Cross Roads
©Joe Bridwell
Symbolically, two planes cross. On another plane, CS4 has also reached a cross road. Its new Adjustment Panel allows up to some 90% less mouse motion to get the job done right…
Symbolically, two planes cross. On another plane, CS4 has also reached a cross road. Its new Adjustment Panel allows up to some 90% less mouse motion to get the job done right…
It's the end of a long day. I've been working through CS3 for hours, perfecting an image. Make an adjustment layer, create image enhancements, choose a blend mode, modify the opacity, click OK... and I'm one tired old dawg.
For about a week now, John Nack, Adobe, has been following the theme Adjustments and the Future of the Photoshop UI. This morning, Bryan Hughes dug a little deeper:
"Adjustment Layers are non-destructive and re-editable (think history that lives with your file); they offer unparalleled creative control with 25 blending modes and 100 levels of opacity; and they can be easily shared, duplicated and repurposed. The problem: in order to enjoy benefits of adjustment layers, you need to know where they are, how they work _and_ a series of secret handshakes to leverage their power.
"Moving from one’s image to an Adjustment panel beside it is far faster than combing through various menus and dialogues - the Adjustment panel experience uses up to 89% less mouse travel than the old, menu-driven, modal method.
"For CS4 we took a page out of Lightroom’s book and brought on-image editing to Curves, Hue and Saturation in the new Adjustment Panel. Talk about fast and easy ~ you just click on the desired area and pull (up and down for Curves, left and right for Saturation, add the Command modifier for Hue)."
Gadzooks...!
Now I've got more time to be out shooting...
Enjoy...
For about a week now, John Nack, Adobe, has been following the theme Adjustments and the Future of the Photoshop UI. This morning, Bryan Hughes dug a little deeper:
"Adjustment Layers are non-destructive and re-editable (think history that lives with your file); they offer unparalleled creative control with 25 blending modes and 100 levels of opacity; and they can be easily shared, duplicated and repurposed. The problem: in order to enjoy benefits of adjustment layers, you need to know where they are, how they work _and_ a series of secret handshakes to leverage their power.
"Moving from one’s image to an Adjustment panel beside it is far faster than combing through various menus and dialogues - the Adjustment panel experience uses up to 89% less mouse travel than the old, menu-driven, modal method.
"For CS4 we took a page out of Lightroom’s book and brought on-image editing to Curves, Hue and Saturation in the new Adjustment Panel. Talk about fast and easy ~ you just click on the desired area and pull (up and down for Curves, left and right for Saturation, add the Command modifier for Hue)."
Gadzooks...!
Now I've got more time to be out shooting...
Enjoy...
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