According to Adobe, there’s a reasonably large percentage of Photoshop users that tend to skip a version – meaning that when Photoshop CS4 came out, some people stayed with Photoshop CS3. If you’re one of those people and are considering an upgrade to Photoshop CS5, we’ve put together a chart that summarizes the new and enhanced features in both Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS5. When added together, it makes for a very significant list of changes from Photoshop CS3 to Photoshop CS5.
| PHOTOSHOP CS4 | NEW | ENHANCED | PHOTOSHOP CS5 | NEW | ENHANCED | |
| Interface |  |
Interface | |
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| Workspaces | |
Workspace menu | |
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| Tabbed documents | |
Content Aware Fill | |
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| Application Frame | |
Content Aware Heal | |
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| Adjustment Panel | |
Puppet Warp | |
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| Vibrance adjustment layer | |
Bristle tips (brushes) | |
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| Masks Panel | |
Brush engine | |
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| Spring loaded keys | |
Painting options | |
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| Rotate canvas | |
64 Bit | |
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| Adjustment presets | |
Refine Edge | |
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| On image controls | |
Merge to HDR Pro | |
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| Content Aware Scale | |
HDR Toning (single image) | ||||
| Depth of Field blending | |
Mini Bridge | |
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| Clone Stamp preview | |
On screen color picker | |
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| Dodge & Burn tools | |
On screen brush resize | |
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| Smart Object link to mask | |
Opacity/fill of multiple layers | |
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| Auto Align layers | |
Drag/Drop file from desktop | |
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| Auto Blend layers | |
Drag from Layers panel to tab | |
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| Printing improvements | |
Mixer Brush tool | |
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| Smooth zoom and pan | |
Sampling Ring for Eyedropper | |
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| Improved Photo merge | |
Paste in Place | |
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| Flash Panels | |
Lens Correction | |
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| Kuler | |
Flash Panels | |
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| Color Range | |
Scrubby Zoom | |
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| Proof Colors (Color Blindness) | |
Ruler Tool | |
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| Pixel Grid view | |
Adjustment layers | |
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| Share my Screen | |
Gradient tool | |
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| Scripts (new scripts added) | |
Shadows/Highlights | |
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| Creative Resources (presets) | |
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| Print settings | |
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| Scripts (new scripts added) | |
| Camera Raw (CS4) | NEW | ENHANCED | Camera Raw (CS5) | NEW | ENHANCED | |
| Adjustment brush | |
Noise reduction | |
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| Graduated filter | |
Sharpening algorithm | |
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| Post-crop vignette | |
Post-crop vignette | |
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| Negative Clarity | |
New rendering engine | |
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| Camera Profiles | |
| Bridge CS4 | NEW | ENHANCED | Bridge CS5 | NEW | ENHANCED | |
| Faster Performance | |
Batch renaming | |
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| Output Module | |
Path Bar | |
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| Full screen previews | |
Export Panel | |
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| Smart collections | |
Mini Bridge | |
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| Review Mode | |
Drag/drop into documents | |
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| Thumbnail grid | |
Workspaces | |
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| Automated commands/scripts | |
Automated commands/scripts | |
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| Path Bar | |
