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Adobe's recent announcement of Photoshop CS (not '8') was welcomed by many. There are lots of powerful new features and capabilities. But let's take a look to see if this upgrade is right for you.

You've recorded a lot of custom Actions in Photoshop 7. You're a fiend for a good layer style and have collected dozens and dozens of them. You make a custom brush for just about every job you do. And you don't want to have to start over now that you've upgraded to Photoshop CS.

The mode of an image can be completely changed by adding rain. Whether a driving storm or a few drips, it takes just a few steps to produce perfect precipitation.

Fill a swimming pool with water in seconds! Well, create the appearance of a swimming pool filled with water in Photoshop in just four steps.

An interesting background effect, suitable perhaps for a Web interface or layering for a \'Eurocollage\' image, can be created by separating elements of a black-white-black gradient to individual layers, then using reversed bevels.

More often than not, a digital photograph isn\'t shaped to fit your picture frame. Sometimes, however, you may want to add to an image rather than subtract from it.

You may not have had a chance to go to Utah, but you will be able to take a medal home with you.

Learn how to create a CD, you will be using the new opacity options on the layer palette & also be using the fade fill command.

A little technique for a quick 3D effect. It is really simple and fast when you need some simple 3D on shapes. While it doesnt't work as well as some of the other techniques, it works really well for some.

Take a look at creating a text effect using the new scatter brush option. This effect is simple to create and its not limited to text, you could create some great background effects with this technique.

A really good step-by-step description on using the 3D Transform tool. A quick little exercise for creating a billiard ball.