adobe photoshop

Adobe Photoshop software, the professional image-editing standard and leader of the Photoshop digital imaging line, delivers more of what you crave.

Groundbreaking creative tools help you achieve extraordinary results. Unprecedented adaptability will let you custom-fit Photoshop exactly to the way you work. And with more efficient editing, processing, and file handling, theres no slowing you down.


A licensed copy of Photoshop, Creative Suite 2, Production Studio, Adobe Web Bundle, or Adobe Video Bundle is required to use this technology beyond a two-day trial period.


Create with unmatched power

Timesaving file handling with Adobe Bridge (formerly the File Browser)

Multitasking
Take advantage of compact floating mode in Adobe Bridge to process images while simultaneously working in Photoshop.
Viewing options
Easily browse your Adobe Creative Suite and other graphics files in Adobe Bridge; present your images with features like Slideshow and Filmstrip mode; scale thumbnails to any size using a slider; and view and edit metadata.

Automated batch processing
Automatically process batches of images in Adobe Bridge to rename, convert format, adjust exposure, create a web gallery or Adobe PDF Presentation, and more.

Rating and labeling
Quickly rate and label photos in Adobe Bridge so you can instantly bring up your best shots.

Sophisticated search
Easily find any image using sophisticated search capabilities in Adobe Bridge that let you specify a variety of parameters. Save searches as Collections that you can recall anytime.

Professional color and tone control

Match Color command
Achieve a consistent look between package shots, fashion photos, and more by instantly matching the color scheme of one image to another.

Color Replacement tool
Easily change the color of any image area while retaining the original texture and shading.

32-bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) support
Create and edit 32-bit images, and combine multiple exposures into a single, 32-bit image with expanded range from the deepest shadows to the brightest highlights.

Histogram palette
Monitor color changes to your image in the Histogram palette, which dynamically updates as you make adjustments.

Shadow/Highlight correction
Quickly improve the contrast of over- or underexposed areas of an image, including CMYK images, while preserving the overall balance of the photo.

Color management guidance
Get precise, consistent color from display to output with helpful color management guidance.

Intelligent image editing

Revolutionary Vanishing Point
Achieve amazing results in a fraction of the time with the groundbreaking Vanishing Point, which lets you clone, paint, and paste elements that automatically match the perspective of the surrounding image area.

Image Warp
Easily create packaging mock-ups or other dimensional effects by wrapping an image around any shape or stretching, curling, and bending an image using Image Warp.

Spot Healing Brush
Effortlessly retouch photos including 16-bit images in a single click with the advanced power of the new Photoshop Spot Healing Brush.

Healing Brush
Perform expert retouching to remove dust, scratches, blemishes, wrinkles, and other flaws with minimal effort using the Healing Brush

Essential photography tools

One-click red-eye correction
Instantly neutralize red eyes with the one-click red-eye correction tool, which supports 16-bit images and lets you set pupil size and darkening level.

Optical lens correction
Easily correct common lens distortions, such as barrel and pincushion, and fix chromatic aberrations and vignetting.

Smart Sharpen
Easily counteract common image blurring with fine correction control based on the specific blur types: motion, lens, and Gaussian.

Advanced noise reduction
Polish digital photos with advanced noise correction in high-ISO shooting plus JPEG artifact reduction.

Camera raw workflow enhancements
Process an entire photo shoot in a fraction of the time by simultaneously adjusting color, curves, cropping, and more and continue working in Photoshop! With support for a comprehensive range of digital cameras, Photoshop lets you automatically adjust settings, convert to Digital Negative (DNG) format, and apply nondestructive edits to batches of images.

Comprehensive 16-bit support
Perform precise editing and retouching with support for 16-bit images in core features, including layers, brushes, text, shapes, and more.

Crop and Straighten command
Scan multiple images at once and let Photoshop automatically straighten and save each image as an individual file.

Design freedom

Flexible layers
Composite images, text, and effects on hundreds of layers that you can organize with up to five levels of nesting and save in different combinations as Layer Comps.

Painting and drawing tools
Create or modify images with a wide assortment of professional, fully customizable paint settings, artistic brushes, and drawing tools.

Special effects filters
Achieve amazing results with more than 95 special effects filters. Easily preview and apply more than one filter at a time from the Filter Gallery.

Advanced type control
Add vector-based text that you can edit at any time, format, warp, place on a path, convert to outlines, and use for masks or other special effects.

Advanced web capabilities
Create sophisticated web page elements with rollovers, transparency, image slicing, and more.

Web animations
Quickly create dynamic GIF animations using one or more images directly within Photoshop by taking advantage of the new Animations palette and layer palette animation options


Customize with unprecedented adaptability

Adaptable workspace

Custom menus and keyboard shortcuts
Set up and save custom menus and keyboard shortcuts for quick access to the features you need.

Custom, task-based workspaces
Reduce onscreen clutter by choosing from task-based workspaces, or create your own with just the tools you need.

Adobe Help Center
Quickly get answers from the new, floating Adobe Help Center window with improved search features and convenient, task-based topics.

History Log
Automatically track all editing steps within your Photoshop files. Export steps to a text file or save them as part of image metadata for easier documentation of your work, file audits, and more.

Flexible measurement systems
Enter precise numeric values in inches, pixels, and other measurement systems. Even enter different measurements on-the-fly without changing global settings

Automated image processing

Enhanced automation
Use the new Image Processor command to process camera raw images, and use new built-in Actions to prepare images for film and video.

Event-based scripts
Accomplish more in fewer steps with event-based scripts that automatically activate at specified points in your workflow.

Variables
Instantly produce repetitive graphics with Variables, which automatically populate your design with data from spreadsheets or databases.

Actions and Droplets
Automate common production tasks by recording editing steps in the Actions palette, and then processing batches of files with Droplets.

Film and video design

Non-square pixel support
Create and work with different aspect ratios to accommodate non-square pixels without distortion.

Convenient video preview
Design for broadcast more easily by previewing your Photoshop images on an NTSC or PAL monitor connected to your computer by IEEE 1394/FireWire/i.LINK.

32-bit HDR
Create and edit 32-bit, High Dynamic Range (HDR) images for the widest range and richest detail.

Guide presets
Easily design using video-specific presets that show action-safe and title-safe areas of the screen.

16-bit compositing
Perform precise matte painting, 3D rendering, and other advanced film compositing with support for 16-bit images in core features.

Layers-to-files export
Quickly integrate layered Photoshop artwork with a variety of video editing and compositing systems using the built-in Export Layers To Files command.


Work with unparalleled efficiency

Smooth workflow

Smart Objects
Perform nondestructive scaling, rotating, and warping of raster and vector graphics with Smart Objects. Even preserve the editability of high-resolution vector data from Adobe Illustrator® software.

Multiple layer control
Select and move, group, transform, and warp objects more intuitively by clicking and dragging directly on the canvas. Easily align objects with Smart Guides.

Smart Guides
Design faster by automatically aligning objects to each other using Smart Guides.

WYSIWYG font menu
Quickly select typefaces from the font menu, which now displays a sample of each font.

Adobe Creative Suite integration
Work more smoothly across Adobe Creative Suite components with color-setting synchronization in Adobe Bridge, consistent viewing of onscreen color, and unified Adobe PDF file creation settings.

Multilingual spelling checker
Avoid typos with the built-in spelling checker, which supports multiple languages and includes convenient search-and-replace functionality.

Instant video preview
See your broadcast graphics as they ll appear to the audience, while you re still building them. With one click, you can preview your Photoshop images on a television monitor connected to your computer by IEEE 1394/FireWire/i.LINK.

High-capacity RAM compatibility
Make the most of systems running 64-bit processors. Photoshop can address approximately 3.5 GB of RAM on a Power Macintosh G5 running Mac OS X, a Windows XP 64-bit Edition system running an Intel Xeon processor with EM64T, or an AMD Athlon 64 or Opteron processor.

Multi-image digital camera raw file processing

Simultaneous multiple-image editing
Save time by processing batches of raw images at once with nondestructive editing, including color settings, cropping, straightening, adjusting curves, and more. Even process images while continuing to edit or retouch them.

Digital camera and Digital Negative (DNG) support
Take advantage of support for a comprehensive range of digital cameras, and help ensure a lifetime of access to your digital camera raw files by converting them to the DNG format.

Automatic adjustments
Instantly improve the appearance of images by automatically adjusting the exposure, contrast, and color of raw files.

Professional presentation

Enhanced web photo galleries
Quickly display your photos online and gather feedback from viewers using web photo galleries that can now also include animations and sound.

Customizable Picture Packages
Easily showcase your images by choosing from more than a dozen customizable Picture Package templates.

Adobe Photoshop Services
Upload photos directly to Adobe Photoshop Services to share and order prints even in large formats. Adobe Photoshop Services are provided in conjunction with Kodak EasyShare Gallery, the leader in online photo services and a Kodak company. (Note: Adobe Photoshop Services are not available in all countries.)

Adobe PDF Presentation
Present your images in universally accessible Adobe PDF files, which include support for transitions and security options.

Improved printing workflow
Easily configure your desktop inkjet printer for accurate color output.


Limitations:

· Demo version will not save or print files
· 30 day trial

Adobe Photoshop is the leading professional graphics app, allowing you to retouch and create high resolution images, create and compress graphics for the web, and add a number of special effects using certain plug-ins.

Graphic designers, Webmasters, and photographers cancreate original artwork, correct color, retouch and composite scanned images, and prepare professional-quality separations and electronic output with more flexibility than ever before. With a wealth of powerful painting and selection tools, plus multiple layers, special effects filters, and lighting effects, Adobe Photoshop is acamera for your mind.

Adobe Photoshop CS can create the highest quality images more efficiently than ever before with this powerful upgrade from Photoshop 7.0.

Youre in control with indispensable new features for graphic and Web designers, photographers, and video professionals.

Adobe Photoshop CS MultiProcessor is a plug-in that addresses an issue that caused image corruption when rotating bitmap images and an issue that caused a program error when using the Magic Wand tool.

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software, the professional image-editing standard, helps you work more efficiently, explore new creative options, and produce the highest quality images for print, the Web, and anywhere else. Create exceptional imagery with easier access to file data; streamlined Web design; faster, professional-quality photo retouching; and more.

Adobe Photoshop 7 AltiVec Plug-in enhances the reliability of Adobe® Photoshop® 7.0.x software running on a Mac OS X system that uses the G4 processor.

It does not replace the AltiVecCore plug-in installed in the Plug-Ins:Adobe Photoshop Only:Extensions folder. Both the AltiVecCore and AltiVecCore Update plug-ins should be present in that folder for optimum performance on the G4 processor.

Adobe Photoshop Elements software combines power and simplicity to help you do it all.

Edit and enhance your photos by fixing common flaws instantly or using advanced options for more control. Keep every photo at your fingertips.

Use Adobe Photoshop Elements to show off your creativity in entertaining slide shows, web galleries, photo mail and countless other ways.

Here are some key features of "Adobe Photoshop Elements":

Instantly fix common flaws

Make quick fixes
Perform a full range of common photo adjustments including color, contrast, and lighting in the convenient Quick Fix mode.

Get realistic skin tones
Easily adjust skin tones for a more natural look, even in poorly lit photos.

Say goodbye to red eye
Photoshop Elements now eliminates red eye automatically as you download photos from your camera. Or you can remove red eye from individual shots without even clicking on the photo.

Compare changes in before and after views
Instantly see the effects of adjustments you make with before and after views in Quick Fix mode.

Correct color effortlessly
Compare a range of color variations side by side with your original photo, and select the best choice with a single click.

Automatically divide scanned photos
Save time by scanning several photos at once. Photoshop Elements automatically divides, straightens, and saves each photo separately.

Rotate and crop
Turn photos right side up and crop out unwanted areas quickly and accurately.


Perform advanced editing

Quickly retouch specific areas
Easily select by brushing over any element of your photo to make a range of adjustments to a specific area or object.

Brush away flaws
Easily brush away wrinkles and unwanted objects using the Spot Healing Brush for instant results and the Healing Brush for finer control.

Control color temperature and tint
Get the best overall color possible with easy slider controls for color temperature and tint.

Easily adjust shadows and highlights
Rescue poorly lit photos by lightening shadows and reducing the glare of highlights.

Fine-tune exposure
Adjust the exposure of specific areas in your photos using professional darkroom tools like dodge, burn, and sponge.

Benefit from 16-bit support
Get truer, higher quality results with support for 16-bit color.

Fine-tune your cameras raw files
Make adjustments to exposure and lighting by working with the original raw data files from your digital camera. Photoshop Elements now offers Digital Negative (DNG) support.

Convert raw files to DNG
Enjoy a lifetime of access to your raw files by converting them to universal DNG format, which means youll be able to open and use your highest quality photo files without worrying about proprietary camera formats.

Learn advanced techniques
Spark your imagination and master advanced techniques by following the steps in How-To guides.

Be creative in less time
Start editing sooner with a quick-launching Editor mode.

See the full color range
Adjust the color range of any photo and see real-time changes in the Histogram palette.


Artistically enhance photos

Give photos extra dimension
Add depth with drop shadows, bevels, glows, and other effects, which are automatically applied to any element placed on a layer.

Convert to black-and-white or sepia
Give your photos a classic look by instantly converting them to black-and-white or sepia tone.

Instantly apply multiple effects
Stylize your photos with hundreds of cool special effects. Easily mix multiple effects, change their order, and preview them in the Filter Gallery.

Apply colored filters
Create real-world photographic effects by applying tint filters that simulate colored filters on a camera.

Simulate painting
Transform your photos with realistic paintbrush effects to simulate oils, watercolors, charcoals, pastels, and different canvas textures.

Add surreal effects
Have fun liquifying your photos by easily twisting, warping, stretching, and pulling different areas.


Create composites

Combine photos with control
Place a friend on a mountaintop, add ancestors to a family portrait, and create other fun combinations using flexible layers.

Easily isolate objects from backgrounds
Quickly separate an object from its background even in complex, textured areas and instantly remove rough edges.

Erase backgrounds
Magically remove backgrounds, leaving foregrounds untouched.

Easily assemble panoramas
Create seamless panoramas by automatically stitching together multiple photos with Adobe Photomerge technology.

Try anything
Experiment without worry, knowing you can instantly undo or redo multiple steps in one click.


Add text and graphics

Tell your story in stylized text
Type titles and labels right onto your photos and edit them at any time. Easily choose typefaces from the enhanced font menu, which now displays characters for each typeface.

Instantly add shapes
Decorate your photos with geometric shapes, symbols, stamps, and thought bubbles from the built-in library, or draw your own.

Add decorative edges
Crop your photos into fun shapes with a single click of the Cookie Cutter, or frame them with hundreds of decorative edge designs.


From the creators of Adobe Photoshop

Use industry-leading technology
Create top-quality images with software based on industry-leading Adobe Photoshop software. Professionals have relied on it for more than a decade.

Process batches of photos at once
Save hours of effort by automatically processing batches of photos. Remove red eye, rename, resize, convert formats, adjust levels, add text, and more.

Make the most of Windows XP
Take advantage of the full power and speed of your Windows XP system.


Entertain friends with a custom slide show

Easily tell a story
In just a few clicks, create an entertaining slide show, complete with captions.

Dazzle your audience with special effects
Captivate family and friends with documentary-style pan and zoom effects, amazing transitions, and clip art decorations.

Set the mood with sound
Personalize your slide show by adding narration and multiple tracks of your favorite music now with easier controls.


Conveniently share photos and order prints online

Share photos online
Easily upload your photos to a personal online album that can be updated with new photos at any time. Family and friends can view your photos and instantly order prints.

Order prints online with one click
Turn your digital pictures into professional-quality Kodak prints with new one-click printing, or create a memorable hardbound photo book. Both are delivered directly to your door.

Share printed photos in creative ways
Easily upload photos to have professional-quality Kodak prints delivered to your doorstep. Or create your own calendars, greeting cards, and albums to print at home.


Show virtually everywhere

View photos on your TV
Entertain a roomful of friends by showing photos and slide shows on your TV, either over a home network or from a video CD. Control the show using your TV remote.

Animate photos for the Web
Liven up your Web site by turning photos into GIF animations that you can preview within Photoshop Elements.

Share photos on mobile phones and handhelds
Keep in touch by instantly sending photos to friends mobile phones, or take your photos with you on your Palm OS handheld.


Send personalized photo mail

Make it easy for friends to enjoy your photos
Send photos within the body of your e-mail, not as attachments.

Personalize your message
Give your e-mail a personal touch by choosing a themed template or decorative frame and adding your own captions.

Keep e-mail sizes small
Photoshop Elements automatically optimizes your photos so they download quickly, look great, and wont overload your friends mailboxes.


Create your own calendars, cards, and albums

Create a years worth of memories
Admire your photos throughout the year or create the perfect year-end gift by printing a custom wall calendar.

Send a greeting card
Celebrate any event with a personalized greeting card that features your own photo and message. Use themed templates or create your own.

Assemble an album
Create great-looking albums, ready to print. Just choose from a variety of themes and add your own captions.


Enjoy flexible print options

Make the most of your photo paper
Quickly drop your photos into Picture Packages that let you print photos from your desktop printer in a variety of flexible layouts.

Instantly add captions
Add captions, dates, or other text to your print layouts with just a few clicks.

Print contact sheets and labels
Instantly print a contact sheet of your photos for future reference, or print sheets of labels using standard layouts.


Easily find and view your photos

Instantly organize by date
Download photos from your camera and Photoshop Elements automatically puts them in the order you took them.

Forget about renaming
Youll never have to rename another file or folder, and you can organize your library the way you want so your photos are always at your fingertips.

Categorize by tagging
Easily tag photos with keywords that represent favorite people, places, or events. You can instantly view every photo youve ever taken of Amy, for example, by simply clicking on her tag.

Find every face
Instantly find all of your photos that contain faces so you can tag photos of friends and family for easy sorting.

Group photos into collections
Place your family, work, or vacation photos into collections to keep them together for special projects.

Archive photos for safekeeping
Easily preserve all of your photos, keyword tags, and projects on CD or DVD, with no additional software required.


View photos the way you want

See all your photos in one place
View your photos in one convenient location whether theyre stored on your hard drive or on CD automatically organized by date.

Pick your best shot
Zero in on the best of many similar photos while viewing them side by side using Photo Compare.

View photos full screen
Flip through photos in full-screen mode so its easy to rate your favorites, rotate them, and mark them for printing.

Put your favorites on top
Cut down on clutter by stacking similar photos on top of one another.

Know where your photos are
Already created folders on your hard drive? Easily access your photos and add, delete, or move folders using the Folder View.


Quickly find any photo

Find photos from a special day
Flip through photos taken on a special day using the convenient Date View. Browse by day, week, month, or year.

View photos by time period
View photos taken over a specific time period by clicking the intuitive Timeline.

Search by metadata
Quickly find and preview any photo, no matter where its stored, with expanded metadata search parameters, including f-stop, digital camera model, and exposure values.

Pinpoint your search
Complex searches are quick and easy with the power of keyword tags. Instantly find photos that show only Jack, but not Jack and Jill, for instance.

Search by usage
Find photos youve used in a slide show, sent as photo mail, put on a greeting card or calendar creation, or used any other way.

Search for similar photos
Automatically find photos that share common characteristics, such as color, shape, pattern, or composition.

Get everything in Adobe Photoshop CS3 software and more with Photoshop CS3 Extended, which enables you to edit 3D and motion-based content and perform image analysis.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 is an ideal tool for film, video, and multimedia professionals and graphic and web designers using 3D and motion, as well as professionals in engineering and science. Photoshop CS3 Extended software delivers everything in Photoshop CS3 and more.

Render and incorporate 3D images into your 2D composites. Stop time with easy editing of motion graphics on video layers. And probe your images with measurement, analysis, and visualization tools.

Here are some key features of "Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended":

· Smart Filters
· Quick Selection and Refine Edge tools
· Advanced compositing
· 3D compositing and texture editing
· Movie Paint
· 2D and 3D measurement tools
· Streamlined interface
· Better raw-image processing
· Enhanced Vanishing Point with 3D support
· Enhanced 32-bit HDR support

Graphic designers, Webmasters, and photographers can create original artwork, correct color, retouch and composite scanned images, and prepare professional-quality separations and electronic output with more flexibility than ever before. Version 5.0 added the four most requested features: multiple levels of undo and redo, editable text with character-level formatting, flexible and precise color management controls, and built-in support for spot-color channels. Version 5.5 features advanced, Web-optimized tools with the help of Adobe ImageReady 2.0, improved image file compression, new image slicing tools, JavaScript rollover effects, added layer effects, bug fixes, and more. Please note that the demo version will not save or print files.

Adobe Photoshop Elements for Macintosh puts the power in your hands to perfect and transform your digital photos like a pro. Adobe Photoshop Elements helps you make quick fixes when you need to or use advanced editing options for more control.

Experiment with special effects and compositing tools to enhance your photos, and show off your creativity with great-looking prints and more.

The next generation of the professional standard in digital imaging, Adobe Photoshop CS3 delivers new tools and enhancements that enable you to work more productively, edit with unrivaled power, and composite with breakthrough ease and control.

Please note that a beta is, by definition, an unfinished product that may or may not include all the functionality and features that will appear in the final release.

And while some may find the quality appropriate for use in a production environment, the beta is not final-release quality and should not be used for critical work. Adobe does not offer technical support for the Photoshop CS3 beta.

Important: A licensed copy of Photoshop CS2, Creative Suite 2, Production Studio, Adobe Web Bundle, or Adobe Video Bundle is required to use this technology beyond a two-day trial period. After installation you will be prompted to enter a CS3 beta serial number for Photoshop. To obtain a beta serial number, visit www.adobe.com/go/photoshopcs3beta_serialnumber and enter your CS2 serial number. Although the beta is available only in English, all language versions of Photoshop and the products mentioned above qualify to participate.