With CS4, Adobe turned Bridge from a simple file browser into a truly powerful photo workflow tool. Choosing to eschew the single window will eliminate the gray background, if you find that annoying.įigure 1 – Photoshop CS6 sports a radically different look, with color-friend neutral gray behind all of its windows and menu items. As with CS5, you can choose to have Photoshop contained within a single window, or keep its palettes floating, like a normal application. It is a very different look to the application, but Adobe has provided preferences that let you choose from several different shades of gray, though there’s no option to return to a completely non-gray interface.īridge CS6 has also undergone the gray treatment, but otherwise its interface remains the same. Of course, you can’t please everyone, and some people will find the switch difficult. The result is a feel that’s very like Lightroom, and which creates a neutral environment well-suited to color correction. CS6’s interface has been dramatically re-cast in gray, with dark backgrounds and re-designed widgets throughout the program. Sometimes it’s hard to notice what’s new in a software update, even a major one. Adobe has added some great new features, and managed to revamp the 22-year-old program’s interface in a fairly substantial way. CS6, then, is a welcome update, and an exciting one. DSLR users have gained more video capability, the ascension of the iPad has brought a divided focus to people’s computing tasks, and Adobe’s own Photoshop Lightroom has complicated the choices for digital photographers. The last major changes in Photoshop came in April of 2010, with the release of Photoshop CS5. CS 5.5 shipped in May of 2011, but that update offered little to Photoshop users. It’s been a year since the last update to Adobe’s Creative Suite. Pros: Dramatically improved Camera Raw simple but useful video editing great new Crop tool improved performance improved typographic controls great wide-angle distortion correctionĬons: Bridge sees no discernible improvement interface changes may bother some

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