Four things I’d like to see

Having been quite a heavy user of PSPro until I outgrew it, four features seem to exist there that I’m having trouble replicating with PSCS:

1. The ability to drag a layer from one document onto the PSCS workspace and thereby automatically create a second documnent in its own window sized only to that layer’s contents. This is a handy feature for layer/object editing/manuipulation. The only way I’ve found close to this ability, is duplicate the document and then delete all layers not of interest in the second document but this of course still leaves the full original document window size.

2. The ability to scan an image and simply create a new document with it by copying and pasting to the PSCS workspace. I am getting around this though using the PSCS Import command and then scanning the image which creates this second document window as a consequnce. Still like point 1 above, it seems there is no way to copy and paste directly to the PSCS blank workspace?

3. The ability to zoom a picture with the mouse which automatically resizes the viewing window both inwards and outwards 100% of the time. It’s easy right now to get the mouse zooming with the wheel. When the wheel becomes unresponsive (something that doesn’t happen with PSPro btw) a quick toggle of the zoom slider in the Navigator palette "wakes" the wheel up again. However, when zooming in, the document window always stays constant needing a drag of the window’s handles to reveal the full picture again. Not essential by any means but a nice time saving feature of benefit to the other program.

4. The ability to make a selection – say via a rectangular marquee, and then be able to apply a drop shadow to it. Some "filter" effects can currently be applied to a selection as such – so long as the selecton contains a filling of some sort. However, in order to apply features such as drop shadows, I’ve found I firstly need to copy the selectiion>create a layer from it and then apply the effect via "layer styles". Therefore, there’s a few extra steps needed with PSCS – and maybe some good ones too, as a times its a good habit to create a separate layer but still the PSPro ability would be a "nice to have" – dare I say, time saver again!

With all that said, PSCS does have many features far superior to PSPro and many of its own interface tweaks I’m sure PSPro will now ve looking to imitate in PSPro "9" whenever that comes along (I’ve already praised the PSCS Text tools elsewhere on this forum for example). All in all – though PSPro 8 made huge leaps recently in its own right, I feel PSCS still maintains a huge edge over its competitor but the 4 items I’ve listed, will ensure that those aspects additionally stay ahead of its nemesis – oh, and help me too 😉

Adam.