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Photoshop CS6 New Features Review beta

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Adobe released a public beta of Adobe Photoshop CS6 today and Photoshop expert and author Jennifer Smith from AGI has created an overview of her favorite new features. Use the Photoshop CS6 tutorial to discover the key new features in the Photoshop CS6 Beta:

  • New Photoshop CS6 User Interface
  • Finding Photoshop CS6 Brush tips
  • Using the new content-aware tools in Photoshop CS6
  • All about strokes and fills
  • New layer filter features
  • Applying new pattern scripts
  • New Photoshop CS6 features for 3D

In this preview book excerpt from the authors of the Photoshop Digital Classroom book, you’ll discover some of the new features of the Photoshop CS6 Beta. The features that are covered are far-reaching and include improvements that affect print, web, 3D, and multimedia designers. This lesson summarizes the new features so you can quickly find out what’s new in the Photoshop CS6 beta. Don’t worry about understanding all the new features, since many of these features and other workflow improvements are incorporated into the lessons that we hope to share with you in an upcoming edition of the complete Photoshop Digital Classroom.

About this Photoshop CS6 Beta book excerpt

This tutorial is an introductory lesson covering new features in the Photoshop CS6 Beta. When the final version of Photoshop CS6 is released, turn to the Digital Classroom for Photoshop Books that cover all the new features. If you are a teacher or educator, contact your Wiley educational representative for additional tools available for using the Photoshop Digital Classroom for teaching Photoshop and digital imaging classes.

Starting up

This lesson is an introduction to new features in Photoshop CS6. Some of the features are major, such as the newly-added, content-aware Move and Patch tools, and the options for vector strokes and fills. Other new features may seem minor to new users, but current users will recognize them as important improvements. An example of an important improvement is the Layers panel and its new options for keeping track of complicated layered images. This lesson does not include step-by-step exercises for each feature that is discussed, but you will learn about some of the features that will likely have the most impact on the way you work in Photoshop. Keep in mind that some of the new features that are discussed are existing features that have been renamed or made more prominent and easier to find in the user interface.

Before starting, make sure that your tools and panels are consistent by resetting your preferences. To do this, press and hold the Ctrl+Alt+Shift keys (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift keys (Mac OS). Continue to hold these keys while launching Photoshop. A dialogue box appears verifying that you want to delete the Adobe Photoshop settings file. Release the keys, then click OK.

Download the free lesson files for this Photoshop CS6 tutorial

You will work with several files from the PSCS6Beta_lessons folder in this lesson. Register here to gain access to the lesson files.

New Look and Feel

When you open Photoshop CS6, you will immediately notice the new, darker UI (User Interface). This is a modern look for Photoshop. The new look is easy to get used to, but you can change to a lighter UI by selecting Edit > Preferences > Interface and choosing a lighter Color Theme.

Sketch and paint with new brush tips

There seems to be a resurgence of the pencil. Many designers are rediscovering the benefits and the appeal of a sketch. Now you can achieve that same sketch-look in Photoshop by using one of the new erodible brush tips. These tips actually wear down as you paint with them. Find the Erodible brushes by selecting a painting tool, such as the Brush tool, selecting Windows > Brush, and locating one of the tips that look like a pencil and provide you a tool tip that includes Erodible in the name.

One of the new Erodible brush tips.

While you are in the Brush panel, look for the new airbrush tools. Airbrush tools are different than regular brushes because you have options that help your brush tool work more like a real-life airbrush. You can also locate the Airbrush tools in the Brush panel by passing the cursor over the brush tips until you see Airbrush appear in the Tool tip. When you click on an Airbrush tip, the settings at the bottom of the Brushes panel reflect options specific to that brush tip.

The new Airbrush tip offers options that make your brush work more like a real airbrush.

Once you select a brush tip, create a new blank document (using the default Photoshop preset) and use the Brush tool to paint on the canvas. Experiment with the Erodible brush and watch as the strokes become less defined as you continue brushing. To sharpen your tip again, click Sharpen Point in the Brushes panel.

When using the airbrush tip, experiment with some of the settings, such as Granularity, which adjusts how grainy the paint spray is, or Spatter Amount, which can be reduced to create a more definite stroke.

Continue reading: Photoshop CS6 new features: Part 2 which discusses these new Photoshop CS6 features; content aware tool and stroke and fills.


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