AppleInsider StaffAdobe announced on Wednesday that it has been "blown away" by user response to the free beta. Its public release last week was a different approach for Adobe, which typically does not provide an advance preview of future Photoshop releases.
The beta is available for both Mac and Windows from Adobe Labs, and users are encouraged to provide feedback to the product team during the trial run. The software is available in both English and Japanese.
Highlights of Photoshop CS6 include a new content-aware patch, and what Adobe has touted as "blazingly fast performance." In addition, it will feature a new and reengineered design tools and is powered by the new Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine, promising "near-instant results" from editing tools."
AppleInsider first revealed the changes in Photoshop CS6 last October, including its new Aperture-like dark background user interface, and new 3D capabilities.
It was also highlighted this week that Photoshop CS6 has dropped support for older 32-bit Macs. That means older Macs based on Intel Core Duo processors running legacy 32-bit versions of OS X will not be able to use the latest version of Photoshop.
The change is unsurprising, as Apple also does not support 32-bit code in hardware or software. But it is noteworthy as Photoshop CS6 on Windows will still run in 32-bit versions of Microsoft's operating system, including Windows XP.
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Not surprising. It is free after all. I'm assuming that legitimate Photoshop users number in the millions (I'm being conservative) so it stands to reason that a sizable number of those users will grab the free public beta.
They better not charge a dime more than to upgrade from CS5. It ain't fair but its a fact! I can live with CS3 and Pixelator, Adobe... Savvy?
They better not charge a dime more than to upgrade from CS5. It ain't fair but its a fact! I can live with CS3 and Pixelator, Adobe... Savvy?
Just curious:
Why do you need Pixelmator if you have Photoshop CS3?
Does it do something that Photoshop can't do?
Not surprising. It is free after all. I'm assuming that legitimate Photoshop users number in the millions (I'm being conservative) so it stands to reason that a sizable number of those users will grab the free public beta.
I never download betas of major products that I already have the latest version of. I certainly don't want it on my professional machines and risk it making my real version wonky or should I need to delete the beta, having it somehow break the real version. I would suspect the largest group of beta downloaders are not the hard working pros, perhaps a few elite pros, but mostly just amatuers looking for a freebee.
I almost hate to admit this but I am really enjoying the new version (beta) of Photoshop aside from the dark interface which is easy enough to change, I am impressed with what appear to me as a snappy program. Some nice intuitive changes have been made to some of the tools. I usually buy every other version of PS this one I am looking forward to getting. I just hope I can outright purchased PS and not have to subscribe to lame service the Adobe is pushing.