Video Tutorial: What’s New in Photoshop CS4 – Part 2 of 2
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Welcome back to Part 2 of my “What’s New in Photoshop CS4″ Video Tutorial!
Photoshop CS4 possesses several mind-blowing new features, including Content-Aware Scaling and Focus Blending. In addition to these new features, this upgrade boasts numerous productivity-enhancing improvements, such as an Adjustments Panel, a Masks Panel, and radically improved Dodge and Burn tools. The programmers didn’t shy away from Adobe Camera Raw as they wrote the new software. ACR is loaded with incredible new tools, including an Adjustment Brush, a Graduated Filter, and Post-Crop Vignetting.
In this two-part series, I’ll cover all of these new features and a few more. Part One is devoted solely to Adobe Camera Raw and Part Two focuses entirely on Photoshop.
So without further ado, let’s go exploring…
Part Two – Photoshop:
Adjustments Panel / On Image Controls / New Presets
Masks Panel / Non-destructive Masking
Content-Aware Scaling
Dodge and Burn tools
Clone Stamp/Healing Brush Live Preview Overlay
Focus Blending / Bridge Load Files into Photoshop Layers option
Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 11:12 am
Dear Mark,
thanks for another informative workbench!
how about giving Allie a wonderful sun kissesd skintone. now wouldn’t tha’t be a way cool workbench? ;^)
make mine MSJ!
Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 2:13 pm
What a little sweet heart Mark! Thanks for terrific intro to CS4 and Bridge (last week)! Some really good stuff!!
Monday, December 8, 2008 at 10:04 am
Mark,
As always, your tutorials get right to the heart of the subject. You’ve found the most interesting new aspects and have given a very clear explanation of how to use these features. Thanks!!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 6:16 am
Thanks for these two workbenches. Didn’t mind paying the $1.98.
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Hi Mark,
My first time checking in here. I loved this video and your little sure is a cutie!
Thanks for the wonderful info on CS4.
Linda
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Your little one!!! LOL!
Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 8:21 am
Thank you so much—SUPERB Help!
Monday, February 16, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Hi Mark! I spent some time watching videos today and it was great! Learned a lot and realized how much I miss learning from you. Allie is absolutely gorgeous. In PS, how do you get the gray background under the image even when the image isn’t in full screen mode (I mean, when the photograph still has the information border, and Bridge is hidden, how do you NOT have to see the desktop behind the photo?)
Thanks Mark, your website is wonderful.
Vicki
Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 1:58 pm
I just upgraded to CS4, and found your two “what’s new” tutorials to be very helpful!
I also am learning so much from your Botanical Dreaming book, especially as one day I intend to become proficient in macro photography.
Thank you for sharing your passion and expertise. I look forward to learning so much more from your work, and from the folks at The Mindful Eye, as I retire in May of 2010 and have much more time to pursue my passion for photography, Photoshop and Lightroom.
Richest Blessings to you and your family, and…your daughter is precious!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Just tried the Focus Blending technique and found it worked much better using Auto-align first- especially with subjects that had very slight variabilities- like flowers in a field.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 8:54 am
Just want to say a huge thank you for these tutorials.
I especially like the fact that unlike some tutorials you cut out the razzmatazz and get straight into the lesson.
Learnt so much in the past few hours..a big thanks