| Adjustments panel | Simplify image adjustment by easily accessing every tool you need to nondestructively adjust and enhance the color and tone of your images; on-image controls and a wide variety of presets are also included in the new live and dynamic Adjustments panel.
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| Masks panel | Quickly create and edit masks from the new Masks panel. This panel offers all the tools you need to create editable pixel- and vector-based masks, adjust mask density and feathering, easily select noncontiguous objects, and more. |
| Enhanced auto-alignment of layers | Create accurate composites with the enhanced Auto-Align Layers command. Move, rotate, or warp layers to align them more accurately than ever before. Or use spherical alignment to create breathtaking panoramas. |
| Enhanced auto-blending of images | Easily create a single image from a series of shots that have different focal points with the enhanced Auto-Blend Layers command, which smoothly blends color and shading and now extends your depth of field, automatically correcting vignettes and lens distortion. |
| Extended depth of field | Combine a range of images, each with a different exposure, color, and focal point—with options to preserve tones and colors—into a single color-corrected image. |
| Non-destructive image editing | Experiment without harming your original photo. Visualize different effects and manipulate objects using non-destructive Smart Filters and Smart Objects. |
| Industry-leading color correction | Enjoy dramatically enhanced control with reengineered Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools that now intelligently preserve colour and tone details. Make precise adjustments with Brightness/Contrast and Curves controls, the histogram, channel lines, and a clipping preview. |
| Better raw image processing | Enjoy superior conversion quality as you process raw images with the industry leading Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 5 plug-in, which now offers localized corrections, post-crop vignetting, TIFF and JPEG processing, and support for more than 190 camera models. |
| Richer painting and drawing toolset | Create or modify images with a wide assortment of professional, fully customizable drawing tools, paint settings, and artistic brushes. Simply drag to resize brushes and adjust for hardness as you paint and preview brush strokes. |
| Quick Selection tool | Loosely draw on an image area and the Quick Selection tool automatically completes the selection for you. Then use simple sliders to preview and refine your selection. |
| Improved Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® workflow | Select multiple photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software (sold separately), and automatically open them in Photoshop CS5 to merge them into a panorama, a high dynamic range (HDR) photo, or a multilayered Photoshop document. And seamlessly roundtrip back to Lightroom. |
| Enhanced auto-alignment of layers | Create accurate composites with the enhanced Auto-Align Layers command. Move, rotate, or warp layers to align them more accurately than ever before. Or use spherical alignment to create breathtaking panoramas. |
| Enhanced auto-blending of images | Easily create a single image from a series of shots that have different focal points with the enhanced Auto-Blend Layers command, which smoothly blends color and shading and now extends your depth of field, automatically correcting vignettes and lens distortion. |
| Powerful printing options | Get outstanding prints with superior color management, tight integration with leading printer models, and the ability to preview out-of-gamut image areas. Support for 16-bit printing on Mac OS offers increased colour depth and clarity. |
| Efficient file management with Adobe Bridge CS5 | Get instant access to Adobe Bridge CS5 with faster start-up, use new workspaces to jump to the right display for every task, easily create web galleries and PDF contact sheets, and more. |
| Broad file format support | Import and export hundreds of file formats, including PSD, AI, PDF, NEF, CRW, TIFF, BMP, Cineon, JPEG, JPEG2000, FXG, OpenEXR, PNG, and Targa. |
| Profiles to support the color-blind | Design with sensitivity for color-blind individuals by creating soft proofs of your images using built-in Color Universal Design Organization profiles. |
| Extensibility | Get and share Adobe Flash® technology-based panels that developers create to accomplish customized tasks. |
| Learn more | Adobe Photoshop CS5 |
