Adobe Photoshop

Industry-standard raster editor with generative AI features built in

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What is Adobe Photoshop?

Adobe Photoshop is the long-established raster image editor, used for photo retouching, compositing, digital painting and print preparation. Its AI features, grouped under the Firefly brand, include Generative Fill and Generative Expand for adding or extending content, neural filters for tasks such as colourising and upscaling, and automatic selection and masking. Text and vector tools round out a very deep feature set. The differentiator is maturity: layer handling, colour management and format support are more complete than in newer AI-first editors.

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Key features

  • Layer-based editing with masks, blend modes and adjustment layers
  • Generative Fill and Generative Expand for adding or extending content
  • Neural filters covering colourisation, denoise, upscaling and more
  • Automatic subject and object selection for faster masking
  • Digital painting, typography and vector shape tools
  • Broad file format support, colour management and print workflows

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Extremely deep toolset built on a mature layer model
  • Large ecosystem of tutorials, plugins and third-party presets
  • Generative features sit inside an existing editing workflow

Watch out for

  • Subscription only, with no perpetual licence available
  • Steep learning curve for anyone new to image editing
  • Generative credits are limited and top-ups cost extra

Best for & use cases

photo retouching, compositing, graphic production, digital painting

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FAQ

Can I buy Photoshop outright?

Adobe sells Photoshop as a subscription rather than a perpetual licence. A single-app plan covers Photoshop alone, while the full Creative Cloud plan bundles it with other applications, and pricing differs by region and billing period.

Do the AI features cost extra?

Generative features consume credits included with the subscription, and heavy use can exhaust them before the billing period ends. Additional credits can be purchased separately, and some neural filters run locally without drawing on the same allowance.

Is Photoshop good for generating images from scratch?

It is stronger at editing, compositing and extending existing images than at producing a finished picture from a text prompt alone. For prompt-first generation, dedicated image models are the better starting point, with Photoshop for refinement.