With Photoshop now shipping and the 30 day free trial available on the website I decided to give it a quick spin.
Firstly it looks very familiar to what we have all become used to. If you used CS3 or CS4 you will be right there.
We are talking 64 bit now, so most plugin producers will have to release compatible versions for it. Shouldn’t take long though.
Whilst the new warp function is not of much interest to me, I am really digging content aware fill. It gives a whole new range of possibilities, which in particular landscape photographers will know to appreciate. It also solves big issues when stitching panoramas.
Will talk more about it once I have thrown a few images at it.
Here is a not-so-serious video of one of Adobe’s biggest fan:



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