The Adobe Photoshop cs4 software offers you new advanced Compositing and Quick Selection tools. It has a streamlined interface and comes with powerful editing tools and workflow enhancements. The software is available in two editions - the Adobe Photoshop cs4 the Adobe Photoshop cs4 Extended.
The Adobe Photoshop CS4 version is aimed for professional and amateur photographers. It can be of great help to graphic and web designers. The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended version is meant for film, video and multimedia professionals. It can be of great help to graphic & web designers, medical & manufacturing professionals, architects, engineers and scientific researchers.
The Adobe Photoshop cs4 software is loaded with several useful features like Smart Objects, Spot-Healing Brush, Red-Eye Reduction Tool, InDesign, Illustrator, ImageReady and Aftereffects. The software is available in six separate suites viz. Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Standard Production, Premium and Mater Collection. You need an Intel Pentium 4 processor, a DVD-Rom Drive and 1024 x 768 pixel monitor resolution to run the software.
The Adobe Photoshop CS4 is a vector graphics editor that allows you to create sharp-edged artistic illustrations like cartoons, clip-arts and complex geometric patterns. It provides you a complete color exploration environment. Its Live Color dialogue box allows you to dynamically apply colors to selected objects. The Control Panel automatically displays the options that are most appropriate for your current selection. This feature makes it easier for you to find the tools that you need for the task at hand. It eliminates the need to open a full panel of tools and reduces your workspace cluster. It also makes you more efficient as you need not dig deep into menus to find what you need.
The Adobe Photoshop cs4 software is available on a DVD format and requires 1.5 GB of disk space for installation. The software features a streamlined interface and Camera Raw enhancements. It has unparalleled editing powers that include live filters, powerful cloning & healing tools and precise colour correction. The software comes with improved Photo merge technology. It allows you to edit your 3D content. You can then incorporate those changes into your 2D compositions as well. The Adobe Photoshop cs4 also comes in a Student Edition. You need to submit a proof that you are a student to get the Student Edition at lower rates. You cannot use the Student Edition for commercial purposes.
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
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Learn Photoshop for Free?
Adobe has release a free online version of its popular Photoshop image-editing software. The free online Photoshop has be a stripped-down version of the application that has become an industry standard for graphics professionals.
The trend to online Photoshop is part of a larger effort by companies to bring key aspects of their software portfolios online to draw advertising dollars and lure users into buying Photoshop upgrades. Until now, Adobe's business has been based primarily on packaged software. A sneak peak at Adobe's photograph's future: Currently the company offers four versions of its Photoshop software, beginning with the high-end CS2 package which is targeted to creative professionals all the way to the free Album Starter Edition which is used by the casual photographer. According to Adobe, the online Photoshop offering will be more like the consumer products.
Last year, the company also publicized that it was planning on entering a partnership with image- and video-hosting web site Photobucket in order to give 35 million users free access to Adobe's web-based video editing tools – Photoshop.
At that time the company said that it expects to announce more partnerships with Internet companies over the coming months, and that the ventures would be driven by Adobe's pursuit of higher advertising revenue and increased software upgrades from existing customers. As mentioned earlier, Adobe's shift to free online applications follows similar moves by other software makers.
If you google 'where to learn Photoshop for free', you will get many websites to teach you how to use Photoshop.
ABC about Adobe Photoshop
Many people want to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop. In fact Photoshop is fairly easy. To people who are not familiar with Photoshop, this article may help you get to know Photoshop quickly.
Cropping an Image
Open Adobe Photoshop. Click on the 'File' menu, then select 'Open' and browse for the image file you wish to work on. Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool (Square dashed line) in the top left of the Tools Palette draw a box around the area of image you would like to keep.
Click on the 'Image' menu and select 'Crop' to remove the unwanted area from the picture.
If you are unhappy with the result you can click on the 'Edit' menu and select the 'Undo' option to go back a step. Ctrl+Alt+Z will take you back further steps.
Resizing an Image
With the appropriate image open and cropped (if necessary) you can resize the image by clicking on the 'Image' menu and selecting 'Image Size' to open up the image size window.
Here you can choose the new size for your image, in pixels, for use on your website. Keep the 'Constrain Proportions' option ticked to stop your image becoming stretched. Click 'OK' to resize your image once you have chosen your size.
To preview how your image will look on-screen, select the 'Zoom Tool' (Magnifying Glass Symbol) in the tools palette and click the 'Actual Pixels' button in the top toolbar under the menus. This will set the Zoom level to 100% so your image will be show at the same size as it will appear in a web browser. Again, if you are unhappy with the result you can click on the 'Edit' menu and select the 'Undo' option to go back a step.
Saving an Image
Once you have prepared your image, to save it click on the 'File' menu of Adobe Photoshop and select 'Save for web.' The 'save for web' preview window will open, where you can select the optimization settings for your image and preview the result (under the 'optimized' tab. For the majority of photographs, using the preset settings 'JPEG High' or 'JPEG medium' will be fine. You can select a preset from the drop-down menu located under the 'OK', 'Cancel' and 'Output Settings' buttons on the right hand side.
As you change the settings, the image in the preview window will change. The higher the quality setting, the larger your file size will be, taking longer to download. Smaller files however, will lead to poor quality, blocky images if too low a quality is chosen.
Once you have selected the optimization settings that you are happy with, click 'OK'to save your file under a suitable filename. This command is similar to using 'Save As' and will not overwrite your original file as long as a different name or folder is used. If you are creating product images for your online store, it is always best to resize and save your product image first, then prepare your product thumbnail.
With Photoshop Full Version, you can do more jobs to your pictures.
Cropping an Image
Open Adobe Photoshop. Click on the 'File' menu, then select 'Open' and browse for the image file you wish to work on. Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool (Square dashed line) in the top left of the Tools Palette draw a box around the area of image you would like to keep.
Click on the 'Image' menu and select 'Crop' to remove the unwanted area from the picture.
If you are unhappy with the result you can click on the 'Edit' menu and select the 'Undo' option to go back a step. Ctrl+Alt+Z will take you back further steps.
Resizing an Image
With the appropriate image open and cropped (if necessary) you can resize the image by clicking on the 'Image' menu and selecting 'Image Size' to open up the image size window.
Here you can choose the new size for your image, in pixels, for use on your website. Keep the 'Constrain Proportions' option ticked to stop your image becoming stretched. Click 'OK' to resize your image once you have chosen your size.
To preview how your image will look on-screen, select the 'Zoom Tool' (Magnifying Glass Symbol) in the tools palette and click the 'Actual Pixels' button in the top toolbar under the menus. This will set the Zoom level to 100% so your image will be show at the same size as it will appear in a web browser. Again, if you are unhappy with the result you can click on the 'Edit' menu and select the 'Undo' option to go back a step.
Saving an Image
Once you have prepared your image, to save it click on the 'File' menu of Adobe Photoshop and select 'Save for web.' The 'save for web' preview window will open, where you can select the optimization settings for your image and preview the result (under the 'optimized' tab. For the majority of photographs, using the preset settings 'JPEG High' or 'JPEG medium' will be fine. You can select a preset from the drop-down menu located under the 'OK', 'Cancel' and 'Output Settings' buttons on the right hand side.
As you change the settings, the image in the preview window will change. The higher the quality setting, the larger your file size will be, taking longer to download. Smaller files however, will lead to poor quality, blocky images if too low a quality is chosen.
Once you have selected the optimization settings that you are happy with, click 'OK'to save your file under a suitable filename. This command is similar to using 'Save As' and will not overwrite your original file as long as a different name or folder is used. If you are creating product images for your online store, it is always best to resize and save your product image first, then prepare your product thumbnail.
With Photoshop Full Version, you can do more jobs to your pictures.
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