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FEBRUARY 24, 2002 First Look: Photoshop 7 for OS X
The bottom line Adobe has outdone itself with Photoshop 7. The Healing Brush, Paint Engine and File Browser are enough to justify the upgrade price, which, incidentally, has been dropped to $149 with this release. But you get more. You get AppleScript, which, when it's finally implemented, will break through the limits of Photoshop Actions to save hours of time for those who perform repetitive tasks in Photoshop but who need to automate across applications. You also get a new spell checker, which I haven't touched on here simply because it's a pretty straightforward feature. You also get to customize tools and workspaces on a user by user basis. [an error occurred while processing this directive] On top of all of this, we're finally getting a version of Photoshop that runs on OS X. What's more, it runs better in OS X--even in beta form--than Photoshop 6 ever did in OS 9. It's fast (especially on my dual 1 GHz Mac). It's stable. And it looks good. Photoshop 7, even at this beta stage, looks to be an incredibly valuable upgrade for Photoshop 6 users. For Mac OS X users, there's not even an option. Fortunately, in this case, you'll be getting your money's worth. Photoshop 7 requires Mac OS 9.1 or later or Mac OS X 10.1.3 running on any PowerPC processor. Adobe Photoshop 7.0 will ship in the second quarter of 2002 for all platforms for $609. Registered users of earlier versions of Photoshop can upgrade to version 7.0 for $149 (which is $50 less than the previous upgrade fee). Upgrades from Adobe Photoshop Elements and Photoshop LE are available for $499. For more information, visit http//www.adobe.com. Dave Nagel is the producer of Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; host of several World Wide User Groups, including Synthetik Studio Artist, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe LiveMotion, Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; and executive producer of the Digital Media Net family of publications. You can reach him at dnagel@digitalmedianet.com. Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Related sites: • AEC Newsroom • Animation Artist • AV Video • Broadcast Newsroom • Corporate Media News • Creative Mac • Digital Animators • Digital CAD • Digital Game Developer • Digital Media Designer • Digital Post Production • Digital Producer • Digital Video Editing • Digital Webcast • DTV Professional • DV Format • DVD Creation • Film and Video Magazine • Film Imaging • HDTV Buyer • Hollywood Industry • IBC News • Media Workstation • Presentation Master • The WWUG Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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