As far as the logo goes notice that the letters are in 3d with a drop shadow on the background. The letters are also not simple text but look like 3d models. The model is made up of wood boxes that have parts cut in etc. And the light source is probably ray traced. Not for sure just guessing by the look of it. They are clearly trying to show off a major feature.
But yes it could be a better design.
So from that and a few winks and nods I’d say CS5 got a major 3d upgrade.
If Adobe is so keen on 3D, why didn’t they aquire a decent 3D editor by now?
Why the hell are they still throwing tasteless 3D features into an already bloated app?
Why do they need to buy some 3d editor instead of making their own IF they want one?
How is photoshop bloated? I find every feature in there usefull, in CS3 that is, havent tried CS4.
You can crank up Photoshop like no other app (actions, styles, brushes, gradients, plug-ins ect.), that´s true, but with the stock features I don´t think it is a bloated app either.
anyone hear any news about after effects other than it’s going to be 64bit only? Curious to see what new features they add in CS5
I don´t know much more as you for After Effects CS5 but there are some really stirring things going on for Premiere Pro CS5:
Edit: I took the wronk link.
http://cs5.org/?p=594
A few reasons. The interface is very different (from a workflow POV) so it wants the artist to
change how he/she works and interacts with the software (much like Zbrush vs. Maya/Softimage/Max). Not the fault of Adobe or Imagineer, but in making these two work together (which is certainly appreciated, BTW) it exposes the differences between the two.
Also, transferring data between the two apps is dodgy at times, due to having to COPY the motion data, then go into AE and paste it. While this is not difficult,
it isn’t quite elegant (or intuitive) either.
However, the software itself (Mocha) is great, as is AE. It’s just a shame that Mocha is the solution
(an external application) instead of the solution being within AE, that’s all.
I thought this was rather mindblowing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0aEp1oDOI&feature=player_embedded
Content aware controls.
It does indeed look very powerful, I hope it doesn’t lead people to be sloppy tho’, I mean, the 1st example of removing the trees resulted in a look of dust spots where the content aware did the job.
The last example looks very good, but how did it compute the irregular sky, or more so the rocky areas, the contours look very natural in places!!! Are they doing some sort of Microsoft (can’t remember the name) montage of peoples images taken from around the world before blending to give the sense of realistic content awareness?
Really good stuff…
… new ps and just hope that those guys from Adobe will think about all of us who use ps as painting tool.
It would be great if they have listen to people and made some changes especially in brush section(just something little bit closer to painter-concerning blending)
Also some perspective grid tool(something easy and on a click of a button)
Also shit+click for straight line, or keyboard v like in painter would be nice
eh…
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How do you figure? The line constraint can be used with every brush setting, afaik.
And the perspective grid you want is hiding under the filters as Vanishing Point. Just render the grids back to a new layer.
As already mentioned, they don’t really need to acquire someone else’s technology, but it might have made sense. The worst thing to come out of Adobe doing it on their own is the proprietary engine that in the first round didn’t let you export models to other format. With CS4, you can export OBJ and others, so that’s a bonus.
I really don’t think Adobe wants to engage in actual modeling so much as position PS as a more important tool in a 3D workflow. A benefit to this is giving 2D artists and photographers easier access to 3D for design or stills compositing. I’m a big advocate of using 3D in PS in not-so-obvious ways.
Given the amazing tools and talent out there in the 3D world, it’s easy to look at PS and wonder why they are bothering. But for those of us just adding 3D to our 2D work, it’s a very nice way to engage and start learning - we have safety nets 
As an example of what I mean, as a photographer, I use the 3D elements to help generate realistic shadows (or even just guides) when blending multiple images - often times, a very simple primitive or two can suffice to give me a ‘good enough’ approximation of lightfall. For that matter, I’ve also used 3D scenes for previsualization before setting up a studio or location shot. This is something I would not have done because I wouldn’t want to go out and buy additional tools - the learning curve is just too great to get a good return on investment here.
Now, could the tools be better? Absolutely. Personally, I would kill for a real UV tool in PS rather than a simple grid overlay. And it certainly could be easier to keep track of materials, meshes, etc. Each of these additions would be great, but it also requires a lot of resources for the engineering team. I really don’t want Adobe to lose focus on PS as a premier 2D imaging tool. So don’t expect CS5 to blow you away with amazing 3D tools if you are already a 3D artist, but do look at the new stuff in context of 2D artists. Adobe isn’t out to replace anybody’s dedicated 3D tools, but instead they want to be a more important part of a team workflow.
BTW - the big ‘in’ for PS in 3D work is for a texture artist to work natively in PS by loading up other people’s models, and editing textures in a 2D environment. You can see the materials in context, open them and use all the tools in PS, then save and reapply them. Other things like rendering, lighting, etc. are ‘perks’ in this context, imho.
Wow that content aware fill just looks magic!
I also am looking forward to see the 3d painting tools, Photoshop’s dynamic brushes are so powerfull and using them directly on the model would be great!
With the new 3ds max 2011 painting tools and ability to create layers and export to photoshop we are gonna have a new toolbox to play with. Definitely looking forward to April for all these releases!
yeah, the healing brush also looked amazing when they demo’d it… but we all know how that performs in real world situations. 