On October 15th Adobe released there next generation suite of programs bundled as their Creative Suite. Included in this suite was Photoshop CS4, the much rumoured update to the Photoshop series.

While I’ve not yet had hands on experience with CS4 there are a few features which are could be useful for photographers. You can read about them on the Adobe Website

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It’s been a very long time since my last blog and what better way to get back into it than with some news on the next version of Photoshop.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 should be out in the next month or so and true to form Adobe look to be releasing a product that adds new features and improves old ones without adversely affecting anything else. There are quite a few new features which Adobe highlight in this version but the one I wanted to mention today is the improved Dodge and Burn tools.

The dodge and burn tools allow you to lighten or darken sections of your photographs which allows you to improve the overall appearance of your images. In the past these tools have worked but have sometimes produced bad results. I have often resorted to using a 50% gray layer set to Soft Light onto which I paint in low opacity white or black to get a more controllable affect.

However the tools have been tweaked and improved and now offer the option to retain tones which does seem to produce more favourable results.

Check out this video from the CS4 learning centre for more information.