Many
Photoshop users opt for dual-monitor setups just so they'll have a
place to stow the application's seemingly endless array of
screen-hogging palettes. Photoshop CS3, however, introduces an
important interface upgrade: resizable palette buttons with fly-out
capabilities.
Both single-monitor and dual-monitor users can benefit
from this upgrade. You can reduce the buttons to tiny size, or you can
tear off the palettes and park them around your screen, as with
previous Photoshop versions. A third option is to arrange them in one
or two columns and choose only the palettes you want. At their
smallest, the buttons are narrower than the tools palette (which also
got a minor makeover--now you can resize it to be one column or two, as
well).
The redesigned setup makes using those palettes easier,
too. For example, to switch layers, just click the palette's tiny icon,
and the full palette pops open. Click the layer you want and then click
back to your image, and the palette automatically closes. Other Adobe
apps already have similar fly-outs; they're long overdue in the
company's flagship application.
With Photoshop CS3's new Quick
Selection tool, choosing the portions of your image to act on is
simpler, too. With this tool, you don't have to hold down the Shift key
to add to your selection; instead, click the areas of your image that
you want to select, and you're done (perfect for making a complicated
selection while holding a cold beverage in your off-mouse hand).
I
found that the tool works very well with sharp, high-contrast color
images, where it functions as a smarter, faster magic wand tool. But
unlike the magic wand, the Quick Selection tool (at least in beta form)
lacks a tolerance setting, and as a result it often selected the entire
image after a few clicks.
I was more impressed with Photoshop
CS3's new Refine Edge tool. After making a selection, you can adjust
its radius, contrast, and smoothness by using the tool's sliders.
Refine Edge is great for clearing away rough edges and extraneous
pixels, even if you do take the trouble to create pixel-level
selections.
CS3's Auto-Align Layers let you combine multiple
images (which you arrange as separate layers in the same file). The
tool matches up common elements in the images; then you can use other
tools to choose portions of whichever image you want. So if Bob's got
his peepers open in one and closed in another, you can bring forth his
baby blues instead of his eyelids. This function works best with
pictures taken in rapid succession by a digital SLR mounted on a tripod.
Adobe's
Camera Raw utility gets beefed up, too--so much so that you may spend
less time in the main Photoshop window than in the Raw one. The final
version will even have the main application's spot-healing brush,
though the beta lacks it.
Every year, Photoshop gets better
tools. But this year, the refinement I liked most is the new palette
treatment. Tools work better when you have room to use them.
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