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- Platform: Windows XP
- Media: CD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
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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.
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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Should You Upgrade? Its Really Depends.,
By Andre Da Costa "A.Da Costa" (Jamaica W.I.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS Upgrade (CD-ROM)
I have been using Photoshop since version 4.0, and to be honest, I still use 4.0 for some of my task. But, I have always made a leap to newer versions of Photoshop because of the new enhanced tools they offer to the user experience. Photoshop CS version 8 to me, is more of a Workgroup application, because basically thats where you will see and take advantage of the new features it has to offer. For users who might have made the sacrifice and bought a copy of Photoshop; 5, 6 or 7 for the first time, because they just wanted a strong, true professional image editing application, upgrading to this version will see no benefits. However people who work in a commercial environment and depend on other applications such as Illustrator, Indesign and GoLive will benefit more because of the tight integration they share with each other. When these tools work together, features such as version cue which is only a part of the Creative Suite sold separately users will be able to manage different versions of content created by different users over a network. Photoshop CS also has some new relief features for editing text easier than ever before and also for typing text on a path. The File Browser is even more productive, you can use the Photo-Merge to create panoramas,the file browser also allows you to create Web Photo Gallerys and Picture Packages. But Photoshop continues to be a tool that offers expert image editing with tools such as the Healing Brush introduced in Photoshop 7. Photoshop CS also introduces the Camera Raw Plugin as a built in part of the application (Photoshop 7 users can acquire this plugin for an extra $100), the plug-in offers support for working with images at 16-bit resolution. You can also turn images into PDF Presentations and Photoshop CS gives users a History of actions done on any work in the application. I continue to stress that for a first time user, Photoshop is not a application to get a hang of easy, it is recommended you buy a book that teaches you from the ground up, where you can get the basic understanding of how Photoshop works. Its also best to go to a lesson class in Graphic Art and Digital Imaging where you can learn in a more interactive environment and get a much deeper knowledge and gain more experience in using the application more effectively and efficiently. For users who want some of the power of Photoshop CS but much cheaper, Photoshop Elements is an excellent choice that offers great value for its features and ease of use in comparison to Photoshop CS. So, for persons such as Digital Photographers, Graphic Artist, Design Shops, Ad Agencies with designers within a workgroup environment, Photoshop CS is a worthy upgrade. But,if you are serious about digital imaging and editing and need a robust tool that can take your images to new heights both old and new then this is the one. But if you are fixing a wrinkle, brightness or two in a photo, stick with your present copy of Photoshop or purchase Photoshop Elements, to put it simple enough, Photoshop CS depends on your work ethics, which means meeting deadlines, in a workgroup, working with other Creative Suite applications such as Illustrator CS, Indesign CS and GoLive CS.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Activation is becoming a standard for major software,
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This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS Upgrade (CD-ROM)
For the big companies you can expect activation to be part of the package. Microsoft, Adobe, Macromedia all do it now. They have a lot to lose and if this is one way to get more folks to pay instead of passing one paid for disk around, well, it works. As for the product, I have loaded the 30 day trial and in about 15 days will purchase the upgrade. I like what I have played with so far and the filters are nice. I made some posterized pics out of a bad photo to check it out and was truly amazed. Don't let activation be the stopping point. If you need the program, get it.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Plug-Ins Incompatibility: the deal breaker,
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This review is from: Adobe Photoshop CS Upgrade (CD-ROM)
I am a professional photographer, and, though I came to this page planning on buying PS-8/CS I just bought PS-7 instead ( I am currently using PS-6.5). Having used PS since V2 I have found that getting every other upgrade has been the most satisfactory way to go. Until V4 the real strength and utility of PS was in its ability to make excellent color separations (for ultimate printing on a press). It has never been a state of the art image editor, and until V4, was not even a decent one. PS-6 was the first version I was happy with both for editing, and for pre-press. PS-7 did not add much, so was going to skip it for PS-8. Instead of PS-8 we get PS-CS which has valuable new tools in it (I wanted it for the "patch tool" alone!), but which has more problems than new features. As do many of the other commenters, I do not like software activation. Computers are fragile, MS-Windows even more so - but, unfortunately - the only new, fast, and affordable programs are written for Windows. So, if you are counting on a Windows system, you better have a backup system (or two). I have four computers that I am actively using at the moment (3 desktops and a portable) - but, as I only use one at a time, I certainly do not feel that I am violating any of my software licenses by having a program installed on all four (though, with PS, I actually have different versions installed on each of the computers). I also do not like WinXP (It was recently installed at my office). Of my personal computers one runs W2K, two W98, and one Linux/Lindows. Software written for any WinVer except for XP will run on Lindows (albeit more slowly) and it is ever so much more stable - Though W2K/NT3("5") - is actually quite good. My feeling is that is one of the main reasons the new versions of Adobe products are written to XP (yes, I do think there is a close relationship between Adobe & MS). But. Having said all that, I would have bought XP just so that I could run PS-CS except for the deal breaker: Plug-In incompatibility. Years ago I was trying to decide which 35mm camera system to go with. I had pretty well decided on Canon when they announced what was to be their THIRD lens mount system in 8 years: the old lenses would not work (or would not autofocus) on the new system. So, I went with Nikon - virtually any Nikkor lens made will work with the newest Nikon camera. When you've spent tens of thousands of dollars on lenses, the cost of a camera body is insignificant: you just want some assurance that you can use your existing lenses!! Likewise with Plug-Ins. I have spent thousands of dollars on PS Plug-Ins. Why? Well, some make repetitive actions (such as repairing damaged jpgs, creased photos) quick and easy; others do things that are very difficult or impossible to do by "hand" (converting an image to only black and white - not the greyscale of B&W photos - with an acceptable loss of image quality); some are just fun (like adding crepuscular rays of light, or mist). So. To "upgrade" to PS-CS would mean 1) a new OS (with all the attendant driver problems and incompatibilities, and weeks spent getting the system stabilized and working again); 2) at least $2000 to replace my existing Plug-Ins (IF they still exist). Not a good deal for me, I can afford neither the time nor the money. So I bought a used PS-7 from a (poorly rated) Amazon Partner instead. I know it will be my last PS update ever - unless Adobe has an interest in retaining old customers ...
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