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.
Open GL
The previously mentioned improved interface is complemented by enhanced OpenGL functionality.
Your work canvas can now be fluidly rotated, zoomed into and out of, and even thrown around thanks to new ‘toss’ physics, meaning that navigating the image is a breeze.
However, one of the facets of OpenGL is that, of course, your Mac or PC must have an OpenGL graphics card.