>What I appreciate most about Photoshop CS5 (soon to be 6), is the depth of its features and the endless ways that it allows users to synthesize, combine, and devise new and subtly different ways of accomplishing a particular look or feel to an image. I learn a new way of doing an old task almost daily, and each one provides a little different advantage and appearance to your image. This ‘fungibility’ of product features is the most compelling aspect of this marvelous software.
For instance, you want to selectively lighten or darken (or both) different areas of your image there are numerous ways to accomplish this task depending on the composition and characteristics of each image. You can choose to simply create another duplicate background layer and use the stock ‘dodge and burn’ tools... [
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