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Adobe Photoshop is practically synonymous with digital photography. It was created in 1988 by software engineers Thomas and John Knoll. The original software's name was based on version numbers. In October 2002, Adobe introduced its new Creative Suite brand and susequently new versions of Photoshop carried the initials "CS" plus a number.
Starting June 2013, Adobe again came out with a new brand, called the Creative Cloud. Photoshop's licensing arrangement was changed to a software rental model and the "CS" suffixes was renamed as "CC". Below is an interesting, condensed video of the history of Photoshop.
Just a few weeks ago, Apple revealed the all new MacBook Pro featuring a breakthrough new interface that replaces the traditional row of function keys with a Retina-quality Multi-Touch display called the Touch Bar. We’ve been working hard to build custom support for the Touch Bar, and I’m pleased to announce that, as promised, it is available in today’s update to Photoshop.
I’ve had a chance to use the Touch Bar a bit and I find it exciting for two reasons. First, the Touch Bar is useful for surfacing a contextual “next step”. This is helpful both for a beginner who might not know how to navigate Photoshop, and for an experienced user in giving them speedier access to the desired next action. Second, the Touch Bar is useful for accessing controls in a new way, especially controls that were sometimes clumsy with a keyboard and mouse.
In designing the interaction with the Touch Bar, we imagined three distinct categories of functions that would be useful to our customers: Layer Properties, Brushes, and (true to Photoshop’s ethos) your customizable Favorites.
Adobe Photoshop CC MacBook Pro Touch Bar Support
Inside the Layer Properties section, you can quickly access common actions like place a Smart Object, clip Layers, and open Select & Mask. Controls for changing the blend mode and scrubbing through the history are especially nice to use on the Touch Bar Retina display because of a visual preview of the result.
The Brushes section gives you quick access to brush color, size, hardness, opacity and flow. Each of these commands has a movable slider to pick just the right value.
The Favorites sections allows you to configure your own set of favorite actions. This includes any combination of actions from the previous sections, or other commands like Full screen mode, Flip Horizontal/Vertical, and launching the macOS share menu.
It’s an exciting time in computing, bringing all new ways to interact with your content and control your device. The Photoshop team is constantly evaluating new technologies and thinking of ways to make our customers more productive. As we continue to evolve our support for the Touch Bar and other alternative input methods, we would love to hear your feedback. Please let us know your feedback and suggestions here.
Adobe added a new View Mode called Reference View in the Develop Module which enables users to compare 2 different images to make them visually consistent. This is helpful when making a group of images from a single event look similar or setting the white balance appropriately in mixed lighting conditions.
To get started,
Go to the Develop Module
Click on Reference View. Its on the Toolbar, and you may need to show the Toolbar if hidden
Drag and Drop your Reference Photo onto the left pane. You can change your Reference Photo by either dragging a different image onto the left pane or using the “Set as Reference Photo” context menu in the Library Module.
Edit the active photo. Use the Reference Photo to guide your editing decisions.
Performance Improvements
Lightroom CC (2015.8) / 6.8 includes ‘under-the-hood’ changes designed to improve the responsiveness of your Lightroom experience. You should notice improvements in image editing responsiveness when background tasks (such as Preview Generation) are running, moving files between folders, running catalog backups.
Fit/Fill Improvements
You can now zoom to fit and zoom to fill. Particularly when using ultra high-resolution (i.e. 4K and 5K) monitors, prior versions of Lightroom would not completely fill the Loupe window.
Additional Features
Ability to filter or create a Smart Collection for images that have Snapshots associated with them.
Export a Collection Set as a new catalog.
New Camera Support in Lightroom CC (2015.8) / 6.8
Canon EOS M5
Fujifilm X-A3
Google Pixel
Google Pixel XL
Hasselblad X1D
Leica TL
Nikon D5600
Olympus E-M1 Mark II (*)
Olympus PEN E-PL8
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ2500 (DMC-FZ2000 and DMC-FZH1)
Pentax K-70
Samsung Galaxy S7
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
Sony Alpha a6500 (ILCE-6500)
Sony Alpha a99 II (ILCA-99M2)
Sony DSC-RX100 Mark V
* denotes preliminary support
New Tethered Shooting Support in Lightroom CC (2015.8) / 6.8
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
New Lens Profile Support in Lightroom CC (2015.8) / 6.8
MountName
AppleMoment Macro Lens for iPhone6
AppleMoment Macro Lens for iPhone6 Plus
AppleMoment Superfish Lens for iPhone6
AppleMoment Superfish Lens for iPhone6 Plus
AppleMoment Tele Lens for iPhone6
AppleMoment Tele Lens for iPhone6 Plus
AppleMoment Wide Lens for iPhone6
AppleMoment Wide Lens for iPhone6 Plus
AppleMoment Macro Lens for iPhone6s (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Macro Lens for iPhone6s Plus (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Superfish Lens for iPhone6s (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Superfish Lens for iPhone6s Plus (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Tele Lens for iPhone6s (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Tele Lens for iPhone6s Plus (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Wide Lens for iPhone6s (DNG + JPEG)
AppleMoment Wide Lens for iPhone6s Plus (DNG + JPEG)
Canon SIGMA 12-24mm F4 DG HSM A016
Canon SIGMA 85mm F1.4 DG HSM A016
Canon SIGMA 500mm F4 DG OS HSM S016
Canon TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 A022E
SamsungSamsung Galaxy S7 Edge Rear Camera (DNG + JPEG)
SamsungSamsung Galaxy S7 Rear Camera (DNG + JPEG)
SigmaSIGMA 12-24mm F4 DG HSM A016
SigmaSIGMA 85mm F1.4 DG HSM A016
SigmaSIGMA 500mm F4 DG OS HSM S016
Customer reported issues resolved by new Lightroom version
Released a new set of Camera Matching Profiles for Canon 5D Mark IV.
Improved support for Canon 5D Mark IV dual pixel raw images. Please see this note for further details.
Lightroom would show an error dialog when attempting to open an image in Photoshop. Please note that this only occurred on Windows and only when selecting “Open in Photoshop” as a Post-Processing item in the Export dialog.
Fixed issues relating to the Point Curve as reported here and here
Fixed some memory leaks.
Library collection panel scrolled unexpectedly when you duplicate/rename/delete a collection set
Problem with watermark opacity in export slideshow
Will not export both portrait and landscape oriented pictures as a slideshow video in 720 or 1080
Slideshow not working, only getting black screen
Selected Published Folder or Collection is not deselected if a folder is selected
Background images in Slideshow sometimes appeared pixelated.
Allow image panning by holding down space bar and then swipe with two fingers when local correction tool (such as the Local Adjustment Brush or Radial Filter) is activated.
Resolved inconsistent preset sorting issue.
Resolved issues when importing from an Apple iPhone or iPad using USB.
Video files from Sony cameras were not being imported into Lightroom.
Opening photos in Photoshop from Lightroom using Edit In does not work correctly for some operations
Map and Web modules do not work correctly with 4K UHD monitor
Sort by capture time doesn’t always work on 2015.7 / 6.7
Adobe put out the tutorial video below to highlight common mistakes to avoid in Photoshop. Also check out my earlier posts on tips and tricks for Photoshop CC and Lightroom.
Many photographers use some derivative of Adobe's Photoshop software to post process their digital photos. The products many include the Creative Cloud suite, stand alone Photoshop, Lightroom, Elements, etc.
Embed color profile result reflects whatever it was set last time
Text accidentally commits when try to transform Paragraph text using bounding box transform handles
Cursor doesn’t correctly change to Commit cursor to differentiate from Rotate and Move cursor
Print color is off when using App Manage Color (Mac only)
Error : “Could not apply the workspace because the file was not found” when opening a file
Several fixes and improvements for Select and Mask :
Select and Mask: Command not available on non-pixel layer masks
Select and Mask: Refine Edge Brush Tool creating artifacts along the brush stroke in mask
Select and Mask: Redraw corruption (RGB 16bit/32 bit) with Show Original in certain zoom levels (preview mode “black and white”)
Select and Mask: Using the Refine edge brush on one area of a pre-existing selection may cause certain hard edges in another area to change a few pixel values, especially when the image is in very high resolution
Select and Mask: Using brush tool with feather 8 or more and zoom level 50 or lower get redraw issue
Select and Mask: With a selection, the output defaults to selection, even if the previous output setting was a mask
Select and Mask: Inverting a selection outputs the original selection
Select and Mask: Crash when double-clicking adjustment mask
Select and Mask: Program error when image is multi-channel
My readers know I am The Wildlife Ho-tograher and prefer to get most of my settings and framing done properly inside the camera, in the first place. However, there are times a photo needs some post processing help, that's where Photoshop and its related software come in. Adobe has been offering the $9.99 a month, Creative Cloud Photo Plan for a while now but I have not bought into it.
Now Adobe has previewed a new feature in their upcoming release that may make me change my mind. Although straightening the horizon is a basic tool in all Photoshop products, the new features makes it much simpler and a bit more powerful. The video below illustrates the new tool. Pretty cool and time saving, I must say. You can see my works on MichaelDanielHo.com
Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom are image editing software many photographers rely on. For years, users have been asking for a particular feature - Toolbar Customization.
The November update for Photoshop CC has been released by Adobe. The new version features the custom toolbar editing feature and a new touch interface and other features and improvements. Take a look at the Adobe video below and get acquainted. Also, don't forget to download your latest copy of Adobe Lightroom 6.3 and Lightroom CC.
