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Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended What’s New
while providing more immediate feedback and dramatically reducing the time it takes to preview
key areas in high quality.
You also get faster previews and more responsive interaction thanks to changes made in the
OpenGL engine, which now fast-tracks the delivery of complex 3D geometry to the video card.
Overall workflow performance has been optimized with improved import, interaction speeds, and
better merging of 3D objects into a single scene. To aid with fine-tuning and adjustment of these
performance features, there is a new 3D section in Preferences.
User-inspired productivity enhancements
Photoshop CS5 helps boost productivity and creativity throughout the editing workflow with
dozens of enhancements inspired by Photoshop users. Some of these include:
• A neutral-density preset for the Gradient tool
• e ability to save 16-bit Photoshop docu-
ments in 8-bit JPEG format in a single step
• An option for reversing the clone source using
the ip buons in the Clone Source panel
• A Don’t Show is Message Again option when
saving les with maximum compatibility
• Default value for Shadows/Highlights changed
from 50% to 35%
• e ability to move a selection while the active
layer is hidden
• An on/o option for trackpad gesture support on Mac and in Microso® Windows® 7
• A new layer command for deleting all empty layers via scripts
• A Straighten buon on the Ruler tool options bar
• A Close All Open Images Without Saving option
• A Save As option for always defaulting to the folder to which you last saved an image
• e ability to drag and drop a le onto an open Photoshop document to create a new layer
• Multiple improvements in Lens Correction lter options, including:
– Grid Display is o by default
– Show Grid, Grid Size, and Grid Color seings are now sticky
– Default grid size is increased from 16 to 64 pixels
– Decimal point adjustments are allowed as values for the Chromatic Aberration sliders
– A third Chromatic Aberration slider enables the correction of green/magenta fringing
– e Background Color Edge seing is replaced with the Black Color entry
– A White Color option is available in the Edge menu
– Reset options are changed so that only the calibration seings are reset, not the Grid options
• A new Cache Tile Size control in the Performance section of the Preferences dialog box
• Zoom in and out with the new scrubby zoom tool
• Presets for seing Cache Tile Size and Cache Levels simultaneously
• e ability to use keystrokes to set values in the Adjustments panel text elds
• Performance increases of up to 50% when importing OBJ les
• Sample colors faster using the new on screen color ring built into the eyedropper tool
• Customizable default values for Layer styles
A Neutral Density option is now available from the Gradient
Picker presets menu.
e default Amount value for the
Shadows/Highlights feature has been
reduced to 35%.
A new Straighten buon has been
added to the Ruler tool’s options bar.
All empty layers in a document can now
be deleted using a new entry in the
Scripts menu.
New GPU-accelerated features
Photoshop CS5 harnesses increasing
hardware power and speed by intro-
ducing new features, like Repoussé,
that take advantage of modern video
card technology. You now have the
option of displaying two dierent
overlays—Rule Of irds, and Grid—
when cropping (see above top).
Other new features that take advan-
tage of GPU acceleration include the
ability to dynamically resize brushes,
adjust bristle hardness, and display
a color sampler ring when working
with the Eyedropper and display an
on screen color picker.