DIGITAL digest

In a related move, the company is eliminating the print publishing, digital video and Web software "collections" it previously offered. Each medium is still represented in the feature upgrades, with a fair number being print related.

Adobe Photoshop CS is said to increase user control with a redesigned File Browser offering enhanced search, sorting and sharing capabilities. Additional advances include: a new Histogram Palette that monitors changes in an image as they are made; Match Color, which reads color statistics to quickly achieve a consistent look across a series of photographs; Shadow/Highlight, which improves the contrast of over- or under-exposed digital images; and enhanced ImageReady CS integration. Potentially of use in creating variable data jobs is the Layer Comps function, which can be used to capture design variations within a single file, then output alternates for client review.