First Look: Photoshop CS3 BetaThe latest version is almost ready, with a streamlined workspace and new features you’ll definitely want to check out |
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Page 2 of 2 Refine Edge Feature Refine Edge is a new feature of CS3 that allows you to adjust the edge of any element in your image. Access this feature via the Select pull-down menu or by clicking on the object whose edge you have selected for editing with the Quick Selection tool. This opens the Refine Edge dialog, where you can smooth, feather, contract or expand an edge with simple slider controls. The dialog also has a Radius slider for rendering irregular or fuzzy edges. Automatic Layer Alignment And Blending Sometimes we need to take multiple shots of the same scene to make a composite later in Photoshop. Using automatic layer alignment and blending will combine the best parts of multiple images of one scene into a composite “best” image. CS3 will analyze the contents, then move and rotate the layers so they overlap as precisely as possible. You also can use the masking tools to reveal the parts you want from different layers to finalize the composition of the image. Nondestructive Smart Filters Nondestructive Smart Filters can now be applied to your images so they remain live and editable. Select one or more layers, then choose Filter > Convert for Smart Filters. This turns the selected layer(s) into a Smart Object so you can apply filters without actually affecting the original pixels. You also can edit the Smart Filter mask to change the filter’s effects on different areas of your image. Any filter that you select will be treated as a Smart Filter when you apply it to a Smart Object. Vanishing Point With Multiple, Adjustable-Angle Perspective Planes Vanishing Point is made even more flexible. Now when you paint over perspective planes to erase unwanted elements from your images, you can easily create multiple planes connected at any angle, not just 90 degrees. Use the Alt/Option key to adjust angles of planes when dragging on a side point of a plane, or simply enter the desired angle in the Angle field dialog. New Tool Dock On The Right-Screen Tool Palette There’s a new tool dock for the palettes that used to reside in the tabbed collections on the right side of the screen. The tool dock houses icons for History, Actions, Tool Presets and more. Individual palettes can be accessed or the entire tool dock can be enlarged so you can view all the palettes at once. Consolidating all these palettes into a single tool dock has made things much roomier for the other palettes of tabbed collections, especially the Navigator and Histogram. Adobe has made it possible to collapse the palettes into a collection of smaller icons if you want even more room on your screen.   |
