Feature summary | Photoshop desktop (April 2025 release)

Learn about new features and enhancements in the April 2025 release (version 26.6) of Photoshop on desktop.

Try out the latest features and enhancements.

Improve selections of people and their attributes with Select Details

Make accurate selections of people and their attributes, including their hair, features, and accessories. 

Use the Object Selection tool ( ) and hover over a person on canvas to detect and display their details, or use the Select people ( ) button in the options bar and choose from a dropdown list of automatically identified details.

Once the target area is selected, you can adjust their color and lighting, or use Generative Fill ( ) to replace it with new content that blends with the surroundings.

Learn how to use the Object Selection tool ( ) to get started with selecting people and their features.

Select Details is the latest offering from Photoshop on desktop where you select labels in the Select people dropdown menu in the options bar for quick on-canvas selections of people and their details

Quickly and precisely Adjust Colors with enhanced on-canvas controls

Use the Adjust Colors ( ) capability to quickly and precisely modify colors throughout an image with on-canvas controls, and refine them more easily with an improved Hue/Saturation adjustment panel with larger sliders and swatches.

With Adjust Colors, you can modify the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness of the six most prominent colors in the image, or use the eyedropper tool to sample and edit another specific color.

This feature is accessible from either the Contextual Task Bar or the Properties panel.

Use Adjust Colors from the Contextual Task Bar to modify hue, saturation, and lightness via a predetermined color theme

Generate consistent variations with the Composition Reference setting in Generate Image

Use the Composition Reference setting in Generate Image ( ) to generate assets that reflect the structure and visual arrangement of your reference image.

Select images with specific balance, clear structure, and distinct visual arrangement to guide the layout and design of your generated assets, thus creating consistent and accurate results.

Begin by using Generate Image with descriptive text prompts to explore possibilities.

Composition Reference in Generate Image

Other changes and enhancements

Navigate to the Edit menu > Preferences > Image Processing, and then select Cloud processing in Select Subject and Remove Background. This will produce faster, more precise subject detection and selection, even around complex edges and fine details.

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