From: Peter Marshall (petermarshall@cix.co.uk)
Date: 09/30/03-04:21:59 PM Z
It certainly looks like a useful upgrade, and I think includes more of
less everything I said should have been included in my review of Photoshop
7.
Better later than never.
I gave up using the browser from P7 as it just slowed down work too much -
far faster to Alt-Tab and drag from my normal image browser. However if
they have got it up to speed in this version it will be worth considering
again.
It will be interesting to see how the raw plugin stacks up against Capture
One also. I suspect it won't match it.
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> I thought folks might enjoy hearing of some of the upcoming release of
> Photoshop 8/Photoshop CS is going to include a number of things that
> are going to benefit photographers.
>
> 1. An image stitching feature that uses layers. Sounds really
> interesting for those of you using large format film where you have to
> scan the negatives in sections.
>
> 2. More features work in 16 bit modea??this is great! It appears
> that you can have layers in 16 bit mode!!!! More tools also work in
> 16 bit mode!
>
> 3. Upsampling imagesa??apparently this version has new algorithsm for
> upsampling that are considered superior to anything else, including
> genuine fractals, and stair step upsampling.
>
> 4. Output Histogramsa??PRAISE BABY JESUS! ...you get a Histogram
> PALLETTE that shows the effect of your levels or curves adjustment!!!!
> I have this in my scanning software and it is invaluable.
>
> 5. The Camera Raw plugin is built into this new version. Thus you
> can access your digital camera files at 16 bit and make camera like
> corrections as you import them into Photoshop.
>
> 6. Improved Browser features and speed-if you don't use the browser,
> you should. It gives you a wonderful way to access your images and
> organize them. You can move files with it, copy them, delte them, and
> do a number of things that are very helpful when working with a group
> of imge files.
>
> 7. Kodak Wratten Series Filtersa??adjust your image based on these
> filters
>
> 8. A new tool called Shadow/Highlight Tool, which lets you adjust
> exactly thata??not sure how destructive this tool might be compared to
> other methods of adjustment.
>
> anyway..... lots of great new features! Download the PDF shown below.
>
> Mac users will groan when they hear it only runs on OS X
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Mark Nelson
>
>
> http://www.imagingrevue.com/open/What_is_new_in_CS.pdf
>
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