Photoshop CS5

Macworld's Photoshop CS5 Coverage

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  Photoshop CS5 and CS5 Extended Here's our review of the shipping version of Adobe Photoshop CS5 and CS5 Extended.
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  Creative Suite 6 or Creative Cloud: Which one is best for you? Adobe sees the Creative Cloud as Creative Suite 6 with benefits. It will include new products and services, new features as they become available, and help in defining effective workflows.
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  Photoshop Touch app arrives for the iPad The long-awaited Photoshop Touch app is now available for iPad 2 running iOS 5.
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  How to create an animated GIF from a video clip Take a video snippet and turn it into an animated GIF
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  How to give your artwork that grungy, weathered look Adding a grungy, weathered look to your illustrations and photos takes a bit of doing, but the results are well worth the effort. Chris McVeigh walks us through two ways to accomplish this effect.
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  Expo Notes: AntiCrop fills in missing parts of a photo New app helps extend your images by filling in what would be there.
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  Adobe offers CS6 upgrade pricing for CS3, CS4 users Adobe plans to restore traditional upgrade pricing for users of Creative Suite versions 3 and 4 who want to buy the upcoming CS6 and Creative Cloud.
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  Design tips for holiday greeting cards If you eschew commercial sentiment, try making your own holiday greetings. Lesa Snider walks us through the steps.
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  Design tips for holiday greeting cards If you eschew store-bought sentiment, check out these easy ways to create your own holiday cards in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.
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  Alien Skin releases photo enlargement plug-in Blow Up 3 Alien Skin's new version of its photo enlargement plug-in is easier to use and costs $50 less.
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  How to mask soft, undefined edges in Photoshop Making masks for objects with blurry, soft edges.
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  Adobe announces six Touch tablet apps As part of its Creative Cloud initiative, Adobe on Monday introduced six new tablet-based apps for iOS and Android platforms. The new mobile offerings--which will be available to Android users first--are aimed at making it easier for artists and designers to create and share their work.
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  Make your point playfully with Pushpins font Pushpins is not a display font for the daily grind at the office. Pushpins has a light heart that sets you traveling in a new direction.
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  How to achieve perfect inkjet prints Producing great inkjet images isn’t rocket science, but it does take some focus. Lesa Snider caps her printer series with this how-to.
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  Adobe previews Muse Web design app Muse is a freeform interactive Web authoring tool targeted to print-oriented designers.
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  How to prepare your comic book for printing After you've finished scanning your art, you need to prepare it for the print run. Adam Berenstain continues his step-by-step account of comic book creation.
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  Bert Monroy's Times Square comes to life in San Francisco Bert Monroy creates hyperrealistic paintings almost entirely in Photoshop (with a little help from Illustrator). Times Square took four years to complete.
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  How to create a comic book on your Mac Always wanted to create a comic book or graphic novel? In the first of a two-part series, Adam Berenstain walks you through the steps of scanning and cleaning up your artwork for print.
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  Is Flash CS5.5 a minor update or a must-have? Adobe has launched interim updates of several Creative Suite apps and now offers them for subscription pricing. Flash developer Michael Baumgardt gives us the lowdown on the new Flash family upgrades.
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  Adobe Creative Suite's Lion limitations Adobe has published a series of tech notes on Creative Suite's compatibility issues with Apple's Lion.
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  Why an Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 subscription makes sense You may think Adobe's new Creative Suite subscription service is just a way to rip you off. But Pamela Pfiffner makes the case that not only can subscriptions be cheaper and more convenient, but that they are the wave of the future.
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  Ownership is the way to go with Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Adobe Creative Suite expert David Blatner explains why he thinks it's better to own rather than subscribe to Creative Suite 5.5.
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  How to create vector masks in Photoshop Looking to upgrade your masking skills? Here's how to make a precise, easily editable vector mask in Photoshop CS4 or CS5.
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  How to print multiple images on a single page Several handy printing techniques save you ink, paper, and time.
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  Extensis launches Universal Type Server 3 Extensis releases an upgrade to its type server software that ensures both font distribution and license compliance.
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  How to use printer profiles for color fidelity Lesa Snider gives us the lowdown on printer profiles and how to use them for accurate color printing.
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  Photoshop Touch SDK performs new tricks for iPad apps Photoshop SDK moves Adobe's flagship image editor into the realm of mobile app development.
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  Adobe launches Subscription Editions for Creative Suite 5.5 Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Subscription Editions seek to make pro level apps more affordable.
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  How to resize digital images for printing If you want to print your photos for framing or sending to family and friends, here are some tips for getting the best results.
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  Merge multiple photos into a panorama Shooting scenic photos is an art in itself, but placing them into a panorama requires some simple software know-how. Chris McVeigh walks you through the process of creating a gorgeous pano.
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  Image resolution--the key to excellent prints The relationship between pixels on your screen and ink on your print is a complex one. Lesa Snider breaks it down so you can get perfect pictures every time.
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  Bend and stretch with Puppet Warp Photoshop CS5's new Puppet Warp tool has an odd name and looks intimidating. But Chris McVeigh breaks it down so that anyone can use it.
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  2010 in review: The year for creatives It's been a busy year for creative folks at every level, what with the release of Adobe's CS5, Apple's iLife '11, an intensified focus on video, and more.
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  26th Annual Editors’ Choice Awards: the complete list With hundreds and hundreds of products that are released every year, we look for the ones that truly stand out, the products that offer the best quality, innovation, and value. Eventually, we came up with the list you see here, the best 24 products of 2010. The winners help prove that the Mac market is very much alive and well.
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  Make customized t-shirts with your Mac Making a holiday gift is often hit-and-miss; but you can rarely go wrong with a nicely designed T-shirt.
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  Give your artwork that comic book look You can take any photo or drawing and make it look like it belongs in the funny pages. Chris McVeigh walks you through the steps.
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  Free plug-ins for Photoshop Here’s a round-up of some of the most compelling freeware plug-ins currently available for Photoshop CS3, CS4, and CS5, and Photoshop Elements 8.
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  Create quick Web graphics with iWeb '09 There's no need to bust open Photoshop for shape-based Web graphics and images. You can easily use iWeb to create interesting and unusual art for your site.
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  Extensis releases Suitcase Fusion 3; launches WebINK Extensis upgrades its Suitcase Fusion font manager and launches an online font rental service for Web designers.
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  Prevent theft: watermark your art Need a simple way to protect your hard work? Use Photoshop CS5 to add a text watermark to your artwork or photography before sending it off to prospective clients.
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  Round out square corners with Photoshop Ever want to make your photos or drawings more elegant-looking by having rounded corners? Here's how to do it in 12 easy steps.
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  Improve photos fast with cropping The single photo editing tool that can do the most to turn a bad image into a keeper is your crop tool. With it you can re-compose your shot after you've taken it.
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  Unified Color Technologies launches HDR Expose HDR Expose offers new and enhanced features designed to create natural-looking HDR images.
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  Photoshop 12.0.1 patch fixes several issues Earlier this week, Adobe released a substantial update to Adobe Photoshop CS5, fixing a number of bugs and increasing stability.
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  Creating original cover art for iTunes Always wanted to use your own artwork for iTunes music, movies, and TV files? Chris McVeigh shows you a quick, way to create your own album covers.
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  Placing pictures in text Ever wondered how to place images inside letters like those old-fashioned postcards? Chris McVeigh shows you how to create cool typography with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.
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  Create unique brushes in Photoshop Photoshop ships with lots of great brushes, but sometimes you need a different and specific one. Chris McVeigh shows you how to create Photoshop brushes from scratch.
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  Adobe releases Camera Raw 6.1 update Adobe has released the final version of its Camera Raw 6.1 update which adds raw support for multiple cameras, as well as improved lens correction features.
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  Four times when you should shoot raw Does your camera allow you to shoot in raw mode? If so, when's the best time to do so? Ben Long lays out four situations in which you'll want to use it.
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  Akvis Coloriage adds color to black-and-white photos Akvis Coloriage is an automated colorizing tool that you can use to create great effects by drawing lines and curves onto an existing image.
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  Adobe brings Captivate to the Mac Adobe announced on Tuesday that it would be bringing its tutorial authoring program, Captivate 5, to the Mac, along with eLearning Suite 2, available mid-June.
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  Bridge CS5 Creative Suite's Bridge has more functionality than ever in Adobe CS5.
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  Adobe Creative Suite 5: Should you upgrade? Pamela Pfiffner addresses the burning question of whether or not creative pros should upgrade to Adobe's Creative Suite 5.
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  First Look: Photoshop CS5 Here's a close-up look at the major new features of Photoshop CS5 and CS5 Extended.
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  Photoshop CS5 debuts Content-Aware Fill, Mixer Brush features Adobe has launched Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended, its flagship image editing and compositing programs.
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  Understanding iPad art paintbrush settings Digital artist Kyle Lambert demonstrates some essential principles of setting up brushes for painting on the iPad.
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  2010 Macworld Editors' Choice Awards: Software We saw hundreds or programs and Web services this year. These are the ones that stand out