Adobe’s new release of Photoshop has improved content awareness.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended – Complex selections made easy

Adobe Photoshop CS5 – Content-Aware Fill

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Content-Aware Fill Sneak Peek

Adobe Photoshop CS5 – Superior HDR imaging

Adobe Photoshop CS5 – Extraordinary painting effects

Adobe Photoshop CS5 – Puppet Warp

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended – Enhanced 3D realism and rich materials

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended – 3D extrusions with Adobe Repoussé

It seems like a lot of the improvements will impact Matte Painters, environment artists, and those tasked with set extensions. While it wont do make you a creative genius, it will definitely save you some time. Now we can start erasing people we don’t like from otherwise perfect environmental reference sets, eliminate any ghosting from multiple exposures and insert our photo of Waldo posed using the puppet warp.