PSA: Photoshop CS5 - Big Improvement

Submitted by Keith Hill on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 15:12
This months software review - Photoshop CS5.  A very low mark was given to Photoshop CS4 as it is little more than rearrangements with few genuine changes serving no purpose.  Adobe's market agreed with low sales.   Not so for CS5.  There are many important improvements for photographers eliminating third party plug-ins.   CS5 has added a new, highly consistant HDR Pro and some say out shines Photomatix.    CS5 has a new Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) processs system called Process 2010  with improved methods for color and noise especially good for high ISO shots.  Some of the other improvements are:  Detail tab in ACR, Effects tab, Content Aware Fill, Content Aware Healing and Puppet Warp.   Puppet Warp is a technique which allows the user to modify shapes within an image.