New! Features

Adobe Photoshop CS5

Adobe Photoshop CS5 means superior results faster, with new features and enhancements that help you create and manage your images more easily and efficiently. The indispensable new and improved features help graphic web designers, photographers, and video professionals create the highest quality images, with the control, flexibility, and capabilities that you expect from the professional standard in desktop digital imaging. Adobe Photoshop comes in two editions: Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended. The new features list are organized by edition.

Only New Features

If you’re already familiar with Photoshop CS4, you can access and download all the tasks in this book with Adobe Photoshop CS5 New Features to help make your transition to the new version simple and smooth. The Photoshop CS5 New Features as well as other Photoshop CS4 to Photoshop CS5 transition helpers are available on the Web at www.perspection.com.

What’s New

If you’re searching for what’s new in Photoshop CS5, just look for the icon: New!. The new icon appears in the table of contents and throughout this book so you can quickly and easily identify a new or improved feature in Photoshop CS5. The following is a brief description of each new feature and its location in this book.

Photoshop CS5

• 64-bit version of Photoshop (p. 2-3) The 64-bit version of Photoshop performs day-to-day tasks 10% faster, especially when you work with very large files.

• Camera Raw 6.0 (p. 18-19, 506-507) With the Camera Raw 6.0 plug-in, you can now get better results when you adjust color tones, reduce noise, add grain-like texture, add sharpening, and add post-crop vignetting and effects. The plug-in now supports more than 275 camera models.

• Adobe Mini Bridge (p. 16, 513) Adobe Mini Bridge is a condensed version of Adobe Bridge available in a panel within an Adobe CS program (Photoshop, InDesign, and InCopy). Mini Bridge allows you to directly access graphics within a CS program, where you can drag and drop them in a document.

• Adobe Updater (p. 24-25) The Adobe Updater Preferences dialog box allows you to set update options for Photoshop and other installed Adobe products, such as Bridge. You can also set an option to have Adobe notify you of updates in the menu bar.

• Adobe Community Help (p. 26-27) When you start Photoshop Help, the Adobe Community Help window opens, displaying help categories and topics. You can search product help from Local Help, Community Help, or Adobe.com by using keywords or phrases or browsing through a list of categories and topics.

• Don’t Show Again Option (p. 29) A Don’t Show Again option when saving files with maximum compatibility allows you to work more efficiently.

• Close All Documents At Once (p. 31) With the Close All command, you can apply an option to all open documents to close them more efficiently.

• Straighten Button (p. 48) With the Straighten button on the Control panel for the Ruler tool, you can create a straight ruler line.

• Cache Presets (p. 53, 68-69) You can use presets for setting Cache Tile Size and Cache Levels in Performance Preferences.

• Color Picker (p. 54) The Color Picker options in General Preferences allow you to select a color picker, either Adobe or the OS, and a HUD color picker (in 8-bit and 16-bit documents).

• Smart Objects (p. 55) Select the Place or Drag Raster Images as Smart Objects option in General Preferences to convert raster images to Smart Objects when you place or drag it.

• Save To Original Folder (p. 56) Select the Save As To Original Folder option in File Handling Preferences to save files to original folder as the default.

• Enable Gestures (p. 58) Select the Enable Gestures option in Interface Preferences to use gestures with a tablet and pen.

• Adobe Drive (p. 57) Select the Enable Adobe Drive option in File Handling Preferences to use Adobe Drive in your work process.

• Workspaces (p. 59, 72-73) You can access workspaces by using Workspace buttons or the Workspace Switcher menu on the Application bar. When you create or change a workspace, Photoshop auto-saves any changes. Use the Restore Default Workspace button in File Handling Preferences to restore all panels to their default workspaces.

• Cursors (p. 60) When you paint, you can specify how Photoshop displays the brush tip. Select the Show Only Crosshair While Painting option in Cursors Preferences to display a crosshair while using a paint brush.

• Configurator 2.0 (p. 74) You can use the Configurator 2.0 panel utility to build specialized workspaces in Photoshop. The external program is available as a separate download from Adobe at www.labs.adobe.com.

• Refine Edge Tool (p. 88-89) The Refine Edge tool is useful for selecting elements with different edge types. You can set Refine Edit tool options to create, expand, or restore selections for complex elements.

• Crop Tool (p. 91) With the Crop tool, you can select the cropping area, and then adjust it using a cropping shield and guide overlay.

• Paste Special (p. 95) You can use the Paste Special submenu to specify a paste location by using the Paste In Place and Paste Outside commands.

• Puppet Warp Tool (p. 98) The Puppet Warp tool allows you to push and pull elements within an image to create a warp effect.

• Content-Aware Fill (p. 100-101, 195) The Content-Aware Fill option with the Spot Healing Brush tool or in the Fill dialog box allows you to replace content in a selection.

• Opacity (p. 104, 119, 149) Select a value from 0% to 100% to change the opacity for one or more selected layers.

• Create Layer with Drag and Drop (p. 106) You can drag a file from the Finder (Mac) or Windows Explorer (Win) onto an open Photoshop document.

• Nested Layers (p. 109) Layer groups can be nested more than five levels deep.

• Hidden Layer (p. 111) You can drag the selection marquee of a hidden layer.

• Delete Empty Layers (p. 121) You can delete empty layers from the Layers panel using the Delete All Empty Layers command on the Scripts submenu.

• Layer Options (p. 125) Select the Add “copy” to Copied Layers and Groups option in the Layer Options dialog box to add the text “copy” to copied layers or layer groups.

• Brush Panel Button (p. 136, 138) You can quickly open the Brush Panel with the Brush Panel button on the Control panel and Brush Presets panel to open the Brush panel (named changed from Brushes panel in CS4).

• Tablet Pressure Controls (p. 138) On the Control panel for brushes and other tablet related options, you can use Tablet Pressure Controls to override settings and use tablet pressure controls.

• Lens Correction Filter (p. 156-157) You can select options to automatically correct image problems or apply a Lens Correction Profile (LCP) for a camera. If a profile for your camera is not available, you can search online or use Adobe Lens Profile Creator (available at www.labs.adobe.com) to create one.

• Protect Details with Sharpen Tool (p. 164) Select the Protect Detail option on the Control panel with the Sharpen tool to minimize pixelization while maintaining details.

• Clone Source Panel (p. 165) You can use Flip buttons on the Clone Source panel for reversing the clone source.

• HDR Toning Adjustments (p. 210-211, 418-419) With HDR Pro, you can combine multiple images into a single HDR (High Dynamic Range) image that preserves the tonal quality of the images. If you don’t have multiple images, you can use the HDR Toning command with a single image to simulate the toning mapping process to create the look of an HDR-processed image.

• Brush and Brush Presets Panels (p. 218-220, 222) Photoshop’s Brushes Panel in CS4 has been split into two panels—Brush and Brush Presets—in CS5. The Brush panel allows you to create and select individual brushes, while the Brush Presets panel allows you to select and use predefined or custom brush tip sets or individual brushes. The Brush Preset panel comes with a wide variety of predefined brush tip sets, including natural bristle brushes. If you want to see a visual representation of your changes with a natural bristle brush, use the Toggle The Bristle Brush Preview button on the panel.

• Mixed Brush Tool (p. 226) With the Mixed Brush tool, you can define multiple colors on a single brush tip, and then mix and blend them together with the underlying hues on your canvas.

• Gradient Tool (p. 239) The Gradient tool comes packaged with several sets of predesigned gradients–including the neutral density option.

• Mask (p. 246) You can create a mask from transparent areas.

• Layer Style (p. 287, 289, 291, 294-295, 297, 299, 301) You can set or reset default settings for each effect.

• Record Print Action (p. 360) When you record an action using the Print dialog box, you can capture all aspects of the printed file, including printer, profile, page size, printer marks.

• Printing (p. 382-383, 389, 390, 430-431) When you select a printer, Photoshop automatically selects a printer profile for the best results. If you want to use the same print settings the next time you print, Photoshop can remember your settings. In addition, when you save the image, your print settings are saved along with it, which allows for one-button printing. With the Print Settings button–replaces Page Setup in Photoshop CS4–in the Preview Print dialog box, you can set printer specific options.

• JPEG (p. 400-401) If you’re working with a 16-bit document, you can save it in the JPEG format (8-bit) using the Save As command without having to change the bit depth before hand.

• Adobe CS Live (p. 502, 514-515) Adobe CS Live is an online service that allows you to set up or manage an Adobe account, and access an Adobe Web site with CS Live online services. You can access these options directly from the CS Live menu on the right side of the menu bar next to the Search bar.

• CS Review (p. 516-517) Adobe CS Review is an integrated online service that provides a simple way for you to quickly share your designs on the Web so others can provide feedback. You can create a review using the CS Review panel, which uploads a snapshot of the document to Acrobat.com, where reviewers can add comments.

Photoshop CS5 Extended

• 3D Preferences (p. 490-491) 3D preferences allow you to control how the Photoshop 3D engine works with 3D objects.

• Create 3D Models (p. 492-493) In addition to the 3D menu, you can also use the 3D panel to create 3D models.

• Repoussé (p. 494-495) Repoussé is an ancient metalworking technique for embossing artwork on the surface of metals, such as gold, silver, copper, tin, and bronze. In Photoshop, you can use Adobe Repoussé to convert 2D artwork, including rasterized text, into 3D models.

• 3D Presets (p. 498-499) The 3D panel makes it easier to set 3D options by providing presets.