Third-Party Plug-ins

If you have any third-party plug-ins installed in Photoshop CS, they may or may not work with Photoshop CS2. The best bet is to use the original disc to reinstall the plug-in after you've installed the upgrade to Photoshop CS2. Although it's better to reinstall the plug-in if you can, you could Option-drag (PC: Control-drag) to copy it from the Plug-Ins folder (found in the Photoshop CS application folder) into your Custom Stuff folder, and then move it into the appropriate folder (e.g., Filters, Import/Export, etc.) within the Photoshop CS2>Plug-Ins folder. I'd also check with the manufacturer of the plug-in to see if it will work with CS2and if not, check to see when they expect to introduce a version that is compatible with CS2.

Drivers (Printers, Scanners, Etc.)

When Photoshop CS was introduced, many people encountered problems with keyboard shortcuts that were traced to the driver software for their keyboard. It's too early to tell if similar issues will come up with Photoshop CS2, but it's not a bad idea to use this opportunity to check with the manufacturers of your printer(s), scanner, and keyboard to ensure that you have the latest driver. If you don't, you'll have to follow the manufacturers' instructions for installing a newer driver.

File Info & Metadata Templates

As long as you haven't uninstalled Photoshop CS, any metadata templates or file info you've created will automatically "carry forward" to Photoshop CS2. If you want a backup planjust in caseyou'll find your templates here:

Mac:

Hard Drive>Users> [username] >Library>Application Support>Adobe>XMP>Metadata Templates (or Custom File Info Panels).

Windows:

C:\Documents and Settings\ [username] \Application Data\Adobe\XMP\Metadata Templates (or Custom File Info Panels).

Color Settings

If you have customized your Color Settings, you can transfer them to Photoshop CS2 using a method that's similar to some of the other custom settings. Save your settings in Photoshop CS and load them in Photoshop CS2. In this case, press Command-Shift-K (PC: Control-Shift-K) in CS to open the Color Settings dialog. Click Save, and then in the resulting dialog name your settings and save them into your Custom Stuff folder. After installing Photoshop CS2, use the same keyboard shortcut to open the Color Settings dialog. Click Load and navigate to your saved settings. If you want your settings to appear within the Settings pop-up menu in the Color Settings dialog in CS2, move your Color Settings file into this location:

Mac:

Hard Drive>Users> [username] >Library>Application Support>Adobe>Color>Settings.

Windows:

C:\Documents and Settings\ [username] \Application Data\Adobe\Color\Settings.

Note : One of the changes to the Creative Suite 2.0 is that the Color Settings are shared by all applications, so this is another example of "checking first" before you change to your transferred settings.