Photoshop CS5: Subtract & Divide Blend Modes

Remember in my previous post when I wrote this?

"New Subtract and Divide blend modes. Good luck finding a use for either."

It didn't take long until I came across a video (via Adobe's John Nack, of course) that proved I was jumping the gun. Take a look:



So Divide and Subtract do have some interesting potential, it turns out. Said potential is just not immediately obvious like most blend modes, and requires a bit of finessing. The more you know, eh?

Photoshop CS5: The Little(r) Things

If you happen to follow Adobe's various public outlets such as their Facebook and Twitter feeds, or my personal favorite, the blog of Photoshop Product Manager John Nack, you may have heard about the Photoshop team's "Just Do It" initiative - JDI for short - for the CS5 cycle. In short, the development team took a week off from working on brand new features, instead working on tweaks to existing tools and commands, in part based on customer feedback. It was a great idea, and proved fruitful as many cool little things made their way into Photoshop CS5 as a result. If you want more details on the JDI stuff, try this link.

What I wanted to do was compile a list of the OTHER little things that got changed in Photoshop CS5, but that Adobe didn't publicly document - probably because most are so minor, they aren't selling points on their own. However, those of us obsessed with details (i.e. me) might find this stuff interesting. You might be surprised how many there are. Let's go!