Photoshop CS2 (9.0.2) is now available via Adobe Updater-accessed from within the application. So far, no stand alone updates have appeared on either the Mac Photoshop Updates or Windows Photoshop Updates pages nor the New Downloads.

Apple has released Mac OS X version 10.4.7 and included fixes are a fix for the Mac printing issue from Photoshop 9.0.1 as well as issues relating to saving files to AFP mounted volumes.

Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase

Issue: When you start Adobe Photoshop CS2, or when you open or save an image, the application crashes, freezes, or quits with the error message, “The application Adobe Photoshop has unexpectedly quit.”

Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase

Photoshop CS2 runs extremely slowly, or it slows suddenly and appears to freeze under Windows.

Apple has updated QuickTime to version 7.1.1, addressing the issue that caused the Photoshop and Creative Suite installers to freeze on Mactel systems.

You can download the update from the QuickTime download page, or via the Software Update utility.

On the Adobe Photoshop Mac User to User forums, a poster (see original thread by Morgan A Anderson) complained that certain colors would produce posterization in prints after updating to Photoshop 9.0.1 when printing from Mac OS X 10.4.6.

According to a story in Macworld, the recent QuickTime 7.1 update is causing issues for users trying to install the Adobe Creative Suite 2 (and point products) on Mac-Intel machines.

Source: Adobe Support Knowledgebase

Issue: Adobe Photoshop runs extremely slowly.

Source: Adobe Support Knowledgebase

Issue:When you try to reopen an image larger than 2 GB in Adobe Photoshop CS2, you receive one of the following error messages:

– “Could not complete your request because of a disk error.”

– “Could not complete your request because the selected pattern is not available.”

– “Could not complete your request because an unexpected end-of-file was encountered.”

Source: Adobe Support Knowledgebase

Issue: A program error occurs in Adobe Photoshop CS2 when you save a TIFF file or open File Info for a TIFF image created by�certain cameras or scanners.

From the Adobe Photoshop Windows User to User Forums comes a report that the 9.0.1 update for Windows effect mouse clicks on menus in some cases. Menues require an extra click to regain focus from non-maximized document.

Adobe Photoshop CS2 (aka version 9.0.0) has a new update available for download to update Photoshop 9.0.0 to 9.0.1.

The updates are now available for downloading-the Mac version is here and the Windows version is here.

Source: Adobe Support Knolwedgebase Document 333037

Issue: When you save a PSD/PSB or TIFF file to a server or network volume, Adobe Photoshop quits.

Editor’s Note: this issue was addressed in a previous PSN Article

The Disable VM Buffering plug-in can be installed to eliminate pauses during painting on Macintosh machines with more than 4GB of physical RAM installed. It will have no effect on machines with 4GB or less of RAM. On machines with more than 4GB of RAM, it can eliminate pauses during painting operations at some cost in performance with very large documents.

It’s been reported on both the Adobe Photoshop for Mac forums as well as on several other support sites-specifically MacInTouch that Apple OS X 10.4.6 update causes issues when reading or writing to and from servers running AFP (Apple File Protocol) particularly from within Adobe Photoshop CS2.

Source: Adobe Support Knowledgebase
What’s covered:
PANTONE swatch overview
PANTONE swatches in Illustrator CS
PANTONE swatches in Illustrator CS2
PANTONE swatches in Photoshop CS and CS2
How to match Illustrator PANTONE swatches to Photoshop
How to match Photoshop PANTONE swatches to Illustrator

Source: Adobe Support Knowledgebase

Issue: Adobe Creative Suite applications include the older PANTONE Solid To Process library instead of the PANTONE Color Bridge library.

Solution: Download the PANTONE Color Bridge library and install it in Adobe Creative Suite applications.

Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase

Issue: When you install Mac OS X, you receive the error message, “Adobe [application name] cannot be installed on this computer. Please install the BSD Subsystem.”

Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase

To install Photoshop, you must be logged in to Windows with Administrator rights. To use scratch disk files, ICC profiles, preferences files, and application files, you must have read and write access to the folders listed in the table below.

Source: Adobe Bridge Support Knowledgebase

Issue: After you start Adobe Bridge 1.0.3, you receive one of the following error messages:

– “Online Services encountered an error. The service will now be terminated or paused if possible (Error: )”

– “There was a problem with your internet connection. Please check that you are connected to the internet and try again.”

Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase

Issue: When you paint quick strokes with the brush or other tools, Adobe Photoshop CS2 pauses for 5 to 20 seconds before painting your stokes to the screen.

Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase

Issue: When you print to an Epson Stylus printer such as the Photo 2200 (Photo 2100 in Europe), or the Pro 4000, colors may be too dark or have a magenta or green color cast.

Source: Adobe Bridge Support

Issue: Thumbnail previews of Camera Raw images in Adobe Bridge 1.0 display too dark or too light.

Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase

Issue: When you use the cursor keys to move a curve point in the Curves dialog box in Adobe Photoshop CS2, the RGB and CMYK numbers in the Info palette do not update or display.

Solution: Use the mouse instead of the cursor keys to change location in the image.

Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase

Issue: Text is missing in buttons, menus, or the registration window in Adobe Photoshop CS2.