In a sneak peek for Photoshop devotees, Adobe has released Photoshop CS6 Beta. So what's new with the next generation of photo-altering tools? For one, Adobe has added on to the content-aware tool that was debuted with CS5. In CS6, users can modify their selection with the content-aware patch feature, which increases users' ability to select and duplicate an area of content-aware fill. The content-aware move feature allows users to move an object to a new place in the image...

Although Adobe jumped on the app bandwagon years ago, a touch-ready software development kit for the photo program was just released this summer.

This release includes three different Photoshop Touch tools: Adobe Color Lava (uses the touch screen to mix custom colors on the iPad and then transfer them back to Photoshop), Adobe Eazel (uses the touch screen to draw pictures with...

Adobe Systems has released Adobe Photoshop Express 1.5 software for iOS devices with improved workflow and full retina display support.

With the new workflow, users can take continuous, rapid images directly from the application. Customers can then quickly capture and review multiple shots before handing them off to the Photoshop Express editor for cropping, adjustments and effects....

Focal Press, a division of Elsevier, has published "The Photoshop Darkroom" by Harold and Phyllis Davis. This guide includes information on understanding Photoshop darkroom workflow and working with RAW files, enhanced editing skills and new coloring effects.

Using large, colorful images and step-by-step instructions, the Davises help photographers learn how to do masterly...

Adobe has created a Photoshop.com application for the iPhone, offering convenient photo editing and sharing capabilities on mobile devices.

Editing tools, such as crop, rotate and flip, are all correlated with the iPhone’s finger command controls. Users can adjust saturation, tint, exposure and vibrancy, and convert images to black-and-white, as well as use other Photoshop effects. Both the account and the...

Adobe Systems has announced the Photoshop Express public beta, a free rich internet application (RIA) available to users who want to store, sort and show off digital photos with special effects. During the beta period, Adobe will solicit Photoshop Express user feedback to increase product features and functionality.

Photoshop Express allows users to store up to 2GB of images, make edits to their photos, and share them online via downloading and uploading from popular social networking sites, such as Facebook.

Photoshop Express empowers anyone to make standard edits, such as...

The second title of Software Cinema's interactive training line for Adobe Photoshop CS3 has been scheduled. The new interactive series is designed specifically for serious amateur and professional photographers.

Recently inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame, digital artist Eddie Tapp teaches the series via broadband connection through Software Cinema's unique Workshops-on-Demand service or a Product-on-Disc DVD. Tapp teaches about the digital process and new effects that have been updated for the new CS3.

The series is a two-disc set titled "Classic Pro Techniques," and focuses on setup palettes for working spaces, and how to work in Adobe Bridge with the processing interface for RAW, JPEGs and more. It also teaches creative and advanced techniques...

YouSendIt has announced a new plug-in for Adobe's Photoshop. The YouSendIt plug-in allows designers to efficiently send files of any size directly from Photoshop. The plug-in is available for Photoshop CS2 and CS3 for Windows.
Eliminating the need for photographers and designers to struggle with FTP transfers, the plug-in lets the user burn a CD to mail to an overnight courier and eliminates e-mail bounce-backs from attachments that are larger than recipient networks usually allow.

Files sent through YouSendIt are secure and can be tracked with assured delivery and a receipt. The plug-in can be conveniently downloaded directly from the YouSendIt web site. Previously, YouSendIt released a direct-delivery plug-in for Apple Aperture. YouSendIt also offers beta versions of plug-ins that allow a user to send files directly from Microsoft Outlook and CorelDRAW.

Adobe Systems is offering an update to the free Photoshop Camera RAW plug-in. The Camera RAW 4.1 update incorporates features such as noise reduction, sharpening tools and RAW file support for 13 additional camera models and camera backs. The update also builds on the RAW file support integrated in the Photoshop products.

The Camera RAW 4.1 plug-in supports the same functionality for TIFF and JPEG files, and lets professionals import and manipulate RAW data. Additionally, the plug-in supports 13 digital cameras, including cameras from Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Olympus, Olympus, Sigma, Phase One H 20, H 25, H 30 and Phase One P 45. Camera RAW 4.1 also adds support to camera backs...

Kubota Image Tools has designed a set of image enhancement software for Photoshop. Artistic Tools Volume Three builds on the previous releases, Volumes One and Two, and features 50 new actions, such as a variety of color enhancements for Photoshop CS or newer. Highlights include Velveteen, Satin B/W, Renaissance, Fashion Passion, Washout, Super Heroine and Deep Forest. In addition, several new scripts have been added to...