What Are the JDI – Just Do It – New Features in Adobe Photoshop CS5

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Just Do It New Features in Adobe Photoshop CS5 are small, but very helpful changes to little details throughout our favorite image editing software program.

Adobe® Photoshop® has some interesting additions in its newest version, CS 5. These are the small changes, little upgrades, not the big features.

The major feature improvements can be found on this post:
“Adobe Photoshop CS5 What Are the New Features for Photographers – CS 5 Is Here!”

The improvements are spread out throughout the application. Some of these items appear below.

(Example screenshots, when available, will open in a new window)

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Just Do It – JDI for Layers

Adjust opacity/fill of multiple layers at once
- Now we can Select Multiple Layers in the Layers Panel to change the Opacity of them all simultaneously
  - See Photoshop CS 5 Select Multiple Layers screenshot

Deeper layer set nesting
- How deep can you go?

Set default values for each effect in the Layer Styles dialog
- This an ability to save one new default for Layer Styles
  - It will then come up each time you invoke Layer Styles
  - It can easily be changed back to the original defaults
    - See Photoshop CS5 Layer Styles screengrab

Drag / Drop to place file from desktop onto open image
- Not just the ability to place a file into PS itself, but to place it into an open documen

Drag layer from Layers panel to another tab

Edit > Paste in Place command
- This preserves object coordinates when pasting

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Just Do It – JDI General Improvements

Automatically save 16-bit JPEG as 8-bit
- If you have an open 16bit image, say a RAW file out of ACR, then you want to save it as a jpeg it is one step, instead of having to do Image>Mode>8bit. This is a huge timesaver for everyone working in 16bit!

Added “Straighten” button to the Ruler Tool
- Clicking it will crop and straighten a photo
- Opt/Alt-clicking it will straighten the photo without cropping it
  - See Measure Straighten Tool Demo image

Save all
- ‘Apply to all’ checkbox
  - You can now apply a Save to all open doc’s at once. No more needing to Save each doc, close it, and go through waiting for, and clicking each Save dialog
Save Asto original folder
- When you choose Save>Save As it will default to the original folder so you won’t have to navigate there, finally!

Len Correction
- Lens Correction now appears as a top level item under Filter
  - See: Lens Correction in the Filter Menu Filter>Lens Correction
- Lens Correction settings are now sticky
  - The Filter remembers your last used settings upon reopening

Panorama stitching (Auto-Align Layers) now leverages lens correction profiles

Preference to turn off Gestures when using a touchpad

Enhanced Adjustments panel
- Option to Auto-Select Targeted Adjustment Tool (enables easier access to setting points on a curve)
- Option to Auto-Select Parameter when selecting an adjustment layer (behavior more like adjustment dialogs)
- Option to assign a shortcut to the Targeted Adjustment Tool via Edit- >Keyboard Shortcuts
- To put keyboard focus onto the first field in Adjustments, hit Shift-Return on the keyboard