June 2013
Beginner
926 pages
36h 13m
English
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What’s New in Photoshop CC
Adobe has added some nice new features to Photoshop CC and, as noted above, they rolled all of the features that used to be in Photoshop Extended into the CC version. The inclusion of 3D tools aside, Photoshop CC isn’t the most feature-packed upgrade the program has seen, but it’s still got some good stuff in it, especially in the realm of actions and filters. Here’s an overview of the new goodies (don’t worry if you don’t yet understand some of the terms used here—you’ll learn what they mean as you read through this book):
Retina ready. Both Photoshop and Bridge now support Retina displays, Apple’s super-high resolution monitors (called HiDPI on PCs) and as such, you’ll spot a new 200 percent option in the View menu (which lets you see web graphics at the size they’ll appear in a browser). Several plug-ins also support these mind-bogglingly crystal-clear displays including Liquify, “Save for Web,” “Merge to HDR,” Vanishing Point, Adaptive Wide Angle, Lens Correction, and the Filter Gallery. While the new Adobe Camera Raw 8 isn’t yet Retina-happy, it should be soon (probably in version 8.1).
Conditional actions. This super useful new feature lets you record a conditional action (see Chapter 19) that chooses among several previously recorded actions in order to meet criteria that you set. You’ll learn all about it on Managing Actions.
Field Blur, Iris Blur, and Tilt-Shift filters now work with Smart Filters. Some of the most useful new features in Photoshop ...
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