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April 18, 2012
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Where is the "Adjust Variations" option in Photoshop CS6?

Hi all,

I often use the Image>Adjust Variations option in Photoshop but do not see the option in Photoshop CS6. I know we are still only in the BETA stage but I am still curious. I hope it is not going to be dropped. I like to use it for quick fixes on small portions of the image every now and again:)

Thank you in advance for your help,

Christine

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    April 19, 2012

    As the previous post indicates, the Image > Adjustment > Variations menu item and function has been dropped in all 64-bit versions of Photoshop from day one, ever since Photoshop CS4 Windows and CS5 Macintosh (there was no 64-bit version of CS4 for the Mac).

    For the time being, at least, there's no Macintosh 32-bit version of the CS6 beta, so the Variations will not be available to you in CS6 beta if you're on a Mac. 

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    June 9, 2012

    Christine,

    I just found this out too.  This is a feature I used in Photoshop ALL THE TIME.  We also lose (of note) Lighting Effects and Pattern Maker.  We need to complain.  This is unacceptable.

     

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    John Waller
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    June 10, 2012

    gadgetpundit.com wrote:

     

    Christine,

    I just found this out too.  This is a feature I used in Photoshop ALL THE TIME.  We also lose (of note) Lighting Effects and Pattern Maker.  We need to complain.  This is unacceptable.

     

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    Plug-ins no longer supported in Photoshop CS6

     

    • Contact Sheet II (now included as part of the default install)
    • Variations
    • Picture Package (ContactSheetII)
    • ExtractPlus
    • PatternMaker
    • PhotomergeUI
    • Web Photo Gallery (WebContactSheetII) plus presets
    • Script for Layer Comps to Web Photo Gallery
    • Texture presets for Texturizer
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    Jeff Arola
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    April 19, 2012

    Actually as far as i know on windows, cs4 and cs5 64 bit had the variations plugin, just was not in the 64 bit cs5 versions of photoshop on macs.

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    April 19, 2012

    The plug-in was there for CS5 Mac, but you needed to launch Photoshop in 32-bit mode in order for the menu item to appear and the Variations function to be available.  Photoshop is a single binary on the Mac, not two different versions as in Windows.

    If I was wrong about Windows, I stand corrected.  But for the Mac, there has never been a 64-bit version [of the Adjustment Variations].

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    Correct answer
    April 19, 2012

    As the previous post indicates, the Image > Adjustment > Variations menu item and function has been dropped in all 64-bit versions of Photoshop from day one, ever since Photoshop CS4 Windows and CS5 Macintosh (there was no 64-bit version of CS4 for the Mac).

    For the time being, at least, there's no Macintosh 32-bit version of the CS6 beta, so the Variations will not be available to you in CS6 beta if you're on a Mac. 

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    April 19, 2012

    Thanks for your answer everyone:) Much appreciated! I will make sure to post in the CS6 forum if I have any more questions:)

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    Jeff Arola
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    April 19, 2012

    It's here on the windows 32 bit version of cs6. (Image>Adjustments>Variations)

    What operating system?

    Also there's a cs6 forum:

    http://forums.adobe.com/community/labs/photoshopcs6?view=discussions

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