Boy oh boy, are we ever excited about the new Photoshop CS6!
Adobe has released the Beta Test version, and we encourage you to download it and take a look at some of the great new features! (Click here to be taken to the Adobe Download page)
Our first initial impression was “Wow, it’s black!”
This seems minor enough, but it’s still a great development – particularly for users who like to switch between Lightroom and Photoshop. If you’re not comfortable with the black workspace, you can easily flip it back to the light grey color scheme by opening Edit – Preferences – Interface.
The next big thing that we go excited about was the improvements to the content-aware technology.
More powerful than in the past, the standard content-aware fill has more capabilities for your plain-Jane corrections. But most intriguing of all, the patch tool now uses content aware fill. Often during editing, we’ve found that Photoshop will pull in pieces that shouldn’t be a part of the fill. Now, you can source the fill from another part of the image. Super cool, right? But best of all, you can now move an object using content aware fill – no masking, no selections, just drag and drop. Seriously? Seriously. Moving someone to a different location just got easier! You can check it out in the video below.
Another outstanding feature is Photoshop’s new capability to use filters in real-time. No more wasting time staring at the screen waiting for filters to load. Seems simple enough, but we know this is going to save a lot of time for a lot of photogs!
And lastly, our favourite update – a more intuitive crop tool. The new Photoshop Crop Tool acts more like the Crop Tool in Lightroom.
A few other upgrades include:
1) Auto Save – for those annoying moments your computer says “NO!” and throws a tantrum, Photoshop now auto saves.
2) Blur Gallery – a much easier and more intuitive way to create artificial depth of field.
3) Color Range – now detects faces!
4) Oil Paint Filter – for when you feel all “Artsy”
5) Auto Color Correction Settings – within the Curves and Layers panel “Enhance Brightness and Contrast” was added – giving Photoshop the power to read the image, and then make adjustments accordingly.
6) Fish Eye Corrections – made simpler!
7) Type Settings – more option, more versatility, just better all around.
8) Bigger Brush Sizes – because bigger is always better. Now up to 5000 px, this will come in handy for all those new D800 owners to process those massive 36 megapixel images!
Please note: because this is a beta version, some of these updates may not appear in the finalized version!
Lightroom 4 is available, and we’re celebrating!
Look in our store, and you’ll see all of our products are marked down 50%! Or, you can buy “Everything But The Kitchen Sink” for an amazing 73% off! Woo hoo!
This sale is on until March 31, 2012 so don’t miss out! All of our Lightroom Presets come with both a Lightroom 2 & 3 version, and a Lightroom 4 version, so if you decide to upgrade to Lightroom 4 later on, you’re covered!
If you have purchased Lightroom Presets from us in the past, and would like your free update, please email us at info@redkitchenpresets.com and we will send it to you! (Unfortunately, we switched our cart system, so all upgrades will have to be done manually.)
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