Photoshop CS6 Extended rocks!

[torstan]

I haven't jumped ship to CS6 yet. What are the major advantages? Any particular cool new tricks to watch out for?

[OldGuy]

I haven't jumped ship to CS6 yet. What are the major advantages? Any particular cool new tricks to watch out for?

I came from v7.0 so a great deal is new to me. Not sure what is new since cs5, but there is a lot of talk about speed increases across the board due to the new mercury engine.

The big changes (from v7.0) are the addition of 3d and video editing. I wasn't aware of these until I upgraded so they made a nice surprise. I had heard of content-aware moves and how easy they were but the significance doesn't really sink in til you experience it. I found an image of a field with a tree on the right side. I moved the tree to the left side and it looks completely natural. I watched a 10-min video to learn how and then did it in half that time. I'm still amazed at how easy it was. I never could have done that in v7.

The most impressive changes for me is that everything is faster and editing changes are dynamic. With many commands, I was used to getting a popup, entering values, clicking ok, and then seeing the changes. For instance, when setting a drop shadow you can drag the drop shadow around with the mouse and see the modifications as you go. That sort of thing makes it easier to stay in the moment instead of being distracted with settings.

I'm sure there are lots of other changes that I'm not even aware of yet. I'd definitely say that it was well worth the money!