[Docrwm]

Good overview with video links about new feature:
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta now available for download | Photo Rumors

Actual download page:
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/photoshopcs6.html

[photolady95]

So did you download it? I got it through another website I frequent and am downloading now. Some months back I got a mail from Adobe offering me CS5 for $299 and at that time I wondered were they getting ready to announce a new version. Guess my wondering was right, eh.

[Docrwm]

I'm at work and have not downloaded it yet. Just thought it would be good to let folks know its available. I got CS5 through an educational discount about 20 months ago for cheap-cheap. I might try CS6 Beta to see if its better enough to warrant spending money to upgrade.

[Welfl]

Most previous upgrades of Adobe Photoshop have been so minimal as to be not worth the bother. Photoshop CS6, on the other hand, appears to be a very worthwhile upgrade (in spite of its typically ridiculous price tag).

Here is just one comment from Gizmodo.com:

"The new RAW 7 import is really awesome—so incredibly good that I can see photographers reimporting old RAW material to get the new amazing results. Adobe claims they used 'a new tone-mapping algorithm' and there's something definitely different there, because the treatment of Highlights, Shadows, and Whites just blows my mind. It almost seem like black magic."

Free Videos
Maybe most useful and interesting of all, lynda.com provides us with a free video series entitled Photoshop CS6 Beta Preview. It consists of 27 short videos highlighting most or all of the features.

P.S. You will just have to grit your teeth and learn to live with the fact that the video host utters the phrase, "I'm gonna go ahead and..." about 20 or 30 times per video. Aside from that, he has a pleasant and well spoken style.

[cbope]

Most previous upgrades of Adobe Photoshop have been so minimal as to be not worth the bother. Photoshop CS6, on the other hand, appears to be a very worthwhile upgrade (in spite of its typically ridiculous price tag).

Here is just one comment from Gizmodo.com:

"The new RAW 7 import is really awesome—so incredibly good that I can see photographers reimporting old RAW material to get the new amazing results. Adobe claims they used 'a new tone-mapping algorithm' and there's something definitely different there, because the treatment of Highlights, Shadows, and Whites just blows my mind. It almost seem like black magic."

Free Videos
Maybe most useful and interesting of all, lynda.com provides us with a free video series entitled Photoshop CS6 Beta Preview. It consists of 27 short videos highlighting most or all of the features.

P.S. You will just have to grit your teeth and learn to live with the fact that the video host utters the phrase, "I'm gonna go ahead and..." about 20 or 30 times per video. Aside from that, he has a pleasant and well spoken style.

Is this the same ACR included in the new LR4, or a newer version? I tried to find out what version of ACR is in LR4 but did not locate the version number.

[Anvh]

Is this the same ACR included in the new LR4, or a newer version? I tried to find out what version of ACR is in LR4 but did not locate the version number.

ACR 7 just like in lightroom 4

how i know...
Help > about

[Welfl]

Is this the same ACR included in the new LR4, or a newer version? I tried to find out what version of ACR is in LR4 but did not locate the version number.

I honestly don't know. I wish I did. It would be nice if it is the same ACR, because PS6 is insanely overpriced, while LR4 isn't too expensive.

[cbope]

ACR 7 just like in lightroom 4

how i know...
Help > about

Correct, it is 7.0, I completely missed that.

[Welfl]

I don't own either product, so I wasn't able to check.

P.S. It's strange that Anvh's reply is now ahead of mine, because it wasn't there when I first replied to cbope. Hmmm. Interesting.

[Anvh]

P.S. It's strange that Anvh's reply is now ahead of mine, because it wasn't there when I first replied to cbope. Hmmm. Interesting.

You replied 2 minutes after me so most likely you had the page open when i replied.

I'm using both since lightroom was out and must say they work quite well together.
I let lightroom manage my files and do there the basic RAW edits for the serious stuff i let lightroom export the file to photoshop, it's all integrated into each other.

[Welfl]

You replied 2 minutes after me so most likely you had the page open when i replied.

Yep. That makes sense. I should have thought of that. My brain must be starting to atrophy.

I'm using both since lightroom was out and must say they work quite well together.

The way Photoshop CS6 is priced (and CS5, etc.), I will have to stick with my ancient version -- that is until about 2022, when I get a used Mac with CS6 already installed on it.

[Anvh]

I've a student version, that saves quite a bit =]

[Welfl]

I've a student version, that saves quite a bit =]

Yes, so does the educator version, but even that is pretty expensive compared to the competition. I used to work in a school as the computer network administrator. At times like this I wish I still did.

By the way, it just occurred to me that I should ask if the ACR 7 user interface is the same in Photoshop CS6 as it is in Lightroom 4. As an interface fanatic, that's what is most important to me. Did you click on the Gizmodo link and watch the author's short "RAW Import" video? That is a wonderfully simple interface in the CS6 version. It is very reminiscent of the wonderfully simple interface in iPhoto 09.

[Anvh]

From what i see from that video the interface hasn't changed since CS.
Lightroom has the same options and arrangement of the tools only it doesn't have the separate tabs, but as a bonus it keeps track of the history.