Description from the Publisher:

Get superior results faster with industry-standard Adobe Photoshop 8 CS software and its integrated Web production application, Adobe ImageReady CS software. Graphic and Web designers, photographers, and video professionals can take advantage of indispensable features that include improved file management, new design possibilities, a more intuitive way to create for the Web, and support for 16-bit images, digital camera raw data, and non-square pixels. Now you can create the highest quality images more efficiently than ever before.

Features:

Improved File Browser

• File metadata search and edit
  Quickly find images without opening files by searching metadata and new customizable keywords in the File Browser. Even add custom panels and fields to metadata.
• Onscreen lightbox
  Easily sort, compare, and flag images — even view large, high-quality previews — in the File Browser's onscreen lightbox.
• New sharing options
  Automatically share batches of images from the File Browser in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) presentations, Web photo galleries, online print services, Picture Packages, and more.

Unparalleled efficiency

• Saved Edit Log
  Automatically track editing steps and time spent on Adobe® Photoshop® files for easier client billing, file audits, and more.
• Filter Gallery
  Browse Photoshop filters from the Filter Gallery, where you can preview stacked effects.
• Scripting
  Save time by automating tasks, such as outputting layers as individual files and saving Layer Comps as separate pages of an Adobe PDF file. Use built-in or custom scripts.
• History palette
  Experiment freely knowing you can instantly undo or redo multiple steps with the History palette.
• Actions palette and Droplets
  Automate common production tasks by recording editing steps in the Actions palette, and then processing batches of files with Droplets.
• Options bar
  Instantly access setting options for each tool from the context-sensitive Options bar.
• Flexible measurement systems
  Enter precise numeric values in inches, pixels, and other measurement systems. Even enter different measurements on-the-fly without changing global settings.

Customized workspace

• Customizable keyboard shortcuts
  Customize, save, and print a summary of your ideal set of keyboard shortcuts, so the functions you use most are always at your fingertips.
• Customizable How-to Help
  Learn basic Photoshop CS concepts without having to search the Help system. Even create your own topics to be listed in the Help menu.
• Workspace and tool presets
  Customize and save your workspace and tools to instantly access your personalized Photoshop settings each time you sit down to work.
• Palette Well
  Arrange your desktop to suit the way you work with the easy-to-access Palette Well.

Top-quality results

• Color management guidance
  Improved color management help will guide you in setting up your printers and monitor display for precise and consistent color.
• Welcome Screen
  Easily discover what's new and get more out of Photoshop 8 CS by accessing tutorials, tips, and tricks from the convenient Welcome Screen.
• Adobe PDF security
  Protect your images by assigning passwords to your Photoshop PDF files, including multipage presentations.
• Multilingual spelling checker
  Avoid typos with the built-in spelling checker, which supports multiple languages and includes convenient search-and-replace functionality.
• Cross-platform support
  Enjoy a smooth workflow with complete file compatibility across Macintosh and Windows® platforms.

Graphic design Enhanced layer control

• Layers
  Achieve sophisticated results by compositing images, text, and effects on hundreds of layers that you control by grouping into sets, color coding, and locking.
• Nested layers
  Organize your work on up to five levels of nested layers and maintain them when importing Photoshop files into Adobe Illustrator® software.
• Layer Comps
  Create design variations for clients more efficiently by saving different combinations of layers within the same file as Layer Comps.

Superior output

• Support for extremely large images
  Create for billboards, bus wraps, technical imaging, and more by working with images up to 300,000x300,000 pixels and up to 56 channels per file.
• Vector output
  Output bitmap images with resolution-independent text and vector shapes in the same file.
• Annotations
  Add written or voice annotations for colleagues to review in either Photoshop or Adobe Acrobat® software.

Design freedom

• Special effects filters
  Easily experiment and achieve amazing results by accessing more than 95 special effects filters. Preview and apply more than one filter at a time with the new Filter Gallery.
• Vector shapes
  Easily create vector-based lines, rectangles, ellipses, and polygons that you can combine and edit to use as masks and share with colleagues.
• Artistic brushes
  Simulate traditional fine-art techniques with dry and wet brush effects, pastel, charcoal, and more. Even use brushes to add special effects such as grass and leaves.
• Painting
  Create and save custom brushes with dozens of precise settings, including size, shape, tilt, spacing, scatter, jitter, and more. Even simulate different canvas textures.
• Spot color and duotone support
  Produce Adobe PDF files that support duotones and spot-color channels.

Color control

• Color correction
  Improve the color, contrast, and dynamic range of any image with a comprehensive set of professional color-correction tools.
• Match Color command
  Achieve a consistent look between package shots, fashion photos, and more by instantly matching the color scheme of one image to another.
• Replace Color Brush
  Easily change the color of any image area while retaining the original texture and shading.

Professional presentation

• Customizable Picture Packages
  Easily showcase your images in an expanded set of professional-looking Picture Package templates, which you can now customize.
• Web photo galleries
  Quickly display your photos online in Web photo galleries that can now gather feedback from viewers.
• File Browser tagging
  Protect your images by adding key copyright information in the editable metadata panel of the File Browser.
• Online services
  Explore new ways to share your work with direct access to online services.

Web production with ImageReady CS Advanced Web capabilities

• Macromedia Flash file export
  Use Adobe ImageReady® CS to create Macromedia® Flash™ (SWF) animations, complete with vector artwork and variable text.
• Streamlined HTML output
  Create leaner, more easily edited HTML with new controls for nested tables, XHTML, and more.
• Image slicing
  Slice complex, layered images and apply appropriate format and compression settings to each area before exporting as an HTML table.
• Sharp vector output to the Web
  Automatically ensure sharp-looking vector art and text when optimizing images for the Web.
• Weighted optimization
  Smoothly vary compression settings using channels to display higher quality results in critical image areas.
• Animated GIF creation
  Turn layered Photoshop or Illustrator files into compact GIF animations in a few quick steps.
• Web transparency
  Instantly make Web page elements transparent by simply knocking out one or more colors, which can easily be restored to their original settings.
• Dithered transparency
  Easily apply dithered transparency to Web graphics for seamless edges that blend into any Web background.

Intuitive environment

• Enhanced ImageReady user interface
  Create and modify Web designs faster with multiple object selection, object grouping, and smart guides.
• Improved Photoshop integration
  Enjoy quicker, more seamless integration between Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady, plus automated file saving and common commands, tools, and shortcuts.
• Web Content palette
  Create and edit rollovers and other interactive Web elements more easily using the new Web Content palette.

Timesaving automation

• Variable data support
  Easily import database and spreadsheet information to automate the production of Web graphics.
• Conditional Actions
  Use if/then statements to make smarter, more powerful Actions in ImageReady.
• Layers-as-files export
  Optimize and export individual layers as separate files for use in SWF animations and dynamic HTML.

Video and film imagery

• Non-square pixel support
  Create and work with different aspect ratios to accommodate non-square pixels without distortion.
• Guide presets
  Easily design using video-specific presets that show action-safe and title-safe areas of the screen.
• Enhanced 16-bit compositing
  Perform more precise matte painting, 3D rendering, and other advanced film compositing with expanded support for 16-bit images in core features, including layers, brushes, and more.
• Layers-to-files export
  Quickly integrate layered Photoshop artwork with a variety of video editing and compositing systems using the built-in Export Layers to Files command.

• Intel® Pentium® III or 4 processor
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 3 or Windows XP
• 192MB of RAM (256MB recommended)
• 280MB of available hard-disk space
• Color monitor with 16-bit color or greater video card
• 1,024x768 or greater monitor resolution
• CD-ROM drive
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation To install upgrade successfully, you will need a serial number and a previous version of this product on the same platform as this purchase.