Really Desired Features (was Re: 8 verses 16 bit)

[David Chien <chiendh@xxxxxxx>]

Okay, so maybe all of this extra bit talk is pointless for most users.

How about features that are useful?

Here's some: 

Buy up Painter 7 and integrate their brush features fully into
Photoshop.

Auto negative/film color cast removal - that orange negative thing when
reversing.

and Histories where you can see the actual adjustment values you made
before! 
Really annoying having made a, let's say, levels adjustment only to
forget later
what those exact values were (and not having saved them either, which
you can't when adjusting brightness/contrast, eg....).

Better upsampling algorithms like those used in Qimage Pro.

Workplace sets.  Never have to change monitor proof settings, printer
settings, tool layouts, etc. when working with different printers or
papers again! Just one click and everything changes as needed.  eg. one
for panoramics, one for matte papers, etc.

Integration with hardware color calibrator.  It's got color mgmt.
built-in, so it's just one step further to bundle an optional Spyder &
built-in Photocal plugin.

Digital ICE ala Nikon scanners.  yes, you won't have an IR channel to
work from, but whatever they can add.
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