You know yours When its name becomes a verb, the software is successful: even if you don’t edit it with Adobe Image Editor, you will now usually hear photos of images. Adobe may not like it, but usage shows that its flagship product dominates.
However, on mobile devices, Photoshop has not achieved the same ubiquity or brand awareness. Over the years, we’ve used all kinds of official Photoshop apps, but none of them really convert the features and feature sets of desktop apps into smaller devices in a completely efficient way.
Now, Adobe tried again: the brand new Photoshop app (now available for iOS and just released in Android), is the smartphone that Photoshop “reimagined”. The app tries to fill in as many tools and features as possible with the complete software, while optimizing them for use on mobile touch screens.
While it is impossible to port everything to iPhone in the same way, there are a lot of things explored in the new Photoshop app. You can download it for free on iOS, although some features require a premium subscription ($7 per month for new mobile and web plans, or existing Photoshop plans). Android users can download the beta version and use it for free for a limited time. Regular pricing will begin when the app is universally available worldwide.
Quick action
By default, when you open a new image in the iOS version, you will be invited to apply “Quick Action” to it. (Android users, this will come soon.) If you’d rather go directly to the full editing interface every time, check it out Don’t show it again Box, then click Go to the editor. However, these quick moves may help if you want to apply the basic effects in as little time as possible.
You will see that they all involve background. Tap Hide backgroundPhotoshop tries to identify the main theme of the image and removes the rest – you can then drop in any type of replacement background. In addition, there Solid color backgroundthe drop color can be edited or Black and white background, This keeps the theme color, but will make all the other grayscale.
No matter which one you choose, Photoshop creates a new layer for you so that you can work independently in the foreground and background. You will see these layers can be done in the lower right corner of the image via thumbnails. For example, using a solid background, click on the layer thumbnail, then click on the left arrow, then Edit color Switch to a different shadow.
Layer and mask
Essentially, layers and masks are what separates the basic image editor from the advanced image editor, allowing you to stack different elements (layers) in each other’s images and edit them (mask). If you have used the quick action + (plus) the button above the toolbar on the right.
