Adobe Creative Suite 4 advancements in Photoshop

Needless to say, there have been a lot of improvements to Adobe Creative Suite 4 compared to its predecessor. The first is the free Adobe DNG Converter, which should be very popular since DNG (Digital Negative) is becoming a new standard for raw flies. As for the rest of the features, it is truly too much to cover in one article, but I will try to summarize as many points about CS4 as possible, specifically covering Photoshop.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 can work in sync with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2, so there is a more intuitive user experience, greater editing freedom, and significant productivity enhancements. It will allow the user to automatically rename files, choose the appropriate view, group photos easier, automatically apply metadata stamps, and retrace the editing steps through a History panel.

Also new to CS4 is the adjustment panel that allows for the easy accessing of every tool needed to nondestructively adjust the color and tone of images. Another new feature is the content-aware scaling, which automatically recomposes an image as it is resized.

Some enhanced features include extended depth of field, industry-leading color correction, auto-blending of images, better raw image processing, auto-alignment of layers, and more power printing options.

Adobe CS4 is available in six forms: Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Web Standard, Production Premium, and the Master Collection. For their individual programs, see here. For their individual prices, see here. By the way, these prices can be reduced if you are an educator, student, or an educational institution, which is a special deal offered from Adobe.

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