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Pattie-F
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August 17, 2021
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P: Photoshop 3D features are being removed

  • August 17, 2021
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As of Photoshop 22.5, released in August 2021, Photoshop’s 3D features will be discontinued. 3D features have enjoyed long success within Photoshop over the course of  10+ years, however the personal computing industry has recently been transitioning away from use of OpenGL  (having to do specifically with the use of GPUs, which is critical for 3D) toward native GPU APIs, which ultimately began the slow deterioration of Photoshop’s 3D features, all of which needed OpenGL. As difficult of a decision as removing 3D features from Photoshop is, the silver lining is that the next generation of 3D content creation tools from Adobe is already here. Check out the Substance line of 3D products.

 

For more details, please visit Photoshop discontinued 3D Q&A.

61 replies

Participating Frequently
August 18, 2021

3D is different from "Spherical Panorama" right?

 

Is "Spherical Panorama" going to be gone too since it's in the 3D dropdown menu?

rolandm20406279
Participating Frequently
August 18, 2021

On the Q&A link above, it is written: 

  • Spherical Panorama editing and support

As part of discontinued 3D functionality, so i am afraid that spherical panorama will no longer be supported.

I am not interested in subscribing additional software not included in creative cloud for my 3d use: spherical panoramas or text.

Using a former version of PS is jut a temporarly solution, since old versions will not be compatible with future operating systems.