Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended, Upgrade package, Mac, PL PSXCS3PLMUPA User Manual

What’s New in Photoshop CS3 Extended  3

Smart Filters are simply Photoshop 

filters that are applied nondestructively, 

and which remain live and re-editable. 

That combination gives you the 

flexibility to freely experiment with 

different filter combinations and 

settings, without ever having to back up 

and start over with the original image. 

Because Smart Filters have their own 

layer mask, you can edit the mask to 

precisely adjust the filter’s effects on 

different areas of the image. And 

because the Smart Filter is applied 

within the context of a Smart Object 

layer, your design process is accelerated 

by now being able to scale, transform, 

and filter your images in an efficient, 

nondestructive workflow. 

Photoshop software has always been 

distinguished by its powerful selection 

tools, which enable you to target editing 

and enhancements to precise areas of an 

image. Photoshop CS3 slashes the time 

necessary to choose image areas with the 

new Quick Selection   tool. Now, 

instead of painstakingly outlining the 

image region you need to work on, you 

can simply paint the general area with 

the Quick Selection tool. Photoshop CS3 

watches as you paint, and analyzes the 

image to complete the selection 

automatically. Expanding or contracting 

the selection is as simple as holding 

down modifer keys. And the Quick 

Selection tool can be used in conjunction 

with all of the other powerful selection 

tools in Photoshop. Whether it’s simple 

or complicated image selections, or 

image area extraction for advanced 

compositing, the new Quick Selection 

tool is a real time saver. 

The final touch to any image selection, the new Refine Edge feature is the simple, flexible 

way to modify the edge of a selection before you begin editing the area. With one-click 

access from the Options bar, or from the Select menu, Refine Edge lets you precisely smooth, 

feather, contract, or expand the current selection, with simple slider controls, in a single, 

intuitive dialog box.

Stay flexible, with live re-editable Smart Filters you can 
adjust at any time, without starting over (see palette 
display in left column).

Smart Filters are easily accessible and 
adjustable in the Layers palette.

Use Refine Edge to easily 
adjust the edges of any 
selection, in your choice of 
display modes.

The new Quick Selection tool makes short work of 
complicated selections (like this one, shown in Quick 
Mask mode).