Operation Manual
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USING PHOTOSHOP
What’s new
Last updated 12/5/2011
Streamlined creative reviews
Collaborate with colleagues and quickly get client feedback with
CS Review
, an online service that accelerates the review process. See CS Review.
Integrated media management
Take advantage of improved watermarking, web galleries, and batch processing in
Adobe Bridge CS5
. Access assets directly in Photoshop using the
Mini Bridge
panel. See Adobe Bridge and Mini Bridge.
State of the art Camera Raw processing
Remove noise in high ISO images while preserving color and detail. Add creative effects like film grain and post-crop
vignettes. Or precisely sharpen images with minimal artifacts. See Correcting lens distortions in Camera Raw,
Sharpening and noise reduction in Camera Raw, and Vignette and grain effects in Camera Raw.
Dozens of customer-inspired productivity enhancements
Boost your efficiency with countless workflow improvements. Selected highlights let you:
• Create layers by dragging files from Windows or Mac OS. See “Create layers and groups” on page 245.
• Straighten images with the Ruler tool. See “Straighten an image” on page 158.
• Protect detail with the Sharpen tool. See “Sharpen image areas” on page 168.
• Apply a graduated neutral density filter. See “Apply a gradient fill” on page 315.
• Reverse the direction of a clone source. See “Retouch with the Clone Stamp tool” on page 161.
• Customize defaults for layer styles. See “Change style defaults to custom values” on page 264.
• Paste in the same relative location, or into or outside selections. See “Understanding the copy and paste commands”
on page 226.
• Store image-specific print settings. See “Print images” on page 443.
New GPU-accelerated features
Harness increased hardware power with features like brush previews, a color sampler ring for the Eyedropper tool, and
a Rule Of Thirds grid for the Crop tool. See
“Choose a color while painting” on page 102 and “Crop an image using
the Crop tool” on page 155.
Faster performance with cross-platform 64-bit support
Complete day-to-day imaging tasks at least 10% faster on 64-bit versions of Mac OS and Windows. See “Memory and
performance” on page 57.