Photoshop CS5
Photoshop CS5 has officially been released today – April 12, 2010. It wasn’t a big secret, bits and pieces of the new features were available all over the web since the pre-announcement during the Orlando PhotoshopWorld in March.
According to many, this is one of the most significant Photoshop releases in terms of new and enhanced features in years.
Here is a list of new/enhanced features of interest to photographers compared Photoshop CS4. All listed features are based on Photoshop CS5 (does not include Photoshop CS5 Extended features)
New in Photoshop CS5
- Additive grain in Adobe Camera Raw (Who knew we needed to add grain to our photos! Give your photos the film look)
- Automatic lens correction (Will automatically make corrections based on some pre-defined Camera/Lens combinations that is extracted from your photo’s MetaData.)
- Straighten Image tool
- Truer Edge selection technology (You won’t have to pull your hair anymore when making selection that includes hair, fur or other fine details)
- Color decontamination for selections (Part of new selection tool, will de-fringe colors that can show up at the edges of objects once removed from their background)
- Selection and mask refinement tools
- Content-Aware Fill/Healing (Deleted foreground elements in a photo automatically filled based on background. With the right type of photo can be a huge time saver. Healing brush also has content-aware options which looks like a great improvement for healing around well defined edges)
- Puppet Warp (Allows movement of parts of a photo without having to worry about the background. Kind of allows a precise warp without distortions.)
- New Adobe Camera Raw processing engine. (Get better results when converting your old Raw files. Icon indicates when image can be re-processed with new 2010 engine)
Enhanced in Photoshop CS5
- Noise removal in Adobe Camera Raw (Looks like a major improvement in noise reduction. Scott Kelby calls this enhancement, one of the biggest stars in CS5! )
- HDR imaging (No need for Photomatix Pro anymore! Can I get my money back? Also included is a single image HDR Toning feature. No need for Topaz Adjust either!)
- B&W conversion
- Post-crop vignetting (Added options to protect Highlights or Color, and better overall control)
References:
As always, to get great information on Photoshop, head over to the NAPP website. They have 17 videos at their free CS5 Learning Center
www.photoshopuser.com/cs5
Get a list of What’s new in Photoshop CS5 for photographers at Adobe.com
Feature comparison chart between Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at Adobe.com
Videos from AdobeTV on Photoshop CS5
