FREE Download – Adobe Photoshop CC Update by Martin Evening

FREE Download – Adobe Photoshop CC Update by 

Martin Evening

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD – Adobe Photoshop CC Update: May 2013

This bulletin coincides with the announcement of Photoshop CC and content includes basic information about all of the main features that are new to Photoshop since the CS6.1 bulletin update (which you can also download here.) The features described here will be accessible to all Creative Cloud subscribers and those who have purchased the current version of Photoshop CC.  For a complete description of how to use these new Photoshop tools, with diagrams and step-by-step tools, I recommend you buy the Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers book.

Below is an example from the Adobe Photoshop CC Update.

SHAKE REDUCTION FILTER
At the Adobe Max show in 2011, there was a sneak preview of a new ‘de-blurring’ plug-in that generated a lot of excitement. I think Adobe themselves were caught by surprise at the amount of interest and speculation this created and if anything had to downplay expectations. Well, that filter has now arrived in Photoshop. What it does is correct the camera shake in a captured photo rather than work out how to refocus an out of-focus image. The way it does this is to interpret the image and look for signs of camera shake, and in particular, clues to the path that a camera moved during an exposure. For example, this will be most apparent in sharp pin-point areas such as catch lights in the eyes. From this the Stabilize plugin is able to calculate a camera shake signature for the image and use this to work out how to reconstruct the scene without camera shake. It’s kind of like a software version of the image stabilizing control found on some lenses and cameras.

The Shake Reduction filter dialog. In this example, there is one blur trace active with an active blur trace region plus filled pin and one that’s inactive (with a hollow pin).

The Shake Reduction filter tools.

The book Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers goes beyond a basic description of the Shake Reduction Filter and discusses the following features and abilities of the filter:
- A detailed explanation of the Shake Reduction advanced controls
- Repeat filtering
- Smart object support
- Blur direction tool
- How to get the best results  (Help improve the success of the filter)
- A Step-by-step tutorial on how to use the advanced shake reduction controls