Photoshop CS4

[Lani]

If anyone is intersted, released at Photokina

http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=NewsDesk_Internal&article_num=092308-3a
Key new features:

•Live, nondestructive corrections with the Adjustments panel
•Re-editable, feathered, density-controlled masks
•More refined, natural results with Dodge, Burn, and Sponge
•Enhanced Auto-Align, Auto-Blend, and new 360° panoramas
•Content-Aware Scaling
•Extended depth of field
•Fluid canvas rotation
•Ultra-smooth, extra-precise pan, zoom, preview, and painting tools
•Next generation Adobe Bridge CS4
•Tighter integration with Photoshop Lightroom 2
•Camera Raw 5 with localized, nondestructive adjustments
•Unified tabbed interface with self-adjusting panels
•Smarter Smart Objects
•More powerful printing options
•Higher performance on very large images (Windows 64 only)
•Breakthrough 3D editing and compositing (CS4 Extended)
•Enhanced motion graphics (CS4 Extended)
•Volume Rendering (CS4 Extended)
•Easier data collection and analysis with the Count tool (CS4 Extended)

[auspoundy]

I love the "smarter smart objects" one :) They're doing a 30% discount on LR2 with CS4 too if anyone hadn't seen.

[Kym]

Sounds like some really nice features. Some of them maybe useful as well ;)

I've heard it is slower - which is to be expected due to new features. I'm guessing a much bigger memory footprint as well.

No such thing as a free lunch.

[Kym]

CS4 suite comparison..
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/compare/

What surprises me is that Lightroom is not part of Master Collection or Production Premium.

[Kevin M]

Thanks Lani,
I have had a chance to test out the photoshop CS4 (due to my better half now being a full time student at TAFE) over recent weeks in between a busy work schedule....
the enhanced RAW processing features now available in CS4 are in my opinion a great improvement over the old Cs2 (last version I had some limited access to). The fact that it has the ability to carry out localised enhancements to the exposure of a RAW image is an improvement and pleasing to note.