SAN JOSE, Calif., Mar 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Adobe Systems, Inc. officially announced Adobe® Photoshop® CS6 Beta and is offering it as a free download in both English and Japanese on the Adobe Labs website. At installation, users will be required to provide an Adobe ID to complete a one-time login and online product activation. Customers can submit feedback via the Photoshop CS6 beta forum. Users can also connect with the Photoshop team via the community-powered site; on Facebook; YouTube; Photoshop.com blog; or via Twitter. Here are some of the major changes to expect in Photoshop CS6:
- Content-Aware Patch — Patch images with greater control using the newest member of the Content-Aware family of technologies. Choose the sample area you want to use to create your patch, and then watch Content-Aware Patch magically blend pixels for a stunning result.
- Blazingly fast performance and a modern UI — Experience unprecedented performance with the Mercury Graphics Engine, which gives you near-instant results when you edit with key tools such as Liquify, Puppet Warp, and Crop.* Plus, a refined, fresh, and elegant Photoshop interface features dark background options that make your images pop.
- New and re-engineered design tools — Create superior designs fast. Get consistent formatting with type styles, create and apply custom strokes and dashed lines to shapes, quickly search layers, and much more.
You will also discover hundreds of new ways to work faster and with greater creative freedom and precision. Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CS6 Extended will be part of the Adobe Creative Suite®, and Photoshop CS6 Extended will be part of Adobe Creative Cloud membership. Both Photoshop editions will also be available separately and both will be available for Windows and Macintosh. The company expects a final release date sometime in the first half of 2012.
