Adobe publishes video sneak peek at future Photoshop

Jonny Evans
|
October 08, 2009
|
Share

Adobe has this afternoon posted a video detailing some of the new features it is developing for Photoshop.

Hosted by the company’s Photoshop genius, Russell Brown, the video is available online now - the only catch is, it’s only presently accessible through Facebook. (Adobe should do the world a favour and shove it up on YouTube, we think).

The video shows a selection of features as demonstrated at Photoshop World. These include a new warp tool, Painter-style brushes - which aim to emulate the features found in Corel’s flagship Painter product, and much more.

A new Warping technology is also pretty interesting. Basically this means that by locking down certain parts of an image an image editor can alter other parts without altering the overall subject. The illustration shows what can be done with a man’s arms, which can be moved around the subject’s body....

While the company isn’t claiming these features will be found in future version, Photoshop CS5, or any future version, Adobe is presenting the video as a taste of what kind of work it is conducting inside its labs.

Meanwhile, it is interesting to reflect that the current iteration of Photoshop (CS4) is currently available at over $100 discount through Amazon, $586.49 rather than the $699 list price.

And if you're a Photoshop user then we think it's pretty possible you may be interested in today's stunning deal for a Canon large format printer, also from Amazon - $499 rather than the c.$1,600 list price. We think it's a great deal.

Via: British Journal of Photography.

Comments (12)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 08, 2009 - 9:21am

Does he want to say "Technologies" any more?
He's a even worse announcer than that seth guy ATT hired as a spokesman.

Jonny Evans | October 08, 2009 - 9:38am

Ah don't be cruel to Russell - I met him one time - he truly is one of the good guys, an absolute genius. And I don't say that about anyone.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 08, 2009 - 11:26am

You mean "everyone". You just said it about "anyone"!

Jonny Evans | October 08, 2009 - 11:31am

You know what, you're right.

I'm tired.

 

Jensonb (not verified) | October 08, 2009 - 12:03pm

Meh. I'm over Adobe. Where ever possible, I'm using competing products.

And I continue my mantra: "Flash must die for the Web to live on"

D9 (not verified) | October 08, 2009 - 12:29pm

I'm sorta of there with Jensonb...I'm not pumped to go out & get a new version of Photoshop, nor even get excited seeing what new features it may have.

This seems to be a small cry of desperation from Adobe to promote this way and at this time. I know by all accounts CS4 has tanked in sales (fair enough to say economy had a large part in that), Acrobat 9 sales are no better in growth than 8 was, and the crickets heard last week after Flash 10 was announced is disheartening I'm sure to the Adobe crew.

I'm just not seeing anything that's like "Wow...that's really going to change how I get my work done!". It's more like Eye Candy plugins these days.

/

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 08, 2009 - 12:51pm

Adobe needs some competition, and fast! The price point of Photoshop means only working pro's can justify purchasing it. The quality of their software has really gone down as well. Unfortunately nobody can touch them feature wise. Currently testing out several competitors to see if they will work.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 08, 2009 - 2:19pm

When there are lots of programs that emulate one way or another what photoshop does, Adobe needs (needed) to look for another way. The product is way too expensive for these times, is less in quality than it was, and tries to be a one-trick-pony.

It's time for Adobe to look for another product to carry their logo - they are a gone company and only about two years too late - just like Microsoft! Now if someone can convince John Warnock to come back it would be a different story.

Dob (not verified) | October 08, 2009 - 4:26pm

I would be happy to see some competition or rather TRUE COMPETITION for a change!
I bet everyone has something with Photoshop that is not sitting right with them, I am one of them...
I am always trying to remind you, that perfect monopoly is called COMMUNISM, and sadly USA is getting there, just by taking different paths.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 08, 2009 - 4:46pm

Yeah COMMUNISM - go back to hiding under your bed "me to..."(sic)and while you're there, get a dictionary and learn the difference between "to" and "too"

Dob (not verified) | October 08, 2009 - 5:15pm

This is exactly the type of arrogance and ignorance of the mass, that have bring down entire empires in the past, indulge you little pimply geek while you can.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | October 09, 2009 - 5:13am

That warping stuff looks great but this painting behavior is already available in Art Rage 2…