Adobe Photoshop

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Despite what the name may suggest, Adobe Photoshop CS5 marks the 12th revision of this venerable photo editor. The program has grown remarkably in capability in the 20 years that it's been available, though some revisions have been more feature-packed than others. The latest version is definitely among the "more": Photoshop CS5 is so full of useful new and enhanced features, serious users of Photoshop likely will not want to skip it and wait for CS6. It boasts major improvements to usability and performance, as well as a variety of new features that can significantly improve the look of your photos and make formerly tedious photo-editing jobs a snap to complete.

Photoshop CS5 includes both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the program. We're glad to see the 32-bit version is still included, as plug-in developers are just starting to introduce 64-bit upgrades to the products. In the meantime, the 32-bit version allows you to use older plug-ins such as Alien Skin's Exposure 2. Of course, if you are able to run the 64-bit version, its ability to address more than 4GB of RAM can make for a big speedup when working with multiple large, complicated image compositions.

As you might expect with such a seasoned application, Photoshop's user interface can be intimidating to new and casual users. Functions are spread across menus, toolbars, and pop-up panels, with some sophisticated options hiding in the Options toolbar. Some of the dialogs in Photoshop CS5 have been improved, but newcomers can still expect to spend some time experimenting and watching the amazing wealth of tutorial videos available on Adobe's site and elsewhere if they want to get the most out of the program.

One welcome improvement in the user interface is the ability to create your own custom workspaces, saving open palettes, toolbars, menu settings, and other user interface options for quick access. Predefined workspaces for design, painting, photography, 3D, and motion editing get you started, and Adobe also included a workspace that highlights tools that are new to CS5. It's a huge help to be able to pull up all your common tools and settings instantly when switching, say, from tweaking objects in a photograph to working with text.

CS5: A Significant Upgrade

It's impressive to see so many new and refined features in a 20-year-old program that's on its 12th major update. All this power comes at a steep price, and many home and hobbyist photographers will probably find all the basic editing and tweaking capabilities that they need in the much-less-expensive Photoshop Elements 8.0. But pros and enthusiasts will find that the many improvements in workflow and automation will save them enough time to justify the expenditure, and digital artists may find they no longer need to jump over to programs like Corel Painter to create natural-media-looking images. If you're a long-time Photoshop user who selectively chooses which updates to buy or skip, you'll likely find Photoshop CS5 well worth the upgrade price.