10/14/2012

Digital Photography Essentials

By Darnell Garcia Austria


We had a chance to break in the latest Photoshop CS6 Extended (64-bit) beta version before its grand launch. The main difference from the Extended and Standard editions, apart from the price tag, are the advanced 3D abilities. Adobe has addressed functionality in both versions but since it is a beta release, we won't comment extensively on that aspect of the program until we evaluate the final release.

There are lots of revisions within the application which includes more than 65 "user-inspired" updates; we are going to focus on the most relevant modifications for photography fans for now.

The very first thing you will find is a dark user interface which provides you a more tightly focused viewpoint and a more complete overview of visuals. However, you can customize the backdrop by a quick right click or make the change in Preferences under the options section. Personally, I like the darker background but others may feel more comfortable with one that is even more dark or lighter.

Though it isn't really noticeable, the new Background Save and auto-recovery options are huge. Given the ever-growing size of image files and the amount of time it requires to write them to your hard drive, Background Save tends to make these tasks in Photoshop far more beneficial because you can carry on other files while you wait. Auto-recovery will rescue you from unforeseen episodes in editing where most of us have experienced.

Another time-saver is the power to migrate your preset coming from a recent release of the software. Photoshop CS6 is the earliest build to offer this crucial attribute which means you will no longer have to set all of the presets you worked overtime to recreate.

There are optimistic speculations that Photoshop CS6 could possibly deliver blurry pictures into focus. But Photoshop CS6 features a new blur gallery with 3 choices: Field Blur, Tilt-Shift and Iris Blur. The last one is the most important to create targeted blurs. Simply place a point on the picture to set the area of focus and after that moves two surrounding rings. Should your lens wasn't able to get as much bokeh as you wanted, the Iris Blur tool gives you a simple and straightforward solution for that.

Additional updates for Photoshop CS6 is the video feature, with the latest release this aspect has been widened. Along with creating image improvements familiar to all photography enthusiasts such as contrast, brightness, color balance and employing standard tools such as Levels and Curves (layering them), it is possible to select from 5 transitions and much more.

Adobe Photoshop CS6 can certainly make life simpler and photos much better. It's as easy as that. And, the ability to modify a big list of variables for video clips just boosts the variety of reasons photography enthusiasts will be downloading the beta by the thousands.




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