Photoshop CC History

Photoshop CC

Photoshop CC (14.0) was released on June 18, 2013. As the next major release after CS6, it is only available as part of a subscription to Creative Cloud, whose full version costs $49 each month. The main features of this version include Smart Sharpen, Intelligent Upsampling and Camera Shake Reduction to reduce the blurring caused by camera shake. Editable rounded rectangles and an Adobe Camera Raw (8.0) update were also included.

Since the initial release, Adobe has released two additional feature updates. The first, version 14.1, was released on September 9, 2013. The main features of this version were Adobe Generator, a platform based on Node.js to create add-ons for Photoshop.

Photoshop 14.1 comes with two add-ons, one to automatically generate image elements based on one extension in the layer name and another to automatically generate assets for Adobe Edge Reflow.

Version 14.2 was released on January 15, 2014. The main features include Warp Perspective, linked intelligent objects and 3D printing support.

Photoshop CC 2014

Photoshop CC 2014 (15.0) was released on June 18, 2014. CC 2014 includes several improvements in content-aware tools, two new blur tools (blurring and defocusing of route) and a new mask function Focus that allows the user to select parts of an image depending on whether they are in focus or not. Other minor improvements have been made, such as increased speed for certain tasks.

Photoshop CC 2015

Photoshop CC 2015 was released on June 15, 2015. Adobe added several creative features, including Adobe Stock, which is a library of custom images. It also includes and has the ability to have more than one layer style. For example, in previous versions of Photoshop, only one shadow could be used for a CC layer but in 2015, up to ten are available. Other minor features such as Export as, what is a form of Save for Web in CC were also added in 2014. The updated user interface as of November 30, 2015 offers a cleaner and more consistent look throughout Photoshop, and common tasks can be quickly performed using a new set of gestures on touch devices such as Microsoft Surface Pro. CC 2015 also marks the 25th anniversary of Photoshop.

Photoshop CC 2017

Photoshop CC 2017 was introduced on November 2, 2016. A new template selector was introduced when creating new documents, the ability to search tools, panels and help articles for Photoshop, support for OpenType SVG fonts and other small improvements. In December 2016, a minor update was released to include touch bar support for the MacBook Pro. In 2016, Amr El-Shamy, an Egyptian artist made an art Photoshop called "fall" that was chosen as the presentation screen for the program.

Photoshop Touch

Photoshop Touch was an application designed specifically for tablets and touch screen devices. Many features of the personal computer version are included, including layers, selection tools, settings and filters. Edited files could be synchronized with Adobe Creative Cloud. Photoshop Touch was available on iOS and Android. There were two IOS versions-one designed for the iPad and the other for the iPhone and iPod touch; both iOS required 5.0 or later. Versions of Android can be installed on any Android phone (4.0 and higher) and tablets (3.1 and up). Since then, it has been discontinued.