Anybody have a favorite CS5 demo?

[sweasel]

Okay, I've downloaded the evaluation copy of CS5. I've got thirty days to work out what I think of it.

Anybody know of a good "what's so great about CS5" demo? Just looking for an overview and new features kind of thing -- from Adobe or anyone else.

 

[Steve]

Here's one:

Adobe has a "How to" series for CS5 that might help.
AdobeTV | Learn Photoshop CS5

And I strongly suggest you check out the 7 day free trial at Linda.com
They have a whole section on CS5

 

[TerryC]

Well I go here when I want to learn CS5 advanced Tutorials | Planet Photoshop

 

[DirtRider]

Wow some great sites available to learn from

 

[sweasel]

Oh, that was cool. Thanks, Steve.

I just discovered rotate by accident. Whoa, that's going to be helpful.

 

[Steve]

Oh, that was cool. Thanks, Steve.

I just discovered rotate by accident. Whoa, that's going to be helpful.

"R" used to be the blur tool, now it rotate and Rotate is non destructive.

As neat as content aware looks like in the demo, it has it's limitations as you'll see when you use it.

 

[sweasel]

Yes, I've been playing around with it. You definitely need to touch it up by hand, but it's still VERY slick. It would save me a huge amount of time.

 

[Steve]

Another thing that's new from your CS version and my old CS3 version that I updated from is a preview in the clone stamp tool.
It's great for lining up patterns and lines. This I think was introduced in CS4.

There are some thing that weren't included in CS5 you can get them here
http://www.photoshopgurus.com/forum...hotoshop-cs5-pattern-maker-other-plugins.html

 

[Dezigns Unlimited]

Clone Stamp was in CS3 wasn't it?

 

[sweasel]

Clone stamp has been there from the beginning, but the new version previews what it'll look like before you commit. Freaked me out a little at first...I thought I was cloning all over the place when I didn't want to be.

You know, that's a HUGE beef I have with Adobe, Steve. I believe one of the very most important things you must do if you're going to use a program a lot is memorize all your most important keyboard shortcuts. Once you've really incorporated them, you don't have to think or interrupt your workflow to go to a menu -- you just FLY through stuff instinctively.

Then Photoshop goes and changes a few keyboard shortcuts in each version. Me, I stubbornly go in and remap the keyboard to the way I first learned it (unless it's a really important new control).

Another reminder that people who build programs aren't always people who USE them.

 

[TerryC]

Another reminder that people who build programs aren't always people who USE them.

That's the truth. Sadly many of the good programs on the market these day have this same problem.

 

[Steve]

Clone Stamp has been there forever.

The Preview in Clone stamp is new from CS4.