Nov 11, 2016 08:08 PM
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Say goodbye to physical media and Photoshop CS6, and hello to a Creative Cloud subscription and Photoshop CC.
The first point to note is that there's now only one version of Photoshop, whereas before you needed to pay extra to get the extended edition, which included features such as 3D. Now, everyone gets everything and updates will happen on a rolling basis, not every 18 months or so.
There are a lot of small and modest tweaks and feature enhancements in this release, but those aren’t going to convince anyone that the Creative Cloud experience is worth having. The headline-grabbers are an all-new Sharpen filter, support for Camera Raw 8, and a Camera Shake Reduction option.
Other features worth mentioning include editable rounded rectangles, multiple path, shape and vector selection, the copying of CSS attributes, expanded Smart Object support, the ability to save type formatting as a preset, as well as system anti-aliasing. There have also been a number of improvements to the ponderous and underpowered 3D engine.
When you first log in to Creative Cloud, a CC helper app will install on the menu bar. This lets you access downloads and updates for all the CC apps, any files you've stored in the cloud, new fonts and the Behance showcase system. When Photoshop CC runs, your Adobe account name will appear in the main app menu, allowing you to sync your settings.
