Adobe Photoshop Features

Key Features

Broad Graphics File Support

• The highest quality, broadest support for different file formats, including Encapsulated PostScript (EPS, including Adobe Illustrator), Kodak(R) PhotoCD(TM), TIFF, JPEG, Scitex(R) CT, DCS, PCX, BMP, PIXAR, PixelPaint, MacPaint, Raw, Targa (TGA), CompuServe GIF and Amiga IFF/LBM
• IPTC standard file captions
• Support for high-dynamic range scans and files
• ***Quick Edit feature that lets you edit a portion of a high-resolution file for fast, localized retouching tasks

Layers

• ***Support of multiple layers for easy compositing
• ***Layers that can be merged, flattened, flipped, copied and clipped together
• ***Filters that can be used on all or part of a layer
• ***Layer mask for controlling transparency on a layer without destroying image data
• ***Drag and drop support for easily combining selections from different files or different layers

Painting

• Dodge and Burn tools for selectively correcting exposure
• ***Sponge tool for selectively saturating and desaturating color
• Pencil, Brush, Airbrush, Clone, Text and Line tools
• User-definable soft-edged brushes with preview of brush size
• Pressure-sensitive tablet support
• Option to paint with textures or patterns
• Retouch options that include Smudge, Sharpen and Blur, and a Rubber Stamp for cloning part of an image
• Anti-aliased text at any size or resolution

Selection Tools

• ***Color Range for maximum control in building anti-aliased masks based on selected colors in an image
• Quick Mask feature for creating, viewing and editing masks directly on the image
• Rectangular and elliptical polygons for regional selection
• Lasso and Bézier-based Pen tool for drawing precise and complex paths
• Magic Wand for automatic color range selection
• Feather-edge selections for blending backgrounds and combining foreground and background images
• Up to 24 alpha channels for saving multiple selections in one document

Color Adjustments

• Variations feature that lets you easily adjust image color and brightness by previewing and choosing from a range of color images simultaneously
• Adjustments for brightness, contrast and midtones (gamma)
• Controls for selectively adjusting hue, saturation and brightness
• Adjustable tonal curves and control points on curves
• ***Replace Color for correcting the color of a selected area by adjusting its hue, saturation and brightness values
• ***Selective Color Correction for adjusting the ink values of individual color channels or plates by entering absolute or relative values
• Independent color balance adjustment for shadows, highlights and midtones

Image Transformation

• Rotate, Stretch, Skew and Distort options
• Intelligent resampling to alter image resolution for output

Filter Collection

• Over 40 standard filters, including multiple choices for image sharpening, softening, stylizing, distortion, video and removal of noise plus dust and scratches. Create custom filters or use third-party filters that support the program's plug-in interface.
• ***Lighting effects for applying multiple light sources to an image and choosing from a range of colors, intensities and angles
• ***Proxies in filter dialog boxes to show the effect of a filter at low resolution before it is applied to the image

Professional Color Separations

• Ability to adjust printed output for paper stock and printing device
• Advanced calibration features
• Automatic trapping
• Professional control of undercolor removal (UCR), gray component replacement (GCR), undercolor addition and ink densities
• Moiré elimination on Adobe PostScript Level 2 devices
• Information window with densitometer readings

On-Screen CMYK Editing

• Editing of four-color process images in CMYK mode without splitting channels
• Acquisition of CMYK images directly from high-end scanners
• ***Gamut Warning that highlights any areas out of CMYK gamut

Color Support

• Unequaled flexibility in converting between editing modes, including Bitmap, Grayscale, Duotone, Indexed Color, RGB and CMYK
• ***CMYK Preview feature that lets you quickly view a "soft proof" of an image while still in RGB mode
• Broad range of index color modes, color tables and user-definable color palettes
• Ability to create high-quality duotones, tritones and quadtones with PANTONE * or process inks
• Support for device-independent color with the CIE LAB color mode and support for PANTONE(R), FOCOLTONE, TOYO, DIC and TRUMATCH color systems

Hardware Acceleration

• Acceleration of calculation-intensive functions in hardware using compatible products bearing the Adobe Charged(TM) logo
• Support for symmetric multiprocessing under Windows NT

User Interface Enhancements

• Fast Preview option that lets you instantly view adjustments to high-resolution images
• ***New palette design that allows you to group and separate floating palettes in any order
• ***Commands palette that lets you assign a button to provide quick access to frequently used commands and palettes

Advanced PostScript Language Support

• Program-generated PostScript language for highest quality output
• PostScript language on Clipboard for integrating images with Adobe Illustrator artwork
• PostScript language rendering for integrating line art with true color photographic images
• CIE LAB color space for consistent color output to Adobe PostScript Level 2 devices

Cross-Platform Compatibility

• Identical feature set and binary-compatible file formats for Macintosh and Windows versions

Open Architecture

• Support of TWAIN interface for broad range of image-acquisition devices
• Broad support of the industry standard Adobe Photoshop plug-in interface via third-party developers

With the Replace Color tool, you can adjust the hue, saturation and brightness values of a selected range of colors.

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