Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Adobe Photoshop CS5, Upgrade Version from Photoshop CS2/CS3/CS4 (PC)
 
See larger image and other views
 

Adobe Photoshop CS5, Upgrade Version from Photoshop CS2/CS3/CS4 (PC)

by Adobe Systems Inc.
Windows Vista / 7 / XP
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


There is a newer version of this item:
Adobe Photoshop CS6, Upgrade Version from Photoshop CS3/CS4/CS5 and Photoshop Extended CS3/CS4/CS5 (PC) Adobe Photoshop CS6, Upgrade Version from Photoshop CS3/CS4/CS5 and Photoshop Extended CS3/CS4/CS5 (PC) 4.0 out of 5 stars (1)
£190.80
In stock.

Special Offers and Product Promotions

  • Norton 360 v6--only £24.99 when you spend £30 or more

    Spend £30 or more at Amazon.co.uk and you can get Norton 360 v6 - 1 User 3 PCs for just £24.99 when you enter the promo code 'NORTONV6' at checkout. Here's how (terms and conditions apply).

  • Display your photos in our wide selection of pictures and photo frames.


System Requirements

  • Platform:   Windows Vista / 7 / XP
  • Media: DVD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?


Product details

  • Item Weight: 109 g
  • Delivery Destinations: Visit the Delivery Destinations Help page to see where this item can be delivered.
  • ASIN: B003DZ0DVU
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 237 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Product Features

Remove noise with state-of-the-art photography tools.

Create images with instant impact with Adobe Photoshop CS5--the industry standard in digital imaging software. Adobe Photoshop CS5 redefines digital imaging with powerful new photography tools and breakthrough capabilities for complex image selections, realistic painting and intelligent retouching. Easily select and mask intricate image content such as hair. Remove any image element and watch the space fill in almost magically. Create stunning high dynamic range (HDR) images. Paint with realistic strokes and colour blends. Remove noise, add grain and create vignettes with state-of-the-art photography tools. Benefit from more memory and experience massive speed gains with native cross-platform 64-bit support, and full optimisation for Windows 7.
  • Easy access to core editing power
  • Extraordinary creative tools for photographers and designers
  • Industry-leading raw image processing
  • Efficient media management with Adobe Bridge CS5 software
  • Broad file format support
  • Tight Adobe Photoshop Lightroom integration

Manufacturer's Description


Top reasons to buy Adobe Photoshop CS5

Easy access to core editing power-- Make the most of the tools you need exactly when you need them as you perform common editing activities. Adjustments and Masks panels guide you in making precise adjustments and masks.

Extraordinary creative tools--Achieve realistic painting effects with the ability to mix colours on canvas and create natural brushstrokes. Merge multiple exposures into stunning high dynamic range (HDR) images. Move, remove, warp or stretch any image element.

State-of-the-art photography-- Easily merge multiple exposures to extend the dynamic range with more power, precision and fidelity than ever before. Convert to black and white in new ways. Use Dodge, Burn and Sponge tools to intelligently preserve colour and tone details.

Industry-leading RAW image processing-- Enjoy superior results when you convert RAW images with the Camera RAW 6 plug-in, which offers support for over 275 camera models, plus non-destructive editing--experiment without harming your original photo.

Automated compositing tools-- Easily create a single image from a series of shots with different focal points, smoothly blending colour and shading and extending your depth of field. Take advantage of accurate, automatic layer alignment.

Create photorealistic or surreal HDR images with unprecedented speed, control and accuracy.

Save time with automatic correction of lens distortions, chromatic aberration and vignetting.



Adobe Photoshop Lightroom integration-- Easily move files from Lightroom to Photoshop CS5 to create HDR images, panoramas and multi-layered Photoshop documents. Roundtrip your files back to Lightroom.

Efficient media management--Manage your media visually with Adobe Bridge CS5 software. Enjoy more flexible batch renaming, plus the ability to access files in the context of your work using the customisable Adobe Mini Bridge panel.

Powerful printing options-- Get outstanding prints in less time with automation, scripting and an easy-to-navigate print dialogue box.

Broad file format support-- Import and export hundreds of image file formats, including PSD, AI, PDF, NEF, CRW, TIFF, BMP, Cineon, JPEG, JPEG2000, FXG, OpenEXR, PNG and Targa, and video formats including 3G, FLC, MOV, AVI, DV Stream, Image Sequence, MPEG-4 and FLV.

New or enhanced for Adobe Photoshop CS5

Complex selections made easy--Get precise results in fewer clicks when selecting intricate image elements such as hair, and eliminate background colour around selection edges. Automatically vary selection edges and perfect masks using new refinement tools.

Content-Aware Fill--Remove any unwanted image detail or object and watch as Content-Aware Fill magically fills in the space left behind. This breakthrough technology matches lighting, tone and noise as if the removed content never existed.

Superior HDR imaging--Create photorealistic or surreal HDR images with unprecedented speed, control and accuracy. Get better-than-ever results thanks to automatic ghost removal and greater control with tone mapping and adjustments, and even give single-exposure photos the HDR look.

State-of-the-art raw image processing--Use the Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 6 plug-in to non-destructively remove image noise while preserving colour and detail; add grain to make digital photos look more organic; enjoy more control as you perform post-crop vignetting and more.

Extraordinary painting effects--Achieve natural and realistic painting effects with the Mixer Brush, which offers on-canvas colour blending and Bristle Tips, letting you create lifelike, textured brushstrokes.

Puppet Warp--Precisely reposition or warp any image element. Swing a raised arm to a person’s side in a photo, stretch text to create new effects and more.

Automatic lens correction--Save time with automatic correction of lens distortions, chromatic aberration and vignetting. Photoshop CS5 uses an image file’s EXIF data to make precise adjustments based on the type of camera and lens used.

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(11)
(5)
(4)
(3)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 


Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
The problem with Photoshop is it's like a large electronic Swiss army penknife. Which tools you will use will depend on what it is you use it for. A photographer may make regular use of parts of the program a graphics artist will hardly touch, and vice versa. An illustrator may have a completely different view of the program to either of them.

Photoshop was originally used mainly by graphic designers. I have been using it professionally since version 3 some 15 years ago. Back then I spent my time teaching it to art students. Digital photography was not mainstream at that time. That was many years ago now, and things have moved on. The features of this latest release are geared heavily towards the photographer. Those in graphics may find it less of an attractive upgrade, but just the addition of preset lens distortion control will make it a worthwhile upgrade to most photographers out there.

I don't think the content aware retouching is really up to the sort of tasks that Adobe would have you believe, but used intelligently it can be very effective, especially on small areas. I use the program primarily as a photographer now. If you are an illustrator, web designer etc. then you really need to seek the opinion of someone in that field. It would be unfair for me to comment on features like the Puppet Warp option as I have, so far at least, no use for them. The same is true of the new brush options. This opinion really reflects the problem with reviewing Photoshop now. It has become so large and multipurpose that I don't believe one person can review it properly. I see no purpose in going through a list of features that I have not really used, and it would make this review look like a press release from Adobe.

However, for those working with photographs and needing the ultimate in image control this is a worthwhile upgrade, with many generic improvements as well as new features not seen before.

For those who are first time buyers, the truth is simply this; if you are serious about graphics or photography then this is the way to go. In my opinion it simply isn't worth investing your time and learning in anything else, and you will never out grow it. Conversely, for those who are just doing the occasional bit of image editing it can be like using a sledgehammer to crack nuts.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Incredible New Features 26 April 2010
By A. GILL TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Firstly, you can save about £[] and get a full version of Photoshop CS5
if you qualify for the student/teacher version, instead of just an upgrade.

==============
== VERSIONS ==
==============
There was 64bit support in CS4, but only for Windows. It's now included for Macs too.
This review was based on my Photoshop CS5 64bit version, the program now comes
in the 2 different versions (32bit and 64bit) as people move gradually to 64bit systems.
If you've no idea what i am talking about then 32bit should be fine. Both are on the disc.

===============
== INTERFACE ==
===============
Very small change but the icons have been redrawn and look slightly different. Not a big
change but i noticed it, and was pleased with it :D

Overall interface is very familiar, the workspace switch menu is always displayed at the
top instead of being hidden in the Window menu. If you make a change to your workplace, and
then switch to another workspace, the changes made to the first will remain intact.

The Mini-Bridge is a window which allows complete access to your image files via Bridge,
without leaving Photoshop. Just like the full Bridge you can choose display options, if you
need the full features of Bridge just click the icon at the top of the screen.

=================
== PERFORMANCE ==
=================
The system requirements state at least a Pentium 4 or Athlon 64 processor and 1GB RAM and
disk space. Everyone should have more than enough, but your monitor's resolution should
ideally be at least 1280x800 which not everybody will have. Might be time for a new display.

On my i7 2.8ghz 6GB RAM it performed very smoothly, and i noticed it managed to complete tasks
quite a lot faster than when using it on an old core 2 duo machine with 2GB RAM. Although there
were no problems on that either, its simply a more powerful system provides faster results. I read
somewhere that 64bit with 8GB RAM gave a 40% performance increase, make of that what you will, but
i think its clear that if you want to get the most out of this the 64bit version is needed.

========================
== CONTENT-AWARE FILL ==
========================
This new feature gets its own section, because its pretty incredible. It's in the spot healing brush
section. The spot healing brush is great for removing odd blemishes, bits and bobs, but it struggled
with larger objects. Content-Aware fill makes much more intelligent decisions about what to fill
the area with. It's not perfect, but it worked spectacularly in all my photos providing realistic
results. Without this, you'd have to do lengthy manual cloning techniques.

You use it by selecting an area of the background layer and pressing delete. Instead of replacing the area
with a colour block, it fills it in by cloning various parts of the image. Your results will depend on
what type of content you are working with, for natural environments its amazingly effective, it does a good
job for straight lines too, but i found it struggled with some man made objects. All in all, it's a great
time saving feature, works most of the time, but you may need to follow up with the spot heal brush sometimes.

==================
== NEW FEATURES ==
==================
= One word, RAW. The noise reduction has increased greatly.
= Lens correction has automatic correction by referencing photo's EXIF data against SLR lens profiles
(the current database of lens' was small, but it will grow with time no doubt). You can also create
your own profiles using Adobe's free Lens Profile creator.
= New mixer brush, a hybrid between painting and smudging, emulates natural brush strokes very well.
Control over bristles, wet/dry brush and canvas' makes everything much more interesting
= Edge Detection and Decontaminate Colours (in refine edges box) constructed sharp lines & soft edges
as needed, they even picked out hair strands with great accuracy.
= Smarter & Easier Masking
= Puppet Warp tool imposes a wire-frame mesh onto objects, this can be stretched/skewed by adding and
dragging pins. I tried it with a wooden doll like in the adverts and it worked really well.
= HDR Pro - CS4 had this, but CS5 takes it further with sliders to control Vibrance, Saturation,
Exposure, Detail, and more. This allows you to create very personalized results which could be subtle or dramatic.
If you only have 1 image, HDR toning emulates the results.
= SAVE AS option remembers last folder you navigated to now!

===================================
== PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS & EXTENDED ==
===================================
I don't think some of the better features such as Content-Aware fill will be making it into the Photoshop Elements
version. It sounds right as the program is aimed it beginners. The next Photoshop Elements will probably be lacking in the
features that make Photoshop CS5 a worthwhile upgrade. If you are deciding on which one to buy, just keep that in mind.
The Extended version has 3D support, and from what i have seen of it you can go from 2D to 3D with a few clicks. Could
be great for logos and icons, or to use in print and video projects. This standard version does not have 3D support so keep
this in mind.

================
== CONCLUSION ==
================
Filled with small tweaks and enhancements. They do add up and provide a smoother work-flow experience, there is a lot
more convenience now, and if you do this for a living, the creative potential has increased dramatically. If your main
tasks are with masks and cloning, or you deal with low light photography, or are into painting, then the time/effort saving,
RAW 6 availability and new Mixer Brush on CS5 could be a worthwhile upgrade for you. For CS3 users the upgrade should be very
appealing, i say go for it. For everyone else on CS4, it's not a necessary upgrade.

As usual though, read up on everything, see what is available, and make an informed decision to see if upgrading to CS5 would/could
benefit you. There are lots of versions, which will suit different people. If you use a couple of Adobe programs, it might be worth
getting the Creative 5 Suite rather than buying each application seperatley.
Was this review helpful to you?
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Keith Joseph HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Adobe Photoshop wiped the floor with the opposition years ago and is now the de facto industry standard image editing software. This latest version, Photoshop CS5, has proved to be a significant update, with some useful new features that save time and further boost productivity. Although Photoshop CS5's full retail price is steep, upgrade prices are more reasonable, and this version will upgrade CS2 or above. As usual there are significant Adobe software education discounts for students on a 2 year+ course, in school or work in education. Photoshop CS4 also had many useful interface improvements that carry over into CS5, so those on Photoshop CS2 or CS3 would particularly benefit from this CS5 upgrade. See Adobe's website for more details, where you can download a fully functional 30 day timed trial copy of Photoshop CS5 [or say Photoshop Elements 8] to see if it suites your needs.

Major new features in CS5 include better intelligent edge detection for selecting, cutting out and pasting complex shapes [i.e. hair, and it blends the pasted bit in for you], the 'puppet warp tool' which imposes a mesh onto objects to do sophisticated transformations [to say curl up an elephants trunk], and 'content aware fill' added to the spot healing brush to greatly improve removal of dust/hairs, blemishes, unwanted objects etc from photos and replace them with colour and shade matched pixels derived from nearby regions of the image. You could do all of this manually with older versions of Photoshop, but it could take ages. Content aware fill doesn't always work perfectly, although retracing the object to be deleted often helps and the results with the likes of natural scenes with lakes, clouds and woodland are impressive. There's also a new `mixer' brush which mimics natural paint brush shapes and produces various `painting' effects (although it's still no match for Corel Painter 11). Black and white conversion from colour images is also 'improved'. Plus `Adobe bridge' media file management has been updated, and now allows a customizable panel within Photoshop.

Those working with RAW images will benefit from better noise reduction and lens distortion correction algorithms, utilising the photos EXIF info and an internal database of various SLR lenses. There's also improved support for creating HDR images. Plus all the old Photoshop CS tools are present, such as layer masks that enable you to non-destructively partially visualize areas of your layers, and the ability to write macros [Actions] for automating repetitive tasks [important features lacking from Photoshop's cut-down Elements 8, and Photoshop CS5 is simply more responsive than Elements 8 in use]. Plus integration with Adobe Light-Room has apparently been made tighter. The CS5 grey interface is similar to CS4s. As with CS4, CS5 can use a [compatible] graphics card CPU to further boost processing speed, although with both my workstation NVidia graphics card Photoshop CS4/5 signals a problem and switches this feature off. Otherwise, so far CS5 has proved glitch free on my XP Pro workstation, but Adobe issue regular patches in any case.

Photoshop can now be installed as 32-bit or 64-bit [Vista/Windows]. With the 64-bit versions you will need more system RAM above the 32-bit 3.2Gb limit to see any benefit. Those with 64-bit Windows 7 and 8Gb system RAM should see 40% performance [speed] improvements. Minimum system requirements are Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor, Windows XP [SP3], Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows 7, 1GB of RAM, 1 GB of hard-disk space, 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL 256Mb 16-bit colour graphics card, DVD-ROM drive, QuickTime 7.6.2 software, and Broadband Internet connection for online services. However for fluid image editing the more powerful the system the better [and adding more system RAM is generally the most cost effective way of boosting Photoshop responsiveness].
Was this review helpful to you?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
CS5 - for serious photographers - Adobe upgrade policy
CS5 is an incredibly powerful tool for photo editing (and much more for digital artists) but for general purpose use there is a very major investment needed, not just in cost but... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Richard Saville
Check it Qualifies First
I read the reviews on here and saw some comments about checking that it qualifies first. I believed that it would seeing as the title it on Amazon says it's the upgrade version... Read more
Published 4 months ago by C88
Great thanks
I bought this for my 16 year old , studying graphics at college . A must have for designers !
Published 4 months ago by Faye
Excellent updates
Delivered on time. Product is a great addition to the original CS3 software. Some excellent enhancements.
Reccommend this produst to anyone with CS3.
Published 4 months ago by B. Smith
Photoshop
Probably the best photo editing package in the world. I use it with a 64 bit vista operating system and it is twice as fast as the CS2 version I was using previously. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Robwin
Photoshop CS5 Upgrade PC
I have used Photoshop CS2 for some time, and decided to upgrade, I use have a 64 bit laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. James Whyte
Adobe? Very creative.
I purchased this as an upgrade to CS4 which I already had on my Windows 7 PC. I inserted the Disc and after a few prompts was presented with a screen which had 2 ticks next to 2... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. J. Andrews
Photoshop CS5 Upgrade
Super product. Very quick delivery. No other product of a similar price range comes close to this. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Simply Dave
Wonders of Panoramic
I was tempted to upgrade to CS5 by people telling me how good the content-aware fill was... Well, having recreated a panoramic of the Rockies that I had originally done on CS4, I... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Lisa Dearnley-Davison
Easy Upgrade
I've used CS2 for several years and though it time to upgrade while I can - easy to install and in a couple of minute I had access to many new features
Published 12 months ago by Dave R
Search Customer Reviews
Only search this product's reviews

Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
Photoshop version 0 15 Mar 2011
£201?? 2 27 May 2010
See all 2 discussions...  
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Discussion Replies Latest Post
Nus extra - can I buy Photoshop CS6 student edition? 0 4 days ago
Search Customer Discussions
   
Related forums


Listmania!


Look for similar items by category


Look for similar items by subject






i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...