Adobe Photoshop CS6 - Mac
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The special upgrade offer for CS3 and CS4 customers has now ended (Dec 31st 2012) and only customers who own CS5 or CS5.5 products will qualify for upgrade pricing to CS6.
Introduction to Photoshop CS6
Introduction to Photoshop CS6
New features
Content-Aware Patch
Bringing imaging magic to Adobe® Photoshop® CS6 software, the acclaimed Content-Aware family of tools lets you retouch or recompose images with astonishing ease, control, and speed. One of the newest of these intelligent editing tools, Content-Aware Patch, was just introduced in Photoshop CS6.
Mercury Graphics Engine
Edit at blazingly fast speeds with the Mercury Graphics Engine. Adobe Photoshop® CS6 software delivers amazing new tools that help you edit and create images with unprecedented freedom and control. And just as importantly, it includes significant performance enhancements that help you speed up editing tasks and process large images faster. The Mercury Graphics Engine, introduced in Photoshop CS6, brings unprecedented power to Photoshop.
Blur Gallery
Quickly create photographic blur effects using a simple new interface with on-image controls. Create tilt-shift effects, blur everything and then sharpen one focal point, or vary the blurriness between multiple focal points. The Mercury Graphics Engine delivers immediate results.*
Intuitive video creation in Photoshop CS6
Bring Photoshop editing power to your video footage. Easily enhance any clip using the full range of familiar Photoshop tools, and then create movies using an intuitive set of video tools.
All-new Crop tool
Crop images faster and with greater precision using the all-new, nondestructive Crop tool. Rapidly manipulate your images on canvas and see your adjustments happen live thanks to the Mercury Graphics Engine.*
* Some GPU-enabled features are not supported on Windows XP
System requirements
Windows
- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
- Microsoft® Windows® XP* with Service Pack 3 or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1
- 1GB of RAM
- 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
- 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit color and 256MB (512MB recommended) of VRAM
- OpenGL 2.0–capable system
- DVD-ROM drive
- This software will not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.† Phone activation is not available.
Mac OS
- Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
- Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7
- 1GB of RAM
- 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
- 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with 16-bit color and 256MB (512MB recommended) of VRAM
- OpenGL 2.0–capable system
- DVD-ROM drive
- This software will not operate without activation. Broadband Internet connection and registration are required for software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.† Phone activation is not available.
* Some GPU-enabled features are not supported on Windows XP.
† This product may integrate with or allow access to certain Adobe or third-party hosted online services ("Online Services"). Online Services are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms of use and Adobe's online privacy policy. Online Services are not available in all countries or languages, may require user registration, and may be discontinued or modified in whole or in part without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.