Quick links Photoshop overview Photoshop LE Plug-ins Companion Products Easter Eggs Photoshop Q&A Images Photoshop overview Adobe Photoshop is available in several different versions, the latest version is Adobe Photoshop CS2, which is short for Creative Suite 2. Below is a listing of some of the earlier versions. Photoshop CS (8.0) Photoshop 7.0 Photoshop 6.5 Photoshop 6.0 Photoshop 5.5 Photoshop 5.0 Photoshop 4.0 Photoshop 3.0 
Adobe Photoshop is the primer graphic and photo editing program used by almost all professionals. Photoshop allows all formats of images, such as GIF,
JPG, PCX, BMP and many more images, to be imported and edited, customized or changed into almost anything imaginable. Below are some of the new additions added to Adobe Photoshop 5.5. Animation - Adobe Photoshop 5.5 now allows for the user to animate images to be posted onto the web easily. Web Optimization - Adobe Photoshop 5.5 now allows for images to be optimized, decreasing the sizes of the images, dramatically speeding the load time. Rollovers - Adobe Photoshop has the capability now for users to create rollovers, easily allowing images to change when the mouse is placed over the image. Easy Transparency - Create transparency on images where needed easily. Photoshop LE 
Adobe Photoshop Limited Edition is a release of Photoshop that still contains many of the power tools available in Adobe Photoshop. However, takes away
of some of the more advanced features, allowing for a lower priced version of Adobe Photoshop. Below is a listing of the features Photoshop LE has. Import/export GIF, JPEG, and PNG files RGB, Indexed Color, and Grayscale Color correction controls Painting tools Retouching tools Masking and selection tools Text tools Up to 99 image layers 95+ special-effects filters Support for all image formats Image acquisition from digital cameras and scanners Support plug-ins. Below is a listing of the features Photoshop LE lacks when compared to the full version of Photoshop. JavaScript rollovers Animation Image slicing Image optimization CMYK, Lab, Duotone, and Multchannel support Color separations Live text, color adjustment, effects layers Advanced object extraction tools Channel editing Advanced color correction Multiple Undo Auto editing using the actions palette Batch Processing Import Illustrator
Postscript and Acrobat files. Plug-ins Plug-ins allow a user to quickly and easily add visual effects to their images using Adobe Photoshop and the applicable Plug-in. Eye Candy - Eye Candy is an excellent plug-in for users wanting to add such visual effects (filters) to their images, such as fire, smoke, carve, glass, star, swirl and many more. Eye Candy is a product of Alien Skin Software. Companion products Deep Paint - Deep Paint is an outstanding Companion program used with Adobe Photoshop. Deep Paint simulates the true three-dimensional textures of oil paints, watercolors, chalks, acrylics and various other artistic media. Using Deep Paint, artists can now have the capability of doing amazing work that was once only capable of doing with a canvas and brush. Deep Paint is a product of Right Hemisphere |