Photoshop CS6 Beta - FREE!

by The Copy Nazi Banned
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Click on the image Gomer. You're welcome.
#beta #cs6 #free #photoshop
  • Profile picture of the author Mr. Subtle


    Guys like: Fortin, Wedding and McLeod already know this and have put in their time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ken Strong
    Interesting... you can download version 7 for free:

    Adobe Photoshop 7.0 - Download.com

    And looks like it won't expire like the new beta apparently does eventually.
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnny12345
    You go, Mr.Subtle!

    The last Photoshop upgrade I bought was version 7 (which I still use every day). Adobe keeps adding flashy new features, but how often will you really use them?

    The only feature I've ever really wanted Adobe to add to Photoshop is a blending brush like Corel Painter's "Just Add Water." But, as far as I know, Adobe is still clinging to it's "smudge" tool. (Instead, they're busy working on new blur filters -- which I can simulate in v7 with channel operations.)

    Photoshop now has so much bloat that one of these days they'll start REMOVING features and give it the tagline, "Now Faster & Easier to Use!"

    John
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  • Profile picture of the author Bruce Wedding
    I'm working with CS 5.1 just because that was the one when I bought. As Subtle alludes to, you can lose a lot of time learning a new version.

    I appreciate the link though. I really enjoy using Photoshop but the learning curve is steep and I'm barely off the ground floor. I was reminded of that after hiring Mr. Subtle to clean up a flyer design for me. He schooled me and gave me a great flyer for a great price.
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  • I've got Photoshop 5.1. Would you recommend downgrading to 7.0 then?

    I know a little, but not a LOT. I wanted it so I could add my own graphics to my copy.


    Whatcha think guys?



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  • Profile picture of the author WinstonThaler
    Haha - Mr subtle makes a good point.

    I took half a year to get seasoned to Photoshop - at least I can make decent copy graphics now.

    It's the toolie, rarely the tool. Though of course, the newer versions do have new and more convenient features.

    - Winston Thaler
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  • Profile picture of the author knish
    Adobe Photoshop CS6 New Features


    Brushes
    - HUD brush resize and hardness can now change opacity
    - Increase brush size to 5000px
    - Change color dynamics to per stroke instead of per tip (user option for old behavior)
    - Brightness/contrast slider for textures when painting
    - Brush projection for static tips
    - Brush cursor reflects brush dynamics for round and captured tips

    Eyedropper
    - Show the sample size popup for the various eyedropper tools (black point, white point,
    etc.)
    - Add ignore adjustment layers options bar item for the eyedropper
    - New mode for eyedropper to select layers current and below

    File formats
    - Read common stereo image pair formats (JPS, PNS) Allow for more bit depths in TIFF files
    - Read BIGTIFF format
    - Give the user choices regarding how they want transparency treated in OpenEXR on file open

    Grammar
    - Policed throughout app
    - Use consistent grammar style in the title of dialog windows (no commands such as "Choose a color:")

    Layers
    - Add a contextual menu item that deletes a layer effect not just disables it
    - Add dither options to Layer Styles for Gradient Overlay and Gradient Stroke
    - Allow 00 or Shift 00 to work when setting layer/fill opacity (previously no way to get 0%)
    - Add bicubic sharper & bicubic smoother options when free transforming layers
    - Allow changing of blend modes for multiple layers at once
    - Allow locking of multiple layers
    - CMD+J to duplicate layers and layer group
    - Allow changing color labels to multiple layers at once
    - Layer tooltips to include layer name (if defined)
    - Opt+click on toggle arrows (groups and effects) in layer panel should close all targets
    - Show blend if/Blending Effects badge on layer
    - Show correct opacity and blend mode values for hidden layers
    - Tab goes to next layer on inline layer rename, SHIFT + TAB goes to previous
    - New command to raster layer effect into layer, merging the selected layers into themselves
    - Reorder effects in the layers palette to match the Z-**order style/blend mode (bottom most effects in termsof blending order, drop shadow is below the other effects

    Liquify
    - Resize Liquify brush with shortcuts
    - Increase maximum Liquify brush size Add option to load last mesh

    Presets
    - Add new document presets for common devices (e.g. iPhone, iPad, etc.)
    - Add new Gradient Map presets for toning and split-**toning
    - Sticky reorganization of tool presets (changes persist after re-launch) Add Contact Sheet II as an Automation option

    SDK
    - Add the ability to return an array of guides in a document from the scripting SDK
    - Add ability to access tool name associated with the tool preset name via scripting
    Selections
    - Make the marquee, lasso, and mask panel feather values support decimal places like the feather dialog
    - Remember feather radius when showing dialog for selection from a path

    Transform
    - Improve dragging of vector curves
    - Don't hide smart object icon when transforming a layer
    - Rotate 90 with even x odd pixel dimension to be smooth (bjango.com)
    - Undo or disable auto -**rotate on open

    UI
    - Remove the app bar and reduce the drag/app bar over 30%
    - [Windows] New/open document to context click on a document tab (has always been on Mac, now Windows too)
    - Add "Don't show again" checkbox to Purge warnings

    Miscellaneous
    - Enable Split Channels for documents with layers
    - Select Hex field by default and allow clipboard pastes with # in contents (i.e. #fffffff)
    - Increased GPU stability by prequalifying GPUs on the fly before use
    - Auto-**select the best resample method based on the type of resize
    - Enable Invert and Threshold adjustments for masks in 32 -**bit
    - Hold SHIFT during startup to disable 3rd party plugins
    - Add warning message that 16 -**bit images cannot display their file size in the Save as JPEG dialog
    - Add command to insert "lorem ipsum" for type
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