Adobe Photoshop CS5 Update Free Download 12.0.1 Priority Performance Fixes

Adobe has released a fix for several issues with Adobe Photoshop CS5 (version 12) in the form of a free to download updater, 12.0.1.Specifics from the Adobe Site:

Adobe Photoshop 12.0.1 update for Adobe Photoshop CS5

The Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 12.0.1 update addresses a number of high priority bugs with 64-bit Mac, Performance, User Interface, Type, Content-Aware Fill, HDR, 3D, Painting, GPU and Liquify implemented after Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended (12.0.0) were released.

The most significant fixes in the Photoshop 12.0.1 update include the following:

• A number of issues that could cause slow performance have been addressed.
• Top crashers found in the field have been addressed.
• 3D refractions, Ray Tracing and IBL workflows improved.
• Out of memory error opening some TIFFs has been addressed.
• A crash in Content Aware Fill has been addressed.
• Font related crashes have been addressed.
• Scroll wheel issue addressed.
• A number of user interface and workspace issues addressed.
• A number of painting issues addressed, including video layer issue.
• Droplet issues addressed.

The Free Download of Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.0.1 Updater is available for Macintosh and Windows systems.

Good luck.

Additional details from Adobe’s John Nack:

We also addressed several issues that were result of the major architectural changes on the Mac side in the move to Cocoa/64-bit:

• Right-click correctly selects the layer clicked on in the context menu.
• Right-click to bring up the brush picker displays the picker under the cursor on the correct monitor.
• Slow performance when using the Liquify filter has been fixed.
• An issue where menus become disabled has been fixed.
• Scrolling speed using Apple Mighty and Magic Mouse mouse wheel has been improved.
• Double-clicking the document title bar now correctly minimizes the document.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when generating font previews. Note: We continue working with Apple to address remaining issues related to fonts and font caches. For info on those issues, use the Troubleshooting Fonts in Photoshop CS5 tech doc here.
• Fixed an issue with batch processes on open documents.
• Droplets are now Intel-native to improve compatibility in 64-bit mode and to remove the requirement to run droplets using Rosetta.
• Fixed an issue where a white pixel would show up on screen after invoking certain dialogs.

Windows-specific issues of note:

• Fixed an issue running on older AMD processors that prevent Photoshop from launching. (Application failed to initialize properly (0xc000001d))