Cloud documents
With Adobe releasing their new Photoshop for the iPad App Cloud files are becoming increasingly useful particularly when you are swapping from one device for another. Cloud documents work seamelessly across Mac, Windows, and your iPad. You just save all your native Photoshop, InDesign or Illustrator documents to the Cloud whilst you are working and they will be available wherever you are and on any platform.
- © Provided by Windows Central Adobe continues to make Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements easy to use by adding new features and tutorials.
- A new editing experience in the Prepare Forms tool lets users add and edit text in a form as well as in form fields. Users can start a form authoring workflow from scratch without an existing PDF or scan. Easily turn Adobe Photoshop (PSD), Illustrator (AI) or InDesign (INDD) files into PDFs from your desktop or mobile device.
- Powered by Adobe Sensei Neural Filters is a new workspace inside Photoshop with new reimagined filters powered by Adobe Sensei that lets you explore a range of creative ideas. Using simple sliders you can colorize a scene, zoom in on parts of an image, or change someone's expression, age, gaze, or pose in seconds.
The name is important here. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic is not the same as the brand new Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC v1.0 program that was also introduced this week. Click here to learn more about how the new Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic and the brand new Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC cloud-centric program differ.
Improvements to presets
Gradients, patterns, swatches, layer styles and shapes have all received new library content, you can explore lots of new built in presets with hundreds of options in all the panels. All of the old shapes and presets are still available though if you want to use any of the classic ones. Presets are definitely more intuitive to use and much easier to organize.
New Object Selection tool
The Object Selection tool comes in two options, rectangle and lasso. You can now simply drag over an object in a photo or image and then Photoshop automatically selects it for you, its similar to select subject but you have much more control. You could select it with the rectangle and then fine tune with the Lasso option using Shift to add and Alt to subtract as with the usual selection tools. This new feature is powered by Sensei, Adobe's AI engine. Alongside this the Select Subject AI has also been updated and works much more efficiently. The Object Selection has also been added to Select and mask. This really is a great tool that takes a lot of the headache out of making complex selections in Adobe Photoshop.
Consistent transform behavior
Photoshop changed the transform behavior in the last update so you dont have to hold shift to keep things in proportion, this is really useful for new users but for existing users it can be a pain because when you press shift it does the opposite! You can now un-link the chain in your control bar so it acts like the old version if you prefer.
Improved properties panel
Much like Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator latest versions Photoshop has had a massive update of its properties panel and its more useful than ever!
The properties panel now includes options for dynamically changing the canvas size and orientation by typing in new size. You can also control your Rulers, Grids + Guides
You also have the ability to Flip and rotate in a single click rather than enter the transform mode, this along with easy access to Align and distribute are nice, although these are also in the toolbar, but would be hidden in Full screen mode.
Select subject and remove background are amazing additions which literally with the click of a button removes backgrounds and puts the subject in to a new layer in a single click!
Smart Object to layers
Rather than double clicking on your Vector Smart object layers and going back in to Adobe Illustrator to edit them you can now easily edit and convert your smart objects in to editable vector layers in Adobe Photoshop, so everything can be handled in the same place and save you switching between document windows.
Enhanced Transform Warp
When entering the Transformation mode in Adobe Photoshop and choosing the warp option you now get a lot more options, along with the usual grid you now gain even more control by being able to add control points anywhere and also divide the layer up with a grid to transform each individual node or make a much bigger selection if you need to.
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For information on the new features in Organizer, see What's new in Elements Organizer 12.
You can now reposition objects in your photograph, and automatically have the background filled in with an intelligent content-aware fill. In addition to removing something with the Healing Brush, you can now select an object in your photo and move it to another position.
For more information and a video, see the article on how you can move and reposition objects.
Automatically modify the tonal value of your photograph. Let Photoshop Elements make a recommendation based on its unique algorithm that also learns from your previous actions. Or, you can move the Auto Smart Tone tool (Enhance > Auto Smart Tone) joystick around on the photograph, to view the effect of different tonal values being applied to the photo.
For more information and a video, see the article on the Auto Smart Tone tool.
Enhanced Quick edit mode (frames, textures, and effects)
Apply frames, effects, and textures without having to be an advanced Photoshop user. Take any photo and convert it into a work of art. All three embellishments - frames, effects, and textures - are accessible in the Quick mode.
For more information and a video tutorial, see the article on the enhanced Quick mode.
In previous versions of Photoshop Elements, foldable card layouts could only be ordered online (using an online service like Shutterfly). From Photoshop Elements 12, you can now print foldable greeting cards with a locally available printer.
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The feature to print foldable greeting cards on a local printer is available for users in USA, Canada, and Japan only.
You can consider a Guided Edit a set of step-by-step instructions, to accomplish a complex-looking effect, with just a few selections and mouse clicks. In Photoshop Elements 12, three new Guided Edits have been added.
The Zoom Burst Guided Edit simulates a technique in manual photography, of zooming into an object with the shutter on the camera open.
For more information on how you can apply this effect, see the section on the Zoom Burst Guided Effect.
The Puzzle Effect Guided Edit simulates the effect of a photograph being put together in the form of pieces of a puzzle. You can choose from options that let you determine the size of the individual puzzle pieces. Displace a few pieces of the puzzle to make the effect look even more realistic.
For more information, see the section on the Puzzle Effect Guided Edit.
The Restore Old Photo Guided Edit brings all the tools you need to retouch a photo, into one location. The tools available in this Guided Edit are the most often-used tools by professional retouchers and gives you considerable, finely-tuned control. Use the Guided Edit's tools to remove blemishes, repair imperfections, and restore your older photos.
For more information, see the section on the Restore Old Photo Guided Edit.
Content-aware fill for edges of straightened photos
When you perform straightening in photos, gaps are introduces along the edges of the photo when the content of photograph is rotated. This happens when you choose to maintain the original size of the photo, or grow/shrink the photo while keeping the background as transparent pixels.
When you select the new Autofill edges option in the Straighten Tool, content-aware technology automatically fills the empty gaps intelligently, with relevant image data.
For more information, see the section on how you can automatically fill empty edges while straightening an image.
Take the dreadful pet eye effect out of pictures of your pets. The flash on your camera is one of the main causes of the pet eye effect. However, taking pictures of your pet indoors or in low-light conditions without a flash is, often, not an option. Now, use the Pet Eye option available in the Red Eye Removal Tool, to make the eyes of your pets look more realistic.
For more information and a video, see the article on removing the pet eye effect.
From Photoshop Elements 12, you can used Editor to easily and quickly share and print photos online. Social sites that you can share with online are Revel, Flickr, or Twitter. Service providers whom you can use to print your photos and creations include Shutterfly, Costco, Photoworld, and more.
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The availability of online sharing and printing services, however, depend on the locale you are in. For a description of services and availability, see the article on how to print or share photos online.
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Adobe Revel is no longer available. For more information, see www.adoberevel.com.
Integration with the Revel online service has been extended into Photoshop Elements Editor as well. You can now access any Revel photograph in Editor, using the Photo Bin drop down. Log in to to the Revel service only from Organizer, though. Some important features in Editor:
- If you are logged in to Revel (through Organizer), then all your Revel folders are displayed in Editor (in the Photo Bin dropdown)
- Photos from Revel-based albums that have been downloaded in Organizer, are available for use in Editor (in the Photo Bin dropdown)
- Any dialog that displays the folders (and options to select photos from folders) already available in Organizer, will display your Revel-based folders and downloaded photos. For example, in the Print dialog in Editor, you can choose to add photos from your Revel albums by clicking the + button.
- Any changes that you perform on your Revel photos, or versions of Revel photos that you create, are automatically synced back to your online Revel account. A Revel agent that runs on your computer constantly monitors your Revel-based folders and keeps them in sync at all times.
- Any changes to your online Revel photos through other applications are automatically updated on your computer, through Photoshop Elements Organizer.
The Open as menu item has been replaced with the Open in Camera Raw option. You can now open your files directly in the Adobe Camera Raw dialog and process them, before opening them for further work in Photoshop Elements Editor. You can use the ACR dialog to open files of type:
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- Photoshop,
- Camera Raw,
- JPEG, and,
- TIFF.
