New tools in Photoshop CS5

I am a self taught Photoshop user, wasting many hours trying to figure out a new technique when I could just look at a guide book to get the answers. Regardless, I've learned enough to make decent corrections and manipulations.

CS5 and Camera RAW 6.1 have a couple of new tools that are quite useful. One is the HDR Toning Tool under the Image menu and the other is the Lens Correction Tool in Camera RAW 6.1.

The HDR Toning Tool can create an HDR image from one frame, drastically bringing up shadows and toning down highlights. The default settings are usually way over the top.























The Lens Correction Tool works similar to the Transform Tool. It is very useful when needing to correct for lens aberations and distortions.





















Here are before and after examples using the HDR to bring up the shadows and the Lens Correction Tool to give the buildings a more natural look.


























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