I thought, “wow! my wacom tablet feels super smooth! They must’ve done something to reduce input latency. The same is true of my experience with Photoshop CC 2014. Interestingly, as with Photoshop CC, I immediately noticed significantly reduced input lag through brushes. removal of the Adobe Output Module in Adobe Bridge, for example)–that ultimately result in slowing down the program and screwing up users’ workflow.
Initial impressions with Photoshop CC 2014: As with most initial new generations of Photoshop, i’ve noticed that the new software seems to initially run faster then Adobe attempts to make various ‘fixes’–many of which are unwanted (i.e. I had to do so manually, and then recreate several of my brush actions and keyboard shortcuts.
Even more strangely, was that Photoshop CC, which I installed a few weeks prior, did not give me the option of migrating my actions and workspaces. So be warned that you may lose some of your workflow functionality. A few things to note: while I was immediately presented with the option of migrating my Photoshop CC preferences, I immediately noticed that it failed to copy over ALL over my keyboard shortcuts for some odd reason, almost every shortcut was there except my shortcut for gausian blur and high pass–which I use frequently to create frequency separation actions, as well as to fine tune layer and channel masks.
The initial installation of Photoshop CC 2014 went surprisingly fast it literally took less than 5 minutes, despite it being an entirely new installation (that requires you to update your dock shortcut icons, as well as migrate your preferences). I also still have Photoshop CS6 installed for comparison sake (and b/c Photoshop CC doesn’t support the brilliant Adobe Watermark Extension created by Russel Brown). So I got to test out the old version of Photoshop CC essentially side-by-side to the new version. Photoshop CC (2013)Ģ) overall performance improvements/bugfixes Adobe Bridge CC (2014 update) vs Adobe Bridge CC (pre-2014 update)ĥ) new content aware modes with color blendingĦ) updated smart guides that now allow matched spacing between imagesħ) improvements to Adobe Camera RAW ACR 8.5Īs I mentioned, I decided to give the new subscription model of Photoshop CC/Lightroom a try two weeks ago. So for those of you reluctant to switch to the subscription plan and try out Photoshop CC 2014, this review may be helpful to you.ġ) overall performance improvements/bug fixes Photoshop CC 2014 vs. Another thing to note is that I recently made the switch from photoshop CS6 to the new CC subscription platform.
This review touches upon a few key features in the new software installation that i’m sure have piqued the interests of photographers there are numerous other updates to the program, but none that are particularly major or relevant to the day-to-day workflow of a professional photographer (or a professional wedding photographer, in my case). This review is straight off the top of my head.įor an official list of all the new features of Photoshop CC 2014, follow this link: *Apologies in advance for the run-on sentences. This review is by no means intended to be scientific or objective, but I wanted to put this out there for other professional photographers as something of an ‘initial reactions’ experience to the newly updated Adobe Photoshop CC 2014, as well as the updates to Adobe Bride CC (not considered a new installation like Photoshop CC 2014). yours truly got to play with this new software ahead of the thursday official launch date).
The new version of Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 is now live and available to download (actually, Adobe made the new version available last night for those of you that eagerly anticipate new product releases and have been glued to the creative cloud app manager waiting for the new updates notification.