On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Lasse Karlsson wrote:
Thanks, Ken.
Yes, I have started looking into a number of How to:s and tutorials.
I will also start to compare what the Bridge browser has to offer.
I've been very satisfied in using ACDSee for more than ten years.
Regarding the RAW converter, I actually still haven't been shooting
much RAW, but now may be the time to start doing it.
And it's typical that you run into some basic screen layout issues
that annoys you. Made me go back to PS5 where I've got the layout I
like...
Has there been any other particular improvements of the use of tools
and filters?
Far too many to mention, and many that I'm not aware of. But there are
certainly some much more useful filters. Smart Sharpen, to name one,
allows much more effective and specific sharpening than Unsharp Mask,
although both can be useful. The Photo Filters are great for
correcting white balance issues when you don't shoot RAW. The noise
reduction filters in CS4 are pretty much the equal of add-on software
solutions. One of my favorite tool improvements is the "seeing eye" of
the clone tool. It shows you exactly where you're placing cloned
material. This is great when you need perfect alignment for edges or
lines. The BW conversion function is much more sophisticated than
before, and allows you to adjust the grey values of six colors
individually. And much more.
Paul
Lasse
From: "Ken Waller" <kwal...@peoplepc.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: A giant leap... some advice welcome
Hi Lasse,
I'm still on CS2, having arrived here a while back from PS 5 then
PS 7.
You'll really appreciate all the additions from PS 5.
A few that I use alot (and can remember) are:
+ the browser - Adobe Bridge
+ the RAW convertor
+ highlight/shadow adjustment
+ ability to scroll multiple images at the same time
It might be helpful to get a book on CS4.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lasse Karlsson" <ma20...@aland.net
>
Subject: A giant leap... some advice welcome
Hi all,
I hope everyone is well and not badly struck by the cold weather
in many
parts of the world. Up here in Scandinavia, people are mostly
enjoying a
"proper" winter, which we haven't seen for quite a few years.
Anyway, there has ocurred a very small step for the art of
photography,
but a giant leap to me...
After having been using Photoshop 5 uptil now, Santa has enabled
me to
start working with PS CS4.
This means that I haven't been following or learned about the new
versions
or upgrades of PS since the v. 5.
As a way to start to learn what new there is to me, I thought I'd
ask
those of you who have been using later versions, if you maybe
could point
to or list some of the new features and improvements since v.5,
which you
have found particularly useful to your work and which may be the
most
obvious improvements to me (if you can recall that far back at
all... ) ).
One obvious thing I already learned, is that I definitely have to
get
myself a new, more powerful computer...
Any pointers or advice welcome.
Thanks,
Lasse
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