[jfrancis]

If you google "Photoshop CS2"

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Photoshop+CS2%22&btnG=Google+Search

You can see news starting to build on the subject. According to Cnet, an update is due in May. (Is that the NAB convention?)

Of interest to painters (according to the google cache of the Adobe site), there is a new "Vanishing Point feature"

[Chris]

http://www.sportsshooter.com/mcarthur/cs2/ - photos here...
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[B0b]

For immediate release
Adobe Pushes the Boundaries of Digital Photography and Imaging with Debut of Photoshop CS2
New Vanishing Point Feature, Dramatic Camera Raw Workflow Enhancements, Customizable Menus and Smart Objects Headline Milestone Photoshop Upgrade

SAN JOSE, Calif. � April 4, 2005 � Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe� Photoshop� CS2, a major upgrade to the professional industry standard for digital image editing and creation. Available as a stand-alone software application or as a key component of Adobe Creative Suite� 2, also announced today (see separate press release), Photoshop CS2 software brings a new level of power, precision and control to the digital photography experience and to the overall creative process.

"Photoshop CS2 pushes the envelope with powerful features and simplified workflows that provide photographers and creative professionals the freedom to deliver stunning images," said Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president of Digital Imaging and Digital Video Products at Adobe. "In light of the four million digital SLRs expected to ship this year, more photographers than ever will be making Photoshop CS2 their digital darkroom of choice."
Advanced Tools for Digital Photographers, Graphics and Video Professionals

Photoshop CS2 integrates a new set of intuitive tools, including an enhanced Spot Healing Brush, for handling common photographic problems such as blemishes, red-eye, noise, blurring and lens distortion. Smart Objects allow users to scale and transform images and vector illustrations without losing image quality � as well as create linked duplicates of embedded graphics � so that a single edit updates across multiple iterations.

Responding to requests from film, broadcast and video professionals, Photoshop CS2 now allows non-destructive editing and the creation and editing of 32-Bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) images, ideal for 3D rendering and advanced compositing. FireWire Previews can also be viewed on a television monitor through a new direct export feature.

Photoshop CS2 users will test the limits of creativity with new tools like Vanishing Point and Image Warping. Vanishing Point cuts tedious graphic and photo retouching tasks by allowing users to clone, paint and transform image objects while retaining visual perspective. Reinventing workflows such as product packaging development, Image Warping makes it easy to fold, stretch, pull, twist and wrap an image into shape by selecting an on-demand preset or dragging custom control points.
Adobe Bridge and New Camera Raw Features Speed Imaging Workflows

With Photoshop CS2 software, finding and working with digital photos and images has never been easier. The popular File Browser has been upgraded to Adobe Bridge, which functions as a hub for productivity, imagery and creativity, providing multi-view file browsing and smooth cross-product integration across Adobe Creative Suite 2 software. Adobe Bridge also provides access to Adobe Stock Photos, a new stock photography service that offers users one-stop shopping � across five elite stock image providers � to deliver high-quality, royalty-free images for layout and design (see separate press release).

The new Camera Raw 3.0 workflow allows settings for multiple raw files to be simultaneously modified. In addition batch processing of raw files, to JPEG, TIFF, DNG or PSD formats, can now be done in the background without launching the main Photoshop executable. Integrated, non-destructive cropping and straightening controls allow raw files to be easily prepared for final output.

Simplifying Photoshop's rich interface, task-based menu presets make it easier to find the features needed for specific work. Users can create their own custom presets, highlighting favorite items and now have the ability to define event-based scripts and time-saving operations that execute automatically when triggered by actions, such as saving or printing a file. Multiple Layer Controls speeds editing, enabling the simultaneous selection and manipulation of numerous layers within a file.
Pricing and Availability

Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Mac OS X version 10.2.8 through 10.3.8, Microsoft� Windows� 2000 with Service Pack 4 or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or 2, will begin shipping in May to customers in the United States and Canada, and will be available through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe Store at www.adobe.com/store . International versions are expected to begin shipping in late May and early June. Adobe Photoshop CS2 will be available for an estimated street price of US$599 and licensed users of any previous version of Photoshop can upgrade for US$149. For more detailed information about new features, upgrade policies and pricing, please visit: www.adobe.com/photoshop . Adobe Photoshop CS2 is also available as part of Adobe Creative Suite 2.
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[Anthony]

That's just slick. I'll have to get my hands on it to see if it'll work for these cursed set extensions and save me from having to build 3d sets. How does it handle focal lengths? :]
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[B0b]

CS2 will now support 3GB+ when using XP64

good news for all those AMD64 and Opteron users

[spooge demon]

Bob- where did you see this? sounds too good to be true. I can't find any other mention

edit,

http://photoshopnews.com/?p=134#more-134

[Cpt.Obvious]

Why do we have to pay double price for a PS CS in Europe? I'm mean, it costs ~1200 euros...
The new features seems to be preety nice. Image warping is really cool, and vanishingpoints stuff. Really nice.

[ceenda]

Hoped for some new brush options, but I imagine Adobe are trying to win back the photo-editing purists they must've annoyed by adding the brush stuff in the first place.

tiger1313: Yeah, I'll probably wait for CS3 before considering an upgrade if it's gonna cost the same either way.

[jfrancis]

[B0b]

i'm guessing you'll have trouble when trying to register it..

if you want a cheaper version of Photoshop, ebay for PS 6/7 and then buy an upgrade

[jfrancis]

http://www.totaltraining.com/prod/adobe/photoshopcs2.asp

Over on the left, hunt down the cyan-green image of the dog on the wooden deck to see a preview of the perpective tool with cloning and healing.

[B0b]

movie no longer works

[jfrancis]

That's too bad. It doesn't work for me now, either. Maybe it
s server load.

You draw a box in perspective to match the floor. Then when you clone the floorboards in the front to the place in the back where the junk is on the floor, you get perfect cloning in the distance already sized for the background. The junk on the floor is replaced by healed floor.

Before CS2, you'd have to cut out a section and shrink it yourself by eye and maybe even skew it into perspective.

After CS2, you could clone from the screen left side of a grid (where the vanising lines flow toward the right) and simply clone it to the center of the grid (where the lines go up, or to the right of a grid, where the lines go left, and all the shrinking and skewing would happen effortlessly.

I don't know if I explained that very well, but I think this will be a huge timesaver for retouching.

[jfrancis]

try this link. it woked for me just now

http://www.totaltraining.com/prod/videos/clips/TPSCS2_Vanishing_Point.html

[digitaldecoy]

I�m also quite disappointed by the fact, that they are obviously not enhancing the brush engine with Photoshop CS2. But there is one little thing, that they WILL enhance and that�s the support for this little baby:



The Intuos3 Art Marker will use the new attribute 'rotation' which will be available in the brush menue of Photoshop CS2. The main advantage over the 'tilt' feature will be, that you do not have to tilt the pen in order to having it�s rotation recognized by the tablet. That should grant better control over flat brush tips. Im quite eager to test this one. It will ship somewhere this month I think.
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[skullmonkeys]

oooh~
could line weights also be controlled using rotation? I don't see why it woulden't

It'd be really cool if someone could confirm wether or not intuos 3 pens are compatible witn intuos 2 tablets.

[jfrancis]

I have two computer systems, older and newer. Since you asked about compatibility, I gave it a try.

I could not get the intuos 2 and 3 mouse and pad to interoperate in either direction.

The mouse is completely ignored, and I don't see therefore how I would add it to the wacom driver as a supported mouse.

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I have tried in the past more than one intuos 2 mouse on the same pad. (i got another used one on eBay and mixed and matched best parts). They are identified as unique and the pad can tell one mouse apart from the other.

UPDATE:

System Requirements: The 6D Art Pen is designed using Wacom's patented cordless, battery-free technology. They are for use on Intuos3 and Cintiq 21UX tablets only and will not work on Intuos or Intuos2 tablets.

-- http://wacomdirect.wacom.com/wacomdirect/product.asp?dept%5Fid=195&sku=ZP600

[skullmonkeys]

Ah crap.
Thanks for the info tho.

[B0b]

more vids of what we can expect from CS2

http://www.photoshopuser.com/pscs2/newcs2.html

[aman]

What i don't like is the TEXT input feature of Photoshop CS. its just so confusing to learn to use. also, every LINE you make becomes it's own vector.... which is also confusing. compared to older version releases... this release seems like you have to learn a whole new software.
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[jfrancis]

I got ahold of a 30-day tryout version of Adobe Photoshop CS2 after the NAB Convention in Las Vegas, and I took it for a spin.

http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/2005/04/photoshop_cs2_i.html

[skullmonkeys]

Cool, I guess downloadable trial version isn't too far away then.

[TemplaStormX]

Very nice, I dont download any software so i still have 7.0. I use CS at work but for the most part they are the same to me. There are a lot of things in CS that are minor, but make work convenient. I cant wait to see CS2 comming out into the market! Great find!

[Chruser]

Hmm, HDRI support, didn't see that coming.

Some of these features seem too awesome to be true. I can't wait until Adobe officially release the tryout.
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[B0b]

so, comeon someone in the US must have purchased it by now?

spill the goodies

[jfrancis]

http://www.photoshopuser.com/pscs2/favorite_things.html

I like the fact that you can get a brush size circle and a crosshair at the same time.

http://www.photoshopuser.com/pscs2/images/New-Cursors.gif

[Nag]

I�ve tried it for a few days and i can�t find much difference from CS.

The vainishing point feature is cute and sortof usefull but nothing I use much mostly due to the fact that you can�t change brushes while you�re in the mode. Only thing I�ve found it good for so far is just to draw some perspective guidelines. The snaping of the brush is clumsy and another odd thing about it is that for some reason then you can�t draw into the "distance" with small bruses. So you�re forced to paint with brushes that always seem to big. I don�t know, perhaps I need to try it out more.

Same with the Image warp. It�s cute but nothing I find overly usefull, but I can imagine it very usefull for people that do alot of graphics, image manipulation, etc..

I do however feel that it�s faster than CS. Working on a large image is faster, zooming is smooth and brush strokes don�t delay as much.

[jfrancis]

It's a lot easier to set type in it now. There's not a lag between what you type and what you see.

[cheney]

The text lag is a processor related issue. I started using CS earlier this week and I have never had a problem with text lag in either version 7 or CS.
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