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Video Tutorial: What’s New in Photoshop CS4 – Part 2 of 2

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:02:58 +0000

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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

Video Tutorial: What’s New in Photoshop CS4 – Part 1 of 2

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:01:28 +0000

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The emails requesting an introduction to Photoshop CS4 have been filling my Inbox. Naturally, my resistance to these requests is extremely low. In fact, I’m bursting with anticipation and can’t wait any longer to introduce you to this extraordinary upgrade.

Part One – Adobe Camera Raw:
Adjustment Brush
Graduated Filter
Post-Crop Vignette