Adobe Photoshop CS Upgrade (Mac)

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Product Features

• Improved file management, new design possibilities, and a more intuitive way to create for the Web
• Support for 16-bit images, digital camera raw data, and non-square pixels
• Create or modify photos using painting, drawing, and retouching tools
• Customized workspace; save personalized workspace and tool settings; create customized shortcuts
• Unparalleled efficiency--automate production tasks with built-in or customized scripts

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000DBOAT
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 29, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,972 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Get superior results faster with industry-standard Adobe Photoshop CS software and its integrated Web production application, Adobe ImageReady CS software. Graphic and Web designers, photographers, and video professionals can take advantage of indispensable features that include improved file management, new design possibilities, a more intuitive way to create for the Web, and support for 16-bit images, digital camera raw data, and non-square pixels. Now you can create the highest quality images more efficiently than ever before.

Upgrade Features:

• Improved File Browser: quickly preview, tag, and sort images; search and edit metadata and keywords; and automatically share batches of files from the improved File Browser.
• Match Color command: achieve a consistent look between package shots, fashion photos, and more by instantly matching the color scheme of one image to another.
• Histogram palette: monitor changes to your image in the Histogram palette, which dynamically updates as you make adjustments.
• Shadow/Highlight correction: quickly improve the contrast of over- or under-exposed areas of an image while preserving the overall balance of the photo.
• Text on a path: Create eye-catching typography by placing text on paths or within shapes. Edit the text at any time, even in Adobe Illustrator software.
• Integrated digital camera raw file support: get truer, higher-quality output by working with the complete raw data files from most major digital camera models.
• Comprehensive 16-bit support: perform more precise editing and retouching with expanded support for 16-bit images in core features, including layers, brushes, text, shapes, and more.
• Layer Comps: create design variations for clients more efficiently by saving different combinations of layers within the same file as Layer Comps.
• Macromedia Flash (SWF) file export: use ImageReady CS to create Macromedia Flash (SWF) animations, complete with vector artwork and variable text.
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts: customize, save, and print a summary of your ideal set of keyboard shortcuts, so the functions you use most are always at your fingertips.

Top Features for Graphic Designers:

• Professional toolset: create original images or modify photos using a full assortment of painting, drawing, and retouching tools.
• Layers: achieve sophisticated results by compositing images, text, and effects on hundreds of layers that you control by grouping into sets, color coding, and locking.
• Layer Comps: create design variations for clients more efficiently by saving different combinations of layers within the same file as Layer Comps.
• Text on a path: Create eye-catching typography by placing text on paths or within shapes. Edit the text at any time, even in Adobe Illustrator software.
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts: customize, save, and print a summary of your ideal set of keyboard shortcuts, so the functions you use most are always at your fingertips.
• Artistic brushes: Simulate traditional fine-art techniques with dry and wet brush effects, pastel, charcoal, and more. Even use brushes to add special effects such as grass and leaves.
• Special effects filters: Easily experiment and achieve amazing results by accessing more than 95 special effects filters. Preview and apply more than one filter at a time with the new Filter Gallery.
• History palette: experiment freely knowing you can instantly undo or redo multiple steps with the History palette.
• Color management guidance: easily access the new color management guide to take full advantage of powerful controls that ensure more consistent color on any device.
• Support for extremely large images: create for billboards, bus wraps, technical imaging, and more by working with images up to 300,000x300,000 pixels and up to 56 channels per file.

Top Features for Photographers:

• Professional toolset: create original images or modify photos using a full assortment of painting, drawing, and retouching tools.
• Color correction: improve the color, contrast, and dynamic range of any image with a comprehensive set of professional color-correction tools.
• Improved File Browser: quickly preview, tag, and sort images; search and edit metadata and keywords; and automatically share batches of files from the improved File Browser.
• Comprehensive 16-bit support: perform more precise editing and retouching with expanded support for 16-bit images in core features, including layers, brushes, text, shapes, and more.
• Healing Brush: effortlessly remove dust, scratches, blemishes, wrinkles, and other flaws with the Healing Brush.
• Integrated digital camera raw file support: get truer, higher-quality output by working with the complete raw data files from most major digital camera models.
• Match Color command: achieve a consistent look between package shots, fashion photos, and more by instantly matching the color scheme of one image to another.
• Histogram palette: monitor changes to your image in the Histogram palette, which dynamically updates as you make adjustments.
• Shadow/Highlight correction: quickly improve the contrast of over- or under-exposed areas of an image while preserving the overall balance of the photo.
• Crop and Straighten command: Scan multiple images at once and let Photoshop automatically straighten and save each image as an individual file.

Top Features for Web Designers:

• Enhanced ImageReady user interface: create and modify Web designs faster with multiple object selection, object grouping, and smart guides.
• Improved Photoshop integration: enjoy quicker, more seamless integration between Photoshop and ImageReady, plus automated file saving and common commands, tools, and shortcuts.
• Image slicing: slice complex, layered images and apply appropriate format and compression settings to each area before exporting as an HTML table.
• Variable data support: easily import database and spreadsheet information to automate the production of Web graphics.
• Macromedia Flash (SWF) file export: use ImageReady CS to create Macromedia Flash (SWF) animations, complete with vector artwork and variable text.
• Animated GIF creation: turn layered Photoshop or Illustrator files into compact GIF animations in a few short steps.
• Web Content palette: create and edit rollovers and other interactive Web elements more easily using the new Web Content palette.
• Layers-as-files export: optimize and export individual layers as separate files for use in Macromedia Flash (SWF) animations and dynamic HTML.
• Weighted optimization: smoothly vary compression settings using channels to display higher-quality results in critical image areas.
• Streamlined HTML output: create leaner, more easily edited HTML with new controls for nested tables, XHTML, and more.

Top Features for Video Producers:

• Professional toolset: create original images or modify photos using a full assortment of painting, drawing, and retouching tools.
• Non-square pixel support: create and work with different aspect ratios to accommodate non-square pixels without distortion.
• Enhanced 16-bit compositing: perform more precise matte painting, 3D rendering, and other advanced film compositing with expanded support for 16-bit images in core features, including layers, brushes, and more.
• Guide presets: easily design using video-specific presets that show action-safe and title-safe areas of the screen.
• Layers-to-files export: quickly integrate layered Photoshop artwork with a variety of video editing and compositing systems using the built-in Export Layers to Files command.
• Unparalleled efficiency: automate production tasks with built-in or customized scripts and the Actions palette which lets you record editing steps to quickly process batches of files.
• Enhanced layer control: composite images, text, and effects on hundreds of layers that you can organize with up to five levels of nesting and save in different combinations as Layer Comps.
• Customized workspace: work the way that's best for you by saving personalized workspace and tool settings, and creating customized keyboard shortcuts.
• Color correction: improve the color, contrast, and dynamic range of any image with a comprehensive set of professional color-correction tools.
• History palette: experiment freely knowing you can instantly undo or redo multiple steps with the History palette.

Product Description
Upgrade only; previous installation required Shadow & highlight correction improves the contrast of over- or underexposed image areas - along with more precise editing & retouching tools for 16-bit images Design your own typography by placing text on a path or within a shape Customize keyboard shortcuts to keep your favorite features at your fingertips Full support for Flash(.swf) files -- create them in ImageReady, along with vector art & variable text

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Upgrade for Digital Photographers, October 3, 2003

By	Canonshooter "John" (Hoffman Estates, IL United States) - See all my reviews

Adobe's newest release of Photoshop, is great news for digital photographers amongst others. This version now brings 16-bit suport to Photoshop. That means that we can now work with RAW camera files with full support of most Photoshop tools. The changes are more behind the scenes than they are cosmetic. Being able to customize your own keyboard shortcuts is a big timesafer. You can't go wrong with this upgrade!

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Adobe makes a great product, February 21, 2004

By	Jeannine Mccann "jeannine97" (New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very nice, relatively smooth upgrade, I haven't had any major issues. The new filters pallette is very nice to work with - it saves a good amount of time allowing you to apply mulitple transformations within one window.

The isues that I have had:

- it does crash in XP when using the right mouse click to "open file with"...it works much better if the program is opened first and then the file is opened ...I haven't upgraded my Mac yet, so I'm not sure if the situation with be the same on the OSX platform.

- this is very minor but the pixel aspect ratio is set for video when I open a Bitmap-TIFF ...it's a file type that the computer somehow sees as a preview for video, but it's a simple fix - just change the pixel aspect ration view back to square ...I must admit the first time it happened and my image loaded looking all squished, I got that curious dog look on my face, cocked my head to the side wondering "what the heck is this?"

- Some of my files which are 250MB working in 7.0 seem to be exploding to 400MB in CS... this is something which I haven't been able to trace or figure out just yet, but it does cause significant problems for working speed ...I only have 1.3GB of RAM which is fine for a 250MB drawing but not sufficient for a 400MB drawing. I'll have to delve deeper into the software to see if I can figure this one out.

Overall, it seems like a fine upgrade, but as with most upgrades there are some issues/surprises when you make the switch.