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Adobe Photoshop CS6 Available for Free Public Beta

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Adobe has launched a free public beta for their new Photoshop CS6 Beta. As detailed in the press release, the commercial release will follow in the first half of this year for both Mac and Windows. Final pricing has not been announced.

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According to Macworld, the new version of Photoshop works only on 64-bit Mac systems and is no longer available in 32-bit mode. CNet provides a hands-on look of the new Photoshop and describes some of the many changes:
There's so much big news surrounding Photoshop CS6 that I'm not sure where to start. This is Adobe's first-ever public beta of its most important product (expected to ship sometime in the first half of this year). It's the first Adobe product to incorporate the company's new DRM architecture. It's the first version of Photoshop to take video seriously and to make it into the Standard Edition of the product rather than the extra-pricey Extended version. It's the first version to integrate the company's GPU-accelerating Mercury Graphics Engine (MGE) . And for the first time in more than 20 years, Photoshop goes dark.
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Macworld also covers many of the new changes in detail.

Adobe highlights several of the new features found in Photoshop CS6 in this video:

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta is available for download at Adobe's site.

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If you are interested in learning more about the new features, you can watch Deke McClelland demo all of them for free at lynda.com (you don't need to be a member) here.
 
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Why doesn't Adobe just make one version of photoshop and price it at a point where mere mortals can afford it. How about somewhere between $89-$199 and throw it on the app store.


They can use all the DRM they want if they keep pricing it way out of reach of customers reach they will just crack and pirate it.

Wish apple would just end this and either buy adobe or finally unveil they're photoshop killer that's been in development forever and a day.
 
CS3 also had a public beta, partly because it was the first Intel Photoshop release for the Mac.
 
Chaos123x said:
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Why doesn't Adobe just make one version of photoshop and price it at a point where mere mortals can afford it. How about somewhere between $89-$199 and throw it on the app store.
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I think you're looking for Photoshop Elements
 
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Chaos123x said:
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Why doesn't Adobe just make one version of photoshop and price it at a point where mere mortals can afford it. How about somewhere between $89-$199 and throw it on the app store.


They can use all the DRM they want if they keep pricing it way out of reach of customers reach they will just crack and pirate it.

Wish apple would just end this and either buy adobe or finally unveil they're photoshop killer that's been in development forever and a day.
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Steve killed Flash so they have to make money, somehow.
 
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I don't think so. I'm a professional video editor I use extended edition.


Although after watching the demo I still see a reason for the weird video editing stuff. The demo didn't show us why it would be better than using premiere or after effects to do those functions.
 
One of the most annoying things Adobe did in CS5 was the removal of being able to zoom in/out with the scroll wheel while using the Polygonal Lasso Tool.

Anyone who does precise selections knows what a pain in the ass it is now. Hopefully CS6 will fix that.
 
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I'm just saying Adobe price the damn thing at something realistic. Most media professionals are like starving artists, only a few are really making great money.
 
Chaos123x said:
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Why doesn't Adobe just make one version of photoshop and price it at a point where mere mortals can afford it. How about somewhere between $89-$199 and throw it on the app store.


They can use all the DRM they want if they keep pricing it way out of reach of customers reach they will just crack and pirate it.

Wish apple would just end this and either buy adobe or finally unveil they're photoshop killer that's been in development forever and a day.
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Because home consumers is NOT the target audience for Photoshop and Creative Suite? It is professional software for professional users. They have different programs to target home users and consumers, like the Elements series of products. If you are one of the few home users that can, needs and actually does use the additional features not present in consumer products, I am quite sure you would be willing to pony up the money. Most consumers though are more interesting in pirating professional software and showing off to their buddies what cool stuff they have without ever being able to utilize it more than the basics that are also present in iPhoto.

If you can/need more but can't afford it, check out Pixelmator, which works the same way as Photoshop (incl keyboard shortcuts) for just $29.99, though it is not as full featured as the real thing.
 
macstudent said:
If you are interested in learning more about the new features, you can watch Deke McClelland demo all of them for free at lynda.com (you don't need to be a member) here.
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Those are rather well-done videos; very much appreciated. I think I may even subscribe to lynda.com now. The host in that Adobe "6 things" clip was speaking just a touch too fast and it was really bugging me.
 
Chaos123x said:
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Why doesn't Adobe just make one version of photoshop and price it at a point where mere mortals can afford it. How about somewhere between $89-$199 and throw it on the app store.


They can use all the DRM they want if they keep pricing it way out of reach of customers reach they will just crack and pirate it.

Wish apple would just end this and either buy adobe or finally unveil they're photoshop killer that's been in development forever and a day.
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Ahmen to that, but not likely to happen...I've mentioned before that I fell out with Adobe big time years ago, but I have to admit this is tempting. Cheap it will not be, but the likelihood is that it will be a quality product. I might just have a look.
 
throttlemeister said:
If you can/need more but can't afford it, check out Pixelmator, which works the same way as Photoshop (incl keyboard shortcuts) for just $29.99, though it is not as full featured as the real thing.
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Pixelmator is a sweet app. A great 'in-between' choice for those that need more options than Photoshop Elements but not nearly as many as the full version of Photoshop.

However, no professional is going to use Pixelmator in a studio environment. Clients, agencies, studios, etc all use Photoshop, its the gold standard.
 
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