Photoshop CS5 – Release Date Rumours and New Features

I can’t get no… hair extraction

So imagine you land a job doing an album cover composite.

‘Great’ you think, as you look over the brief.

‘This’ll make a great credit and portfolio piece!’

You read on and your elation turns to panic as you reach the line ‘Mr. Jagger riding a camel…’

‘But… but Mick’s hair is so bouncy and luscious, and a camel so wiry!’ you might well think. I know I did.

‘It’s a selection nightmare!’

Well not any more apparently, Photoshop CS5‘s ‘Refine Edge‘ dialog has been vastly improved as this video demonstrates. [Read more…]

20 Years of Photoshop Welcome Screens

While we wait for CS5 (rumoured to be scheduled for the second quarter of 2010), here’s a look back over 20 years of Adobe Photoshop welcome screens. Every release of Adobe’s industry standard photo editing software prior to 6.0 is alien to me, but perhaps those horrendous 90’s splash screens will bring back memories for some of you. [Read more…]