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The top 10 new things you can do with Photoshop CS3: 10 to 8

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    Ted Kritsonis
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    Monday, April 30, 2007

"Photoshopping" pictures has become a common term. But, with these 10 new features, that verb may just become even more common.


10. "Bridging" the gap

Photoshop CS3 also gives you Bridge, Adobe's photo organizing software, which lets you keep tabs on all your pics through labels, ratings, file type and other criteria. The cool thing is that all the images on your computer can be accessed and viewed at the same time, including one-on-one comparisons without opening them. From there, you can inspect even closer using the Loupe tool to magnify pixels in the image.

Bridge is a bit of a wild card because pros and serious amateurs will love it, while casual users might not care about it. But it's still deep enough to warrant a look, especially since you're getting it in the package anyway.

9. Vanishing Point 2

This one is probably better suited for people in advertising or other businesses because it allows you to see mock-ups of product packaging. Vanishing Point made its debut in CS2, but was limited in that it could only be applied at a 90-degree angle. In CS3, you can adjust the angle however you want, so that the image wraps around the box or package the way you need it to.

Casual users might not find much of a use for this, but consider how you might be able to see how decals would look on a flashy car or even how an indie band's debut album artwork would look on a CD jewel case.


8. Creating truly black and white images

There was the misconception that changing a photo from colour to grayscale was enough to make a black and white replica. That never was the truth. CS3 adds a Black and White Adjustment option that allows you to change the tones within the image based on their original colour values. So, if you had a lot of yellow in the image, you can manipulate the colour tone using the sliders in Black and White

It's possible that you've already done this with colour images, but you never had that option available once you were working with a grayscale photo. Now you can get a far more realistic black and white photo.

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