Posted by Max Waugh on September 8, 2017 at 7:51 PM
Hi everyone. I held out as long as possible, but I've just been forced into my fourth PhotoShop upgrade resulting from a new camera body. This means I've finally joined the Creative Cloud, coming off of PS6.
I am not looking for any specific technical advice, but would welcome any feedback from folks who have made this leap and have recommendations on new features to try in CC that might make processing better, or perhaps more fun. It's a good opportunity to explore the new software with fresh ideas and suggestions.
Thanks,
Max
Posted by Greg Vaughn on September 9, 2017 at 10:44 AM
Hi Max,
I don't think you'll find any really big differences between PS6 and CC, but the latest Camera Raw is much improved over earlier versions, and Bridge has some performance improvements also.
Since you have CC, you might want to give Lightroom a try. Many photographers now do most of their editing and processing in LR. One advantage of doing so is that Lightroom is a complete photo management program as well as an editor. And you can jump into PS while processing an image in LR.
One significant difference between CS-6 PS-CC is seeing and manipulating the edges of selections in a mask. To see the new interface, do this...
Open an image in PS that has a layer mask; one that has masked areas
Click the 'Mask' icon in the Layers Panel
In the 'Properties' window under "Refine:", click "Select and Mask..."
The layer mask is displayed in a window
If you make changes to the mask, click "OK", if not, click "Cancel
Your image will again be visible in the PS interface
Depending on the "View Mode" in the "Properties" panel you select, you can various views of the mask.
Honestly, I have not played around with select and Mask much, but there are tutorials out there that will give you a much better grasp on it.
With regard to Lightroom: I tried it, but uninstalled it. I have another app for cataloging images, and I find that ACR and PS work just fine for me. I use Bridge when I need to open a set of RAW files as layers in Photo Shop, e.g. for focus stacking.
--P
Posted by Max Waugh on September 10, 2017 at 10:35 AM
Thanks guys. Preston, I may be in the same boat as you. I've never used LightRoom, in part because I've been with PS since the late 90s (doing a lot of design work in addition to photo work), but also because I use Photo Mechanic for the organizational side.
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3 repliesI am not looking for any specific technical advice, but would welcome any feedback from folks who have made this leap and have recommendations on new features to try in CC that might make processing better, or perhaps more fun. It's a good opportunity to explore the new software with fresh ideas and suggestions.
Thanks,
Max
I don't think you'll find any really big differences between PS6 and CC, but the latest Camera Raw is much improved over earlier versions, and Bridge has some performance improvements also.
Since you have CC, you might want to give Lightroom a try. Many photographers now do most of their editing and processing in LR. One advantage of doing so is that Lightroom is a complete photo management program as well as an editor. And you can jump into PS while processing an image in LR.
- Greg
One significant difference between CS-6 PS-CC is seeing and manipulating the edges of selections in a mask. To see the new interface, do this...
- Open an image in PS that has a layer mask; one that has masked areas
- Click the 'Mask' icon in the Layers Panel
- In the 'Properties' window under "Refine:", click "Select and Mask..."
- The layer mask is displayed in a window
- If you make changes to the mask, click "OK", if not, click "Cancel
- Your image will again be visible in the PS interface
Depending on the "View Mode" in the "Properties" panel you select, you can various views of the mask.Honestly, I have not played around with select and Mask much, but there are tutorials out there that will give you a much better grasp on it.
With regard to Lightroom: I tried it, but uninstalled it. I have another app for cataloging images, and I find that ACR and PS work just fine for me. I use Bridge when I need to open a set of RAW files as layers in Photo Shop, e.g. for focus stacking.
--P
Max