...I learned that the intefac had been significatly redesigned.   Learning a new interface constitutes a time consuming waste of time to me.

What do you mean, exactly?

Doug, what are you talking about?

Photoshop's user interface has ABSOLUTELY NOT been "significantly redesigned".

Having said what you said, I'm left to wonder whether you're commenting on a completely different application, or having a very specific problem.  This is Photoshop CS6 we're talking about, right?  Had you customized your prior version heavily?  What version was it that you upgraded from?

There have been some things added that make it look different by default - e.g.:

• The darker theme, which is an improvement - but you can easily configure it to look the way it did before with the lighter gray theme. 

• The Application Frame is now on by default on a Mac, but that is not a new feature and can be turned off.

• There are some differences in the way layers are portrayed in the Layers panel.

• Some things have been slightly reorganized (into the more useful Properties panel, for example, which easily replaces/augments the function of the old Adjustments panel).

In fact, across many, many major version releases of Photoshop the usability is substantially the same.  You can start Photoshop 6.0 today and apply many of the same techniques as with Photoshop CS6.  This is one thing the Adobe people have gotten right.

How long have you been using Photoshop CS6, and what parts do you find different?

I've used every version of Photoshop myself daily for almost 20 years, and moving from Photoshop CS5 to CS6 has been utterly trivial!  It probably represents one of the most easy to deal with upgrades I've been through with any application.

I recommend you actually try using it for a while before commenting on the changes.

And by all means list the specific things you find distasteful and we can discuss how to smooth your transition. 

-Noel

As I said in post # 1 that is true only until end of this December.

Great!  I suggest before making a purchase decision you download the 1 month free trial and give it a run yourself! 

And as I mentioned, feel free to post your specific thoughts here - those of us who have been through the transition will be more than willing to help you get through it.

-Noel

You can read the official policy here: http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/faq/upgrade-policy.html?PI D=2159997

DougStocks1 wrote:

 

…I have not used CS6; I have only read a couple of reviews of it and it appears that perhaps they were not saying what I thought they were…

That was painfully and embarrassingly obvious just from reading your original post. 

charles badland wrote:

 

…the new Crop Tool.… But after a few months of using it daily, I find it not very intuitive (for me)…

This video tutorial by Julianne Kost helped me greatly:

http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2012/06/video-tutorial-the-newly-redesign ed-crop-tool-in-photoshop-cs6.html

Thanks S2,

I knew most of what she showed, but as always with Ms. Kost I learned a few things I did not.

The Crop Tool changes I have found hardest to get used are having to think about which "Front Image" choice I want (It used to be just one button, now I have four choices)

And I don't like how there is no indication if you have a Crop Preset to resample. I posted another image here (I can track it down Monday) where I have the Crop Preset doing three very different things, yet the info displayed in its command bar is identical.

Also, unlike other presets, you can not rename a crop preset. What is shown below is the default naming by Adobe for a Crop Preset.

here it is:

charles badland wrote:

 

And I don't like how there is no indication if you have a Crop Preset to resample. I posted another image here (I can track it down Monday) where I have the Crop Preset doing three very different things, yet the info displayed in its command bar is identical.

Also, unlike other presets, you can not rename a crop preset. What is shown below is the default naming by Adobe for a Crop Preset.

 

 

There are two types of crop presets which you can name as you like, therefore you can include the resulting dimensions and pixel density in the name.

There's the Tool Preset kind that stores all of a tool's otions, which you name when creating and which can be renamed in the Presets Manager.

There's the crop dimensions and density preset which you can name as you prefer, or accept the Ps suggested name, when saving it. If you want to rename one of these presets, select it, save again with new name, delete old preset.