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Learn about the new feature and other enhancements in the February 2023 release of Photoshop on the iPad (version 4.4)
You can cut, copy, and paste text between Photoshop on the iPad and other apps, such as Notes, on your machine. Tap your selected text on the canvas to view the pop-up menu and choose from the listed actions.
For text selections, refer to this table to know more about the actions available with our improved pop-up menus.
Tap once | View the limited option pop-up menu |
Select All and Paste |
Tap twice | Select a line of text and view the pop-up menu | Cut, Copy, Select All, and Paste |
Tap thrice | Select the whole line and view the pop-up menu | Cut, Copy, Select All, and Paste |
Tap four times | Select a block of text and view the pop-up menu | Cut, Copy, Select All, and Paste |
You can also cut, copy, and paste images between Photoshop on the iPad and apps, including Notes.
To paste images in Photoshop on the iPad, you can either choose Paste from the Layer actions menu or tap the + icon and choose Paste as new layer.
To paste from Photoshop on the iPad, use the Lasso tool to make a selection and choose from Cut, Copy selection or Copy merged to paste it into a different app. Similarly, while on an image layer, open the Layer actions menu and choose either Cut, Copy selection, or Copy merged.
To learn more about the cut, copy, and paste feature in Photoshop on the iPad, see Work with Type layers.
Delete more than one file from the Files tab of your app.
Navigate to the Files tab > Your files. Use the checkbox to select ( ) one or more files and hit Delete.
To learn more about the home screen in Photoshop on the iPad, see Get to know the workspace.
With the latest release of Photoshop on the iPad, select your preferred layer or bounding box directly on the canvas without navigating to its thumbnail view on the taskbar. Or, once selected, tap outside the transform bounding box and move the layer.
You can also add text to images, apply filters, and make adjustments without slowing down your workflow.
This feature is enabled by default but can be disabled from the Move tool settings.
Your photo compositing workflows just hit their sweet spot with this feature.
To learn more about this feature and other ways that you can work with layers in Photoshop on the iPad, see Work with layers.
Fixed customer-reported issues
This month's update brings enhancements and fixes for some customer-reported issues. To learn more, see Fixed issues in Photoshop on the iPad.
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