You probably ask, what’s new in this cool Photoshop CC? So, let’s go in order. To begin with, the updated Photoshop is fully integrated with the creative social network Behance, where you can create your own portfolio and communicate with work colleagues and clients. Now all the features and important updates will be added much more often than before. Read our Photoshop Review here.

If you still do not have a Photoshop program and you are tormented by the question of where and how to download Adobe Photoshop CC for free. However, the safest way to download it from Adobe official websites.

After downloading it, make sure your PC has met the following minimum system requirements

• Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating system
• Processor with a frequency of 2 GHz
• RAM 1 GB
• Monitor resolution 1024 x 768
• 512 MB of video memory

On the latest series of Photoshop CC, the developers added a super-fast Mercury engine for increasing the performance and speed of the program. Now you can easily and quickly process photos in Camera RAW, almost like in Lightroom 5.

Photoshop Review | Features in Photoshop CC

The work with vector elements was significantly improved, they received improved settings almost like in Illustrator. The program has become more accessible and understandable for beginners. By the way, in more detail, you can get acquainted with Photoshop CC in the first article of my blog The first lesson in Photoshop.

Here are other features I have found interesting:

“Smart Sharpness” Option

The “Smart Sharpness” option is one of the best technologies for correctly sharpening images. She first does an analysis of the image in detail, then with maximum accuracy increases the sharpness of the image and effectively reduces the noise, allowing you to create high-quality images with sharp edges and distinct details.

Intelligent Sampling function

It allows you to gently enlarge any image of poor quality with low resolution, to an image with medium quality and large size. This feature is simply indispensable in working with printed materials. Another “Intelligent Sampling” allows you to maintain the quality of detail and image clarity without adding noise.

Camera RAW 8 with layer support

There is a new external module Adobe Camera RAW 8, which allows you to more accurately and quickly edit images, remove various distortions, perspectives and make beautiful vignettes.

Additional vector features

Now in Photoshop, you can create rectangles with semicircular corners. This feature is very popular in the world of advertising design. Another nice feature is the editing of saved figures at any time, even before, at least after creation.

For those who often place shapes on the Internet, it is possible to export CSS data from a file, which saves time.

Simultaneous selection of multiple shapes and contours

Now, you can speed up your working efficiency by several times. Thanks to the quick selection of contours, you can now shape and vector masks with just a few mouse clicks. And even in a document where there are many layers and a large number of contours, everything is exactly with ease you can find the necessary contour or layer directly on the host.

The function stabilizes images from the camera

If you have done a lot of pictures with a moving camera, you can breathe easy, the new “Image Stabilization” function will perform a detailed analysis of the motion path and restore the image clarity as accurately as possible.

Improved ability to work with smart objects

Now, if you apply a bunch of blur effects and plastic to the image, having previously converted it into a smart object, you can always return to the original file at any time, even after saving the file.

Advanced drawing of 3D objects

It is a new powerful mechanism for drawing three-dimensional models has appeared. Thanks to this feature, now you can create interactive images hundreds of times faster than before.

Improved font styles

This time, developers have improved font styles and their use. Now you can save formatting as a style, and then activate it with just one click of the mouse. You can also define font styles, which will then be applied in all the documents you select.

Ability to copy CSS code

When you create a design code manually, it is not always possible to create elements, such as some colors or rounded corners. New Photoshop CC can create CSS code for certain design elements. To do this, just copy and paste the CSS code into the editor.

Extended panel “3 D-scene.”

Now using the 3D Scene panel, you can easily switch from two to three-dimensional editing. Also in this panel for convenience of work, there are many familiar to your parameters and functions that you have worked with before on the layers panel.

Useful time-saving features

Finally, the developers implemented small, but very useful functions. Now, the time spent on standard tasks was reduced several times.

Now you can instantly create outlines with the help of new shortcuts, move the outlines with the spacebar button, add ICC profiles to formats in PNG and many other things. In addition to all this, there is still an opportunity to easily and quickly create such effects as stage lighting, highlighting of reliefs and textures at a professional level.

Import color from internet files

Now you can import colors from HTML, CSS, SVG files. You can also change the color samples to your liking or simply use ready-made colors.

Editing function based on content

With this technology, image retouching has become more professional, accurate and simple. Also, this technology is able to perform patch insertion, image recomposition, and image fill.

The powerful Mercury as the Graphics Engine

Now when you edit even large files, the changes instantly take effect and are displayed on the screen. The Mercury engine provides high performance even for such complex filters as Puppet deformation and Plastic.

File auto restore and background save

Now you can work with background saving large files Photoshop. Now you can save changes in files, without being distracted from work, thanks to the new Auto Repair feature.

In conclusion, I want to say that Photoshop CC developers have optimized this software for fast work. The interface of dialog boxes has become much easier, and the relationship with other programs more convenient. The new Photoshop CC is very revolutionary, install it on your computer and enjoy all its innovations.

P. S.  I wish you creative success. See you in the following articles! Don’t forget to share your experience with Photoshop CC or this Photoshop Review article in the comment below!