Here's some advice about upgrading from previous versions of the Adobe Creative Suite before CS5 is announced or launched, from John Nack, in a post called, "If you're still on CS1 and want to upgrade, now's a good time..."
Here's another sneak peek video from Adobe: Have an image you’d like to turn into a painting using natural brushes and strokes? Or how about the urge to create digital paintings from scratch? Come inside our labs with Zorana Gee, Photoshop product manager, for an exclusive look at what we’ve been working on. Plus, see some extra surprises you asked for just last week! What will you paint? (See all sneak peeks on our Photoshop CS5 page.)
More teasing from Adobe about possible features of Photoshop CS5 (see our teaser collection page), this time it's from John Nack's blog:
"Last summer the Photoshop team asked for your help in identifying candidates for "JDI" ("Just Do It") work, aiming to pick off little irritants & to polish the little things that matter. You replied with tons of great ideas & comments, and I'm pleased to say the team has been working away. Here you can see Photoshop PM Bryan O'Neil Hughes show off a few of the the tweaks that you'll likely see in "a future version*" of Photoshop: * I know this kind of caveat & hand-waving always seem a little contrived ("C'mon, dude, we all know what version you're talking about"), but nothing is done until it's shipping, and there really is a chance that details can change. Very occasionally we have to pull out an improvement if we find that it introduced other problems, taking additional time to get the details right. I'm just saying, you never know.)
Adobe researchers Eli Shechtman & Dan Goldman, working together with Prof. Adam Finkelstein from Princeton & PhD student Connelly Barnes, have introduced PatchMatch, "A Randomized Correspondence Algorithm for Structural Image Editing."
Photoshop Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes gives you a glimpse of new selection technology that offers better edge detection and masking results in less time — even with the trickiest images, like hair. See the original video here.
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Adobe CS5 On Mac To Be Intel-only, Cocoa, 64-bit Native From John Nack's blog:
It'll probably come as no surprise that Adobe is following Apple's lead & going Intel-only with the next generation of the Creative Suite. That is, CS4 is the last version that'll run on PowerPC-based Macs. You can read the details in the FAQ on Adobe.com. By the time the next version of the Suite ships, the very youngest PPC-based Macs will be roughly four years old. They're still great systems, but if you haven't upgraded your workstation in four years, you're probably not in a rush to upgrade your software, either. Bottom line: Time & resources are finite, and with big transitions underway (going 64-bit-native, switching from Carbon to Cocoa), you want Adobe building for the future, not for the past. What's New In Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Photoshop 11
Here is a comprehensive look at all the new features you will find in Photoshop C4 and Photoshop Extended CS4, from Photoshop expert Philip Andrews, author of Photoshop CS4 Essential Skills.
When first opening Photoshop CS4, existing users could be forgiven for thinking that the most significant changes to the program are cosmetic ones. After all, you are immediately confronted with a different user interface and if you are a Macintosh aficionado, you also get a completely new way of interacting with the program. But these aren’t the only changes for CS4...
Read the What's New In Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Photoshop 11 article. Photoshop CS4 & Photoshop CS4 Extended - Best Deals From Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended feature a newly refined, tab-based interface in a single, integrated window, with self-adjusting panels arranged in docked groups. Automatically keeping tools well organized and away from your work area means you get greater efficiency, less clutter, and better results, faster than before.
Delivering all the features of Adobe Photoshop CS4 software, including the new Adjustments and Masks panels, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended also provides breakthrough 3D editing and compositing power to paint directly on 3D models, create 3D animations, convert 2D images to 3D objects, and more; richer motion graphics editing; and more powerful and flexible image analysis and tracking. Learn more on our Photoshop CS4 Tutorials Page. To download the free trial, see details on our Photoshop CS4 Free Trial Download Page.
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Understanding layers
Layers are the building blocks of a Photoshop file, giving you the flexibility to make changes to parts of your image without affecting the appearance of other elements. In this movie, learn about the benefits of layers and how to work with the Layers panel, navigate the layers stack, and select and move layers.
Creating layers
Learn how to create new layers in Photoshop CS4, both from scratch and by dragging content in from an external document. You'll also review naming layers and adding content to layers using the shape tools.
Working in the Layers panel
The Layers panel is command central for layers in Photoshop CS4. Learn how to use the features in the Layers panel to create layers, delete layers, toggle layer visibility and change the layer stacking order.
Locking layers
Locking layers in Photoshop ensures you don't inadvertently make changes to layers you have finalized. In this movie, review the different types of locks you can apply to your layers, including Lock Image Pixels, which prevents painting on the layer, Lock Position, and Lock Transparent Pixels. Also learn about the special properties of Background layers in Photoshop and how to convert them to editable layers. Plug-in Suite 5 Now Available - Plus Exclusive 15% Discount
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When capturing images for a vertical panorama it is recommended that you capture images using the horizontal (landscape) format. If you allow the Photomerge to take full control of the stitching you will end up with a poor result. If you intercept the automated process and use the following essential skills you will end up with a more professional result... just one of the many essential skills from the CS4 Essential Skills collection.
A fellow photographer was showing me some images the other day that he had captured with a camera that uses a plastic lens. The images had a certain attraction.
Although the images had some pretty shocking vignetting and heavy distortion he was drawn to the beautiful liquid smooth tones that the plastic lens was offering up. Most women who look at photographs of themselves would agree that crunchy detail is just not a good look.
A digital camera can be a very cruel tool that can capture way too much information. Most people would prefer their skin to appear smooth, but not featureless, and will thank the photographer when they can reveal a skin texture that does not shout its detail to the viewer. The craft of professional skin retouching is the ability to render perfect skin without giving your model the appearance of a plastic-fantastic shop window mannequin.
Read the Skin Retouching Tips In Photoshop CS4 Photoshop tutorial. Adobe Camera Raw Tutorial From Mark Galer We have a new, extensive tutorial from Mark Galer, author of Photoshop CS4 Essential Skills. Here's the intro to Working In Adobe Camera Raw - ACR - Adobe Camera Raw Tips. Adobe Camera Raw is the gateway for opening Raw images into the main editing space of Photoshop, but Adobe Camera Raw is also a great space for optimising images quickly and easily. Many of the basic tasks such as straightening and cropping images, correcting exposure and adding a vignette can all be achieved faster and more easily than performing these same tasks in the main editing space of Photoshop. If you have not yet explored the ACR interface or are having trouble breaking old habits then the following tutorial is designed to make you think again.
These days most professional photographers capture images in the Raw format rather than the JPEG format. The Raw format offers greater flexibility in achieving different visual outcomes while ensuring a high quality finished result. The JPEG file format can offer great quality so long as only minor editing is required after the image has been captured.
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Here is a comprehensive look at all the new features you will find in Photoshop C4 and Photoshop Extended CS4, from Photoshop expert Philip Andrews, author of Photoshop CS4 Essential Skills.
Read the What's New In Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Photoshop 11 article.
Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended feature a newly refined, tab-based interface in a single, integrated window, with self-adjusting panels arranged in docked groups. Automatically keeping tools well organized and away from your work area means you get greater efficiency, less clutter, and better results, faster than before.
Understanding layers
Designed to solve the most common problems facing photographers in the areas of color correction, enlarging, masking and professional photographic effects, the Plug-in Suite 5 combines full versions of six essential software tools in one affordable package: FocalPoint 2, PhotoTune 3, PhotoFrame 4.5 Professional Edition, PhotoTools 2.5 Professional Edition, Genuine Fractals 6 Professional Edition and MaskPro 4. 
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium software is the designer's dream toolkit for print, web, and mobile publishing. Creativity is rarely confined to one medium, so put your vector illustrations in motion, moving fluidly between Adobe Illustrator CS4 and Adobe Flash CS4 Professional. And use Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended to design and slice a web page for publishing with Adobe Dreamweaver CS4.
If I had moved any further back their would have been power lines, telephone lines and tram lines between me and the front of this old theme park. Capturing a building so close will inevitably lead to aggressive converging verticals due to a combination of the wide-angle lens and the angle of view required to capture the top of the structure.
A fellow photographer was showing me some images the other day that he had captured with a camera that uses a plastic lens. The images had a certain attraction. 
If you are interested in learning Photoshop CS4 through online video training, lynda.com has a large number of free clips you can view. The links below will bring you to the various Photoshop CS4 video training pages where you'll find the free video clips.
Brimming with beautiful pictures, Photoshop CS4 Essential Skills guides you through a project-based, progressive curriculum so that you can build all the essential skills to enhance photographs creatively and professionally with Photoshop CS4. If you are an aspiring professional or a student learning photography, digital imaging, or design graphics, you'll be amazed at the stunning results you can achieve. A DVD is included free.
The Photoshop Blog offers the latest Photoshop and Digital Photography news and software updates, tips and tutorials, and random thoughts from graphic artist, digital photographer and Photoshop expert Jennifer Apple. Also includes Photoshop CS3 news!
