| Revolutionary 3D painting and compositing | Paint directly on 3D models, wrap 2D images around 3D shapes, convert gradient maps to 3D objects, add depth to layers and text, get print-quality output with the new ray-tracing rendering engine, and enjoy exporting to supported common 3D formats. |
| Motion graphics editing | Paint, add text, and clone over multiple frames of an imported video sequence with ease using single-key shortcuts. |
| Rich painting and drawing toolset | Create or modify images with a wide assortment of professional, fully customizable drawing tools, paint settings, and artistic brushes. Simply drag to resize brushes and adjust for hardness as you paint and preview brush strokes.
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| New Adjustments and Masks panels | Easily access every tool for nondestructive adjustment of color and tone, including Exposure and Vibrance options. Quickly adjust specific areas with easier access to all the tools for creating editable pixel- and vector-based masks. |
| Content-Aware Scaling | Use the new and revolutionary Content-Aware Scaling feature to automatically recompose an image as you resize it, smartly preserving vital areas as the image adapts to the new dimensions. Get the perfect image in one step, without time-intensive cropping and retouching. |
| Enhanced auto-alignment of layers | Create accurate composites with the enhanced Auto-Align Layers command. Move, rotate, or warp layers to align them more accurately than ever before. Or use spherical alignment to create breathtaking panoramas. |
| Enhanced auto-blending of images | Easily create a single image from a series of shots that have different focal points with the enhanced Auto-Blend Layers command, which smoothly blends colour and shading and now extends your depth of field, automatically correcting vignettes and lens distortion. |
| Image analysis | Extract quantitative information from images with powerful tools that calculate distance, perimeter, area, and other measurements. Record and export data for further quantitative analysis. Even set measurements to the scale in DICOM file headers. |
| Extended depth of field | Combine a range of images, each with a different exposure, colour, and focal point - with options to preserve tones and colors - into a single color-corrected image. |
| Better raw image processing | Enjoy superior conversion quality as you process raw images with the industry leading Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 5 plug-in, which now offers localized corrections, post-crop vignetting, TIFF and JPEG processing, and support for more than 190 camera models. |
| Industry-leading color correction | Enjoy dramatically enhanced control with reengineered Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools that now intelligently preserve color and tone details. Make precise adjustments with Brightness/Contrast and Curves controls, the histogram, channel lines, and a clipping preview. |
| Learn more | Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended |
