Back in late 2006, when Adobe had not yet released Photoshop CS3, I decided to buy Photoshop CS2. Of course, I didnt know CS3 was right around the corner so i went out and purchased it for my Apple Macbook. After a few weeks of happily editing and retouching photos, I hear about CS3. I was quite peeved because I had just bought some pretty expensive software and it was about to be outdated. Then I saw that all hope was not lost. Adobe would be offering Beta Versions of CS3 to current owners of CS2. All one would have to do was enter their CS2 license key and a new one would be e-mailed to you. Naturally i did this and soon i had a working Beta Version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 up and running on my computer.
The first thing i noticed about CS3 was how much faster it is than CS2. This is because unlike CS2, CS3 was built to run natively on an Intel based Macintosh. Since CS2 was released before Apple started using Intel chips it has to run using Rosetta which decreases it's processing speed. There are a couple other new features in CS3 that I dont see how i Lived without before. Some of these new feature are Quick Select, which makes selections much more precise and easy to make, and the revamped Clone Stamp. The Clone Stamp may well be one of the most, if not the most useful tool in the Photoshop arsenal. It allows you to duplicate certain parts of the image making it very easy to fix blemishes on a face, tears in a scanned photo, and even sensor dust.
Some of the other tools i hav
e heard people talking about are the Smart Filters, although I do not use them much they have proven quite useful when i have. Another revamped feature is the Auto Tools. (Auto Color, Auto Color, etc.) If you dont like to manually edit the colors, curves, and contrast these are the tools for you. It is similar to Picasa's "I'm Feeling Lucky Button", although i feel like i get better results with this.
Overall i would say if you havent upgraded you photoshop in a while, now is the time to do it. Even if you have CS2 i would still recommend upgrading if your budget allows.
Labels: adobe, photoshop, software, technology
Well I broke my arm. I broke the Distal Radius and the Ulna bones. The bone slid across my growth plate when it fractured so I might need surgery but we don't know yet.
s hoping to get some nice shots. When we arrived at the ditch I spotted an old rusty spray-paint can. I started to photograph it but I decided it needed a more dramatic angle. So, I started climbing up the rock legde that led to the street. This was probably a stupid thing to do since the ledge was covered in gravel and such. After I ascended the ledge about 4 feet, my right foot slipped and I tumbled to the rocks and cement below. Luckily the camera is ok but I will be in a cast for six to eight weeks.
