Every year, during Adobe MAX, Photoshop gets updates that include new features. Here’s a quick list of the ones important to photographers and a cool video from Matt Kloskowski that demos each one.

Photography updates in Photoshop 2020

New tools include:

  • Layer Zoom: Zoom into the content of a single layer in the layers panel.
  • Finding the Object Selection tool
  • Object Selection: Tell Photoshop what you want to select automatically with a box or lasso
  • Select Subject enhancements: It’s now a button in the properties panel and more
  • Masking Brush Eraser Mode: Switch easily from adding to a mask with the tilde ~ key
  • Content Aware Fill: Auto, Rectangle & Custom
  • Type layers: Type property panel consolidates character, paragraph panels and more
  • File > Close Others: Quick way to close big files that are slowing down your workflow

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