Intruducing Adobe Photoshop CS3 part1
Posted by admin on January 24th, 2009Performance
Press release Adobe testers as well as initial reports spoke of the significant increase in application performance. And we dare these claims, at least in terms of our experience on the Windows platform, confirmed: on weak hardware new Photoshop compared to the last form keeps apace both in terms of attack, as well as the actual operation. Our subjective experience then confirmed as the chart that we received on the website PhotoshopCafe (as the creator is here placed by Adobe, but do not know the exact origin of the graph).
Among other chart says that starting speed is increased on all supported platforms for the Intel Mac is then presented some forty performance increase – if true (can be found on the Internet, respectively. Accruing to other test results, some less, some more optimistic), then of course probably most helped the fact that Photoshop is now available as Universal applications. But the increase in performance and on other platforms confirms previous claims to a major rewrite of the basic code Photoshop. We are curious about how far the trend is also reflected other applications Creative Suite 3
New interface
At the first glance, changes are visible in the user interface of Photoshop. We do not have in mind not so much the appearance of a moderate (more “air” design tuned in to Windows subtle blue), but mainly the new concept of working with pallets. Their location can now use the column – Docks – on both extremes of the window of Photoshop, with adequate controls are allowed to have variety in the expanded state (protruding only if developed individually expand the range of the dock to develop itself into a column below) or minimizing the icons. The content of the document can then be simultaneously expand or minimize the palette dock can be freely group, drag the edge of increase / decrease, etc.
Otherwise, you can then use the old methods of working with pallets, ie, pallets can be placed by moving freely on the desktop or in groups of pallets, the pallets placed loosely be grouped next to each other or below each other, minimize, etc.. Palette of tools is now starting as jednosloupcovou forms (saving space on the screen), but conservatives can easily (by maximizing the dock or by clicking in the upper left corner of the open range located) to the replacement dvousloupcového appearance.
Some modifications have evolved the means to “maximize” view of the edit image. After hiding all the palettes with the Tab key can also be used in mode-created palettes hidden features of the docks, just roll your mouse to the desired edge, and then select the required element. Full Screen Mode now has four forms, among which the key switches through F. In addition to the standard view, there is a new Maximized Screen Mode (master document, increasing the maximum size of the enclosed docks, pallets, and resizes is also dynamic, ie changing edge of the docks will change the document window), and there are two forms of true full-screen, either with the menu bar or not.
Smart filters
For some of the most anticipated feature is non-destructive filters (smart filters), which allows most Photoshop filters used in a similar style as now enable adjustment layers, namely nondestructively. The basis of the work here is to transfer the desired layer, automatic object – smart object (the element type introduced Photoshop CS2, a transfer is possible with appropriate commands, or you can link directly to the file as smart object). Following is the content of such a layer applied to one or more filters nondestructively, while the filter behaves like a layer, that can temporarily turn off and of course, is then perhaps a change order or set the filters.For each filter is determined by the method of blending, there is also a layer mask for smart filters. By the way, therefore, can be flexible to address last-minute adjustments, etc. The original image is maintained. However, it is true that we have not tested the deployment of non-destructive filters for complex editing large files, the question of how demanding the application of living adjustments to the hardware used. At this moment not supported by third-party filters, we’ll see how it will be in the final version.
Quick Selection Tool a Refine Edge
As much useful tool appears to be a new tool for selecting the Quick Selection Tool. These are actually a variation of an existing magic wand (which is now before the Quick Select toolbox for priority) or magnetic lasso. Specifically, Quick Selection allows you to select the image pixels having a similar click and drag in the desired area, repeating these operations are added to the selection of other areas. Removing unwanted parts selection will ensure that you click or pulling the Alt key, there are other options as well as other instruments of the type (adding to the selection, blending choices, etc.).
When working with the Quick Selection and any other instruments affecting the selection (including work with the active layer mask) then you will welcome the new device Refine Edge. With its help, you can “smooth” or “sharpen” edge selection to eliminate inequalities, blur the edges, etc. Setting is happening with corresponding palette, modifying the form of selection on the basis of a series by the set parameters (radius, contrast, smooth, etc.) Any changes may be taking immediately see a live preview.
Automatic aligning and blending layers, Photomerge, Merge to HDR
In a variant of an earlier function for writing the Photomerge panoramas from photos, building on new technology that can be considered of Auto-Align Layers and Auto-Blend Layers, although their use is certainly broader than just working with panoramas. These are funds which can two or more layers of partially or completely overlap on the basis of their common features (edges, etc.) with a corresponding correction of size, etc., alignment can be done using projection methods Auto, Perspective, Cylindrical, and reposition . After the alignment is, for example, with masking, to ensure blending of various motifs from different classes – particularly interesting way to combine several consecutive versions of the acquired group portrait (one picture, a person faces as we need, but we want to look at another picture) Auto-Blend, etc. then for the merged layers the Auto-Align will have automatic blending, unifying color rendition, while blending masks created with layers.
Options Auto-Align and were added to the already mentioned Photomerge function. The same algorithm is also improved by combining 32-bit HRD (High Dynamic Range) images. In the case of the type of content is worth noting the existence of other filters for 32-bit color space and the possibility of creating a new document in that format.
Finally
fact that new tools and resources not in Photoshop CS3 again and so does not mean that in addition, there has been many improvements that have the potential users of crucial than the above news. To ascertain that it will be able to work in our next approach.
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