First Look (Photoshop CS6) Part III

Color Range: Skin tones and face detection When you go to Select>Color Range in CS6, there is a new option to make a selection based on skin tones. In addition, there is a Detect Faces checkbox that recognizes facial arrangements in order to fine tune the selection. In CS6 a large database of skin tones of various ethnicities is used to identify portions of the image that are...

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First Look (Photoshop CS6) Part II

Properties panel A new Properties panel now houses both adjustment layer (shown below) and mask properties. This new panel can be resized by dragging its bottom right edge. Clicking on a New Adjustment Layer icon in the Adjustments panel (left) automatically populates the Properties panel (right) with the relevant adjustment layer. Video support In CS6, the image...

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