Photoshop CS 6 update to bring Retina support this fall, Lightroom to follow

As promised, Adobe will be updating its latest Photoshop CS6 image editing software to support HiDPI screens like the one found in Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina display, with an expected rollout scheduled for this fall.

In a blog post on Thursday, Adobe announced both Photoshop and Lightroom will be getting HiDPI functionality "in the coming months," specifically naming Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina display as an example of what to expect from the high-resolution support.

When Apple announced the MacBook Pro with Retina display in June, the company said Adobe was already working to bring HiDPI compatibility to the professional photo editor but fell short of mentioning when to expect the update.

While the free Photoshop CS6 update is slated to reach existing customers this fall, the launch schedule for Lightroom 4 appears to be up in the air, as Adobe said it will release the software "as soon as work is complete."

In another post specifically regarding Adobe's work in relation to the MacBook Pro with Retina display, the company said other programs are expected to follow suit but notes the process of updating software to support such a high-resolution screen is more involved than just tweaking UI elements.

From Thursday's blog post:

The increased resolution of these displays requires that each product update the interface of the application and ensure that the content or the creation itself is displayed accurately with the appropriate level of fidelity. As an example, to enable HiDPI display support in Photoshop requires the replacement of 2500 icons and cursors and other engineering work which will be complete and ready for customers this Fall. [â€¦] Therefore each product team will be releasing support for HiDPI display for Appleâ€™s Retina Display as soon as the development is complete and tested for each individual product.

Currently, Adobe plans to bring HiDPI support to Dreamweaver, Edge Animate, Illustrator, Photoshop Touch, Prelude, Adobe Premiere Pro and SpeedGrade. The updates will be free to CS6 and Creative Cloud users.

The blog post points out that Photoshop, Lightroom and the iPad-centric Photoshop Touch will all support Retina display quality screens, but Photoshop Elements will not be HiDPI-compatible in the near future.

Also mentioned Creative Cloud members should expect to receive "new features" soon, though the company failed to give further details on what those could be.

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16 Comments

xian zhu xuande

said about 11 years ago

[quote name="AppleInsider" url="/t/152231/photoshop-cs-6-update-to-bring-retina-support-this-fall-lightroom-to-follow#post_2179398"][...]screens like the one found in Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina display [...] specifically naming Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina display as an example of what to expect from the high-resolution support.[/quote] Is there any other product worth naming individually at this point?

marcusj0015

said about 11 years ago

UGGH WHEN?!?! Anyone got any ideas? I should be able to get my Retina Macbook tommorrow.

gerry g

said about 11 years ago

so now when Photoshop CS6 does it's daily background crash on my RMBP will just Photoshop be retinal or will the crash report screen be too, would hate to miss out :-)

mstone

said about 11 years ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by gerry g

so now when Photoshop CS6 does it's daily background crash on my RMBP will just Photoshop be retinal or will the crash report screen be too, would hate to miss out :-)

You should probably contact either/both Adobe and/or Apple instead of just complaining on a fan rumor site because the crash behavior you are describing is not normal. I would suggest looking into fonts as a possible cause. If you are using a third party font management app, it needs to be compatible with ML. Also Font Book can be in conflict with the third party font manager so maybe look at that as well.

dreyfus2

said about 11 years ago

We had to go back to CS5, not because of the lack of retina MBP support, but simply because CS6 is not even beta software. Crashes all over the place, RIPs don't work properly, a nightmare. I thought that CS4 was Adobe's all-time-low in terms of quality, but CS6 is even worse. It does not even bring any features worth mentioning, and we simply should not have bought it (DreamWeaver takes the crown for not bringing one single noteworthy new feature, only an even more disgusting GUI and constant freezing and crashes). And now they want to push their damned subscriptions down our throat by making standard maintenance releases and point upgrades a subscriber-only item for an undefined amount of time... Adobe has definitely become a rogue company and a provider professionals should not rely on.

We already went back from InDesign to Quark last year (despite having ID paid and included in the suites), their support is lightyears better (well, nobody could possibly go below Adobe's support), you do not need to buy at least one additional book per program, as the help files contain nothing of value with Adobe, and their GUI is not great, but certainly ahead of Adobe's complete garbage. I do not need all of Adobe's features at all (not even a quarter of them), but as long as pretty much nobody supports CMYK outside of Adobe (and Quark) we will stay in that trap.

There are at least 400 mobile phone models available in most markets and people scream for competition (not sure why); there is exactly one professional photo editing application with CMYK support (I kindly ignore that GIMP trash), and I do not hear much. Maybe being professional and STFU mean the same thing now. Adobe should be tarred, feathered and chased through the town at least daily.