Latest Features in Adobe Photoshop CC 2019
Adobe Photoshop CC 2019: Enhancements to Content-Aware Fill and More
The latest iteration of Adobe Photoshop, CC 2019, brings a host of improvements aimed at making editing more seamless and realistic. Among the key enhancements is a significant overhaul of the Content-Aware Fill command.
- Dedicated Content-Aware Fill Workspace
Photoshop CC 2019 introduces a dedicated workspace for Content-Aware Fill. This workspace offers users more control over the fill process by enabling them to: - Select specific source areas from which Photoshop samples pixels. - Preview the fill results interactively before applying changes. - Use multiple sample areas to improve fill quality and accuracy.
This enhanced interactivity improves results dramatically over previous versions by enabling precise adjustments and better matching of textures and colors where the fill is applied.
- Improved Content-Aware Move Tool
In addition to Content-Aware Fill, the Content-Aware Move tool has also seen improvements. This tool allows users to move or extend objects within an image. New modes let users: - Move an object and have the unoccupied original area automatically filled with matching content. - Extend an object by replicating it and adjusting its position. - Transform selections with rotation, scaling, and skewing during the move operation.
The tool fills the emptied area using content-aware algorithms, creating more natural-looking edits without manual clean-up.
- Other Creative and Efficiency Features
Beyond Content-Aware Fill and Move, Photoshop CC 2019 and subsequent updates have also introduced other creative and efficiency features. These include: - AI-powered generative fill capabilities ("Photoshop AI Generative Fill") that leverage machine learning to fill, edit, or remove elements with realistic lighting, shadows, and perspective, minimizing manual touch-ups. - Enhanced text editing and layer management tools improving text effects, layer comps, font handling, and nondestructive editing workflows.
Other Notable Features
- The Frame tool in Photoshop CC 2019 allows users to create a frame around a layer, and a new frame thumbnail appears on the layer in the Layers Panel when a frame is created. Users can edit the frame or the image independently by highlighting the respective thumbnail.
- An alternative to the Frame tool is Clipping Masks, which keep the shape editable. To add a clipping mask, Alt-click the line between two layers.
- On-file images can be placed using the File > Place Embedded option.
- Users can now edit text by double-clicking it with the Move tool, and placeholder text 'Lorem Ipsum text' appears when initiating new type.
- The Sampling Brush tool is used to subtract or add areas in the Content-Aware Fill command.
- The new Content-Aware Fill command allows for non-destructive editing by creating the fill pixels on a new layer above the original image.
- Text fields now support math calculations, allowing users to quickly perform calculations within the tool options.
- There's a new Blend Mode preview option in the Layers Panel, allowing users to see the effect of different blend modes over their image.
- The shortcut Cmd/Ctrl+Z now undoes continuously, bringing it in line with Illustrator and InDesign.
- Custom frames can be created using any shape layer, path, or type layer. To do this, define the shape, then go to Layer > New > Convert to frame.
- The Frame tool can be dragged over the canvas to create a frame, and its position can be adjusted by dragging inside the frame or using the Transform tool.
- Images can also be dragged and dropped from other applications into a frame.
- Double-clicking within the frame toggles between dragging the image inside and moving both the image and its frame.
- Clicking on the edge of the frame enables users to edit the size of the frame rather than the image within.
In the Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 update, a dedicated workspace for the Content-Aware Fill tool enables users to have more control over the fill process, offering options to select specific source areas, preview results interactively, and use multiple sample areas to improve fill quality and accuracy.
Additionally, improvements to the Content-Aware Move tool let users fill an emptied area with matching content by moving or extending objects, using content-aware algorithms to create more natural-looking edits without manual clean-up.
