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1 What’s New….

What’s New in PS 2026

The Remove Background and Select Subject tools have both received major upgrades. The Cloud model had an upgrade for even better results, as did the Device model, so you don’t necessarily have to send your photos to the cloud and can save a bit of time generating selections.

Adjust Colors [Ps25] allows you to adjust the Hue/Saturation of the colors that are in a photograph, as an adjustment layer.

Each of these settings are found on the Contextual Tool Bar.

 

The Contextual Toolbar shows the Select Subject, Remove Background, and Adjust Colors buttons.
The Contextual Toolbar shows the Select Subject, Remove Background, and Adjust Colors buttons.

 

Harmonize [AI] has been added to the Contextual Task Bar, allowing you to composite images quickly and easily by generating/harmonizing lighting and shadow effects automatically for newly added images to seamlessly blend into the background.

 

The Harmonize button shown on the Contextual Task Bar.
The Harmonize button shown on the Contextual Task Bar is only shown when compositing multiple image layers.

 

Generation History can now be found in the Home screen, which will display images that were generated in Adobe Firefly.

 

The Home screen showing Generation History and other shortcuts to photos.
Generation History on the Home screen will show images that were generated in Adobe Firefly.

Generative Upscale has been added to the Image menu. You can use one of three options to enlarge photographs using AI: Firefly Upscaler, or one of the Partner Models of Topaz Gigapixel or Topaz Bloom.

 

Generative Upscale as shown in the Image menu.
Generative Upscale has been added to the image menu allowing for enlargements of photographs.

Generative Fill now works with Partner Models for additional AI fill options.

 

The Generative FIll model options.
Generative Fill now has additional Partner models to choose from.

Addition of Color and Vibrance has been added to the Adjustment Layer menu allowing to control the Temperature, Tint, Vibrance and Saturation.

Color and Vibrance has been added to the Adjustment Layer menu.
Color and Vibrance has been added to the Adjustment Layer menu in the Layers panel.

Revised 01/22/2026

 

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