It must be said that some of the changes are arguably more suited to the beginner or relative newcomer to image editing, rather than the more advanced user who would no doubt have their own workflow sorted in such a way that, for example, the need for a simplified adjustments panel would never occur to them. And with this in mind it begs the question... if you’re a newcomer to image editing, are you going to be willing to spare nearly £600 for editing software? If you do, you’ll get the market-leading program, but surely it will only be a matter of time before the headline features in CS4 make their way through the Adobe family to more accessibly priced and easy to operate products.
Better RAW Image Processing
Camera Raw, now version five, is an area that sees, some may say, a much-needed facelift and improvements made upon previous versions.
Users can now apply localised adjustments and gradients, alongside other similar tools using brushes, meaning that the new Camera Raw has a lot of Photoshop familiarity to it, rather then seeming like some strange standalone feature.