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In this work, our basic approach innovations that deliver the beta of Photoshop CS3 (previously announced, we brought home a list of completely new functions), we look to improve the features that users are more or less already familiar with before. Our focus will include the following tools to fine-tuning color reproduction in image cloning to working with the perspective and the resources, associated with a PDF output.

Curves Tool

Improvements undergone major tool for advanced editing of color rendition Curves (Curves). In the dialog box is now built-in tools and functionality Levels (Levels). Specifically, this is now possible with the slider bottom of the grid set of curves of light and shadows, the Show Clipping option enables to assess accurately what they look like limits. There are then various information tools that make it possible to view the amount of light (for RGB) or color (in CMYK) and curves showing the grid color tuning of each channel. In addition, you can use the histogram display in the grid.

Brightness and contrast changes

lived to see also a tool Brightness / Contrast (Brightness / Contrast). Changes made now it can not remove the color information (clipping) from images. If, however, that the user needs (for various special effects, fine-tuning masks, etc.) can enable the Use Legacy and use the tool in the old style.

Extension for cloning

There are now a number of new options for the Clone Stamp and Healing Brush. In the elections of the tools are now sampling to select a source other than the existing layers and layers underneath, and all layers of the image, either without or including adjustment layers. The new Clone Source palette allows to set it up to five sources (current or other document) from which the sample is over, the available settings are offset, size, angle and use different ways to live previews source clone (with the option of transparency and blending).

Two new blending modes

menu blending modes are now added option Lighter Color and Darker Color. It is a kind of replacement of the existing electoral Lighter and Darker, which differ in that they are working with the whole composition and not on the level of individual channels. For a more detailed assessment of the possible modes recommend appropriate video tutorial from Lynda.com.

New size of the sample dropper

With increasing resolution of the current size of the sample dropper 3×3 and 5×5 began appear insufficient. You are therefore available sizes 11×11, 31×31, 51×51 and 101×101.

Convert to black and white

While Photoshop itself (a third-party plugins to mention) provides a number of (more or less satisfactory) way from the original image to create a color image black and white (or gray scale), a new Black and White Adjustments from the menu offers in this respect completely new, very interesting possibilities. Dialog provides a set of tools sliders through which it can set the luminosity of red, yellow, green, blue and magenta color. In addition to this operation can also click a dropper into the document to the selected area and drag here to determine the value of the gamut (or slider).

Choice Tint allows the file specified color shade and color saturation. There is also an automatic setting of all the above parameters for the analysis of image formed the settings can be stored for later use, that functionality is also available in layers of adjustments.

has also been improved to use other means to produce black and white images, ie the Channel Mixer (Mixing channels), which now contains a set of configuration ready to create black and white content and information click Total, communicating the value of the total sum of the percentage of each color (points to a value greater than 100).

Vanishing Point

New form of the HTC tool Vanishing Point (Vanishing Point), which was received with interest after its introduction in Photoshop CS2. Recall that the device, allowing the images to work with prospects, such as insert images into objects in a photograph, but without undermining the original perspective. Vanishing Point 2 now adds the ability to link the area identifying prospects and some other angle than ninety degrees, the following interrelated areas can then be placed an image, the location can be fine-tuned using the transformation tools can also use tools like the Healing Brush and others, offering to Thus many interesting new ways need to add virtual billboards or signs on the walls of buildings, variously “plaster” boxes and other containers, etc..

PDF

Enough to make life easier for those who need it in Photoshop to process the contents of PDF documents. Above all, this is now possible to import both sites, but also only the images contained in the PDF document. Pages or images can be loaded while the mass, before importing PDF pages can be determined only resolution and size, in which the load. When reading PDF from CS2 is available standardization of code, save to PDF functions in Photoshop CS3 to PDF version 1.7 (Acrobat 8). Expanded the possibilities for producing PDF presentations (useful for photographers to create samples of their creations), and available as possible to check the background color of the presentation and view the metadata associated with the image (file name, copyright, Exif, etc.) or inserted notes.

Extended print dialog

Although Adobe did not bring any essentially new feature, which would cover the press, offered yet in this case, news that everyone seems to appreciate Photoshop. The point is that the new print dialog now integrates itself, unlike the past, with all necessary features so that users need more or less complicated example, click through to set page orientation or the type of printer. In one place is available to control virtually all printing and color management features, preview in the Print dialog box can then be controlled by the current settings color management. The only thing we find is the option of printing configuration for reuse, which is due to the number of parameters definitely damage.

Output for Web

Photoshop CS3 is the end ImageReady, an application for creating web graphics, whose symbiosis with Photoshop has always seemed somewhat strange. Presently, all the functions of Image Ready, ie optimization for the Web, creating presentations, image maps and rollovers, etc., available only in Photoshop. An interesting new feature is the ability to save the Zoomify format for rapid presentation of high definition graphics on the Web, the technology we intend soon to return in more detail.

Tags: Adobe, Introduction, Photoshop CS3

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