Photoshop is a software program developed by Adobe that allows users to edit graphics.

It’s
used by graphic artists, designers and photographers, among others, and can enhance and
manipulate images to improve their overall appearance. Photoshop has been around since
1990. Photoshop CS5 is really Photoshop 12; Adobe changed the name to CS, "Creative Suite,"
back at version 8 to make it seem bright and new.

CS5 introduces new tools such as the Content-Aware Fill, Refine Edge, Mixer Brush, Bristle
Tips and Puppet Warp. The community also had a hand in the additions made to CS5 as 30
new features and improvements were included by request. These include automatic image
straightening, the Rule-of-Thirds cropping tool, color pickup, and saving a 16-bit image as a
JPEG. Another feature includes the Adobe Mini Bridge, which allows for efficient file browsing
and management. CS5 Extended includes everything in CS5 plus features in 3D and video
editing. A new materials library was added, providing more options such as Chrome, Glass, and
Cork. The new Shadow Catcher tool can be used to further enhance 3D objects. For motion
graphics, the tools can be applied to over more than one frame in a video sequence. The
improvements in CS5 are things that let pros who use Photoshop be done faster.

System Requirements
Professional use

Mac OS X 10.5.7 or 10.6.3

Multicore Intel processor

1GB of RAM

2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required 
during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file 
system or on removable flash-based storage devices)

1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL
graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM

Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL
2.0

DVD-ROM drive

QuickTime 7.6.2 software for multimedia features

 Bridge can execute Photoshop's compatible automation plug-ins, scripts and Adobe
Camera Raw filters on a group of images.
 Minibridge is a simplified form of the complex card game Contract Bridge designed to
expose newcomers to declarer and defensive playing techniques without the burden of
learning a detailed bridge bidding system.
 Zoom Level is used to magnify the selected part of your work.
 View extras is used to view variety of items in Photoshop.
 Arrange documents help you manage several opened documents.
 Screen Mode controls how much of the interface is displayed on screen, ranging from a
"standard" mode that displays the entire interface to a "full screen" mode that hides
everything but the image itself.