Adobe has today revealed a major update to its Adobe Creative Cloud that provides members with more than a dozen new features for Photoshop.

Among the new Photoshop CS6 capabilities available to Creative Cloud members, are:

·                 Immediate support for HiDPI (Retina) displays for Apple MacBook Pro. This feature was also made available to perpetual license customers as a free update.

·                 Smart Object support for Blur Gallery and Liquify.

·                 The ability to quickly export CSS code for text and objects, and import colour swatches to easily design incredible websites.

·                 New workflow timesavers including Crop tool refinements.

·                 3D enhancements including improved live (OpenGL) previews of shadow effects and additional control over illumination using 32-bit colour picker to create glow effects.

·                 Conditional Actions that automatically select the appropriate Action based on user-defined rules, giving users enhanced image processing speed.

Adobe Creative Cloud is a membership-based service that provides users with unlimited access to download and install all Adobe Creative Suite desktop applications, plus other applications including Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe Muse, Adobe Edge Tools & Services; game developer tools and integration with the Adobe Touch Apps. Users also have access to publishing services to deliver apps and websites, cloud storage and the ability to sync to any device. New products and updates can be accessed as soon as they are released.

Adobe Creative Cloud membership for individuals is AUD$62.99/month (US$49.99/month) based on annual membership; existing customers who own CS3 or later get their first year of Creative Cloud for individuals at the discounted rate of AUD$37.99 per month (US$29.99/month). Students and teachers can get Creative Cloud for $24.99 (US$29.99/month). The new Photoshop and Adobe Muse features are immediately available to Creative Cloud members. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.au  or www.adobe.com.