There are a lot of differences between CS and CS2. Of these there are a few I use often:
You can straighten and crop an image in Camera Raw, these changes are non-destructive and are stored in the DNG file. The major camera raw sliders all now have an "auto" setting. For most of the stuff I shoot, they are usually in the ballpark and I only have to tweak things just a bit. At a minimum, it's interesting to see what adjustments Adobe's engineers thought should be made before I depart on my own adjustment adventure. The batch processing is a big step forward. Once you kick off a batch of raw conversions, you can switch over to photoshop and start working while the conversion completes in the background. This is a big time saver. The image processor is great, you can select a bunch of raw files and tell it you want a set of TIFFs and a set of JPGs of different or the same resolution and it will go off and convert the whole bunch for you. (This was previously a script called Dr. Brown's something or other. Now it's built in.) Bridge replaces the old file browser and is a separate application. It's a huge step forward and makes it much easier to review files with several customizable options. I've almost completely switched over to Smart Sharpen and seldom use Unsharp Mask. Smart sharpen let's you set different amounts for highlights, midtones and shadows, includes a bit of noise reduction and has a few other options. You can name and save combinations of settings and load them later to be used with other images. I've used the lens correction feature several times to correct barrel distortion. They've finally moved the spot healing brush and red eye removal tools into CS2. Both were in previous versions of Photoshop Elements. Those are only the additions that I commonly use. I wouldn't want to go back to CS. I'll also add my endorsement (whatever that's worth) of the Real World Adobe Camera Raw book. Quite a bit was rewritten in the CS2 version to accommodate the new features. See you later, gs <http://www.georgesphotos.net> On 9/9/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know about "greatly superior," although I've heard it's better. > Unfortunately, I've not heard how it's better, and have not seen any > comparisons any where. > > IAC, the free trial is the way to go first, IMO, and getting the program as > an upgrade may be a better way still. > > Shel > > > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > That may be true strictly for photo editing. But from all I hear > > the raw converter in CS2 is greatly superior to that in CS > > >
