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InDesign CS5 New Features
Easier Selecting and Transforming -Working with the Selection tool -Live corner effects -The enhanced Layers panel -Using Auto-Fit to set images
New Layout Tools -Exploring Mini-Bridge -Using the Gridify technique -Working with the Gap tool -Live Distribute -Live Captions -Mixed page sizes with the new Page tool
New Production Features -Working in Presentation mode -Understanding document-installed fonts -Using multithreading for faster PDF exports -Managing tracked changes in a document
New Text Frame Controls -Spanning and splitting columns -Balancing columns
Enhanced Production for Cross-Media -Creating documents with interactive features -The new Preview panel -Exploring new FLA export options -Using the Export to Interactive PDF command
Working with Video and Audio -The Media panel -Creating and using navigation points
Animations -Animating objects with the Animation panel -Creating and editing motion presets -Controlling animations with events and actions -Managing multiple animations with the Timing panel
Creating Multi-State Objects -Creating multistate objects with the States panel -Navigating states with button actions
Photoshop CS5 New Features
Easier interface management with live workspaces -Automatically store task-specific workspaces that reflect your workflow, and quickly switch between them
Intelligent selection technology -Extract subjects from backgrounds more quickly and accurately, creating realistic composites
Content-aware filling and healing -Easily remove image elements and replace them with content that seamlessly integrates into its surroundings
HDR Pro -Apply greater tone-mapping power, creating high dynamic range images that range from photorealistic to surreal. Apply an HDR look to standard images with the HDR Toning adjustment
Extraordinary painting effects -Take advantage of realistic painting effects, mixing colors on the canvas and simulating bristles to produce results that rival traditional painting media
Puppet Warp -Radically transform specific image areas, while anchoring others in place
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Photoshop New Feature Contd Automated lens correction -Quickly fix distortion using installed profiles of popular lenses, or custom profiles of additional models
Easy extrusions with 3D repoussé -Convert 2D text and artwork into 3D objects, and then extrude and inflate their surfaces
Enhanced 3D performance, workflow, and materials -Quickly optimize performance with dedicated 3D preferences. Get faster previews and rendering with the improved Adobe Ray Tracer engine -Apply materials interactively with Material Load and Drop tools
Collaborate with colleagues and quickly get client feedback with CS Review, an online service that accelerates the review process.
Integrated media management -Take advantage of improved watermarking, web galleries, and batch processing in Adobe Bridge CS5 -Access assets directly in Photoshop using the Mini Bridge panel
State of the art RAW processing -Remove noise in high ISO images while preserving color and detail -Add creative effects like film grain and post-crop vignetting -Precisely sharpen images with minimal artifacts
Boost your efficiency with countless workflow improvements. Selected highlights let you: -Create layers by dragging files from Windows or Mac OS -Straighten images with the Ruler tool -Protect detail with the Sharpen tool -Apply a graduated neutral density filter -Reverse the direction of a clone source. -Customise defaults for layer styles -Paste in the same relative location, or into or outside selections -Store image-specific print settings -New GPU-accelerated features -Harness increased hardware power with features like brush previews, a colour sampler ring for the Eyedropper tool, and a -Rule Of Thirds grid for the Crop tool
Illustrator CS5 New Features
Perspective Drawing and Strokes -New perspective grid -Beautiful strokes -Variable Width Strokes -Dashed line adjustments
Brush Features -Stretch control -Brushes with corner control -Bristle Brush
Graphics for web and mobile devices -Crisp graphic creation with pixel grid
Artboard Enhancements -Multiple Artboard functionality with new artboard panel -Add, re-order, re-arrange and duplicate artboards -Artboard ruler origin and coordinate changes
Resolution Independent Effects -Use Blur and Texture to maintain a consistent approach across media
Draw Behind and Inside Tools -Draw behind objects easily -Draw or place and image inside a shape
Bridge CS5 -Coverage of the new functionality of Bridge CS5 and how it works in relation to each application will be included
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