Jun 18, 2012 01:35 PM
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As a design enthusiast and amateur photoshop user, I've always been interested in various image editing and correction software. Considering I create artwork and designs more as a hobby than for money, I've generally swayed away from the Photoshops and Corel Draws of the design world. I generally use trial versions for the 1 month that they work and then hunt for more.
Recently I read about the new Creative Suite from Adobe called CS6. The article spoke about exciting new features that the creative industry was drooling over and, one particular video speaking of 6 brilliant new features of Photoshop CS6 (tv.adobe.com/watch/cs6-creative-cloud-feature-tour-for-design/russell-brown-six
-favorite-features-from-photoshop-cs6-in-six-minutes/?sdid=JUMMY) had me drooling a little too. Russell Brown, the creative director at Adobe, in the video says that the new creative suite is magic and I thought to myself, wouldn't anyone speak that way about their own product? But then I saw the features he was talking about.
An intuitive Content Aware Move tool lets you cut and paste parts of your flattened image and fills up the blank space left behind, all in one click. A Blur gallery adds more blur filters to create tilt-shift, various different focal points and even perspective blurs, all with one simple command. And best of all, video editing in Photoshop itself! I immediately downloaded the trial version from here - adobe.com/in/downloads/?sdid=JUMTN and started playing around with all of these features.
I explored the Adobe site a little more and found awesome new features in other software too. I've tried my hand at Illustrator a few times and while I find it a little too technical for my liking, the new Pattern Creation tool looks like a designers wet dream!
The Image Trace tool however, is the most exciting for me because converting raster images from Photoshop into vectors in Illustrator has always been a concern for me. In the new Illustrator, the trace tool lets you turn raster images into vectors with ease.
Having worked for a digital and print magazine, I've also had a go at InDesign and Dreamweaver in the past, and while I wouldn't really use this software myself, you might find them interesting. InDesign now lets you create layouts for multiple screen sizes and devices, all in one file. It's truly fantastic because every online mag or website developer's biggest concern is compatibility with computer, mobile and tablet.
Dreamweaver too has a Fluid Grid layout that makes web design and development so much easier -.
All-in-all, I was quite impressed with the new Photoshop CS6 and having watched all these videos about the new features in other software in CS6 only makes me wish I could use those too. For all you creative people out there, let me put it simply, Russell Brown claimed that the developers at Adobe had created magic, and after watching these videos, I'm convinced they have.
If you do make a living using Adobe software, you can buy the new creative suite here - shop.adobe.com/in?sdid=JUMTL and for those of us, who look to design as a stress buster, get the trial version NOW and experience the magic - adobe.com/in/downloads/?sdid=JUMTN
