Photoshop CS4 Screen Captures

By Corey Barker

Get a quick look at the updates to the user interface and some of the dialogs within Photoshop CS4 provided by NAPP’s instructor Corey Barker.

3D Lights

Have complete control over the lighting of your 3D objects. Here you can assign what type of light and even reposition it in 3D space.

3D Materials

This window lets you control the surface properties of your 3D object. Her you can apply textures; bump maps, environmental effects, and reflections all from one convenient panel.

3D Mesh

This panel breaks down all the individual mesh surfaces that make up your 3D object. You can select and modify each mesh individually in this simple window.

3D Scene

This is the master window for your 3D scene here you can see a breakdown of all the surface layers and lights. You can modify render and paint settings all form this panel.

Adjustment Panel

The adjustment panel makes it all that much easier to adjust your images. It allows you to do on-screen editing instead of opening the Levels window, for instance, and having only limited access to your image. You can now apply the adjustment and tweak the adjustment right inside the panel at any time. There are also a number presets built right in.

Application Bar

This new item brings some of Photoshop’s most common navigation tools right to the top of the interface. There are even a couple new ones. It gives quick access to Bridge, rulers, hand tool, zoom tool, the brand new canvas rotation tool, tiling features and screen modes. This feature is optional and can be turned on or off from within the Windows menu.

Bridge CS4

The new Bridge has undergone a number of new enhancements. First being the performance images load faster and it’s just a much smoother experience. The new breadcrumb feature allows you to backtrack in a snap. It also boasts a new carousel viewer that let’s you scroll through your image in a fluid flash window. Other enhancements include preview controls and slideshow improvements.

Bridge Carousel View

This is a cool new way to scroll through your images. This easy to use flash window scrolls through your image in a 3D carousel making fun to sift through images or for presentations.

Bridge PDF Output

The new PDF export window makes it even easier to output multi-page PDF presentations.

Bridge Web Gallery

It’s also that much easier to output a custom web gallery page right inside Bridge.

Camera Raw

There are a number of great new additions here. One is the new graduated filter, which lets you isolate adjustment to a specific range of tones. There is also the adjustment brush which lets you paint in the adjustments to very specific areas of the image.

Flash Panels

The new Flash panels are an exciting new way of customizing Photoshop. It gives you access to online features like Kuler and other Adobe services. You can also create your own custom panels and toolbars.

CS4 Interface

The new interface promises to make our lives easier and for some people a little interesting. You can see we have a number of obvious changes. Like tabbed windows and panels and the new application bar. Another interesting new feature is the Application frame. For PC users this is nothing new, but on a Mac we now have the option of containing Photoshop within an application frame. The cool is thing is that this feature is optional. Just go under the Window menu to turn it on or off.

Mask Panel

The new Mask panel is a great new enhancement to Photoshop CS4. Here you have all the related masking tool all in one convenient panel.

Canvas Rotation

The all-new Canvas Rotation tool allows you to rotate your canvas without actually altering the pixels. Just like if you had a drawing on a table and turned it around to get a better angle for a certain stroke. Same thing here, just in a virtual sense.It does take some getting used to but I think this will be a big help.

Toolbar

You will notice the toolbar has some new tools. The 3D tools have now found a permanent home in the toolbar. There is also the canvas rotation tool for easy access as well.

Vibrance

The Vibrance adjustment is the only new adjustment in the adjustment panel. This feature, if you remember from Camera raw, lets you punch up the colors and contrast of your image with overly saturating the overall color.