It's Heeeerrreee - CS5 Launch Day is today :)

It has arrived, the CS5 Adobe launch day.

Honestly, if  you have CS4, and know how to use it, you probably don't NEED a CS5 upgrade. I know some who are still pumping out mind blowing images on an elements 7 working environment. If you have lightroom 2, same applies, CS5 would not be considered a "needed product" by most. However, that being said, this suite is bring some amazing things to the table. Many times, product upgrades from series to series can be lack luster, but I believe Adobe is on to something with this one.

Here is a video with a lot a lot a whoooole lot of information concerning the new adobe CS5 that you may want to check out. It is narrated by multiple speakers, some experts in their fields, and a few of the team members that helped create CS5.

http://cs5launch.adobe.com/

Now this IS a commercial, in a sense... they are selling you their product. But look passed the infommercial and absorb some of the new features. Of course, I am looking at the photographer section in particular, see for yourself.

Photoshop CS5... the future is beautiful

Adobe Photoshop CS5 is just around the corner, and with it a bundle of new and exciting changes as always. I'd like to write about a particularly interesting change, the Content Aware Fill tool. This tool is a very efficient way to delete an object from a scene, or even add an object to a scene, when the usual photoshop tools would not be large enough to accomplish it. You typically use the "healing brush" to remove something, and hope that photoshop makes a smart move in deciding what to fill it with. If the area is too large, you can also select the area to delete and obtain the background color selected (or transparent), leaving you with an area that needs significant work.What if I told you that those are things of the past... and that on the horizon, Photoshop CS5 will replace those removed pixels with exactly what should have been there?

It is hard to explain, you really need to see it for yourself:

First introduction
and
Presentation Video

...Seeing is believing, and let me say, I am a believer.