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Macworld Adobe Photoshop CS3 Preview
We just told you about the pending release of a public beta for Photoshop CS3 this Friday. Well the good folks over at Macworld magazine have scored a bit of a coup. They have a video preview of the new release which includes an interview with Photoshop senior product manager John Nack. He says, among other things, that getting Intel native code in Mac users hands was the driving force behind this public beta (though one must observe that public betas seem to have become something like standard policy over at Adobe considering the Lightroom and Soundbooth betas). Also in the video are teasers of new features like "Auto-Align Layers" that seems to allow very quick and easy combining of separate images. They also have a "First Look" with even more information.
In any case, here's something to amuse you Photoshop junkies until the release, and finally proof that Adobe still has some love for the Mac.
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Luis said 7:10AM on 12-15-2006
You can already download the beta using the following link: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5Fphotoshop
I'm currently installing it.
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marc cardwell said 8:42AM on 12-15-2006
i have to go change my pants now. thanks for the heads up on this video.
marc
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That Norwegian Guy said 8:51AM on 12-15-2006
DL'ed and installed. And it screams! The interface changes seem good, it's easier/faster to swap between palettes while still keeping them minimized. Large files open fast! Fast as in < 1 sec. on a 55mb layer-bonanza file which would take close to 60 sec. in CS2.
Only bug I've encountered so far is that the x position for the crosshair was off by 12px for a little while.
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Paul said 10:02AM on 12-15-2006
I downloaded it. Got a new CS3 serial number by plugging my CS2 serial number into the web page but the CS3 serial number does not work. I suspect it is because my CS2 serial number if from a Windows version but I have switched to a Mac. So, I guess I'm out of luck. :(
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rutgrr said 10:19AM on 12-15-2006
Looks great! some really cool new features.
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HS said 10:23AM on 12-15-2006
I wonder why they call it public beta.. It's not public enough for me at least..
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Edward C said 11:16AM on 12-15-2006
Wondering if tuaw editors have any links to review/preview comment to photoshop CS3.
I am not a professional user but from the video it seems those features showed alone are well worth the upgrade and save TONS of time when editing Photos :) ( Not to mention UB )
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Rufus McGillicudy said 11:57AM on 12-15-2006
Will there be any improvements to the Web Photo Gallery tool? It is so close to being useful.
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Jay B Sauceda said 12:00PM on 12-15-2006
I don't think education serial numbers work either.... :-(
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Kappy said 12:43PM on 12-15-2006
Must be a Cal Bears fan!!! The football player in the demo, #9, is the great Nate Longshore, QB for the 2006 Bears. GO BEARS!!!
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