

With Photoshop CC 2018 and a rebranded Lightroom Classic CC for desktop, Lightroom is now subscription-only. How? For several years, Photoshop has been available only by subscription, either via the standard Creative Cloud for $49 per month or the Creative Cloud Photography Plan for $9.99 per month, but Lightroom was still available as a perpetual license. However, occasionally, downloading was slow or failed entirely.Īlas, Adobe giveth and Adobe taketh away.

Most of the time I was able to access photos from the cloud fairly instantaneously. No fuss, no muss, and a genuine time saver. All you need to do is click on the photo you want, and it will be imported directly into the app. Photoshop users can now hook into their Lightroom photos via the cloud, with all synced images accessible from the app’s Start screen. Adobe Photoshop CC 2018: Easy access to Lightroom Photoshop jockeys who know every tool by heart, can disable the feature in the preferences. Perhaps Adobe will build out that feature so the majority of tools have visual tips, but this is a good start. Tool Tips are enhanced with tiny animations.Īlso new are Rich Tooltips-enhanced labels complete with tiny graphics and animations-that demonstrate how each tool works, though not every tool has annotated instructions. It would be even better if you could start with your own photos in the interactive examples, but it’s a step in the right direction. You can follow the steps in the example or bring up the additional text instructions, available from the Help icon. Instead, Photoshop CC 2018 provides annotated steps using its own sample images covering categories like Photography, Retouching, Combining Images, and Graphic Design, each containing three to five instructional modules. Workflow recipes arrive with Photoshop CC 2018. It’s not exactly the same as Elements, where you can choose which photos to put through the process.

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That changes with Photoshop CC 2018 wherein interactive software how-tos are now incorporated into the interface via the new Learn panel. While Adobe pioneered step-by-step post-process recipes in its consumer Elements line, it always relied on photo pros to use documentation or tutorials to figure out the right moves for themselves. You can view step-by-step instructions, but only on Photoshop’s sample images. Adobe Photoshop CC 2018: In-app learning Jackie Dove It integrates support for emerging technologies like 360-degree spherical panoramas and the HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format) image file format adopted by Apple for macOS 10.13 and iOS 11.Ĭombined with new features like variable fonts, paint stroke smoothing, a symmetry tool, a Curvature Pen tool, direct social media sharing, instant access to synced Lightroom photos, enhanced search, brush management, layer copy and paste, and more, Photoshop CC 2018 welcomes newcomers by incorporating training directly into the app.
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The Photoshop CC 2018 update has plenty to look forward to beyond the typical annual upgrade of Adobe’s subscription desktop photo/graphic design app.
