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Launching the Application
First time after reboot - 16 seconds (CS2 = 45 seconds)
Every time after that - 4 seconds (CS2 = 16 seconds)

More benchmarks later.

1. Brush Cursor Bug
Brush cursor "circle" does not display in Dodge, Brush, or other various modes. Notice that the brush size is 400, but if you look at the cursor on subject's shoulder you can see that it is just a crosshair. Checked Preferences > Cursors and clicked on "Full Size Brush Tip / Normal Size Brush Tip" but makes no difference.

2. Status Bar
Photoshop CS3 - No status bar to display time it takes to process an effect or filter. Although it is seemingly faster, there is no way to know how long it will take. CS2 had a status bar. CS3 only has a "watch" icon.

3. Dialog Graphic Error
Garbled images appear intermittently in drop down menus in the Open dialog (Cmd-O). Occurs both in Adobe dialog and OS Finder dialog.

and

1. After selecting Filters > Distort > Displace and selecting parameters, when prompted to "Load Displacement Map" CS3 immediately crashed after selecting the .PSD in the Finder.

Reproduce crash? Yes, intermittent.

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2. After selecting Filters > Distort > Displace and selecting parameters, when prompted to "Load Displacement Map" CS3 immediately crashed after selecting the .PSD in the Finder.

Reproduce crash? Yes, intermittent.

VIEW CRASH LOG [new window]

3. PS CS3 hangs with a spinning color wheel after applying Filters > Distort > Displace command sucessfully. When attempting to apply another Distort command, CS3 locks on the Filter menu (see below), then locks up application, requires Force Quit.

Reproduce crash? Only occurred once.