JDIs – Photoshop CS6 Beta
Take a look at some of the new JDIs (Just Do It features) that are available in the Photoshop CS6 Public Beta.
JDIs – Just Do it! Photoshop CS6
In addition to some of the larger features, like Content-Aware Move, that have been introduced in the Photoshop CS6 Public Beta, Adobe has also included over 60 JDIs which will help users in their day-to-day workflow. A JDI, which stands for “Just do it”, are typically smaller features that have been requested by the Photoshop community. In the video above, I take a look at 10 of my favorite JDIs. If you want to view a list of over 60 JDIs, check out the list below!
60+ JDIs
- Contact Sheet has been restored as an Automate option
- PDF Presentation has been restored as an Automate option
- HUD brush resize and hardness can now change opacity (CTRL-OPTlON up/down)
- Increase brush size to 5000px
- User option per tip for color dynamics
- Brush tip cursor reflects brush pose and jitter for round and captured tips
- Brightness/contrast slider for textures when painting
- Brush projection for static tips
- Ability to record brush strokes in actions with “Allow Tool Recording” option
- Enable Split Channels for documents with layers
- Select Hex field by default and allow clipboard pastes with a in contents i.e. the sample size popup for the various eyedropper tools (black point, white point, etc.)
- Add Ignore adjustment layers options bar Item for the eyedropper
- New mode for eyedropper to select layers current and below
- Read common stereo Image pair formats (JPS, PNS)
- Allow for more bit depths In TIFF
- Read BIGTIFF format
- Give the user choices regarding how they want transparency treated In OpenEXR on file open
- Increase GPU stability by prequalifying GPUs on the fly before use
- Grammar policed throughout app
- Use consistent grammar style in the title of dialog windows (no commands such as “Choose a color:”)
- Auto-select the best resample method based on the type of resize
- Import images from devices provides ImageKit scanning and camera acquisition support
- Add a contextual menu item that deletes a layer effect not just disables it
- Add dither options to Layer Styles for Gradient Overlay and Gradient Stroke
- Allow 00 or Shift 00 to work when setting layer/fill opacity (previously no way to get 0%)
- Add bicubic sharper & bicubic smoother options when free transforming layers
- Allow changing of blend modes for multiple layers at once
- Allow locking of multiple layers
- CMD+J to duplicate selected layers and layer groups (in addition to layers)
- Allow changing color labels to multiple layers at once
- Layer tooltips to Include layer name (If defined)
- Opt+click on toggle arrows (groups and effects) in layer panel should close all targets
- Show blend if\Blending Effects badge on layer
- Show correct opacity and blend mode values for hidden layers
- Tab goes to next layer on inline layer rename, SHIFT TAB goes to previous.
- When creating a shape layer, the layer name should not be like “Shape 1″ but instead reflect the tool named such as “Rectangle 1”
- command to raster layer effect Into layer, merging the selected layers Into themselves
- Reorder effects In the layers palette to match the Z-order style blend mode (bottom most effects In terms of blending order, drop shadow ls below the other effects)
- Resize Liquify brush with shortcuts
- Increase maximum Liquify brush size
- Add option to load last meshEnable Invert and Threshold adjustments for masks in 32-bit
- Hold SHIFT during startup to disable 3rd party plugins
- Add new Gradient Map presets for toning and split-toning
- Add new document presets for common devices (e.g. iPhone, iPad, etc.)
- Sticky reorganization of tool presets (changes persist after relaunch)
- Add “Edit” button for the description field in the print dialog
- Hide color profiles that are inappropriate for currently selected printer when using “Photoshop Manages Color”
- Allow user to change the “preview well” backqround color in the print dialog
- Allow print dialog and print preview to be resized
- Allow user to manually position the printed area on the page
- Reintroduce “Print selected area”, allow user to modify selection in print dialog
- Add warning message that Images cannot display their file size in the Save as JPEG dialog
- Add ability to access tool name associated with the tool preset name via scripting
- Add the ability to return an array of guides In a document from the scripting SDK
- Make the marquee, lasso, and mask panel feather values support decimal places like the leather dialog
- Remember feather radius when showing dialog for selection from a path
- Don’t hide smart object icon when transforming a layer
- Rotate 90 with even x odd pixel dimension to be smooth (bjango.com)
- Improve dragging of vector curves
- Undo or disable auto rotate on open
- Add command to Insert “lorem ipsum” for type
- Move the app bar and reduce the drag/app bar over 30%
- [Windows] New/open document to context click on a document tab (has always been on Mac, now Windows too)
- Add “Don’t show again” checkbox to Purge warnings






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