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Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:55 AM PDT

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Technology is just a quest for one more improvement or just one more modification. All the technological advancements are now measured in terms of better features or performance improvement. They have been numbered as well, for instance, WordPress 2.9.2, then, WordPress 3.0, HTML 4, then HTML 4, Adobe CS4, then CS5 and similarly lots more.

Adobe Creative Suite (CS) is constituted by graphic designs, web development and video editing applications made by Adobe Systems. It incorporates applications like Acrobat, Photoshop, Adobe reader, Adobe after effects, Flash player, Flash builder etc. based on technologies like flash, PDF, PostScript and others. Adobe Photoshop, mainly meant for web designers, is a raster graphics editor. The first creative suite(CS) was developed in 2003. Then, the latest version of creative suit(CS5) was officially released on 30th April 2010.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 software redefines digital imaging with a strong focus on photography; breakthrough capabilities for superior image selections, image retouching, and realistic painting; and a wide range of workflow and performance enhancements.

New Features of Adobe Photoshop CS5:

New Features of Adobe Photoshop CS5
1) Puppet Warp: Photoshop automatically fills space resulting out of a cut space, with surrounding scenery or patterns.
2) Handle advanced digital images: Camera Raw 6 minimizes noise in high ISO images, while automatic lens correction quickly puts right lens aberration wrongs.
3) Space- Filler: Remove any image detail or object and watch as Content-Aware Fill magically fills in the space left behind. When you cut objects out, Photoshop can automatically fill resulting space with surrounding scenery or patterns. (Repeated)
4) Selection Tools: Faster than ever before and refined photoshop's object selection tools extract the model and her billowing hair without pulling out your own. One can easily easily select intricate image elements, such as hair; eliminate background color around selection edges; and automatically vary selection edges and perfect masks using new refinement tools.
5) Extraordinary Painting Effects: Change your photograph into a painting or create unique artistic effects with the Mixer Brush, which offers on-canvas color blending, and Bristle Tips, which let you create lifelike, textured brush strokes.
6) Automated Lens Correction: Time is saved when with the extended features such as, automatic correction of lens distortions, chromatic aberration, and vignetting. Photoshop CS5 uses an image file’s EXIF data to make precise adjustments based on the type of camera and lens you use.
7) Easy Handling of UI: Make use of the collapsible Workspace Switcher to quickly navigate and choose amongst the favorite UI configurations. Live workspaces automatically record your UI changes so that the panels remain in place even if you switch away for a while.
8) Other Enhancements: Last but not the least, other features like new Web Gallery options and configurable workspaces promise serious productivity boosts.

Enhanced Features of Adobe Photoshop CS5:

Enhanced Features of Adobe Photoshop CS5
Superior HDR Imaging: This features helps you create photo-realistic or surreal HDR images with unprecedented speed, control, and accuracy. Thanks to automatic ghost removal and greater control with tone mapping and adjustments for better than ever results, and gives an enchanting look of HDR to single-exposure photos

Efficient Workflow: Now, get ready to enjoy productivity and creativity boosts. Thanks to the dozens of features and enhancements requested by Photoshop users. Straighten images automatically, pick colors from an onscreen color picker, adjust the opacity of many layers at once, and more.

Better Media Management: It avails you easy management of media with more flexible batch renaming, and access your assets in the context of what you’re working on by using the customizable Adobe Mini Bridge panel in Photoshop.

Faster Performance across platforms: Speed up day-to-day imaging tasks and process very large images up to ten times faster by taking advantage of cross-platform 64-bit support. (Requires a 64-bit-capable computer with a 64-bit version of Mac OS, Microsoft® Windows® 7, or Windows Vista®. Actual performance varies depending on amount of RAM, driver types, and other factors.)

Let’s see what CS5 Extended has got for you!

Let's see what CS5 Extended has got for you!
It can afford to give you superior images selections, image retouching, realistic painting and 3D extrusions. It would definitely save your lot of time and may increase the efficiency of the workflow to a great extent by its 64-bit support.

Dare to think Beyond: Just forget the old traditional digital imaging. Now create 3D logos by easy extruding text and 2D graphics.

It has almost all the features as present in Adobe PS CS5 like complex selections, content aware areas. Let’s explore some more new features of the same:

3D Extrusions with Adobe Repousse—
Now you can easily make 3D logos and artworks from any text layer, selection, path, or layer mask with Adobe Repousse technology. You may twist, rotate, extrude, bevel and inflate your designs.

Enhanced 3D realism and rich materials —
It has become quite easy to enhance 3D objects and designs with easy shadow creation, image-based lights, and materials like glass and chrome. Exploration with different focus points in your 3D scene by adjusting the range for depth of field is also at your footstep.

Bridge CS5

Numerous changes can be experienced to Adobe’s Bridge file management utility with the launch of CS5.
Updates include flexible batch renaming, including find and replace; text- and image-based watermark options when exporting PDF documents; faster navigation between open folders with an improved Path bar; precise adjustment of the size and quality of images, ability to display filenames, and save templates within the Web Gallery; drag and drop to place files into InDesign, Flash, Illustrator, and Photoshop; and more.

Comparison between the old (CS4) and the latest version (CS5):

There are three aspects: Photography tools, Creative Impact and boost to productivity. To the first aspect, the latest version has got many new features like automated lens correction, additive grain in adobe camera raw, straighten image tool, post crop vignetting, whereas many features like HDR imaging, B&W conversions, noise remove in adobe camera raw, adjustment panel have been enhanced in terms of its quality.

To the second aspect, the latest version has got new features like better edge selection technology, color decontamination for selection, selection and mask refinement tools, content aware fill, mixer brush, bristle tips whereas creative content (shapes, styles) has been enhanced.

To the third aspect, Adobe mini bridge, Adobe CS review, paste in place, are the new features in the latest version whereas custom panels, printing options, broad file format support have been enhanced.

Is it worth switching to PS CS5:

Is it worth switching to PS CS5
"The past two decades have demonstrated an amazing interplay between customers who want to push the limits of their personal creativity and a passionate team of Adobe engineers who make those visions a reality," said Kevin Connor, vice president of product management for professional digital imaging at Adobe. "We experienced this firsthand information when we posted a 'sneak peek' video of the team's work on the Content Aware Fill feature a few weeks ago. It quickly became the number one viral video online, with close to 2 million views…This version of Photoshop has some of the most innovative and extraordinary technologies to ever come from our labs and clearly customers are already clamoring for it."

The new version that is, CS5 is far much better for creative professionals. It has been launched with many new features, which is an outbreak in the revolutionary world of web design. Thereby, closely observing and articulating its features, I would be more than satisfied to recommend CS5.

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