Installing CS4 Production Suite --> CS3 Remains in Tact? : Adobe After Effects

Application Development · #1 11-01-2008, 09:44 AM

Probably a dumb question, but when I purchase my CS4 Production Suite upgrade, it's a completely new install, yes? CS3 applications are unaffected across the board I assume.

I'm excited to get CS4 on board, but I have a lot invested in AE CS3 as far as plug-ins go and am watching/waiting to see when my plugs will be CS4 compatible.

Thanks for the thoughts.

David Jolosky

Application Development · #2 11-01-2008, 10:27 AM

It is a completely new install. Your CS3 apps will remain in place.

You can create an Alias or shortcut to your 3rd party plug-ins and place it in the CS4 Plug-ins folder and you won't have to re-install any of them. I don't know of any new compatibility issues.

Application Development · #3 11-01-2008, 11:08 AM

Thank you for the info Rick. I thought I was a pretty saavy user, but never new that it was possible to alias the plug-ins, that is a great tip!

My thanks again

dj

Application Development · #4 11-07-2008, 09:01 PM

One point of caution. There's a known issue where uninstalling CS3 after having both CS3 and CS4 co-installed will cause a problem with Adobe Media Encoder. It will crash with an error about source file not found. So if you must have both versions installed for a while, please remember to uninstall CS4 and reinstall it AFTER you remove CS3.