SUMMARY
Unmesh Dinda highlights 20 recent updates to Adobe Photoshop and Camera Raw, focusing on features that streamline culling and editing. Key additions include an autofocus point checker in Camera Raw 18.6 to verify focus accuracy, new glow effects for softening highlights and adding colored edges, and a vectorscope for color grading and skin tone analysis. The generative expand feature now works directly on raw files, preserving settings, and the blemish removal tool retains skin texture. The updates reflect a trend towards integrating AI-powered tools with precise, non-destructive editing capabilities.
TAKEAWAYS
Autofocus point overlay in Camera Raw 18.6 verifies focus accuracy.
New glow effects offer diffusion, bloom, and halation styles.
Generative expand now functions on raw files without altering settings.
Vectorscope and color wheels enhance color grading and masking.