Photoshop MAX update - October 2022
I hope you all are attending Adobe MAX this week, either in person or online, because we have tons of good stuff lined up for you. Visit our MAX FAQ site for details. If you are specifically looking for or sessions that feature Photoshop, Lightroom, and Lightroom Classic, check out the MAX Photography Track.
Keep reading to learn about the latest Photoshop features, including One-Click Delete and Fill, Photo Restoration Neural Filter, Share for Review, and several more. We also have new features in the Photoshop Beta for you to try, such as Live Gaussian Blur and Live Gradients. You can also watch tutorials about lighting and shadows, Hover Auto-Masking, Version History, and Preset Syncing, catch up on the news, and read our latest tips.
If you ever need to go back and review previous newsletters, you can always find links to them on our Photoshop Newsletter home page. If you have an older version of Photoshop and need help updating, visit this article for instructions: Keep Photoshop up to date.
What's New: Photoshop desktop app
Selection Improvements The Object Selection Tool is even better at detecting and making selections of sky, water, natural ground, plants, and architecture than before. It's as easy as hover and click. For more information, see Make selections in your composites.
One-click Delete and Fill With this feature, you can easily remove objects as if they were never there. The selection is replaced with AI selected content from the image. (Works with other tools, too) For more information, see Make selections in your composites.
Invite to edit Try the Invite to edit feature to share a link with others and collaborate. For more information, see Invite others to edit your cloud documents.
Photo Restoration Neural Filter (Beta Feature)
Restore old photos with the new AI powered Photo Restoration Neural filter. This filter helps improve contrast, enhance details, and remove scratches. For more information, see Neural Filters list and FAQ.
Share for review (Beta Feature)
Create links, share a link to a web version of your work, manage feedback, and push updates as needed using the Share for review beta feature. Recipients do not need to sign in or sign up for anything. For more information, see Share files and comment in-app.
Content Credentials (Beta feature)
Content Credentials (Beta) is a developing feature in Adobe Photoshop. When enabled, it gathers the edits, activity, and attribution information associated with content in-progress. These details are captured as tamper-evident attribution and history data (called content credentials) that creators attach to the final content when exported. For more information, see Learn about Content Credentials.
Substance 3D materials in Photoshop The Substance Photoshop plugin is an extension that allows Photoshop users to access and use Substance materials in their projects. They are similar to Photoshop patterns, but with controls for limitless variations and a more sophisticated workflow for editing and applying materials. For more information, see Substance 3D materials for Photoshop.
New Preference to improve selection stability (Windows only)
Photoshop introduced a new preference setting to improve the stability of the Object Selection tool, Select Subject, and Sky Replacement for Windows users with an NVidia GPU. For more information, see Preferences in Photoshop.
Support for Emoji Glyphs
With this release, we have removed the EmojiOne font from our bundled font set and replaced it with Noto Color Emoji SVG. When you open a legacy document containing a Type layer that uses EmojiOne, Noto Color Emoji SVG should be automatically activated and downloaded from the Adobe Fonts server. To learn more about working with Fonts, see Using Fonts in Photoshop
Updates to Cloud document version history
Recent additions include the ability to add a name and description to bookmarked versions, search for a specific version from the list of versions for that cloud document, and filter out versions based on the time they were created, marked status, etc.
For more information, see Manage and work with cloud documents in Photoshop.
Older GPU mode (Pre 2016) Technology Preview for Windows
Enable this feature if your graphics processing unit (GPU) is older than 2016 or does not support DirectX 12 or later, or if you experience performance instability. To learn more about the various Technology Previews and how to enable them, see Technology previews in Photoshop.
Support for new cameras and lenses
Find newly added cameras and lenses in the full list of supported profiles below:
Supported camera models
Supported lens profiles
What's new: Photoshop Beta app
The following features are only available in the Photoshop Beta app. To install Photoshop (Beta), visit the Beta apps tab of your Creative Cloud desktop app and select the Install button next to Photoshop (Beta).
Live Gaussian Blur
Direct the viewer's eye to a specific part of your image using the Live Gaussian Blur filter. You can see updates real-time as you brush the filter directly onto the canvas. For more information, see Use the Blur gallery. (macOS only)
Live Gradients
Create and control the gradient points on canvas and perform contextual gradient editing using our Live Gradients feature. For more information, see Working with gradients.
Backdrop Neural Filter
Use the power of AI with the Backdrop Neural Filter to create a unique backdrop based on a description. Navigate to Filter>Neural Filters and enable Backdrop in the creative filters section. Type a description, click create, and select your favorite result.
Snap Window Support for Photoshop Title Bar (Windows only) This release adds snapping for app windows. This feature adopts the Windows 11 operating system facility for dynamically snapping application windows to pre-configured regions of the display. For more information, see Workspace basics.
Quick Tips and more
How to use Content Aware Fill in Photoshop
How to draw lines and arrows in Photoshop
Check out other Photoshop Quick Tips
Learn Something New
Photoshop Lighting & Shadow Tricks
Hover Auto-Masking in Photoshop
Version History in Photoshop
Preset Syncing in Photoshop
News and Blog Posts
MAX Photoshop blog post
Meet the 2022 Adobe Rising Stars of photography
Capturing light: The power of the exposure triangle
Level up your UI and UX design skills at Adobe MAX
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Helpful Links
Learn more about Photoshop: Quick Tips and Photoshop User Guide
Learn more about what's in each Release: What's new
Read helpful articles about troubleshooting, and more: Handy Photoshop Links
See the list of known issues: Known issues in Photoshop
For a list of issues that have been fixed, see Fixed issues in Photoshop
If you want to learn about Photoshop on the web, check out Introduction to the workspace.
Curious about your storage? See Find out how much cloud storage you have
If you are a student who will be soon be done with school, see Migrate your student assets
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