Adobe Photoshop 6.0 [OLD VERSION]

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004YNJJ
• Item model number: 23101335
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 31, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,993 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review
With each new release of Photoshop, Adobe manages both to satisfy the expectations of existing users and to pull a few magic features out of its hat. Version 6 is no exception. Powerful vector editing and masking, improved layer controls, layer styles, incredible typographic control, new Web publishing tools, and a cleaner, more accessible interface are already making version 5.5, itself a groundbreaker, look like ancient history.

Photoshop's new vector features provide even more control when compositing photographic images. You can use the vector drawing tools simply to create polygons and custom shapes, but they can also act as layer clipping paths--vector masks that hide or reveal image areas in underlying layers.

Editable layer effects such as drop shadow and glow were introduced in version 5.5; in version 6, they have been renamed layer styles. New options include satin, stroke and color, gradient, and pattern overlay. The layer styles dialogue box provides much more control--bevel and emboss has five style options, as well as adjusters for technique, depth, direction, size, soften, angle, attitude, gloss, contour, highlight mode, opacity--and that's not all of them. As the name suggests, layer styles can easily be saved and applied to other layers.

You can enter and edit text directly onto the layer and set style attributes from the new tool options bar. Photoshop 6 seems to have benefited from some of InDesign's superb typographic tools, with character and paragraph palettes providing precise control. Web imaging tools have been revamped, with layer-based slicing now available from within Photoshop itself, and a major overhaul of ImageReady introducing weighted optimization, rollover styles, and tweened animation.

If you want the best image editing software that money can buy, look no further. --Ken McMahon

Amazon.com Product Description
Adobe Photoshop 6.0 software introduces the next generation of image editing with powerful new features that offer something for every user. Delivering a broad and productive tool set, Photoshop helps you explore your creativity, work at peak efficency, and achieve the highest quality results across all media. Combine vector drawing tools and new layer design features that greatly enhance your creative options, output razor-sharp text and shapes from Photoshop, and take advantage of an expanded web tool kit that includes the new ImageReady 3.0 software for advanced web processing. Use text warping and image distortion tools to manipulate and experiment. Photoshop's time-saving features help you break new ground and still beat your deadlines. Master the power of Photoshop faster with user-interface enhancements that help you to get to work quickly and make it easy to take full advantage of the comprehensive tool set.

Customer Reviews

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106 of 110 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Great Stuff, But............, January 13, 2001

By	R. Lade "prophoto" (Palm Beach, Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you've read any of the other reviews I've submitted on various image-editing programs, you'll see that I mention that I do photography professionally and Photoshop is pretty much where I've put most of my faith. Photoshop is, after all, the top shelf in image editing software and Adobe has made some significant improvements with this version. I won't mention them again here because you've probably read them all in the other reviews, most of which I agree with. A big problem with this, and again, one that's mentioned in most of the other reviews, is the speed. I've got this program on a system that's a 750 MHz Pentium III and has plenty of RAM and it's still slow. An associate of mine has Photoshop 6.0 on a 1.5 GHz Pentium IV and it's not the speediest. I'll more than likely continue to use Photoshop in my work and I'll never bad-mouth it because it is a superb piece of work, but as I said in another review, I'm using Ulead Photo Impact 6.0 more frequently all the time. Using the Photoshop plug-ins with the Ulead program is a wonderful combination in my opinion.

One main intent here is aimed at the home imaging crowd. Adobe Photoshop is a "household name" in photo imaging software, and for that reason, people run out and buy Photoshop to take home and "have fun" with their pictures. Unless you have a considerable amount of disposable income, a lot of time on your hands for learning purposes, and do a lot of image editing and web work, this probably isn't the program for you. I know a few people that bought Photoshop because they always heard "Adobe Photoshop is the best", and though it very well may be the best, these people were heartsick when their frustration level peaked and the buyers remorse set in. And once it's opened, you know as well as I do that you probably can't return it. This is a program with a Jekyll-Hyde personality and one that can promote a love/hate relationship. I don't think it's a fair statement to say that "nothing compares with Photoshop". There really isn't any other image editing program out there that costs $..., so comparing is a bit difficult. Photoshop truly does stand alone. So for you weekend editors, get a fuctional program that allows you to do what you want and need to do and has a straightforward user interface that won't take an eon to learn to use. Use the extra money for a better digital camera or a vacation to take more pictures. At least if I decide I really don't want to use Photoshop 6.0 as much as I should to make it worth the investment, I can write it off my taxes....can you?

66 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PS6, October 1, 2000

By	Michael E. Hamm (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

There are certain software packages that I skip versions of as I don't feel they're worth the upgrade: Photoshop has always been an exception. This is the number 1 app I use in my work and with each new version it gets easier to accomplish that work.

With the release of Photoshop 6, Adobe has made a number of interface changes and/or enhancements. Most notably is the context-sensitive toolbar at the top of the screen. It might take some time to get used to but I feel it's one of those things that most users won't want to get rid of once they've experienced it. Other features include new selection tools, more color palettes and choices, better layer management and the ostensibly useless Liquify effect. I'm sure someone out there will find a way to abuse this feature.

One overlooked feature that seems to have gone unnoticed by most previous beta reviews is the annotation tool. In my work, this will come in handy for jotting down design notes such as what typefaces and colors were used to create an image, etc. It's similiar to a little Post-It™ Note that you can attach to your images. Overall, Photoshop 6 is a great product and worth upgrading to.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent software, but beware the learning curve!, May 3, 2001

By	S. Nare "snare" (Lebanon, OH United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been using Photoshop since version 3. With each subsequent version, Adobe continues to add more and more features and functionality. These continued additions are what makes the program both wonderful and a monster all at the same moment.

Photoshop is undeniably the number one tool for photographic and other image maniputlation. If you are looking to get into professional design this is the tool to learn. It is highly appropriate for both print and electronic design. There is little you can imagine that it cannot do. If however you are a beginner who simply wants to use a graphics package to make images for a personal website or edit family photographs, then buy something else. (I suggest Photoshop Elements or Jasc's Paint Shop Pro.)

Photoshop is overkill for the non-professional user. Some might argue that buying a toolbox that contains every imaginable tool is best. I'd argue that you may break from the weight of all that it requires you to learn. If you buy this software realize it can take months and years to master. While the effort is truly worth it, decide first if you really want to invest not just the considerable purchase price, but also the personal cost of time to learn and master it.