tip wishes to remain anonymous, but they did let me know that they haven’t found anything new in the release thus far. The compilation date of this build is November 1st, 2007 meaning it is a little dated already, and it was likely an early release sent out to key testers. Rumors have it that this build of Photoshop CS4 only contains Vista compatibility fixes, and not really anything else.
Lucky for you the tipster was kind enough to attach a screenshot of Adobe Photoshop CS4 running in XP with the new splash screen:
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There is no word on a release date at this point, but in the past Adobe has released new versions of their Creative Suite every 18 to 24 months. That would mean Adobe CS4 will be available somewhere between October 2008 and April 2009.
Look pretty good but not “lets spend another 1,000 bucks” good
i agree with “Google” because i dont see anything new
but i also disagree because the finnal version wont be out for another year or so, and this is probly an early ALPHA version
but what makes me winder is why they picked that name, personaly its not the best name for Photoshop
also why does ADOBE release a new version thats real expensive even to upgrade to then your only gaining like 3-6 new features.
@jidery This is not the new “name” for Photoshop. Each version uses a code name. My favorite was when they used the cat that had one weird eye. It might have been Photoshop 6, the Beta was called Venus in Furs with the cat in the clam like Venus with thigh high boots. A classic.
You don’t know what features they are planning. People also have to realize that sometimes there are tons of things that are changed under the hood that aren’t readily noticed, but improvements to speed and functionality are just as important to new versions. Honestly, what doesn’t it do now? If you can answer that, then do tot eh Adobe forums and put in your wishlist item. If you don’t tell Adobe what you want/need, how will they know?
As BalaBushka pointed out that is just a codename. The final version will likely follow their classic naming convention to prevent any confusion.
Performance improvements are extremely important to me, and they definitely made some big steps in CS3. Hopefully they can do the same in CS4.
I think this is BS. The graphic that shows stonehenge on the screenshot is obviosly so crappy, this would not pass as an authentic Photoshop graphic. This looks Absurd. Someone wants to get more hits on their Wiki by putting out false info. Maybe they are setting out to release a CS4, but come on this looks bad.
-M
I didn’t think that it looked that bad, but you also have to remember that the public was never really supposed to see that anyway.
fake.
Well, here is how to get Adobe Photoshop CS4 to work.
1. Make sure you have Adobe Photoshop CS3 install.
2. Rename the AMT folder in the Adobe Photoshop CS4 folder to _ATM.
3. Copy the AMT folder from the Adobe Photoshop CS3 folder and paste at the Adobe Photoshop CS4 folder.
4. Run either Photoshop CS3 or CS4 and use a Photoshop CS3 keygen.
5. Now, Photoshop CS3 and CS4 is both activated in one step!
It is fake though…it’s a copy of PScs2 with an expiration date of nov.2007
There is also going to be CS5 one day as well. Isn’t that so exciting? Aren’t you glad you were born? Waiting for the new CS years in advance is a life well lived.
Sorry you didn’t find this exciting, but I know some people do.
You just changed the splash screen and then photoshopped the title bar to say CS4. Not only does it look like photoshop CS3, THE ADOBE CS3 LOGO IS IN THE PICTURE TWICE.
Completely fake. CS4 will be released anywhere from 2-3 years from now.
I don’t think that’s true…judging by all of their past release cycles it will be between October 2008 and April 2009.
Note the “Layer Mask Density” option in the Layers panel, it’s not there in CS3 or earlier.
Good eye!
First off, CS4 is a real “beta” (more like alpha at this release). Want proof? Check out adobe for problems installing CS3. You will find the “clean up script” for cs3. Download it, open it, and you will see, they have added a brand new file called CS4CleanUpAddition.exe. I highly doubt they would create a file and name it CS4 for the heck of it!
CS3 performance is RESTORED when it’s not infected with a license service in XP
Why is this guy posting this everywhere, there is no Photoshop CS4. CS3 only has a year and is major release. And the Adobe programmers are working on it you probably wont see a CS4 alpha till the middle of 2009 if anything.
No way Hose !
It’s like an announnce for Windows Vista Second Edition.. There are no such things as…aliens !
this is real, you can search adobe and find SEVERAL blog entry’s pertaining to photoshop cs4 “Stonehenge” trust me i did too see if it was real, and it is available for download all over the net, if you don’t believe me then go look for it and get it, its not like you payed for whatever version of photoshop you have so what does it matter if you get this version?
This is total crap, i smell a rat…
The new code name is more than likely correct, but this program is a fake… it just looks like someone changed the number and added a new startup screen…
You guys are sooo behind the times! Im using cs5 right now… It uses a psychic link to my brain and includes chicken recipe flash cards! Losers! Chumps! Idiots! Sexy fools!
For those of you who think it’s a fake it is on the torrent sites, so if you really wanted to verify it yourself you could. Albeit illegally.
This looks like a joke on Adobe’s part to me…
It looks fake to me. But I have heard that Adobe have announced CS4 at Photoshop World recently!
Well…..this is what i found [pcworld.com]
Sop it’s clear that Cs4 will run on 64 bit…..and it is yet to come…end of discussion
I think that they will make a CS4 soon, because the do have a cleanup file for “Adobe Photoshop CS4″ on the Mac cleanup download from Adobe.
I think that the image that Ryan showed was fairly authentic, I know that it would take me a long time to produce something like that.
Personally I would not buy a new version of Photoshop if there are only small upgrades, but I think that they should fix the Type Tool problem, I’ve noticed that the Type Tool takes much longer to load than any of the other tools on my 2GB of RAM 2.4GHZ processor MacBook Pro.
Complete report:
So I got up the guts to download the CS4 floating around the network. The un-packing process was more than typical CS versions, but no biggie. With my antivirus progs on full blast, I scanned and re-scanned everything before opening the un-packed folders. So far so good, no viri or troj.
It has the typical Adobe Install .exe and the usual data folders for the install. Clicking on the Installer brings up what looks just like the CS3 installer, including a “CS3″ text logo but with CS4 in the title bar. Strike one..?
A couple typical questions later, it installs and thats it for that. I went to the install folder and found the Photoshop.exe file and began investigating the properties. I dropped it into my .exe Resource Tuner and PE Explorer. Both report that it is, in fact, signed by Adobe and is, in fact version 11.00. The date of the signature is November 2007, which sounds about right for when the rumors of CS4 got loud.
Opening the application brings up the alpha/beta picture, this one is a very cartoon-ish looking picture of Stonehenge. I selected to “Try for 30 days” during the initial screen. Loading time is extremely fast compared to CS2. My CS3 loads in 7-8 seconds, and this alpha/beta of CS4 loads in 4-5 seconds. Nice!!! The rest of it seems to be relatively unchanged.
One quickly noticeable difference is the “Layer Mask Density” slider bar. It only lights up when you have a layer mask selected, of course. It works alot like the opacity and fill, but I couldn’t make total sense of it.
I went through everything else, and so far couldn’t find any other new features. It does look better though. More of the bars/buttons/windows have rounded and beveled edges, making them nicer on the eyes.
Also, it seems faster in everything it does. Perhaps this is some of the better Vista coordination we heard about (I’m on Vista). This is definitely an alpha/beta though. One more thing I found was, during the window for Enter Serial or Try-for-30-days, there are the usual links at the bottom. One for “About Adobe Photoshop CS4″ and the license agreement link. Of course I just had to click the About CS4, and doing so took me to a “Welcome to the 30-day trial of CS2.” Weird huh..
So I’m still excited about CS4, but this alpha/beta is far from finished. It feels just like CS3 with a tune-up. I wouldn’t bother finding and downloading this version. I’m going to delete it after a few screenshots and stick to my CS3 until the real-deal finished product comes out.
-Jonathan
As much as I hate being outdated when new software comes out, I can’t help but be excited for the CS4 upgrade.
Props to Jonathan for being brave enough to download the unfinished version.
I should be in a University this fall, so I can get a student discount if it comes out within the next 2 years
They’ll definitely have a new version out in that timeframe. They need to try and milk people for as much money as they can get, and that means regular releases are a must.
Cool, Adobe FTW
A good collection of the intro pictures for the code-named photoshops through the years. Cool, worth a fun look:
[guidebookgallery.org]
including the 6.0 “Venus in Furs” that someone mentioned above. I only ever used Finals so I never knew about this! LOL those guys have an interesting sense of humor. I just noticed that all of them have cats somewhere in the photo… (now I’m going looking for the cat in the Stonehenge..)
does this come with imageready?? or is there a way to make animation using these new version?
Although the ETA/release date is about right, the screen shot is not what the CS4 beta looks like (I should know I work for Adobe.)
if you guys want photoshop cs4 i can get you cracked version which activation not required and its absulotly free
“does this come with imageready?? or is there a way to make animation using these new version?”
You do not need image ready to animate in PS. But anyways thats another story
cracking is not needed for betas
releasing on nov 1
What torrent site should I go to and how do I get the keygen?
Please advise
Sorry, we don’t provide that kind of information.
A good collection of the intro pictures
Lol @ the retards calling this fake – it isn’t. The stonehenge graphic was not meant to be seen by the public, this a leaked version of a very early alpha release, which is why it looks practically the same.
To the guy asking about imageready, when adobe released CS3 (I think that’s right), they got rid of imageready and integrated it’s features into photoshop, look at the Animation panel under Windows in the toolbar.
This is just great. As soon as everyone gets CS3 (which I do not because I can not even afford that one, still stuck with CS2) they come out with another version. I am just going to wait til CS500 comes out. By then I they should have all of the programs mastered and out of ideas to add to them. This is rediculous. Sure if you are a design firm or a designer with tons of clients and you can cough up 1000 bucks everytime they come out with a new version it is good but for us lowly fresh out of college designers with a very small portfolio can not afford to buy the programs and keep up with the industry when latest version seems to come out every year. I see a ton of jobs that require you know CS3. How can we when we can not afford it or even take courses in it. Broke designer. Anyone have work?
So it’s not my PPC G4 15″ 1.5 ghz 2gbRam afterall or is it the ram? Maybe 4gb gets the type tool to load like normal, like in CS2 or PS5 (my 1st PS).
this is only a mod program… look at the user interface ! don’t you have any common sense? if adobe would release cs4, then it would have a what we call “new look”… get that? their icons would be far so different!
hehehe… email me if you’re not satisfied!
Can’t believe it seems noone noticed the openGL option in preferences that replaces the ’3D acceration option’ checkbox. Or did I miss a post.
Try it. WOW any image zoom, reorientation and resize seems to be a blink of an eye whereas before was a noticeable lag. I tried it on one of mmy hdr/stitched lanscape pic with 12 10mp photos in all and still zipped along.
Really gives CS4 beta a zippy feel to it. Works also when doing anykind of brush work or selection work I noticed.
Heard my GPU’s fan wheering a tad when doing things. Wondered where the slight slip secong wiz noise was coming from whenever used the zoom and found it was my gpu fan. Thought they’d added some sound effect to it.
and Camera Raw shows as version 5.0 x27 though no noticeable difference again
You can make animations with cs3, just change the animation window to Frame from the palette menu.
this is real i got Adobe PhotoShop CS4 Beta {2008 Edition},,, and the new Adobe DreamWeaver CS4 Beta and the new flash
Its totally fake, the style is all wrong. CS4 has a different style than what is shown above.
In other words FAKE!!!
I’m currently attending a junior college. Last week I was in the Mac section of the bookstore and all the CS3 boxes were piled up behind the counter. I asked if they were “on sale?” The guy behind the counter said they were returning all the CS3 copies back to Adobe as a new release was coming soon. He didn’t know when.
The new release is CS3.3 – which includes Firefox and Adobe Acrobat 9. Upgrade for $159.
I have a new, unopened Photoshop 7, but considering reselling and buying CS3 instead. Would that be advisable? Thanks!
Or wait for CS4?
it doesn’t look much different from the CS3 version.
I hope the seam carving image resizing algorithm will be included, that would be a fantastic tool.
Btw, for the ones missing imageready…you can load and edit animated gif in cs3 but you need to import them. File–>Import–>Viedo Frames to Layers
and don’t forget to open the animation window from the menu Window–>Animation 
but you wont see the gif extension at first, you need to type in the File Name field *.* and press enter, hold and behold, you can load animated gifs as you used to in imageready
Dudes thay is CS2 some idiot made a joke
Screenshot of Adobe CS4 11.0×20080609 (the screenshot in the original blog entry is from a build back from 11/2007):
[i40.photobucket.com]
Thanks for the update! We have actually posted an updated article with a screenshot similar to that.
Its real but dont expect the final product to be like the on the screenshot. This release is a very early alpha with probably changes mostly in the engine. It is most probably leaked intentionally so they can gather debugging information from fools that want to be on the cutting edge. The final release will be much more feature rich, but dont expect miracles… after all the CS5 needs to be released as well.
Andre.
I tend to agree with the last post. I do not expect miracles, but I do believe there will be significant improvements. I also believe that even though work on CS4 started in 2005, you will not see a real beta before 2Q 2009 with a likely release 1Q 2010. I hope they prove me wrong!
This does appear to be the real deal, at first look I thought it was a modified version of cs3 made to look like cs4, there’s even a Photoshop CS3 Read me.html in program folder. Also I didn’t buy the splash screen on first look either. However there are some new features as mentioned above, including the opengl. This just appears to be a very early alpha version of CS4. Although it does seem to perform a lot faster on vista than CS3.
Reading over the posts of whether the CS4 “Stonehenge” is real or fake is actually very amusing and I felt compelled to add some clarity. The picture of the splash screen IS real, however the build is an older version with the latest version being 2 weeks old as of today. Many have posted regarding features and the new version on including basically a handful of changes but please keep in mind that new releases included patches, fixes, compatibility for software/hardware, in conjunction to new user features and MANY other things… well, at least according to my 56 page PDF from Adobe titled “New Feature Notes”.
hi every body ..
i want to know what’s new in this ver. , cause i have downloaded it yesterday ,and setup is working , i have heard that ver. is just working in vista , but it’s working in XP but i didn’t find any new tools or some things like that .. if some one know any thing new in this ver. please tell me
thanks alot
Fake! Adobe hasn’t leaked this, the only betas available are : Dreamweaver CS4, Fireworks CS4 and Soundbooth CS4 which all seem to use a universal new interface so that makes it a fakie…
This interface was from last year, and so it’s no surprise that it has changed. Photoshop will indeed have a new interface much like Dreamweaver CS4 and the others.
for those of you who think CS4 is fake or some kind of hoax, wake up you idiots!
I got an email directly from Adobe many months ago being invited to test their “Stone Henge” CS4 edition out.
You can also find the software at various bit torrent sites, or you can directly download it from Adobe. And check out Adobe’s website that talks of CS4 beta.
Some of you guys need to get a life if you keep this nonsense up saying stuff is fake when you don’t even know!
How is that?
I already own PS4 and its pretty good actually
From what I’ve read PS4 will included for support for CUDA basically speed increase if you have a NVIDIA 8 series or better for filter processing. In an article a beta tester was able to open a 16gigabyte bitmap file with no issues at all… So inorder to work with the new CS4 you will definitely need a top of the line graphics card if GPU support was included; I don’t know if ATI graphics card are supported. Hopefully Microsoft can get DirectX 11 out so that all graphics card will be supported. DirectX 11 allows use of processor for other applications other than just eye candy in games…
Here’s an article from [benchmarkreviews.com]
There’s some remarks from Adobe folks with regards to Nvidia Graphics card support and CS4.
CS4 will be a minor function upgrade but major combatibility update. most of the new stuff that will be added is for vista and 64X support. as far as additions there will be very little. This WAS a hoax originally and so was the Torrent release it was a hack but it was kinda pretty.
They may demo some of that at RED L.A. user Group this saturday. see their web page [redusergroupla.com]
I got CS4 right!?
I’m running it on Vista like i did wif CS3
nd i got em both thru Utorrent n BitTorrent
i cant see a fukkin difference between CS3 + CS4
serious tho!
Luk at the price difference between them and all they changed was the
startup thing and put stonehendge on it ,
To be quite honest i think CS4 is very much not worth the wait
*thats if you are waiting for it to be released*
I thought i’d try it coz i just started college , doing my BTEC 1st Diploma in Media and i’m just 16 and am the best at usin Photoshop out of everyone thats doing my course , so i thought i’d be more advanced and beat them to using CS4 ,and most of the people in my class havent used CS3 before so my advice to anyone is do not buy CS4
Do it the way i did it , saves yuh the expense of buyin a package wats not been improved apart from slight unneccesary changes
THEY BETTER IMPROVE IT THOUGH!
Anyone agree with me!?
fo sihzzel is not that great i downloaded i last night(cs4) and its not that great but still its not that bad as well hahah i like it tho
peace out
this is bullshit first that picture is fake because that is photoshop CS3 with a design of what CS4 i suppoused to look like…
and yes the CS4 is going to be released in the end on this year…
To all the idiots here without a clue…..try reading some responses befor spewing your drool. Adobe CS4 Master Suite IS, I repeat IS out in beta. It IS NOT CS3 with a doctored picture. It can currently be D/L from no less than 50 warez sites. The term “beta” means just that…an early form, and gawd knows when the beta was actually built. YES,alot of tools have no real change over CS3 other than compatibility so far…SO FAR. You can bet that when the FINAL comes out, that there will more functionality and tools than offered in CS3 OR the beta of CS4.
Before you go off with your mindless word-drool, spend 5 mins with a Google search. I mean come on…was Longhorn NOT Vista because it had a cheesy picture of horns? It was a BETA, just like Stonehenge. There are betas of Windows 7 out that LOOK JUST LIKE VISTA…is it not a new beta? Of course it is. Graphical eye-candy changes are always the last to appear in betas.
this is a 64 bit version;
it is written in cocoa … initially was written in Carbon development language …
the word is the new CS4 has a flash interface so if you guys know your stuff you can customize your user interface… so get ready and have fun. 2-3 im not really to sure about that it could be out before you know it… keep your eyes open for Designers work that makes you wonder how they created such great work with so little effort. This new mighty program is going to make cs3 look like a kid toy…
People need to read up on the facts before commenting. First off a codename is never the final name of a product. Just a reference for ease as well as keeping things underwraps. Secondly the Adobe CS4 splash screen with the Stonehenge logo is real. It was roughly debuted when I visited Photoshop World in Orlando in April.
I hope more features on cs4 will be added….nice
Way to many of you are retarted.. I bet when they made CS3 they already started beta testing the next version when CS3 was released…
stupid kids..
this is a terribly designed splash screen, someone used feather brushes for it LAWL!!!
cs4 unveiling tomorrow 9/23/08 adobe.com/go/brilliantevent
for all the junk you guys are talking see it for yourself. its finally being released cs4 and all new features
link will not work till tomorrow at 9am or sign up to be reminded at :
[adobe.istreamplanet.com]
It looks the same to me, except for the new welcome thingy..
That’s clearly a modded version of CS3. Take a look at the official Adobe page for PSD CS4, you’ll see it has an Adjustments tab amongst other differences. These are not on this Stonehenge piece of sh*t.
If you wish to download and install a few hundred Mb of (potentially malicious) code some fu**er’s thrown together, go for it! I’m waiting for something a bit more official. I don’t work for Adobe btw, just wary of installing sh*te on my PC.
Ugh it’s still not available yet, only for preorder!
is dat a real cs4?
or jst a fake dat some just hacked it and change the name to
PHOTOSHOP STONEHENGE?
The CS4 ‘Stonehenge’ is FAKE
all that some clever person has done is changed the splash screen and added CS4 to the title bar…but the whole thing is still CS3
The real release of CS4 has been completely revampt so you would know if you have the real thing or not as it’s completely different and upto date with new features
check the new features here
[adobe.com]
it is available to buy or upgrade now
Buy $699
Upgrade $199
ADOBE CS4 KEYGEN WIN &OS X-XFORCE FINAL OCT 20TH 2008
keygen
I’ve work with it. Its great.
Rofl, dont you feel like idiots now CS$ is actually here
Dont be so sure your right next time.
CS4* =D
Leaked! Ha! That means that they let it out. That’s not a leak. Get your facts straight!
stonehenge itself is all BS