Photoshop CS6 Extended / Features

Smart Object support for Blur Gallery and Liquify. Powerful CSS support for web design. They're just a few of the more than a dozen exclusive new features that make Creative Cloud the best way to get the most out of Photoshop.*

Apply Liquify non-destructively, thanks to new Smart Object support.  Your original file is kept intact as you push, pull, rotate, reflect, pucker, or bloat your image or video.  You can re-edit or remove the effect at any time, even after saving and re-opening your file.*

Instantly generate CSS from text and shape styling in Photoshop, and then simply paste the code into your favorite web editor to design websites in less time. Includes support for drop shadows, transformed text, gradients, and more.*

Import color swatches directly from HTML, CSS, or SVG files — for inspiration, or to easily match the color schemes of existing web content.*

Speed up image processing by creating Conditional Actions to automatically choose between actions based on rules you establish.*

Save time with refinements to the Crop tool, improved merged-layer naming, the ability to quickly move a path, and the option to see up to 100 items in your list of recently opened files.*

Save time and steps with improved real-time previews of shadow effects, reflection roughness, and refraction. Get greater control over illumination by using a 32-bit color picker to create amazing glow effects.*

See more detail in your images and in the Photoshop user interface when working on high-resolution displays, including the new Retina display available on MacBook Pro.‡

See near-instant results when you're editing images with key tools such as Liquify and Puppet Warp, creating 3D artwork, and working with matte paintings and other large files.*

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Experience enhanced performance throughout your 3D workflows. View shadows and reflections in all editing modes, quickly render final work in Adobe RayTrace mode thanks to the Mercury Graphics Engine, and much more.*

Use a vastly simplified user interface to intuitively create and animate 3D artwork. Use in-context and on-canvas controls to manipulate cages for 3D extrusions, change the orientation of scenes and objects, edit lights, and more.*

Create superior designs faster. Get consistent formatting with type styles, use vector layers to apply strokes and add gradients to vector objects, easily create custom strokes and dashed lines, quickly search layers, and more.

Quickly create photographic blur effects using a simple new interface with on-image controls. Create tilt-shift effects, blur everything and then sharpen one focal point, or vary the blurriness between multiple focal points. The Mercury Graphics Engine delivers immediate results.*

Crop images faster and with greater precision using the all-new, nondestructive Crop tool. Manipulate your images on canvas, and take advantage of the Mercury Graphics Engine to see your adjustments happen live.*

Work with a fresh, elegant interface featuring dark background options that make your images pop, and benefit from hundreds of design touches that create a smoother, more consistent editing experience.

Quickly achieve 3D realism by adding and enhancing shadows and reflections on your ground plane. Drag a shadow to reposition the light source, and easily edit ground reflections, shadows, and other effects.*

Bring Photoshop image editing power to your videos. Easily enhance any clip using the full range of familiar Photoshop editing tools, and combine clips and stills with transitions, audio, and effects such as pan and zoom.

Keep on working even while saving the largest of Photoshop files in the background — a performance improvement that can help your productivity soar.

Let the auto-recovery option work behind the scenes to save your edits without interrupting your progress. A copy of your work is saved every 10 minutes and recovered in the event of an unexpected shutdown.

Create rich 3D scenes in less time now that you can automatically align 3D objects to the vanishing point in your image and manipulate a group of 3D objects at one time using a new multiselect option.*

Easily migrate your presets and workspaces so you can experience Photoshop in the same way on all your computers, share your setup, and bring your customizations from past versions into Photoshop CS6.

Move or extend a selected object to another area of your image, and then watch as Content-Aware Move magically recomposes and blends the object for a stunning visual result.

Save time with more than 65 new creativity and productivity enhancements that originated as suggestions from Photoshop users via Facebook, Twitter, and more.

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Draw more naturally and realistically using drawing tips that erode as you work. Endlessly wear down and sharpen a charcoal pencil or pastel to create different effects, and save favorite blunted tips as presets.

Simplify painting with new presets that offer a good starting point for creating realistic painting effects.

Generate geometric pattern fills faster with Scripted Patterns.

Animate all 3D properties — including cameras, lights, materials, and meshes — using the Animation timeline. Final rendering performance is now much improved during export of your 3D animation.*

Work more fluidly now that you can preview shadows in both GL and Adobe RayTrace render modes.*

Accurately merge multiple 3D objects in a single scene so they can interact with the same lighting and cameras.*

Easily view your 3D artwork from multiple angles while editing.*

Easily import common stereo formats, such as JPS and MPO, into the 3D pipeline, and make simple adjustments to set depth and range. View a stereo image on stereo monitors or TVs, or print it as a lenticular 3D image.*

Easily export 3D artwork in Adobe Flash® 3D format for viewing in web browsers. Also export 3D artwork assets for use in Adobe Flash Builder® software (sold separately).*

Click once to give your 3D objects the look of sketches or cartoons, and automatically create sketch presets by creating any brush stroke.*

Create stunning 3D logos and artwork from any text layer, selection, path, or layer mask with the improved 3D extrusion engine, which offers faster editing, on-canvas controls, and better beveling options.*

Save time and ensure a consistent look with type styles, which let you apply formatting to selected characters, lines, or paragraphs of text with a single click.

Use vector layers to apply strokes and even add gradients to vector objects.

Get sharper rendering by clicking once to snap the edges of vector objects to pixels.

Easily create custom strokes and dashed lines.

Use layer search capabilities to quickly zero in on the layer you need.

Get better performance and results with the new, 64-bit Lighting Effects Gallery. The plug-in is powered by the Mercury Graphics Engine and offers on-canvas controls and previews that make it easier to visualize your lighting enhancements.*

Quickly give your work the look of a fine painting with the Oil Painting filter powered by the Mercury Graphics Engine. Control the style of your brush as well as the direction and shine of your lighting for a superior look.

Create realistic airbrush effects using fluid, lifelike controls and granular paint particles.

Paint more naturally by manually changing the rotation of your paint brush with your mouse. Dynamically resize your brushes with shortcuts, and take advantage of the Mercury Graphics Engine to fluidly adjust opacity or hardness.

Get a more accurate representation of how your images will appear in film with 10-bit monitor support. See just the pixels you’ve captured, reduce or eliminate the need for dithering, and reduce contouring or banding.†

Retouch images for film more easily with 3D lookup tables (LUTs) — including Adobe SpeedGrade™ .Look color LUTs — that you can turn on when you need to tweak raw color data.

Choose whether you'd like to handle alpha channels in OpenEXR files as alpha channels or transparency.

Save time with a context-sensitive Properties panel that lets you make quick updates to the properties of your masks, adjustments, and 3D content.

Manage your media faster — especially when working with large image files. Adobe Bridge CS6 offers cross-platform 64-bit support and a range of user interface and database enhancements.

Access your images and documents more quickly and easily in Adobe Mini Bridge, redesigned as an elegant filmstrip.

Use heads-up displays to get greater precision when selecting and transforming objects and text.

Work with a larger range of TIFF files. Enhanced TIFF support allows for greater bit depths and larger file sizes.

Get great results when resizing an image — the best resample method is automatically selected.

Save time with the ability to insert "Lorem ipsum" filler text when working with type.

Edit and paint with brush sizes all the way up to 5000px.