So, I’ve been playing with Photoshop CS5 for a while and now I can actually talk about it. It’s going to be absolutely off the hook. I was saying to someone last night that CS5 is really like CS7. It’s got so much good stuff baked into it that it’s like 3 major versions ahead of CS4.
The painting / wet brush effects are absolutely amazing. Take this photo (I admit it’s not a great photo) from my trip to Hawaii a couple of years ago.
After a few minutes with my mouse and Photoshop CS5 (this isn’t done with any filters) you get this.
The brushes behave like real paint brushes. You can set how ‘wet’ the colors are and modify all sorts of settings, getting amazing textures in the process. I can’t wait to see how people start making use of these tools. This begs the question though… “Is real paint dead?”
Update: I should note I apologize to real artists everywhere. I don’t claim this painted photo to be any good, just want to show off what you can do with Photoshop CS5. :-)
