Adobe’s flagship product, Photoshop, will become a 64-bit application in the next major revision to the company’s bundle of creative pro applications, Creative Suite 4. However, the 64-bit version will only be available to Windows users because of a change Apple made at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in 2007.

The good news is that Adobe will make a 64-bit version for the Mac in the future.

“We can reassure people that literally from the day we found out Carbon 64-bit was cancelled, we have been figuring out what we need to do to get there,” John Nack, senior product manager for Adobe Photoshop, told Macworld.

At WWDC 2007 Apple discontinued its Carbon 64-bit program, which left company’s like Adobe without an avenue to make its current codebase 64-bit. What Adobe has to do now is transition all of the old Photoshop code to Apple’s native Cocoa programming language, where it can then be made 64-bit.

“If you want to go 64-bit on the Mac, you have to port to Cocoa and that’s not a trivial task,” said Nack.

Adobe said that they have been working on the Carbon 64-bit version of Photoshop for some time and had planned on releasing a version for Creative

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Publisher: Sybex
Language: english
ISBN: 0782143857
Paperback: 346 pages
Data: January 18, 2005
Format: PDF
Description: Clear Instruction + Custom Power Tools = Supercharged Results from Photoshop Elements
Thanks to release 3, which offers RAW support and 16-bit image editing for digital photographers, Photoshop Elements is more powerful than ever. But here’s the real news: this popular application already contains a huge stash of hidden power that anyone with the right knowledge and tools can put to work.
In this thorough update of his award-winning best-seller, Richard Lynch supplies those tools, plus the in-depth background and detailed instruction you need to apply them effectively. In no time, you’ll be using Photoshop Elements to get results you never thought possible. For example:
* Get better color by using channels, custom separations, and image luminosity
* Create photo-realistic objects and incorporate them into existing images
* Use animation and rollovers to make images dynamic
* Correct image tone and color with Curves, Color Balance, and custom layer-blending tools
* Target your corrections by using advanced masks and selections
* Use vectors to create scalable line

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Title: Adobe Photoshop CS Type Effects
Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition
Language: english
ISBN: 159200363X
Paperback: 264 pages
Data: June 29, 2004
Format: PDF
Description of Adobe Photoshop CS Type Effects: Through twenty stunning, full-color artistic projects and clear step-by-step explanations how to complete them, “Adobe Photoshop CS Type Effects” will help you master the advanced type effect techniques of Photoshop CS. Use Photoshop CS to apply a variety of effects to your text, including a spiral effect for a CD, a tiled mosaic effect, and a unique magnifying glass effect. All of the original artwork that you need to complete your magnifying projects is included on the book’s CD- ROM.

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Title: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0: Photographers’ Guide
Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition
Language: english
ISBN: 1592004377
Paperback: 312 pages
Data: October 26, 2004
Format: PDF
Description of Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0: Photographers’ Guide: Which effects are best achieved with a film or digital camera? Which effects are best applied in an image editor? “Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0: Photographers’ Guide” answers these questions and more! It cuts right to the heart of the most misunderstood-but easily applied-tools in Photoshop Elements 3.0, examining each from a photographer’s perspective. This unique guide is filled with surprisingly effective examples, simple to follow techniques, and tricks that serve as a jumping-off point to spark your own creativity into action. You don’t need to be an ace photographer or image editing expert. This straight-forward book contains everything you need to use Photoshop Elements 3.0 to enhance your images with the kinds of effects you admire.

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Title:Adobe Photoshop CS2 Official JavaScript Reference

Publisher: Adobe Press
Language: english
ISBN: 0321409701
Paperback: 464 pages
Data: October 18, 2005
Format: CHM
Description: Do you spend too much time doing repetitive production tasks such as placing and replacing images, resizing them, dragging them from one document to another, and preparing images for printing instead of being creative? Do you use Adobe Photoshop CS2 and have some experience with scripting? You’re in luck. Since Adobe Creative Suite 2 was created with built-in support for scripting, virtually every repetitive or time-consuming task that creative professionals have to do in the Adobe Creative Suite can be streamlined with the help of a script. This book describes how to use JavaScript to manipulate and extend Adobe Photoshop within Adobe Creative Suite 2, and provides reference information for the JavaScript objects, properties, and functions defined by Adobe’s applications. Now available in print for the first time, this scripting reference provides the information experienced JavaScript users need to create custom scripts for Photoshop, whether you’re looking to automate Camera Raw options and settings, automatically resize and export large batches of images into your page-layout application, or want to automatically add metadata, like a copyright notice, to selected

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Title: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book
Publisher: Adobe Press
Language: english
ISBN: 0321321847
Paperback: 496 pages
Data: May 24, 2005
Format: CHM
Description: Photoshop is one of those programs that’s so cool you just want to dive right in and start creating–but by plunging in head-first, without any guidance, you’re likely to miss a lot. There’s a solution: With this book, you learn by doing, getting your feet wet immediately as you progress through a series of hands-on projects that build on your growing Photoshop knowledge. Simple step-by-step instructions, review questions at the end of each chapter, and a companion CD with all of the book’s project files make learning a breeze as the Adobe Creative Team takes you on a self-paced tour of the image-editing powerhouse. This bestselling guide has been completely revised to cover all of Photoshop CS2’s new features, which include advanced tools for digital photographers, such as a new Spot Healing Brush for correcting scratches or blemishes, and Smart Sharpen for fixing photo blurring. Photoshop CS2 also includes loads of new creative tools, such as Vanishing Point and Image Warp. This comprehensive guide starts with an introductory tour of the software and then progresses…