I make my living with this, I love it!

could still be a bit more intuitive

Photoshop isn’t for everyone, and the more advanced it becomes the more it passes out of the reach of the everyday consumer. CS3 is the most advanced yet, and certainly the most capable image processing and editing software on the planet, with features that many professional users will find invaluable. Anyone who upgraded to CS in 2003 but held off spending money to upgrade to CS2 probably made the right choice, but I would say that CS3 holds enough new content to make that upgrade worthwhile. The question of whether it is worth upgrading from CS2 is another matter entirely. The faster performance, greatly improved RAW processing and new image adjustment controls are almost worth it on their own, and the improved compositing, and smart filters are nice bonuses. Personally I am particularly pleased by the improvements to Bridge, because it is my main program for sorting and organising my huge library of photos, a task which is now even easier, so if I hadn’t already got a review sample copy I probably would buy the upgrade myself. I think for me the deciding factor is the camera RAW processing, particularly because if Adobe follows its usual pattern, it will quickly cease supporting CS2 with new Camera RAW updates.

I just so incredible I can't begin to list all the reason why. Again, I'm from the old school, so I know how far we've come. I do a lot of toning in the dark room, so I like surprises when blending tones, now I can do the same thing with Photoshop. There is a kind of staining you get in the darkroom that can't be duplicated in Photoshop, but it's still really wonderful what is possible.

I would love to get this upgrade.

I use this everyday in at work and at home. I think it is so much better than CS2