Josh Ong
The preview of Photoshop CS6 is available for download at the Adobe Labs website. The OS X version of the software is a free 984MB download.
Adobe last overhauled Photoshop with the release of Creative Suite 5 in April 2010.
According to the company, highlights of the upcoming version of the photo editing application include a new content-aware patch, "blazingly fast performance," a dark background user interface and "new and re-engineered design tools." The software will be powered by a new Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine, which promises "near-instant results" from editing tools.
“Photoshop CS6 will be a milestone release that pushes the boundaries of imaging innovation with incredible speed and performance,†Winston Hendrickson, Adobe's vice president products, Creative Media Solutions, said in a statement.
Screenshot of an earlier beta of Photoshop CS 6
Users should note that the beta includes features from Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended, such as 3D editing features and "quantitative imaging analysis capabilities," that will not be included in the basic version of Photoshop CS6.
After downloading the preview, users are directed to select "Try. I want to try Adobe Photoshop CS6 for a limited time." Users will then have seven days to activate the beta with an Adobe ID login.
Adobe has yet to announce an official release date for the software, though the press release announcing the public beta says the final release is "expected" in the first half of this year. Some reports have pointed to a May launch for Creative Suite 6.
AppleInsider was first to leak Photoshop CS6's new features, including the Aperture-like dark background UI and the new 3D capabilities, last October.
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Does anyone else think these yearly "upgrades" are non sense as well?
Does anyone else think these yearly "upgrades" are non sense as well?
Ditto, I would much rather spend the $2600 on a new Mac yearly thanks.
Suppose the upgrade for CSx is like $600 bucks.... well that is still a new Mac on a good ebay day.
All I want is to see Photoshop working properly with spaces and full screen. It always overlays itself over other applications and then you can't move it into another space until opening a file. It's really the only app that I would use regularly in full screen mode and sure enough it doesn't do full screen correctly.
If you are interested in learning more about the new features, you can watch Deke McClelland demo all of them for free at lynda.com (you don't need to be a member) here.
Personally, I love the fact that character and paragraph styles are finally in Photoshop. It will make mocking up websites much easier.
If you are interested in learning more about the new features, you can watch Deke McClelland demo all of them for free at lynda.com (you don't need to be a member) here.
Personally, I love the fact that character and paragraph styles are finally in Photoshop. It will make mocking up websites much easier.
Wow that's awesome. I've been hoping for character and paragraph styles for years - never thought it would actually happen. That will save tons of time.