Feature summary | Photoshop desktop (July 2024 release)

Learn about new features and enhancements in the July 2024 version (version 25.11) release of Photoshop on desktop.

Try out the latest features and enhancements.

Selection Brush Tool

Create selections with the new Selection Brush Tool that combines the use of both brush and lasso gestures. You can also Add or Remove from the selection and adjust the brush Hardness and Opacity to create selections with varying opacity and softer, feathered edges. This introduces more ease and flexibility when selecting, compositing, and applying Filters and Fills.

Simply brush or circle around an area on canvas where you want to create a selection. This feature enables you to select areas with a brush in fewer steps, without having to use Quick Mask Mode or the Brush tool in the Select and Mask workspace. Once you make a selection, you can composite or apply Filters and Fills with more ease and flexibility.

The Selection Brush Tool works like any other selection tool in Adobe Photoshop. The difference is that the selected area shows up as a colored overlay and users see "marching ants" only when they switch to another tool. This overlay makes it easier to visualize and adjust - choose from the Colors dropdown in the gear icon to select a different overlay color. 

To learn more about Selection Brush in Photoshop on desktop, check out Selection Brush and Lasso tools.

Adjustment Brush Tool

The Adjustment Brush Tool   is an easy and intuitive way of directly painting adjustments onto your image. This feature combines the traditional workflow of selecting, masking, and applying an adjustment into one step, simplifying the way of making local adjustments.​

Use the Adjustment Brush Tool to make specific adjustments, like brightening your subject's face or darkening the sky.

Choose Adjustment Brush from the Brush tools panel in the Photoshop app

To learn more about Adjustment Brush in Photoshop on desktop, check out Adjustment Brush Tool.

Create bulleted and numbered lists with the Type Tool

Easily create bulleted and numbered lists and format paragraphs to identify the key points in the text in ordered and unordered forms when using the Type tool.

Improve the readability of your text by breaking it down into easy-to-understand and organized manner.

Choose from several list styles available in the Properties panel.

Create bulleted and numbered list when working with the Type tool in Photoshop

Check out Add and edit text with the Type tool to learn more about the Type tool and to get started with Bullets and Numbering.

Improved Contextual Task Bar for Shapes and Transform

Use the improved Contextual Task Bar to change shape properties. Choose and edit Fill and Stroke color and width options. 

Use the improved Contextual Task Bar to flip your image horizontally and vertically and rotate it clockwise and counterclockwise.

Check out Photoshop tools, options, and task bars to learn more about Shape and Transform context bars.

Generate Image is now available for general users

Ideate and create assets using Generate Image   powered by the new Adobe Firefly Image 3 Model.

Use generated assets to create custom composites without leaving Photoshop or combine multiple generated images on a canvas to brainstorm and refine concepts more efficiently. Type a descriptive prompt and apply additional creative controls, including Content TypeStyle Effects, and Reference Image, to guide your results and jumpstart your creativity.

Simply describe your desired image in the prompt field, select Generate   and view the Variations in the Properties panel.

Additionally, you can use the curated inspiration gallery of Firefly-powered user-generated images and their corresponding prompts to spark new ideas or remix for your vision. This enables you to have a starting point, so you never get stuck when creating.

To learn more about Generate Image in Photoshop on desktop, check out Generate Image with descriptive text prompts.

Enhance Detail

Improve the detail and sharpness of your Generative Fill variation with Enhance Detail.

Improve the sharpness of variations generated by Generative Fill

Check out Edit images with Generative Fill to learn more about Enhance Detail.

Other changes and enhancements

Single adjustments

Single adjustments is now located at the top of the Adjustments panel for ease of use of Adobe Photoshop users. Check out Adjustment, fill layers, and presets to know more. 

Generator Plugins Menu

Generator plugins were found under the menu File > GenerateNow, all Generator plugins, including the default Image Assets plugin, are found under the menu File > Automate > Generator Plugins.  This change was done to bring more clarity to the submenu's name and differentiate it from the new generative features like Generate Image.

To learn more about using Image Assets, see Create image assets from layers.

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