Photoshop is evolving to a new level with the latest image enhancement and brush controls. Adobe Photoshop CS5 is likely to be incorporating the sort of paint facilities and manipulation resources you could only dream of. Reports have the release date for this software pegged at some time in April. You can get all adobe info and products here: Adobe

If you are used to the Clone & Patch tools or even the Transform facility, on occaision, you will have had to spend a lot of time tidying up the joins and distortions you inadvertently create. In the video, you will see the answer to your prayers!

The Adobe team seem pretty excited about all of this, as our team is here at Photoshop Talk. I reckon there is going to be a lot of CS5 upgrades as well as new purchases of this incredicble image enhancement system. Whether you are a graphic artist, digital photographer, scrap booker, professional or hobbyist thiese developments are going to be great fun.

For my part, I am first in line!

The Photoshop retouching learning curve

Anyone and everyone who has ever pursued the art of image editing using Photoshop retouching techniques will have progressed through a steep and arduos learning curve, which at times will have been quite testing. Mike Eastman of www.photodomination.com, says this has now all changed. He believes that his new Photoshop action set is now revolutionising the process for many photographers, amateuers and professionals alike.

For Amateurs & Professional Photoshop users alike

He says that “Around the world there are hundreds of thousands of photographers practicing and perfecting their image editing skills, both for fun and for profit right now.” He goes on to add “Amateurs want a simple ‘point & click’ system they can ‘plug-in’ that can give them really great results which will look superb on their walls at home, or really cool on their latest Blog update. Professionals however need something more than that. They need a complete workflow enhancement system that will empower them to produce results which makes them distinct from their customers.”

This Photoshop Action does its job in under a minute

In the past, this kind of system would have come at a hefty price. However it seems that this price tag has gone, for now anyway. It is claimed that for the Professional this Photoshop Action set is the answer. Apparently, once easily installed, at the click of a button, this Photoshop action launches itself and works a whole series of small to large miracles, enhancing your images along the way. It uses a sophisticated and bewildering combination of layers, masks, alpha channel selections, skin enhancing processes and auto area selections to do its job. At the end you are left with a set of infinitely variable controls within the layers palette enabling you to put the perfect finishing touches to your image. Your image will now be ready to show to friends and family, or to your clients. All this is done in under a minute.

Could this be more than just ‘another Photoshop Action set’?

This Photoshop Action set is called the ’60sec EZ retouch’ and can be obtained through the www.photodomination.com website as a free download with full tutorials. It seems that, whatever your background in photography or image editing, this addition to your Photoshop arsenal is worthwhile having and could potentially become a mainstay. Mike says that the range is being extended, but for now he is continuing to give away this original image editing solution.

http://photodomination.net/photoshop-actions/retouching