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FEBRUARY 24, 2002 First Look: Photoshop 7 for OS X
Workflow enhancements There is one major feature that I will have to leave out of all of this: AppleScript. While Photoshop 7 will have AppleScript support, this feature has not yet been implemented in the beta releases. Adobe says it will be implemented as a plugin and that its functionality will be along the lines of the AppleScript support found in Illustrator 10. AppleScript is, of course, a major feature Photoshop users have been waiting on for years. You'll just have to wait a little while longer to learn about it. [an error occurred while processing this directive] The other major productivity enhancement is the new File Browser. Like the Brush palette, the File Browser is, by default, lodged in the Palette Wall at the top of the Photoshop interface, though it can be dragged out to function as a window. 
Unlike the built-in navigation services of whatever system you're on, the File Browser is not just for locating files on your drives. It includes a directory tree listing of folders and files on any of your drives (including removable media) and also provides scads of information about the file, including size, dimensions, color mode, file size and EXIF data from digital cameras. The File Browser can also be used to modify certain characteristics about an image without leaving Photoshop and without opening the image. This includes moving, sorting, ranking, batch renaming and rotating. A note about rotation: When you rotate the image in the File Browser, Photoshop stores the information internally. However, the image is not actually rotated until it's opened in Photoshop. The File Browser is a fantastic addition to Photoshop's workflow tools, particularly if you have the screen real estate available to keep it open constantly. If not, it can be easily docked and opened when needed. Image editing There are three major new addition's to Photoshop's image editing capabilities, each of which make working on troubled images infinitely easier. The first is Auto Color, which appears in the Image menu along with Auto Levels and Auto Contrast. There are no options that go along with Auto Color. It's simply another tool for quickly correcting the color in images with unbalanced or undersaturated colors. 
But Auto Color isn't the most sophisticated of the new Photoshop image editing features. By far the most important is the new Healing Brush. At first glance, it seems to operate just like the Clone Stamp tool. But clearly the Healing Brush goes far beyond this in its ability to clean up artifacts, dust and scratches and the like. Instead of just stamping one portion of an image over another, it actually samples certain attributes of one portion of the image and applies them to the area that needs fixing. 
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