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Have you heard the news about Photoshop?

Adobe has released the newest version of Photoshop! It is packed with new and improved features!

Yes, you now can get Photoshop CS5, and Photoshop CS5 Extended!

Adobe Photoshop CS5 delivers breakthrough capabilities to help you create images with impact.

If you have been thinking about getting Photoshop or upgrading this version of Photoshop, then it will probably tempt you even more when you hear about some of the features in Photoshop CS5, and Photoshop CS5 Extended!

Here are some of the new or improved features in in Photoshop CS5:

Complex selections made easy
Get precise results in fewer clicks when selecting intricate image elements, such as hair, and eliminate background color around selection edges. Automatically vary selection edges and perfect masks using new refinement tools.

Content-Aware Fill
Remove any image detail or object and watch as Content-Aware Fill magically fills in the space left behind. This breakthrough technology matches lighting, tone, and noise so it looks as if the removed content never existed.

Automatic lens correction
Save time with automatic correction of lens distortions, Photoshop CS5 uses an image data to make precise adjustments based on the type of camera and lens you used.

Extraordinary painting effects
Achieve natural and realistic painting effects with the Mixer Brush, which offers on-canvas color blending, and Bristle Tips, which lets you create lifelike, textured brushstrokes.

Puppet Warp
Precisely reposition or warp any image element. Swing a raised arm to a person’s side in a photo, stretch text to create new effects, and more.

Superior black-and-white conversion
Explore an endless variety of black-and-white looks. Use the integrated Lab B&W Action to interactively convert color images; create gorgeous HDR black-and-whites with greater ease and speed; and experiment with new presets.

Efficient workflow
Enjoy productivity and creativity boosts thanks to dozens of features and enhancements requested by Photoshop users. Straighten images automatically, pick colors from an onscreen color picker, adjust the opacity of many layers at once, and more.

Better media management
Easily manage media with more flexible batch renaming, and access your assets in the context of what you’re working on by using the customizable Adobe Mini Bridge panel in Photoshop.

Faster performance across platforms
Speed up day-to-day imaging tasks and process very large images up to 10 times faster by taking advantage of cross-platform 64-bit support. (Requires a 64-bit-capable computer with a 64-bit version of Mac OS, Microsoft Windows 7, or Windows Vista. Actual performance varies depending on amount of RAM, driver types, and other factors.)

New GPU-accelerated features
Take advantage of GPU-enabled enhancements to everyday tools. Crop with the Rule of Thirds grid; zoom with click-and-scrub functionality; and sample colors with better visualization and an onscreen color picker.

State-of-the-art raw image processing
Use the Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 6 plug-in to nondestructively remove image noise while preserving color and detail; add grain to make digital photos look more organic; enjoy more control as you perform post-crop vignetting; and more.

Superior HDR imaging
Create photorealistic or surreal high dynamic range (HDR) images with unprecedented speed, control, and accuracy. Get better-than-ever results thanks to automatic ghost removal and greater control with tone mapping and adjustments, and even give single-exposure photos the look of HDR.

Streamlined creative reviews through integration with CS Live services
Use Adobe CS Review, part of new CS Live online services, to initiate a more secure review without leaving Photoshop. Reviewers can add comments to your images from their browsers, and you see those comments appear automatically on your screen. Adobe CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time. Visit www.adobe.com/go/cslive for details.

Photoshop CS5 Extended version

Add these features with Photoshop CS5 Extended Version:

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended is the ultimate solution for advanced digital imaging, delivering all the capabilities of Photoshop CS5 plus breakthrough tools that let you create and edit 3D and motion-based content.

Go beyond traditional image editing by bringing 3D elements to your 2D artwork directly within your favorite digital imaging application, which now offers an easy on-ramp to 3D image creation.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended software helps you create the ultimate images for print, the web, and video. Enjoy all the state-of-the-art editing, compositing, and painting capabilities in industry-standard Photoshop CS5, and experience fast performance thanks to cross-platform 64-bit support. Also create 3D extrusions for logos, artwork, and motion graphics; edit 3D objects with advanced tools; and create and enhance motion-based content.

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Lesson 1: Getting Started in Digital Scrapbooking using Photoshop CS5. This Lesson covers some of the essential details that digital Scrapbookers really need to get started. Such as: opening Adobe® Photoshop® CS5, and overview of the Workspace, an introduction to the the Panel Areas, Intro to the Layers Panel and Helpful Tips to get you started using Photoshop. Learning and understanding these concepts is critical to any digital scrapbooking beginner and makes a world of difference once you learn them! This Lesson includes Video Training, Step By Step Training Guides, Cheat Sheets and More!

Lesson 2: Digital Scrapbooking using Basic Tools in Photoshop CS5. This lesson in the “Getting Started Series” is extremely exciting, because we immediately dig in, and begin digital scrapbooking! No wasting time, or on tools that don’t make sense to learn yet. In this lesson you begin by learning the tools and information that are needed to create a digital scrapbooking page NOW! Lesson 2 teaches the very essence of a basic digital scrapbooking page, with step-by-step information about building layers, adding digital photos, creating shapes, how to use the Text tool, and basically teaches how to create a basic digital scrapbooking page from scratch within Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 – TODAY! This Lesson includes Video Training, Step By Step Training Guides, Cheat Sheets and More!

Lesson 3: Quick Pages and Digital Scrapbooking in Photoshop CS5. Lesson 3 is filled with exciting training and FREE digital supplies like 4 Quick Pages and more! This lesson continues our digital scrapbooking training for beginners by focusing on Quick Pages. Quick Pages are an important, and a must-know part of digital scrapbooking; and learning how to use them can provide a quick and easy alternative to other types of digital scrapbooking. Lesson 3 is jam-packed with important digital scrapbooking and Photoshop tool training like: creating a Clipping Mask, using the Crop Tool, the Eraser Tool, Brush Tool, Magic Wand Tool and Quick Selection Tool! Also, this lesson shows solutions for the tricky Quick Page challenges, such as information about using 12×12″ size Quick Pages and converting them to 8.5×11″ or 11×8.5″ projects! Also, this lesson teaches how to use PNG and JPEG Quick Pages and the different techniques that are needed for each type of Quick Page formats! This Lesson includes Video Training, Step By Step Training Guides, Cheat Sheets and FREE Quick Pages too!

Lesson 4: Create a Scrap Page using Outside Digital Supplies and Kits in Photoshop CS5. This lesson focuses on creating a basic digital scrapbooking page with outside digital supplies such as purchased digital papers, embellishments, WordArt, and Alphas!  This lesson introduces the Mini Bridge feature in CS5. Also, this lesson shows how to create a digital ribbon, a “book-binding” embellishment, and a digital photo border. It explores several Photoshop tools like the Marquee Tool, the Crop Tool, and the Rectangle Tool, and how these tools relate to digital scrapbooking tasks with digital supplies. Learn about formatting digital scrapbooking papers and creating solutions for common digital scrapbooking challenges. In lesson 4 we also take Text from a Word Processing program and show you how  add it to digital scrapbooking pages in Photoshop! This Lesson includes Video Training, Step By Step Training Guides, Cheat Sheets and FREE Digital Scrapbooking Supplies too!

Lesson 5: Saving and Printing Digital Scrapbooking Pages and Projects. This lesson has three parts, which focus on saving a digital  scrapbooking page in three important file formats. Saving all your hard work is actually a little more detailed than you might expect! (Part 1). The next tutorial in this lesson focuses on printing digital scrapbooking pages on a home printer (Part 2). Then looking at printing digital scrapbooking projects through an online printing company (Part 3). Bonus Training included in this lesson! Get an extra Video tutorial and Step by Step Training guide on how to get your computer to show file extensions. Most computers come with the file extensions turned off. However, in digital scrapbooking and photo editing projects having the file extensions helps. Find out how to turn them on in this Bonus Training! This Lesson includes Video Training, Step By Step Training Guides, Cheat Sheets and more!

Lesson 6: Helpful Hints for Photoshop CS5 
Lesson 6 has three parts, which focus on how to create and save a custom workspace in Photoshop. This could be a custom workspace for digital scrapbooking, and another one for Photo Editing. Your custom workspace is set up to how you like it, with the Panels arranged and chosen just for the way you work! (Part 1). The next tutorial in this lesson focuses on how to make 3 Scrapbooking Document Presets. When you are about to make a digital scrapbooking page you have to type in all the settings for each type of document you want. But how about having 3 presets that have all your settings already for 3 popular digital scrapbooking pages? This lesson shows how to set them up! Also this tutorial show how to get color samples from outside of Photoshop and get the color chip tool to display those colors in Photoshop. Plus this tutorial shows where you can get more advanced text options! (Part 2). Then take a look at the third video training in this lesson set, it focuses on how to get additional help for Photoshop and shows a neat trick for bring images into Photoshop workspace from a computer folder!  (Part 3).  After taking this lesson, one is ready to advance to other intermediate Photoshop training! This Training includes Videos and Training Guides to get started quickly! Also a Bonus Digital Scrapbooking Kit is included with this lesson!

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The Getting Started Series in Digital Scrapbooking using Photoshop CS5 is the ultimate training! Each lesson includes: tutorial videos, training guides, and some lesson have digital scrapbook freebies too!  Get this new training now!