from  goodgearguide.com.au   ........... Facebook video unveils new Adobe CS5 tools

Adobe has posted a video on Facebook giving a sneak peek at features that will likely make their way into the next version of Photoshop. The video shows a selection of features that are being developed by 'Photoshop Labs', including Painter-style brushes, a new warp tool and more.

The new brush tools aim to match that found within Corel's Painter application. The video shows 'wet' paints being smudged, smeared and blended. It also shows an on-screen representation of the 3D properties of a brush, showing how it has been twisted to lay down different stroke types.

A similar system After Effects' Puppet tool has been added to Photoshop, enabling artists to warp image by placing pins into areas to lock them down, then moving the areas around them. An overlaid grid shows how the image is warped.

Adobe isn't saying that these tools will definitely be in Photoshop CS5 -- or any future version of Photoshop -- as the company doesn't want to be legally tied to releasing them, but tools from "here's just a little something we're playing with" sessions like this usually work their way into the next release.

Watch the video here.

YouTube - Sneak Peek Into the Photoshop CS5

that looks awesome! the warp tool looks really controllable, without any real distortion. And i really like how the paint mixes. Wonder when it'll be out!

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man, they need to stop developing so fast.   but that warp tool is sweet 

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It looks like  Adobe is finally listening to the  Digital Painters and their needs 

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It would be nice if Adobe (and other companies for that matter) announced features for their forthcoming software on their own website where their customers look, instead of a third party site that has nothing to do with anything relating to the software they are releasing.

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ah but then you'd know about it, and umm err probably want to buy it or err something stupid like that...

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banjaxedmdt:

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It would be nice if Adobe (and other companies for that matter) announced features for their forthcoming software on their own website where their customers look, instead of a third party site that has nothing to do with anything relating to the software they are releasing.

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I suppose they think it's a clever advertising wheeze - gets everyone talking and makes us feel we have discovered something semi-secret - cos we're all stupid, you know.

kazky:

ah but then you'd know about it, and umm err probably want to buy it or err something stupid like that...

I doubt it, I've only recently upgraded to CS2 (I feel so dirty and ashamed).

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There was a video on facebook PS showing the new "healing brush" and all I can say is I WANT IT NOW BIOTCHES!!

Instead of "just zapping that zit" as it does now and is dodgie near edges, it actually can replace whole sections of the image as it takes three times the amount of reference points that say CS3 ext does!!  COME ON!! Isn't that cool!!

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Very  Cool !!!!!!!