Photoshop CS2 Annnounced

Every 18 months or so the digital imaging community gets a new version of the flagship application from Adobe to play with. Adobe have announced the second version of its design, publishing and image editing environment, Creative Suite 2. With CS2, Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign have all received upgrades. Photoshop's new tools include 'vanishing point', advanced noise reduction, optical lens correction (correcting barrel and pincushion distortion), 32-bit HDR, One-Click Red Eye Correction, Animation, Image Warp, Smart Sharpen and enhanced 16-bit editing. Other new features include Video Preview, All-New PDF Engine and Smart Objects - Which allows for non-destructive editing and transformation of Illustrator files. Another new feature, multi-image camera raw, allows you to process several raw images while you continue to work. Adobe Photoshop CS2 should begin shipping in the late spring and retail for around $599. Licensed users of any previous version of Photoshop can upgrade for $149. I'm looking forward to playing with this one...