Serious amateur photographers
With its unrivaled editing power, Adobe® Photoshop® has long been the essential software for all photographers who care deeply about perfecting their images.
Now, Photoshop CS4 gives you even more intuitive access to nondestructive editing techniques with the new Adjustments panel and Masks panel. The new version helps you perfect all of your images with enhanced color-correction technology. And it enables you to work more productively using more selective editing controls, more powerful raw image processing, and enhanced integration with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® software.
- Key features for serious amateur photographers
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Industry-leading color correction
Enjoy dramatically enhanced color correction with reengineered Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools that now intelligently preserve color and tone details.
Adjustments panel
Simplify image adjustment by easily accessing every tool you need to nondestructively adjust and enhance the color and tone of your images; on-image controls and a wide variety of presets are also included in the new live and dynamic Adjustments panel.
Masks panel
Quickly create and edit masks from the new Masks panel. This panel offers all the tools you need to create editable pixel- and vector-based masks, adjust mask density and feathering, easily select noncontiguous objects, and more.
Richer painting and drawing toolset
Create or modify images with a wide assortment of professional, fully customizable drawing tools, paint settings, and artistic brushes. Simply drag to resize brushes and adjust for hardness as you paint and preview brush strokes.
Quick Selection tool
Loosely draw on an image area and the Quick Selection tool automatically completes the selection for you. Then use simple sliders to preview and refine your selection.
Extended depth of field
Easily create a single image from a series of shots that have different focal points with the enhanced Auto-Blend Layers command, which smoothly blends color and shading and now extends your depth of field, automatically correcting vignettes and lens distortion.
Auto-blending of images
Combine a range of images, each with a different exposure, color, and focal point — with options to preserve tones and colors — into a single color-corrected image.
Improved Adobe Photoshop Lightroom workflow
Select multiple photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® software (sold separately) and automatically open them in Photoshop CS4 to merge them into a panorama, a high dynamic range (HDR) photo, or a multilayered Photoshop document. And seamlessly roundtrip back to Lightroom.
360-degree panoramas
Automatically stitch horizontal or vertical photos to create seamless panoramas — even 360-degree spheres — using Photomerge® technology.
Fluid canvas rotation
Now just click to smoothly turn your canvas for nondestructive viewing at any desired angle — no more tilting your head in the middle of painting and drawing.
Smoother panning and zooming
Gracefully navigate to any area of an image with new, ultra-smooth zooming and panning. Maintain clarity as you zoom to individual pixels and easily edit at the highest magnification with the new Pixel Grid.
Efficient file management with Adobe Bridge CS4
Get instant access to Adobe Bridge CS4 with faster start-up, use new workspaces to jump to the right display for every task, easily create web galleries and PDF contact sheets, and more.
Broad file format support
Import and export hundreds of file formats, including PSD, AI, PDF, NEF, CRW, TIFF, BMP, Cineon, JPEG, JPEG2000, FXG, OpenEXR, PNG, and Targa.
Adobe Community Help
Access the power of an online search engine from within Photoshop CS4, but with more targeted results. Searchable content includes the in-depth Photoshop Help, plus additional Adobe and third-party content chosen chosen by experts at Adobe and in the design and production communities.
- Software and solutions
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Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom
Learn how, together, Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Lightroom software give you a complete solution for perfecting, managing, and presenting all of your photos.
Photoshop for you
Discover which edition of Photoshop is right for you.
Extend your creativity with plug-ins
Plug-ins add capabilities to Adobe applications, allowing you to be more creative and get things done more easily.
- Tutorials and other resources
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Photoshop tips and tricks
Visit evangelist Julieanne Kost’s website for valuable tips and tricks on Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.
John Nack on Adobe
Get useful information about Adobe Photoshop, design, photography, and related topics from senior product manager John Nack.
Photoshop User to User Forums
Share questions, suggestions, and information about your Adobe products.
Photoshop CS4 Learning Center
NAPP’s online Learning Center is packed with new tutorials, videos, articles, and more to get you up to speed on Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended software.
Design Center for Photoshop
Explore, learn, and connect with the latest in digital design and motion graphics. Browse work by leading artists, discover new trends, and hone your skills with in-depth tutorials.
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