Chapter 2: What s New in Photoshop CS
Chapter 2: What s New in Photoshop CS
Overview
One
of the most important concepts of this new version of Photoshop is that it is part of a
Photoshop CS is the cornerstone application of the Creative Suite, and it has been endowed with upgrades for
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System requirements
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File Browser improvements
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Photography features
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Video enhancements
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Design productivity upgrades
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Automation advancements
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Web tools
System Requirements
The following lists
Windows
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Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3, or Windows XP
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Intel Pentium III or Pentium 4 processor
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192 MB of RAM (256 MB or more recommended)
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280 MB of available
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Color monitor with 16-bit or greater video card
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1024 —768 or greater monitor resolution
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CD-ROM drive
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Internet or phone connection required for product activation
Macintosh
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Mac OSX 10.2.4 or higher
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PowerPC processor (G3, G4, or G5)
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192 MB of RAM (256 MB or more recommended)
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320 MB of available hard-disk space
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Color monitor with 16-bit or greater video card
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1024 —768 or greater monitor resolution
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CD-ROM drive
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Adobe
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s minimum requirement of 192 MB of RAM is enough to launch and run the program, but its performance will be
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File Browser
The File Browser (see Figure 2.1) has many new features that make locating and processing your images much easier. This is a
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A new button on the Options bar opens or
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The File Browser now has its own menu bar and toolbar.
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A customizable tabbed palette interface includes folders, preview, metadata, and keywords.
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The preview options have been upgraded.
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You can flag and unflag items for viewing and selecting.
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You can drag images in the File Browser to manually regroup them, as if your images were on a light box.
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You can apply actions and automations to images, including supported Camera Raw files.
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You can edit image metadata in the File Browser and you can apply saved metadata to multiple images.
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You can search for files via keywords.
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You can specify Favorites and Recent images in the File Browser.
Figure 2.1:
The new File Browser contains many new features.
Photography Features
Photoshop CS introduces these enhanced features that support the needs of photographers:
16-bit Editing Most features now work on 16-bit images.
Camera Raw Support
The plug-in that supported Raw files made with professional digital
Camera Raw supports a wider range of cameras and has controls to create profiles to anticipate
Histogram Palette This new context-sensitive palette (see Figure 2.2) enables you to see brightness information on the fly with views of the histograms of individual color channels, before and after adjustment comparisons, and cached and uncached versions.
Figure 2.2:
The context sensitive Histogram palette can display the changes to your image s individual channel information.
Match Color Feature You can sample color from one selection, layer, or an entire document and apply it to another selection, layer, or document.
Lens Blur Filter This new filter produces the effect of a narrow depth of field so that some areas are in focus while other areas are blurred. The highlights of a photo can conform to the shape of a variety of camera s lens iris.
Shadow/Highlight Correction
This new adjustment feature (see Figure 2.3) can be used to correct silhouetted images that are backlit or images that are washed out by a camera s flash. It s also useful for brightening up areas of shadow in an
Figure 2.3:
The Shadow/Highlight adjustment feature can correct backlit or washed out images.
Photo Filter The Photo Filter simulates colored filters used in traditional photography for color balance and color temperature. You can apply a preset color or you can specify a color from the Color Picker.
Replace Color Brush By using the Replace Color command, you can select specific colors in an image and replace them with hue, saturation, or brightness of the foreground color.