Summary: People who are brand-new to the program will have to pony up $1,000. At that price, it’s definitely a tool for professionals, or at the very least, advanced amateurs.
Pros: Huge assortment of new tools including Content Aware Fill and Puppet Warp.
Cons: Content Aware Fill can't handle crowded backgrounds; non-upgrade version is very expensive.
Excerpt: It’s summer, so that must mean heat, humidity--and, in 2010--time for a new update to the Adobe suite of apps, including the flagship of the fleet, Photoshop.
Conclusion: How can you argue with the king? The swath of new features Adobe has implemented in its unparalleled photo editor make what was already the best even better, and more...
Pros: Lots of helpful upgrades to major tools. Many smaller but useful enhancements. Content-Aware Fill is both mind-blowing and astonishingly useful.
Summary: Photoshop CS5 greatly expands the toolset that Adobe offers in its flagship product, charting new ways to make image manipulation easier while making older tools work
Pros: Incredible array of new features, Mini Bridge speeds up workflow, Intelligent selection tool works effectively, Camera Raw much improved
Cons: Installation and uninstallation functions aren't ideal