Installing Photoshop

Photoshop’s an awesome program, but it’s not worth a darn until you install it.

Whether you’re holding an actual Photoshop DVD in your hand or you’ve downloaded

the program from the Web, the Photoshop CS4 installer includes everything

you need to get up and running fast. If you’ve got a relatively new computer,

the whole process can take as little as ten minutes. If you have a vintage computer,

it’ll take a bit longer.

TIP After you finish the installation, put your Photoshop DVD and serial number in a safe place

in case you need to reinstall it down the road. If you downloaded the program from the Web, be

sure to back up the installer file.

Check Your Setup

Before installing Photoshop, make sure your computer has the right equipment to

run the program. If it doesn’t, you may still be able to install Photoshop but it’ll

run like molasses. Here are the minimum requirements for Photoshop CS4:

Mac OS X Requirements

• PowerPC G5 or multi-core Intel processor.

• Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) or Mac OS X 10.5.4 (Leopard).

• At least 512 MB of RAM (memory).